GLOBAL PHILANTHROPY FORUM 2011
10 Years of Milestones
The Clinton Global Initiative is established
The Global Philanthropy Forum is founded
Debt relief moves to center stage with the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative and Make Poverty History campaign
PEPFAR receives $15 billion in funding for five years—the single largest global health initiative focused on a single disease
The bursting of the tech bubble and subsequent stock market slump causes many foundations to reconsider their investment strategies and delay new initiatives
2001
2002
Americans donate more than $3 billion to Asian tsunami relief efforts
2003
2004
2005
The conflict in Darfur begins Wikipedia is launched
Total international giving to developing countries by US foundations reaches $3.4 billion
African Union founded
Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change takes effect
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Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank receive the Nobel Peace Prize
President Obama signs into law the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act and creates the Social Innovation Fund
Warren Buffett announces plan to give $31 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation—the largest single charitable gift in history
The Global Impact Investing Network is launched
B Lab launches with aim to use the power of business to solve social and environmental problems
Grant-making by US foundations rose 13.8% in 2007
The Giving Pledge is launched— nearly 60 billionaires sign on
US foundation giving for international causes reaches a record of $7 billion Between 2007 and 2008, more than eight new US foundations are created every day
2006
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2008
Ellen JohnsonSirleaf is sworn in as Liberia’s president—the first elected female African head of state
Forty-five out of every 100 people in the developing world have a mobile phone The first in a series of Live Earth benefit concerts are held to raise awareness of global warming
Aung San Suu Kyi released from house arrest
2009
The global financial crisis destroys 40% of the world’s wealth
2010
2011 Economic growth rate for developing countries projected at 6%, more than twice the rate of highincome countries.
Guinea worm is on the brink of eradication with fewer than 1,800 cases, down from 3.5 million when the Carter Center began work on the campaign in 1986
Jeff Raikes
Dina Habib Powell
Paul Farmer
Michelle Bachelet
Mirza Jahani
Laurene Powell Jobs
Donald Kaberuka
Chouchou Namegabe
Ben Affleck
Ailing Zhuang
Chris Hughes
Sima Samar
Celebrating Ten Years of Conversation, Learning, and Community
AS WE CELEBRATE OUR 10TH ANNIVERSARY
still questioning, still aspiring—we will take stock. What are the new fundamentals of philanthropy that have enabled success? What has worked and what has not? Which changes were fads; which are now facts of life? What are the remaining gaps—and how will we fill them?
Welcome to the 10th Annual
Global Philanthropy Forum Conference Over the past several months, we’ve witnessed transforming events occur at breathtaking speed across North Africa and the Middle East. Ten years ago, when we came together for the first GPF Conference, we considered issues that proved prophetic. We considered the fragility of states that ran the risk of collapsing into conflict absent a robust civil society. We discussed the effect of the youth bulge in large swaths of the world. We explored the role that technology could play in enabling previous economic outcasts to leapfrog into the global economy and polity. In the intervening years, many GPF members joined partners in devising new ways to finance social change. Immunization bonds were floated to finance the delivery of needed vaccines. World Bank loans were “bought down” so that countries could free up capital to eradicate polio in their midst. Investment funds were formed to spur the growth of small enterprises that provide goods, services, and income-generating opportunities for the poor. Now, mobile telephony is employed for the provision of basic health care and the delivery of governmental services. And mobile phones are used to facilitate the movement of capital, enabling remittances to be delivered at low cost, loans to be secured, and insurance to be purchased. The ideas and ideals touched upon in that inaugural conference now can be a fact of life. We are poised to take advantage of the opportunity. This year’s agenda focuses on that moment of inflection before an old order gives way to the new. GPF members will consider the role of choices made and ask how to seize the moment to have the greatest effect. We encourage all of you to ask questions. Pursue new ideas. Establish new relationships. Outline actionable steps and renew your powerful commitment. Great moments of change are at their core a culmination of individual choices. To those of you joining us for the first time this year, we welcome you. And to our long-time members, we thank you for helping to build this vibrant and vital community.
Jane Wales Founding President, Global Philanthropy Forum Vice President, Philanthropy & Society, The Aspen Institute
Make the Most of the Conference Every Global Philanthropy Forum Conference offers a variety of ways to meet new colleagues and reconnect with old friends, and this year is no different. We encourage you to make the most of your time and maximize your learning opportunities at the conference.
GPF Connect This online platform is designed to enhance your networking and knowledge sharing during the conference and year round. Use GPF Connect to find peers with shared interests, form groups around issues of your choice, and find and forge partnerships. Share research findings, discuss tested strategies, and setup meetings in advance with other conference participants. This is a secure, private opt-in system, with the power to enhance your philanthropy through yearround peer learning. gpfconnect.leveragesoftware.com
“Make the Most” Panel Take Part in the “Make the Most” panel on the first day of the conference. It is an opportunity to hear from long-time members, meet newcomers, and to become a part of the GPF’s welcoming culture.
