Beth Honig
Beth Honig provides strategic leadership to Ubuntu Pathways’s office in London. Working closely with philanthropists, foundations, and corporate partners, Beth continues to strengthen Ubuntu’s support base in the UK. Her team drives Ubuntu’s global data-driven strategy, generating over £1 million per year through award-winning galas and outreach within the South African community. In April 2016, […]
Sabrina Roshan
Sabrina Roshan is the Director of the Schmidt Futures Technologists for Global Transformation (TGT) Program. The program offers early career technologists the opportunity to participate in solving the world’s greatest ecological and socio-economic challenges. Prior to Schmidt Futures, she served as the Chief Strategy Officer for Good Machine, a venture studio that ideates impactful innovations […]
Misan Rewane
Misan Rewane is co-founder and CEO of WAVE. Born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria, Misan is no stranger to the challenges of education and social mobility. When her parents, unable to ignore Nigeria’s broken education system, were compelled to send her to the U.S. for university, she resolved to help transform Nigeria’s education system. After […]
Misrach Mekonnen Gebrewold
Kuda Biza
Kuda Biza (Cordes Fellow, 2018) is the Co-Founder of #ThisIsMyEra, a social enterprise that develops personal development products that empower individuals to take action and achieve their life goals. The brand follows the “buy one, give one” model by donating a stationery kit to a child in need in Africa for every planner purchased. Kuda […]
Michael DePalma
Dr. Marcy Hessling O’Neil
Dr. Marcy Hessling O’Neil is an assistant professor of anthropology and advisor for the Peace and Justice Studies program at Michigan State University. O’Neil teaches several of the core courses in Peace and Justice, including “Slacktivists, Activists, and Social Entrepreneurs” and “Human Rights.” She has conducted ethnographic research among students and their families in Benin […]
Luther Jeke
Luther is the Manager of iCampus – Liberia’s first shared innovation, co-working and community space for organizations and individuals focusing on the intersection of technology, accountability and social change in Liberia. He has nine years of experience in the Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) sector. Luther is an alumnus of the US State […]
Rachel Crawford
Rachel Crawford is Manager, Emerging Markets at Village Capital. She joined Village Capital 2.5 years ago based out of Village Capital’s Africa headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. Rachel began her career in London for real estate driven private equity firm Patron Capital Advisors LLP (Patron) on their hospitality and leisure investment team. Her primary role entailed […]
Kate Kiama
Kate is a born feminist and is passionate about the law and in addressing social injustices that affect women and adolescent girls globally. She holds a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of London and is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. Kate previously worked as a Lawyer and Program Associate at […]
Beyan Flomo Pewee
Beyan Flomo Pewee, a Liberian advocate for global education and a music executive born in the slums of Konyamah, Guinea, during a period of civil war in his country. In 2013, Beyan formed his own youth-led education NGO, called YOCEL, dedicated to empowerment through universal education. And in 2017, launched an entertainment conglomerate called BeeVonne […]