Katherine Pickus
Katherine Pickus is Divisional Vice President, Global Citizenship and Policy at Abbott, overseeing the strategic direction and implementation of the global healthcare company’s citizenship initiatives and reporting. Working together with Abbott business leaders, Kathy oversees efforts to apply Abbott expertise and resources to help people build better lives and stronger communities, while strengthening its business […]
Nancy Payne
PeaceTech Lab works for individuals and communities affected by conflict, using technology, media, and data to accelerate local peacebuilding efforts. An independent non-profit organization, PeaceTech Lab’s mission is to save lives through earlier warnings and smarter responses to violence. The Lab advances this mission by bringing together engineers and activists, MBAs and conflict experts, social […]
Richard Morningstar
Richard L. Morningstar is the founding director and chairman of the Global Energy Center at the Atlantic Council. He served as the US ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan from July 2012 to August 2014. Prior to his appointment, since April 2009, he was the Secretary of State’s special envoy for eurasian energy. Prior to […]
Matthew McGuire
The Honorable Matthew McGuire is the United States Executive Director of the World Bank Group. He was nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the United States Senate, on June 15, 2015. As the U.S. Executive Director, he represents the United States as the largest shareholder on the executive boards of the World Bank Group […]
Dickson Mbando
Joann Lublin
Joann S. Lublin is management news editor for The Wall Street Journal. She works with reporters in the U.S. and abroad to conceptualize and organize coverage of management and workplace issues. She covers issues such as corporate governance, executive compensation, recruiting and succession and writes stories on these topics, mainly for the Journal’s front page […]
Martina Hund-Mejean
Martina Hund-Mejean is chief financial officer for Mastercard. In this position, she is responsible for corporate controller, tax, internal audit, investor relations, strategy, mergers and acquisitions, financial planning and analysis, treasury, risk management, global supply chain, business unit finance and regional finance activities. Ms. Hund-Mejean also sits on the company’s Management Committee. Prior to joining […]
Sarah Glass
Sarah Glass is the U.S. Global Development Lab Director for Special Projects. The Lab is an entity within USAID that seeks to increase the application of science, technology, innovation and partnerships to accelerate development impact. Sarah currently leads The Lab’s efforts to support USAID’s overall Ebola Response and Recovery Strategy by employing the use of […]
Sergio Fernandez de Cordova
Sergio Fernandez de Cordova, has over 20 years of Advertising, Media, Government and Legal experience. Sergio co-founded FUEL Outdoor Holdings in 2003, growing the company to thousands of outdoor advertising locations in the top nine DMA markets nationwide. As managing partner he ran Government Affairs, Real Estate and Legal, building FUEL to be one of […]
Dr. Evelyn Farkas
Dr. Evelyn N. Farkas is a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Future Europe Initiative, Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center, and Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security. She served from 2012 to 2015 as deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia, responsible for policy toward Russia, the Black Sea, Balkans, and Caucasus regions and conventional […]
Geoff Dyer
Geoff Dyer has worked for the Financial Times for over a decade in China, Brazil, the UK and now the US. He was the FT bureau chief in Beijing from 2008 to 2011, following three years working for the paper in Shanghai. He has also been the paper’s Brazil bureau chief and covered the healthcare […]