About Us
At PENDA we believe in the power of education!
PENDA consists of a group of young professionals aiming at providing a framework for people to contribute in the education of young and talented students.
Every once in a while we come across initiatives intended for the support of 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 for the success of such initiatives can be improved if they attract more support and take place in a well-organized manner.
With PENDA we present a non-governmental organization which will function under the premises of total transparency and trustworthiness. We want to become the go-to tool for people interested to contribute in 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 in their path to education.
Our mission is to help in fostering the next generation of professionals which in turn can contribute in 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 on board and get involved!
Who We Are
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 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
Elmedina Abdullahi
Vice President
Librarian at SEE University, Tetovo. Holds Masters in Public Administration from the same university. Also a board member at “Nëna dhe Fëmija”.
Hana Musai
Board Member
Senior Manager at PwC Germany on consulting banking regulation and ESG. 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 Vienna University of Technology
Burim Ramadani
Board Member
Processes, Methods & Tools and Project Management Leader at CARIAD.