Table Talks On Thursday and Friday morning we offer participant-driven discussions during breakfast. Please log on to GPF Connect to view table topics. A conference participant will lead each table conversation, helping to facilitate networking and encouraging targeted knowledge sharing among the group.
You may also refer to the table topics in the insert provided with this program.
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Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation invites you to be its guest at dinner on Wednesday, April 13, to honor
HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL 2011 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize Recipient
At $1.5 million, the Hilton Prize is the world’s largest humanitarian award. Inaugurated in 1996, the award is presented annually to a nonprofit organization judged to have made exemplary and extraordinary contributions in alleviating human suffering.
THE INDEPENDENT, INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN PRIZE JURY Princess Salimah Aga Khan International Ambassador for SOS-Kinderdorf International
Eric M. Hilton Director, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation; son of the late Conrad N. Hilton
Professor Catherine A. Bertini Professor of Public Administration, Syracuse University; Former Executive Director, UN World Food Programme; Former Senior Fellow, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Olara A. Otunnu President of LBL Foundation for Children; former UN Under-SecretaryGeneral and Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict
Gro Harlem Brundtland, M.P.H. Former Director-General, WorldHealth Organization; Former Prime Minister of Norway
Professor Amartya Sen Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics; Lamont University Professor at Harvard University
James R. Galbraith Director, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Former Hilton Humanitarian Prize recipients are recognized leaders in the humanitarian world and include: 2010: Aravind Eye Care System (India)
2004: Heifer International (Arkansas)
2000: Casa Alianza (Costa Rica)
2009: PATH (Seattle, WA)
2003: International Rehabilitation Center for Torture Victims (Denmark)
1999: African Medical and Research Foundation (Kenya)
2008: BRAC (Bangladesh) 2007: Tostan (Senegal) 2006: Women for Women International (Washington, DC) 2005: Partners In Health (Massachusetts)
2002: SOS Children’s Villages (Austria) 2001: St. Christopher’s Hospice (England)
1998: Doctors Without Borders (France) 1997: International Rescue Committee (New York) 1996: Operation Smile (Virginia)
Musical Performance
Maisha Soul GOMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Maisha Soul is a group of four brothers from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Their name means “Soul of Life.” Ranging in ages from 13 to 22, they are inspired by traditional songs and modern styles. MAISHA SOUL uses a combination of R&B, soul, and hip hop to convey a message of peace and cohabitation, brotherhood, equality, and freedom. In 2003, in the aftermath of a volcanic eruption in Goma, a great number of the population became homeless, forced to spend the night under the stars. Soon thereafter the country was wracked by rebellion, threatening the security of the people of the DRC. In the wake of instability and adversity, an idea came to a family of eight, living in the same misfortune. Passionate about music, four of the Balume brothers— Prince, Eric, Achille, and Innocent— used their roots in various church choirs to form a musical group called dji:life, which in English means “group of life.” Initiated by the eldest brother, Prince Agakan, dji:life evolved and changed its name to Maisha Soul.
Musical Performance
Jake Shimabukuro KAUAI, HAWAII, USA
Ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro has taken the four-string, two-octave instrument to places no one has gone before, performing incredible music that ranges from jazz, blues, and rock to bluegrass, classical, and folk. His live concerts are an out-of-thebox blend of stunning virtuosity, deep musicality, and a natural entertainer’s flair. Mr. Shimabukuro got his start at age four, when his mother gave him his first ukulele lesson. Fascinated by the instrument, he eventually began playing regularly at a local
cafĂŠ, where his talent and reputation blossomed. Many years later, Mr. Shimabukuro now has his own record label and tours extensively in the US and Japan. Mr. Shimabukuro has completely rewritten the book on the possibilities of the ukulele and is adding new chapters with every CD he records.
