Aziz Sancar MD PhD

Aziz Sancar, MD, Phd Founder & Honorary President   Aziz Sancar, MD PhD is the Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. He was born in Savur-Mardin, Türkiye, in 1946, where he...

Jordan M. Scepanski MLn MBA

Jordan Scepanski, MLn, MBA Treasurer   Jordan Scepanski joined the AGS board of directors in January 2018 following service with the Turkish-American charitable organization Bridge to Turkiye. While a member of the American Peace Corps, he taught English as a...

IsmaIl Arslan BS

Ismail Arslan, BS Chairman of the Board Ismail Arslan was born in 1958 in Ispir, Erzurum, and has lived more than half of his life outside his home country. He holds a B.Sc. in Business Administration from Kennedy Western University in CA. He is currently employed by...

Fevzi Yalin MBA

Fevzi Yalin, MBA Vice Chairman of the Board   Fevzi Yalın was born in Nicosia, Cyprus, to a Turkish Cypriot family. He spent his formative years in Cyprus. He completed his BS in Engineering in Saudi Arabia and obtained an MBA from the University of North...

Gwen Sancar PhD

Gwen Sancar, PhD Founder & Board Member Born in Waco, TX, Gwen Boles Sancar graduated from Baylor University in 1972 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. She entered the Program in Molecular at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) in 1972 and received...