Filiz Odabas-Geldiay

Filiz Odabas-Geldiay is the Executive Director of the International Association for Human Values (IAHV) in Washington, D.C., United States.
Earlier career
In her earlier career between 1986 and 1993, Odabas-Geldiay was the founder and executive director of the World Children's Day Foundation, a non-profit organization that collaborated with UNICEF to mobilize children in 140 countries.
Prior to that, Odabas-Geldiay was the Washington correspondent for the USA edition of Turkey's largest daily Hurriyet newspaper and has also published numerous articles including in the Washington Post, Nation's Business, and India Post.
Education
Filiz Odabas-Geldiay studied Economics and History at St. Aldates College in Oxford, England. She received her B.A. in International Relations and M.A in Communications and Conflict Management, both from the American University in Washington DC.
Personal life
Filiz Odabas-Geldiay was born in Istanbul, Turkey. She migrated to the US in 1981. She is married and has two daughters.

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