EASD Honorable President and Co-Founder is organisation role model. Prof dr Andjelka Mihajlov, Environmental Ambassador for Sustainable Development; PhD in Technical Sciences, Chemical Engineer. In 2005 she has been nominated for UNEP Champions of the Earth award for her initiative on regional environmental cohesion and security.
In 2006 she has been recognized/acknowledged as UNEP Women Environmental Leader of Western Balkan (her areas of Environmental Action: Business and Industry, Climate Change, Energy, Education, Forest, Poverty, Sustainable Consumption, Urban Environment).
Has a prominent role in leading the Reform Agenda of Serbia in Environmental Sector; she has been Serbian Minister for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment from 2002 to 2004. Dr Andjelka Mihajlov, among others, was the head of Country (Yugoslavia) Delegation at the Johannesburg Summit in 2002, and 10 years later in Rio+20, she was the member of the Serbian delegation, as advisor.
Member of National Committee for UNESCO (2008-2015), member of the Advisory Board for Environmental and Social Issues of the EBRD (2005-2010) in London. Member of the Serbian government Core team for negotiations with the EU, responsible for Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change (2015-2021). Acknowledged as European Climate Pact Ambassador (2021-2023) (List of the some activities, within the mandate of European Climate Pact Ambassador).
She is University Full Professor, with more than 300 research references (of which significant number is in reference world scientific journals) in environmental engineering, environment governance and policy, waste management, material science and chemical engineering thermodynamics, among others.
Her core values for organization are excellence: in all vision, strategic thinking, teaching, training, research, expertise and educational activities. In 2003 she initiated Regional environmental Cohesion as the tool for Sustainable Development, with values confirming and reconfirming since then.
Some external links:
https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/An%C4%91elka_Mihajlov
https://www.arhiva.srbija.gov.rs/cms/view.php?id=510
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/dsd/csd/csd_csd18_learcent.shtml
https://novisadfacultytechnicalsciences.academia.edu/AndjelkaMihajlov
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=oyi5xG8AAAAJ&hl=en
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andjelka-Mihajlov/publications
https://bsun.org/media/Concept_Note___Speakers.pdf
https://unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/efe/Kiev/proceedings/files.pdf/Item%206/6Speeches/6.SerbiaMontenegro.pdf
https://unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/press/pr2001/01env15e.htm
https://ambassadors-env.com/wp-content/uploads/WAVE_Report_2007-draft.pdf