Her Majesty Rania Al Abdullah
Queen Rania’s work has focused on education, human rights, the global plight of refugees, and cross-cultural dialogue. She is a Board Member of the United Nations Foundation, a Member of the International Rescue Committee’s Board of Overseers, and UNICEF’s first Eminent Advocate for Children.
Dr. Nicole Fisher
David Holmes
David Holmes is the Director of Engineering with the United States Digital Service, a tech startup at The White House. Founded by the President in 2014 to fix Healthcare.gov when it crashed post-launch, USDS continues its non-partisan mission by bringing government services to all Americans through design and technology. David leads a team of 30+ […]
Dan Glickman
Dan Glickman is the Executive Director of the Aspen Institute Congressional Program, a nongovernmental, nonpartisan educational program for members of the United States Congress. The program provides lawmakers with a stronger grasp of critical public policy issues by convening high-level conferences and breakfast meetings in which legislators are brought together with internationally-recognized academics, experts and […]
Ervin Smajic
Ervin is a Political Science and Economics student at NYU Abu Dhabi, who is particularly interested in combining insights from psychology, technology, economics and politics to generate a more accurate understanding of human behavior. Ervin believes education can bring together young people from all backgrounds on the basis of their shared humanity, to engage with […]
Dave Regnery
Dave Regnery is chair and chief executive officer (CEO) of Trane Technologies plc, a global climate innovator focused on sustainable solutions for buildings, homes and transportation. Under Dave’s leadership, Trane Technologies has sharpened its strategy as an industry leader in climate solutions with a singular purpose – to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable […]
Janti Soeripto
Janti Soeripto is President and Chief Executive Officer of Save the Children, an organization that gives children in the United States and around the world a healthy start, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. The global Save the Children movement serves over 155 million children in the US and in 120 countries. As […]
Jessica Posner-Odede
Jessica joined Girl Effect as CEO in 2019 and is an internationally recognised social entrepreneur and thought-leader. In 2009 she co-founded Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO). Based in Kenya, SHOFCO catalyses large-scale transformation in urban slums by providing critical services, community advocacy platforms, education and leadership development for girls and women. In August 2018, SHOFCO […]
Eric Ostern
Eric Ostern serves as the Sustainability Director, Global Functions & Business Innovation at Unilever. In this role, he serves as the business partner to many of the global functions where he advances sustainability initiatives that drive business growth and deliver social impact. He also spearheads the development of innovative sustainability initiatives that cut across multiple […]
Dr. Ben Odoemena
Mr Odoemena has over 20 years of experience in agriculture and rural development, working with to improve the livelihood of rural poor people, especially women and youth. Until recently, he was the interim country programme manager in Ethiopia in 2015, where he handled the largest IFAD portfolio in Africa. Presently, he is the Country Programme […]
Kerry McNamara
Kerry McNamara is the Chief Executive Officer of OCP North America Inc., a subsidiary of the OCP Group created in early 2016. From 2010 to 2016 he served as an Advisor in the Office of the Chairman & CEO at OCP, working on a broad range of international issues and projects, after consulting for OCP […]