TED USA

TED USA
2008 Haziran ayında
New York’da kurulan
TED USA, A.B.D de
bulunan mezunlarını bir
araya getirmek ve
yüksek öğrenim ve
çalışma amaçlı A.B.D ye
gelmeyi düsünen
mezunlarımız için de bir
destek organizasyonudur.
TED USA okyanusun bu
tarafinda da kolejli
kimliginin devamliligi icin
çalışmayı
hedeflemektedir.
www.tedusa.org
[email protected]
917 455 6093
Established in Ju
ne 2008 TED U
SA aims
to strengthen
TED alumni re
lations in
the U.S. an
d act as a
support
mechanism for T
ED graduates wi
th
plans
to move to
U.S for work
/s
tudy
purposes. By
helping to expa
nd
yo
ur
networks and
raise your visi
bi
lit
y
we
hope to get you
closer to fulfill
ing your
career and pers
onal objectives.
Through
our friendly ge
t together and
holiday
events, and fund
raising activities
we are
here for you as
your gateway to
TED
community. We
look forward to
many
Kolej filled mom
ents of fun toge
ther..
TED USA
gerçekleştirmeyi
düşündüğü projelerde,
A.B.D de ve Türkiye de
yaşamını devam ettiren
mezunlarımızdan,
çalışanlarımızdan ve
öğrencilerimizden destek
almak ve bu projelerle
onlara geri dönüşüm
sağlamak amaciyla
kurulmuştur. TED USA
sadece mezunlarımızın ve
üyelerimizin, Türk Eğitim
Derneği ve Kolej okulları
ile değil ayni zamanda
birbirleriyle iletişimde
kalmaları ve mevcut
iletişim çevrelerini
genişletebilmeleri icin bir
platformdur.
Our team
Doğa Kayalar
President of TED USA, Doğa (or Dee) is a
free lance writer and beginning yoga practitioner who lives in Manhattan. Graduate of Bilkent
and Indiana University,
and former instructor and
research assistant, Doğa
works as an assistant at
the Turkish Ambassador’s
office in New York. With overseas experience spanning over 15 years, her interests
include travel and reading, friends, pets,
ice-skating, French ,coffee and baking
cheesecakes.
Togay Torunoğlu
Vice President of TED USA and
Turkish American Youth Association, Togay earned his BA
degree in Economics from
Bilkent University. He works as
a Product Manager in
EcoLogicNY, a New York based
organic apparel company. A professional
volleyball player, Togay was a member of
his high school volleyball team that won
2nd place in Turkey’s National Volleyball
Championship in 1995.
Aral Celebioglu
Secretary General of TED
USA, Aral earned his BA degree in Computer Engineering from Bilkent University.
Currently, he holds an analyst position at BNP Paribas Securities, a
subsidiary of French bank BNP Paribas.
Zeynep Aksoy
Zeynep, TED USA Board member, and 1999 TED alum joins
us from San Francisco where
she lives now. Graduate of
Fordham and London School of
Economics, Zey’s work history
includes work experience in Finansbank and
Levi Strauss in Istanbul and instructorship in
English at Middle East Technical University
in Ankara. With much interest in social psychology and spirituality Zey is very (very)
soon-to-be PhD student in East West Psychology at CIIS in San Francisco. She is also
a professional yoga practitioner.
Gokhan Gelisen
In addition to being a
founding member of TED
USA, Gökhan holds active
positions at METU USA
Alumni Association as President and Society
of Turkish American Architects, Engineers
and Scientists as President-Elect. He is a
Cost Manager at Skanska USA Civil Inc. and
a PhD Candidate in Construction Management at NYU. He is currently registered as a
Professional Engineer in New York and Connecticut.
Hakan Kurt
Founding member of TED USA,
Hakan has a knack for organizing events and getting people
together. A natural networker
since his Ankara College's Student Union days, Hakan just
started his own "networking-related"
consulting company:
www.connectionus.com. He also voluntarily serves as the President of
Turkish American Youth Association
and as a columnist in
www.turkishny.com.
Alihan Polat
One of the founding members of TED
USA and a free will New Yorker, Alihan
is an urban designer and planner, a
hobbyist and a Kolej lover!
His foundation work includes active participation
at TED Student Board,
Bilkent Alumni, Chumz
Film Crew, TAYA and the
long anticipated TED USA.
Erkin Yalçın
TED USA Coordinator in
Washington DC, Erkin
too is an urban planner
and a planning expert.
He has master degrees
of International
Economics from Gazi
University and Public Management
from University of Maryland.
Currently, he works at the World Bank
in DC as a consultant.