H.E. Joyce Banda
An entrepreneur, activist, politician, and philanthropist, Her Excellency Dr. Joyce Banda was also the President of the Republic of Malawi (2012-2014). She was Malawi’s first female president and Africa’s second. Voted as Africa’s most powerful woman by Forbes Magazine for two years running and voted as one of the most powerful women in the world, […]
H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Internationally known as Africa’s “Iron Lady,” President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is a leading promoter of peace, justice and democratic rule. She grew up in the Liberian capital of Monrovia, where she married and had four sons. President Johnson Sirleaf later moved to the United States where she earned an accounting degree from the Madison College […]
Gwen Young
Gwen K. Young is the Chief Executive Officer of the Women Business Collaborative. She is also a Visiting Scholar at the Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University and former Director of the Global Women’s Leadership Initiative and Women in Public Service Project at the Wilson Center. She is an Advisor to Concordia and […]
Paul Polman
Paul Polman has been CEO of Unilever since January 2009. Under his leadership Unilever has an ambitious vision to fully decouple its growth from overall environmental footprint and increase its positive social impact through the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan. Paul actively seeks cooperation with other companies to implement sustainable business strategies and drive systemic change. […]
Amb. Deborah L. Birx, M.D.
Ambassador-at-Large, Deborah L. Birx, M.D., is the Coordinator of the United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS and U.S. Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy. Her three-decade-long career has focused on HIV/AIDS immunology, vaccine research, and global health. As the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, Ambassador Birx oversees the implementation of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan […]
Irma Alfaro-Beitz
Irma Alfaro-Beitz is the Vice President of Global Health at QIAGEN. She focuses on coordinating with international NGOs, non-profits and diverse Ministries of Health to ensure access to and viability of breakthrough diagnostic solutions in low-resource settings. Irma has been working with Ministries of Health in developing countries since 2003 to share published data regarding […]
Lisa Carty
Lisa Carty is the Director of the U.S. Liaison Office of the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). She has worked for more than three decades in the fields of global public health, humanitarian relief and international women’s issues. She has had leadership roles in both the public and non-profit sectors including 25 years […]
Jean Oelwang
Jean Oelwang is the President and Trustee for Virgin Unite and Senior Partner at the B Team. In 2003, Jean left her post as joint CEO of Virgin Mobile Australia to begin working with Richard Branson and the Virgin staff from around the world to create Virgin Unite. Over the last 12 years, Jean has worked […]
Joel Bell
Joel Bell founded and serves as Chair of the Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership, created in memory of his friend and business partner, to stimulate informed discussion of diverse views and to nurture ethical leadership on issues of significance for a fair, productive and harmonious society. He was born in Montreal, lives in Toronto […]
Justina Adlyte
Will Jones
Will Jones is Departmental Lecturer in Forced Migration at the Refugee Studies Centre. He works with Alexander Betts on the project ‘The Nation Outside the State: Transnational Exile in the African State System’ as part of the Leverhulme Oxford Diasporas Programme. Will is also a Lecturer in the Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa at Hertford College […]