Alua Satybaldina Kennedy is a marketing communications professional from Kazakhstan and is currently a consultant implementing the online communications strategy of the World Bank’s Governance Global Practice. Specializing on events marketing, her experiences range from organizing thematic private parties sponsored by corporations like Bacardi and Martini&Rossi, to leading marketing initiatives for conferences and speaker-series events at the World Bank. Alua has a BS in International Relations and Foreign Policy from Al-Farabi Kazakh State University and a MS in Communications from Ithaca College.