Lucas Welch is the founder and president of Soliya*

Lucas and was recently named one of “the world’s best emerging social entrepreneurs” by the Echoing Green Foundation. He has worked in a variety of capacities related to media, new technologies and intercultural communication, specifically in the Middle East. Prior to his work with Soliya, Lucas worked as a producer for ABC News with Peter Jennings, where he designed new media features integrating the programming of ABC News television and abcnews.com.

*Soliya is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to develop a new generation of leaders with the cross-cultural knowledge, communication skills, and international connections to create a more informed, peaceful and just global society.