Vicky Wilkins
Vicky M. Wilkins is the Senior Associate Dean in the School of Public Affairs and Professor of Public Administration and Policy at American University. Her primary research interests include representative bureaucracy; bureaucratic discretion; gender and race issues; deservingness; political institutions and human resource management. Her research appears in the American Political Science Review, Public Administration […]
Margo Jacobs
Margo Jacobs is the Director of Campaign Development for the United Nations Foundation, working closely with Girl Up – an innovative campaign that works to build a youth constituency dedicated to improving the lives of the world’s hardest-to-reach girls. The campaign mobilizes teen girls to raise funds and awareness for United Nations programs that serve […]
Catherine Chen
Catherine Chen is a Director of Investments focused on leading Humanity United’s work to address human trafficking and exploitation in South Asia and the Middle East. She also leads the Partnership for Freedom, a public-private partnership announced by President Barack Obama and led by Humanity United and key federal government agencies to combat human trafficking. […]
Ernesto Archila
Ernesto Archila is a Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy at the U.S. Department of Labor. His portfolio includes counter-trafficking in persons policy coordination, guestworker protection issues, business and human rights in global supply chains, and work-family policy. Prior to joining the policy team, he served as Special Assistant […]
Claudia Chan
Claudia Chan is the CEO and Founder of S.H.E. Globl Media Inc., the multi-platform women’s empowerment media company behind the renowned global women’s conference, S.H.E. Summit. As a women’s empowerment expert and social entrepreneur, Claudia’s life passion is to help women unleash their potential in career and life while igniting them to drive change for […]
Joanne Sandler
Joanne is an independent consultant focused on women’s human rights and organizational change strategies. She is a senior associate of Gender@Work, an international collaborative that strengthens organizations to build cultures of equality and social justice. Joanne has worked with international organizations, private foundations, academic institutions, and women’s organizations and networks worldwide for the past 30 […]
Amy Hepburn
Amy Hepburn is an expert on children in adversity and has spent two decades driving social change in the non-profit, academic and public sectors. She has researched, published, and programmed extensively on the protection and care of vulnerable children and families. Her portfolio includes partnerships with community and international NGOs, the United Nations High Commissioner […]
Carla Brillembourg-Clark
Carla Brillembourg-Clark is Deputy Head of Social Responsibility for the Libra Group, having joined originally in 2011 as Director of Educational Programs where she helped to create Libra’s Internship Programme as a foundation for further educational outreach. She has built a strong international network for Libra across the higher education scene including the McCain Institute, […]
Jimmie Briggs
Jimmie Briggs is an award-winning journalist, lecturer and executive director emeritus of Man Up Campaign. A National Magazine Award finalist and recipient of honors from the Open Society Institute, National Association of Black Journalists and the Carter Center for Mental Health Journalism, Jimmie Briggs’ book on child soldiers and war-affected children Innocents Lost: When Child […]
Elizabeth Vazquez
Elizabeth A. Vazquez is the President, CEO, and Co-Founder of WEConnect International, a corporate led non-profit that helps to empower women business owners to succeed in global markets. She is a serial social entrepreneur and world leader in global supplier diversity and inclusion. Ms. Vazquez is the co-author of the book, “Buying for Impact: How […]
Leni Kinzli
Leni Kinzli currently serves as the Communications Manager at Concordia, working to amplify Concordia’s vision of promoting cross-section collaboration to solve global issues. She previously worked at the United Nations University, the UN’s think-tank, leading the New York office’s communications and media relations. In this capacity, she worked on strategically feeding academic research into UN […]