Randy Newcomb
As President and CEO, Randy Newcomb leads all aspects of Humanity United’s strategic planning, development, and operations. He works closely with the organization’s founders and Board of Trustees to ensure that Humanity United achieves its long-term mission and strategic objectives. Prior to joining Humanity United, Randy was a Vice President of Omidyar Network, a philanthropic […]
Neera Tanden
Neera Tanden is the President of the Center for American Progress and the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Tanden has served in both the Obama and Clinton administrations, as well as presidential campaigns and think tanks. Most recently, Tanden served as the Chief Operating Officer for the Center, where she oversaw strategic planning, operations, and […]
Tjada McKenna
Tjada McKenna leads implementation, results reporting, and engagement related to Feed the Future, the U.S. Government’s global hunger and food security initiative. She also oversees USAID’s leadership of agricultural development efforts to improve global food security, nutrition and broad-based economic growth. Prior to joining USAID in 2010 to support USAID and Feed the Future’s efforts […]
Dr. Vanessa Kerry
Dr. Kerry is the co-founder and CEO of Seed Global Health (Seed), a non-profit organization focused on health systems strengthening and transformation through long-term investments and training of the health workforce. Under her leadership, Seed has helped educate more than 42,000 doctors, nurses, and midwives in seven countries, helping to improve health care for more […]
Hady Amr
Hady Amr joined the State Department in 2013 and serves as U.S. Deputy Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations for Economics and Gaza. From 2010 until joining the State Department, he was USAID’s Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Middle East, deputy head of a 600 person bureau that managed $1.6 billion in United States foreign assistance […]
Akhila Kosaraju, M.D.
Dr. Kosaraju is the Vice President for Global Development of SIGA Technologies, a company that specializes in small molecule drugs for emerging disease threats and biological warfare defense. She received her M.D. from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and her B.A. in Human Biology from Stanford University. Dr. Kosaraju was a White House […]
Stephen B. Nix
Stephen Nix joined IRI in October 2000, as regional program director for Eurasia. In that position, he oversees programs in Belarus, Georgia, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine. Nix joined IRI after serving for two years as senior democracy specialist at the U.S. Agency for International Development. Nix is a specialist in political party development, […]
Julie Cordua
Julie came to Thorn from (RED) where she was VP of Marketing/Communications and helped establish the brand as one most successful cause marketing initiatives in history, delivering more than $160 million to fight AIDS in Africa. Prior to joining (RED), Julie spent nearly a decade in the wireless industry helping to launch HELIO, a mobile […]
Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.
Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. is Chairman of the Atlantic Council Board of Directors. He began his career in public service as a Staff Assistant to President Ronald Reagan. He has served each of the four US presidents since then in critical roles around the world, including as Ambassador to Singapore, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce […]
H.E. Andrés Pastrana Arango
Born in 1954, Andrés Pastrana Arango was President of the Republic of Colombia from 1998 to 2002. Mr Pastrana began his political career in 1982, by gaining a seat on the local Bogotá council. Before becoming President in 1998, he was also President of the City Council of Bogotá; he was the first elected Mayor […]
Ambassador Kurt Volker
Ambassador Kurt Volker is Executive Director of The McCain Institute for International Leadership, part of Arizona State University based in Washington, DC. Ambassador Volker served as U.S. Ambassador to NATO in 2008-2009, and was a career member of the U.S. Senior Foreign Service, with almost 30 years of experience working on European political and security […]