Dr. Alan Bostakian, PhD, is a Canadian change leadership scholar and human rights strategist. Founder of the Change Management Human Rights Think Tank and advisor to the Iran Prosperity Project and NUFDI under Prince Reza Pahlavi, he advocates for regime-change in Iran, the Cyrus Accord vision, promotes Iranian–Jewish collaboration, and applies change leadership to combating antisemitism and building resilient democratic societies.
Alan has held senior consulting roles with the large Canadian organizations. He holds a Doctorate degree in Management, both Certified and Master level Change Management Professional designations (CCMP and MCMP), • Certified ISO 22361 Crisis Management Specialist designation, and advanced certifications from leading institutions, including Harvard (Strategy Execution for Public Leadership, and Crisis Management), MIT (Change Leadership), Stanford (Project Management Mastery), Columbia (Crisis Resource Management), Johns Hopkins (Executive Data Science), Cambridge (Supply Chain Management), and the United Nations (Risk-informed Governance for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience). In 2024, he published his book, Change Excellence Officer. Alan is a recipient of the Ontario Attorney General’s 2025 Victim Services Award of Distinction (Canada), and has shared his knowledge in change management, crisis management, and reconstruction widely by speaking at international conferences.
