Misha Zelinsky
Misha Zelinsky is a leading authority on the rise of global authoritarianism. A Fulbright Scholar, economist, lawyer, and author — Misha spent 2022 and 2023 covering Russia’s invasion from inside Ukraine as war correspondent for The Australian Financial Review. He is personally sanctioned by the Putin regime. A graduate of the London School of Economics […]
Deepak Mishra
Mr. Mishra became President Americas Region in July 2021. He joined PMI as Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer in September 2018. Prior to joining PMI, Mr. Mishra held the role of Managing Director, Portfolio Operations at Centerbridge Partners, a private equity firm . Prior to Centerbridge, Mr. Mishra was a Partner at McKinsey […]
Lynda Aphing Kouassi
LYNDA APHING-KOUASSI is a graduate of the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the University of Hull, qualified as a Learning Performance Institute (LPI World Bank) and has 16 years of solid experience in the banking and finance sector. Lynda Aphing-Kouassi founded, in 2015, the international firm KAIZENE, specialised in capacity building, coaching for SMEs […]
Eda Selebatso
Eda Selebatso is a certified coach, speaker and trainer with the Maxwell Leadership Team. She has been coached by Bob Proctor and continues her personal development through coaching and mentorship by other global authorities. Eda is a seasoned transformational leader and rare disease advocate whose work is recognised globally. She transitioned from a corporate career […]
Vanessa Boulanger
As the Executive Director of Strategic Partnerships, Vanessa works with a variety of stakeholders to build collaborative relationships and innovative initiatives that meaningfully benefit the amyloidosis community. Vanessa brings over 15 years of experience centering cross-sector collaboration in pursuit of health and social equity to her position at ARC. She currently is an appointed member […]
Valerie N. Guarnieri
Valerie Newsom Guarnieri has been WFP Assistant Executive Director since January 2018. In this role, she leads cutting-edge programme and policy development towards ending hunger, spear heading WFP efforts to ensure protection and inclusion, expand school meals and nutrition programmes, empower women, build resilient food systems and support cash transfers and social protection. Previously, she […]
Leesa Shrader
Leesa is the Program Director of the AgriFin Accelerate (AFA) and AgriFin Digital Farmer (ADF) Programs at Mercy Corps. AFA is a 6-year, $24 million program funded by the MasterCard Foundation, while ADF is a 2-year $5 million program funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to expand smallholder farmer access to technology-enabled financial […]
The Honorable Andy Kim
Congressman Andy Kim was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018. He represents the Third Congressional District of New Jersey, which stretches from the Delaware River to the Jersey Shore encompassing most of Burlington County and parts of Ocean County. As a member of the House, Congressman Kim serves on the House […]
Jeremy Konyndyk
Jeremy Konyndyk serves as Executive Director of the USAID COVID-19 Task Force and a Senior Advisor to the USAID Administrator. He oversees the development and implementation of USAID’s COVID-19 response efforts, comprising resources approaching $10 billion that support over 100 countries suffering the devastating effects of the virus. He leads the agency’s engagement on COVID-19 […]
Eric Soubeiran
Eric started his career in strategy consulting and merger and acquisitions and held several general management positions in the medical device industry and at Danone where he lastly oversaw the sustainability strategy of the company. On 1st September 2021 Eric joined Unilever as Managing Director of Unilever Climate and Nature Fund and Vice-President Sustainable Sourcing. Unilever […]
Juan Carlos Flores
