Leesa Shrader
Leesa is the Program Director of the AgriFin Accelerate (AFA) and AgriFin Digital Farmer (ADF) Programs at Mercy Corps. AFA is a 6-year, $24 million program funded by the MasterCard Foundation, while ADF is a 2-year $5 million program funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to expand smallholder farmer access to technology-enabled financial […]
The Honorable Andy Kim
Congressman Andy Kim was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018. He represents the Third Congressional District of New Jersey, which stretches from the Delaware River to the Jersey Shore encompassing most of Burlington County and parts of Ocean County. As a member of the House, Congressman Kim serves on the House […]
Jeremy Konyndyk
Jeremy Konyndyk serves as Executive Director of the USAID COVID-19 Task Force and a Senior Advisor to the USAID Administrator. He oversees the development and implementation of USAID’s COVID-19 response efforts, comprising resources approaching $10 billion that support over 100 countries suffering the devastating effects of the virus. He leads the agency’s engagement on COVID-19 […]
Eric Soubeiran
Eric started his career in strategy consulting and merger and acquisitions and held several general management positions in the medical device industry and at Danone where he lastly oversaw the sustainability strategy of the company. On 1st September 2021 Eric joined Unilever as Managing Director of Unilever Climate and Nature Fund and Vice-President Sustainable Sourcing. Unilever […]
Juan Carlos Flores
Sam Jacobs
Sam Jacobs is deputy editor at TIME where he manages Time’s newsroom and oversees journalism across all platforms. Before joining Time in 2013, Sam was national political correspondent at Reuters, associate editor at Newsweek and staff reporter for The Daily Beast.
Clement Silavwe
Clement Silavwe, FEIZ. Currently CEO for REA Zambia, he’s an Electrical Engineer and Energy Expert with MEng in Operations and Planning of Energy Systems, Kathmandu/NTNU(2012, NORAD). He has a strong interest in use of ICT as an enabler of the renewable and OGS space. A fervent advocate of incorporating Energy Efficiency into renewable energy roll […]
Lisa P. Jackson
Lisa Jackson is Apple’s vice president of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives, reporting to CEO Tim Cook. Lisa oversees Apple’s efforts to minimize its impact on the environment by addressing climate change through renewable energy and energy efficiency, using greener materials, and inventing new ways to conserve precious resources. She also leads Apple’s $100 million […]
Ryan Roslansky
Ryan Roslansky is the CEO of LinkedIn, the world’s largest and most powerful network of professionals. Ryan joined the company in May 2009 and has since held leadership roles in every part of LinkedIn’s business. He led the evolution of LinkedIn’s products into a single, holistic, global ecosystem of 774+ million members, 57 million companies, […]
Ramiro Albrieu
Ramiro is a Principal Investigator at CIPPEC’s Economic Development Program leading the “Future of Work in the Global South” initiative, and a Macroeconomics professor at the University of Buenos Aires. He is also an Associate Researcher at the Center for the Study of State and Society (CEDES) and at the Commitment to Equity Institute (CEQ) […]
Steven Farr
Steven Farr leads Teach For All’s www.teachforall.org/globallearninglab which seeks, supports, and spreads insights from transformational classrooms in marginalized communities around the world. By facilitating learning among students, teachers, coaches, communities, the Global Learning Lab aims to accelerate systemic changes that fulfill the potential of students as leaders who will shape a better future for themselves, their communities, […]