Véronique Lamontagne
Véronique Lamontagne Lawyer, Advisor in the International Relations Office on climate and migration, City of Montréal Veronique has extensive expertise in city diplomacy, migration, human rights and capacity building. At the City of Montreal since 2016, she has been Acting Director of the Office of the Integration of Newcomers – BINAM (November 2017 to May […]
Jonathan Nash
Jonathan Nash, Chief Operating Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation With more than 20 years of experience in international development, Jonathan Nash is responsible for overseeing and managing key aspects of the agency’s day-to-day operations, administration and programming, and advising the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s CEO or head of agency on program development, implementation, and oversight. Since joining […]
Eric Kaduru
Eric Kaduru is a social entrepreneur with a passion for promoting youth entry into Uganda’s agriculture sector. After spending six years in marketing, Eric moved to Fort Portal, Uganda where he founded KadAfrica—a social enterprise that has created economic opportunity for more than 2,000 out of school girls through passion fruit farming using a proprietary […]
Jill Helke
Jill Helke has worked for IOM since April 1999 and is currently the Director of the Department of International Cooperation and Partnerships at IOM Headquarters. She worked in the Office of the Director General from 1999-2009 and was Chief of Mission for IOM in Sudan from 2009 to 2012. Before joining IOM she was in […]
Amb. Dan Baer
Dan Baer is the executive director of the Colorado Department of Higher Education and a Diplomatic Fellow at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies. He was U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe from 2013 to 2017. He previously served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State […]
Juleanna Glover
Juleanna Glover advises major corporate clients with high-stakes public and governmental affairs challenges in a myriad and diverse range of issue areas. Juleanna has decades of experience working on some of the most important government policy debates, high profile political campaigns and corporate controversies in the U.S. and abroad. The New York Times cited Juleanna […]
Amber Barth
Amber Barth is the Director of the ILO Office for the United States and Canada, where she leads efforts to advance strategic relations and policy advocacy. She is responsible for developing and managing high-impact partnerships, stakeholder engagement, and communications, ensuring strong alignment with the ILO’s global priorities. Her leadership focuses on fostering cooperation with government […]
Dr. Russell Rook
Having previously worked for The Salvation Army and founded a charity delivering innovative community services in disadvantaged communities, Dr Russell Rook went on to serve as a Parliamentary Aide to Baroness Sherlock of Durham in the House of Lords, serving on the Labour Welfare team in Parliament, before becoming an advisor on faith and civil […]
Prof. Tonya Evans, JD
Tonya M. Evans, J.D., is a Professor of Law and Chair of Intellectual Property & Technology Online Programs at the University of New Hampshire School of Law. She is also primarily responsible for developing the law school’s suite of blockchain law courses. Professor Evans has expertise in the areas of intellectual property, new technologies (including blockchain and distributed […]
Dan O’Prey
Dan was the CEO and co-founder of Hyperledger, the first permissioned ledger and first DLT without a cryptocurrency, which was acquired by Digital Asset in 2015. Prior to Hyperledger, Dan lived in Beijing where he was the CEO and co-founder of VisualOps by MadeiraCloud, a venture backed visual cloud management and automation tool for Amazon […]
Dr. Acha Leke
Acha Leke is a senior partner in McKinsey’s Johannesburg office and supports clients in our Public Sector, Social Sector, and Private Equity Practices, among others. As a member of the McKinsey Global Institute Council, Acha also advises MGI on research related to productivity, competitiveness, and growth, particularly in African economies. He started his McKinsey career […]