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Joan Anderson

Kosovo Leadership Academy
Mitrovica, Kosovo 40000
Email: jandersonl@kleadershipacademy.org

April 13, 2019

Director Biljana
Executive Director
Macedonia2025 Summit
Skopje 1000, Macedonia

Dear Director Biljana,

In 2017, Ronnie Arnberg invited me to attend the Macedonia2025 Summit after just returning from
Sweden with 14 of our students. All during the summit I kept wishing that my students were with
me…seeing, witnessing that a neighboring company was making tremendous strides in areas of
growth and transformation regarding which they hoped for their country.
In 2018, you made this a reality. Biljana, I don’t think you will ever know the impact that you had on
these eight students. Certainly, they would not have been able to attend without your investment in
them. They experienced firsthand a world class conference which intuitively sets the bar high
regarding their own professional framework and expectations. This is what impacts a culture. The
students themselves have commented on how powerful the speakers were upon them personally,
from both the talks and the personal interaction. The reality of these professional entrepreneurs
taking the time to dialogue with the students has had a pivotal impact on their lives.
I am certain that those three days in November have made a mark on these eight lives and will reap
rewards untold in the future. We are so grateful to you. We drill home to our students constantly
that they must pursue excellence in all of life and dare to dream while doing so. Many of the
students said something akin to, “It is true what you say to us. These people have worked hard and
have not given up. And they are now so successful.” Such examples of hard work and success are
not so common today in their country. But we want them to be. Perhaps our students will be of
those to lead the way.
Thank you for believing in them, investing in them and encouraging them to strive to make their
dreams a reality.