About Us
At PENDA we believe in the power of education!
PENDA consists of a group of young professionals aiming to provide a framework for people to contribute to the education of talented young students.
Every once in a while we come across initiatives intended to support a cause. More often than not, those initiatives are limited to individual efforts or a small group of people. As a result, the potential success of the initiative is affected. However, the chances of success for such initiatives can be improved if they attract more support and take place in a well-organized manner.
PENDA is a non-governmental, non-profit organization that operates on the principles of total transparency and trustworthiness. We want to become the go-to organization for people interested in contributing to education. Our goal is to provide scholarships for successful students, but not only that, given decades of cumulative expertise among us, we will provide guidance and mentoring to students on their educational path.
Our mission is to help foster the next generation of professionals who can, in turn, contribute to their community. While doing so, we want to establish a long-lasting system which will support this cause for the generations to come.
If you share the same vision with us, welcome aboard and get involved!
Who We Are
Jetlir Bajrami
Board Member
Merita Maksuti
Board Member
An architect and program manager at VeVe Group, with an MA in Urban Planning. She is also a Fulbright alumna from Rutgers University, NJ, USA. Certified energy efficiency auditor, co-founder of Eco Guerilla, and lecturer at SEEU.
Mensur Sakiri
Board Member
Partner at Vali AS in Oslo, Norway, specializing in eHealth technology, with a focus on implementing innovative solutions in hospitals.
Agon Memedi
President
Sami Mehmeti
Board Member
Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, SEE University, Tetovo. PhD in
Legal History from the Iustinianus Primus Faculty of Law, Saints Cyril &
Methodius University in Skopje.
Valdrina Selimi
Board Member
National Program Coordinator at IMG, leading digital reforms, driving systemic change in Kosovo’s government. PhD candidate in BA @ Univ. Pécs, Hungary, MSc in IS @ Lund Univ., Sweden.
Elmedina Abdullahi
Vice President
Librarian at SEE University, Tetovo. Holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the same university. Also a board member at “Nëna dhe Fëmija”.
Hana Musai
Board Member
Senior Manager at PwC Germany, focusing on banking regulation and ESG consulting. Holds a Master’s in International Economics and Governance from the University of Bayreuth, Germany.
Mennan Selimi
Board Member
Professor and researcher at SEEU. Former postdoc @ University
of Cambridge. PhD in Distributed Computing from UPC BarcelonaTech and IST Lisbon.
Blerim Emruli
Board Member
Assistant Professor at Lund University. Expert in artificial intelligence and data science.
Florent Musai
Board Member
Software developer at SAP SE, Germany. Graduated in Electrical Engineering
& Information Technology from the Vienna University of Technology
Burim Ramadani
Board Member
Processes, Methods and Tools Director at Ampere (Renault Group), with MSc and BSc in Electrical Engineering from Jacobs University Bremen. Fluent in seven languages.