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 […]
Joshua Goodman
Joshua Goodman is a cross-format journalist and news manager who has reported from Latin America for two decades. He is currently the Andean news director at The Associated Press, leading coverage of big stories such as Venezuela’s ongoing crisis and the Colombian peace process. Based in Bogota, Colombia, he previously worked for Business Week and […]
Bonnie Glick
Bonnie Glick is the former Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer of the U.S. Agency for International Development. She ran an agency with a budget of $20B+ and 11,000 employees in over 100 countries. She is currently the inaugural Director of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue and a Senior Advisor at the […]
Elizabeth Fitzsimmons
Elizabeth Fitzsimmons, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister Counselor, has served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State since October 1, 2018. She was previously the Acting Deputy Spokesperson for the Department from March to August 2018. Prior assignments include Deputy Executive Secretary to Secretaries Kerry and Tillerson from May 2016 […]
Douglas Beal
Douglas Beal is the Director of Social Impact at the Boston Consulting Group. He works with BCG’s private sector clients to improve their total societal impact by leveraging their core business capabilities. I ensure that positive social and environmental impact results in better financials, and that companies receive credit from the capital markets. He also […]
Megan Smith
Megan Smith, shift7 CEO; 3rd U.S. Chief Technology Officer Award-winning entrepreneur, engineer, and tech evangelist. Served as the third U.S. Chief Technology Officer from 2014-2017 — working on issues from AI and open data to inclusive economic growth, entrepreneurship, gov tech innovation capacity, and criminal justice reform. Eleven years as vice president at Google leading […]
Padu Franco
Responsible for leading the development and implementation of a visionary and comprehensive conservation strategy for the Andes, Amazonia and Orinoquia and Overseeing WCS’s country offices in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Evolutionary and conservation biologist with more than 15 years of experience designing, coordinating, and implementing basic and applied research studies and projects. Over […]
Kellyanne Conway
Kellyanne Conway serves in the Trump Administration as an Assistant to the President and Senior Counselor. She works on several key initiatives at the White House including the opioid epidemic, military spouses, hunger and education. Ms. Conway served as the campaign manager for President Donald Trump. She is the first female campaign manager to run […]
William Moore
William Moore has served as the Chief Executive Officer of The Eleanor Crook Foundation since 2015. He was formerly Chief Storyteller at the United Nations Millennium Campaign, where he helped coordinate UN country office engagement plans for the Sustainable Development Goals, and worked to highlight the human aspect of data and development. Moore serves on […]