Brian Balasia named a Marshall Fellow
January 27, 2011
Brian Balasia, CEO of Digerati and President of The MORE Program, has been named a 2011 American Marshall Memorial Fellow and will be participating in the prestigious Marshall Memorial Fund (MMF) Fellowship program in Europe during February and March of this year.
Balasia is being recognized as one of 44 emerging American leaders representing 16 states and the District of Columbia who have been awarded the honor. He will participate in a 24-day traveling program designed to enable fellows to develop extensive knowledge of political, economic, and social institutions and issues facing the United States and Europe.
The MMF program educates emerging American and European leaders on the importance of the transatlantic relationship and encourages them to collaborate on a range of international and domestic policy challenges. Fellows are selected through competitive nationwide and regional processes and come from politics, government, media, business, and the non-profit sector. American fellows spend 24 days traveling to five cities across Europe, learning about the institutions and people that drive Europe’s cities, regions, countries, and multilateral systems through meetings with local counterparts.
“I will be focused on exploring economic development strategies from various countries,” said Balasia. “My hope is to get a better understanding of how other regions across Europe support both the growth of existing small businesses and the commercialization of new technologies. It will be of value to understand how European communities deal with similar challenges to the ones facing our region.”
During his fellowship, Balasia will travel to the following cities:
The Marshall Memorial Fellowship (MMF) was created by the German Marshall Fund in 1982 to introduce a new generation of European leaders to America’s institutions, politics, and people.
Learn more about the Marshall Memorial Fellowship at http://www.gmfus.org/mmf. To read the official press release, click here. To see a list of all the 2011 American Marshall Memorial Fellows, click here.
