Steve Brunn

Steve Brunn, Winrock’s Senior Director of Private Sector Partnerships, works across the organization to develop private sector partnerships that maximize project impact and sustainability. Before joining Winrock, he was the director of responsible sourcing at Target, where he oversaw human rights, labor rights and environmental sustainability for one of the world’s largest global supply chains, […]

Duarte Geraldino

Duarte leads a team of skilled journalists. Together, they produce multimedia reports and short films that have been distributed around the world through national and global media networks. He travels the country reporting at the nexus of economics, politics, immigration and culture. Duarte is also a radio host. He has guest hosted The Takeaway, a […]

Veyom Bahl

Veyom is managing director of the Survival portfolio at Robin Hood, a foundation that distributes $120 million annually in the fight against poverty in New York City. At Robin Hood, Veyom helps to create and grow high-impact nonprofit programs in areas including immigration, employment, legal services, and food security. Among his more recent projects, Veyom […]

Verena Knaus

As Senior Migration Advisor working at UNICEF Headquarters in NY, Verena provides support and guidance to UNICEF country offices globally on policy and programmes for refugee and migrant children. Verena also leads on UNICEF’s global engagement with the Global Migration and Refugee Compacts, working in partnership with civil society organization, UN agencies and other stakeholders. […]

Scott Tranter

Scott Tranter is the former Director of Data Science for Marco Rubio for President and co-founder in Øptimus a data and technology company based in Washington D.C. Tranter and his team work as information architects, with a portfolio of work that includes TV targeting platforms, machine learning workflows and conducting in-cycle experiment informed programs. Tranter […]

J.B. Lyon

J.B. Lyon, co-founder of the Rebuild Congress Initiative and a founding board member of Issue One, is dedicating the majority of his time to the Rebuilding Congress project. Since 2012, J.B. has run Mt. Independence Investments, his family office, which primarily invests early stage and growth capital in business service companies as well as real […]

Susannah Wellford

Over the last two decades, Susannah Wellford founded two organizations designed to raise the political voice of young women in America. In spring 2007, Susannah founded Running Start to inspire young women and girls to pursue political leadership. Running Start furthers the work begun by the Women Under Forty Political Action Committee (WUFPAC), which Susannah […]

Lee Brenner

Lee Brenner is Chief Strategy & Engagement Officer at the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), the world’s leading trade association for the growing blockchain technology ecosystem. Launched at the World Economic Forum at Davos in 2017, the GBBC is an industry- led, Swiss-based non-profit dedicated to furthering adoption of blockchain technology through engaging and educating […]