Wednesday, April 13th 9:00 am GPF Members Meeting—Newcomers and Old Timers Veranda Make the Most of the Global Philanthropy Forum Laura Chen, Executive Chair, ZeShan Foundation Catherine Muther, President, Three Guineas Fund Virginia Sall, Co-founder and Director, Sall Family Foundation M Jane Wales, Co-founder and President, Global Philanthropy Forum 10:00 am
Break
10:30 am Welcome Ballroom Jane Wales, Co-founder and President, Global Philanthropy Forum 10:40 am Turning Point: Sustainable Agriculture in Africa Ballroom Aziz Akhannouch, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Kingdom of Morocco Donald Kaberuka, President, African Development Bank Namanga Ngongi, President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa M Heather Grady, Vice President, Foundation Initiatives, The Rockefeller Foundation 12:00 pm Ballroom
Lunch
1:00 pm Turning Point: Disruptive Connective Technology Ballroom Nick Hughes, Managing Director, Signal Point Partners Ken Roth, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch Andrew Zolli, Curator, PopTech M Jane Wales 2:00 pm
Break
2:15 pm In Conversation With… Ballroom Jeff Raikes, Chief Executive Officer, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation M Jane Wales 3:00 pm Rapid Fire Talks—Speed Bumps and Bottlenecks Ballroom Technology’s Limits Reuben Abraham, Executive Director, Centre for Emerging Markets Solutions, Indian School of Business
Reinventing Fire—When National Governments Lag Behind Amory Lovins, Chairman and Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute
When Data Need Standards Ruth Levine, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Policy, Planning, and Learning, USAID Howard White, Executive Director, International Initiative for Impact Evaluation
4:00 pm
The Fallacy of Openness Tim O’Reilly, Founder and CEO, O’Reilly Media M Elliot Gerson, Executive Vice President, Policy and Public Programs, International Partnerships, The Aspen Institute Break
Concurrent Conversations Turning Point: Disruptive Connective Technology Harnessing Social Media to Social Goals Chris Hughes, Founder, Jumo Leila Chirayath Janah, Founder and CEO, Samasource M Lucy Bernholz, Founder and President, BluePrint Research and Design 4:15 pm Veranda
Grand Salon Turning Point: Toward an Impact Economy Microfinance in Crisis? David Roodman, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development Reeta Roy, President and CEO, The MasterCard Foundation Michael Schlein, President and CEO, ACCION International Keely Stevenson, Chief Executive Officer, Bamboo Finance USA M Catherine Muther, President, Three Guineas Fund Salon IV New Fundamental: Aligning for Impact Networked Giving: Sharing Strategies and Pooling Resources Stuart Hogue, Director, Systems at Scale, Nike Foundation Pamela Shifman, Director, Initiatives for Women and Girls, NoVo Foundation Kemi Williams, Head, GirlHub, Rwanda M Tom Watson, Managing Partner and Founder, CauseWired urning Point: Toward an Impact Economy T Making Markets Work for the Poor: Opportunities in Nutrition and Agriculture Craig Cogut, Managing Partner, Pegasus Capital Advisors Christopher Grasset, Vice President, Business Affairs, Covalon Technologies Bruce McNamer, Chief Executive Officer, TechnoServe M Kari Stoever, Senior Advisor, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition Salon I
5:30 pm
Break
6:00 pm Foyer
onrad N. Hilton Foundation C Reception
7:00 pm Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize Dinner Ballroom Steven M. Hilton, President and CEO, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Presentation of Prize to Handicap International Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director and Under-Secretary General for UN Women
Thursday, April 14th Breakfast Buffet Table Topic Sessions The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Breakfast Nutrition and the “1,000 Day Window of Opportunity”— New Science, Urgency, and Opportunity for Impact Craig Cogut, Managing Partner, Pegasus Capital Advisors Cindy Huang, Senior Advisor, Office of Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative, US State Department Ellen Piwoz, Nutrition Lead, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation M Dominic Schofield, Manager, Infant Young Child Nutrition, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition 7:30 am Ballroom Grand Salon
urning Point: Toward an Impact Economy T Kofi Adjepong-Boateng, Vice Chairman, Standard Chartered Capital Markets, Africa Ron Cordes, Co-chairman, Genworth Financial Wealth Management Malcolm Hayday, Chief Executive, Charity Bank Limited Sonal Shah, Director, Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation, The White House M Antony Bugg-Levine, Managing Director, The Rockefeller Foundation 9:00 am Ballroom
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am Concurrent Conversations Veranda New Fundamental Philanthro-teen: The Next Generation of Givers Lily Kaplan, Teen Advisor, Girl Up SuChin Pak, Correspondent, Scratch, MTV Randi Zuckerberg, Director of Marketing, Facebook M Tamsin Smith, Founder, SlipStreamStrategy Salon IV Turning Point: Toward an Impact Economy Distributed Innovation, Distributed Manufacturing Neil Gershenfeld, Director, Center for Bits and Atoms, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Amy Sun, Founder and Director, Fab Lab, Afghanistan, Center for Bits and Atoms, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Chris West, Director, Shell Foundation M Peter Tavernise, Executive Director, Cisco Foundation Salon I New Fundamental: Aligning for Impact Case Studies in Climate Change Brizio Biondi-Morra, President, Fundación AVINA Sally Osberg, President and CEO, Skoll Foundation Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, Executive Director, Peruvian Environmental Law Society Adalberto Veríssimo, Co-founder and Senior Researcher, Imazon M Virginia Sall, Co-founder and Director, Sall Family Foundation
Grand Salon New Fundamental: Aligning for Impact Human Rights Colleen Duggan, Senior Program Specialist, International Development Research Center Morris Lipson, Consultant in Strategic Grant-making, Morris Lipson Consulting Randy Newcomb, President and CEO, Humanity United Ken Roth, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch M Kim Keller, Board Member, David & Anita Keller Foundation 11:30 am
Break
11:45 am Ballroom
Lunch
12:30 pm Philanthropy’s Teachable Moments Ballroom Dina Habib Powell, President, Goldman Sachs Foundation and Global Head, Corporate Engagement, Goldman Sachs M Jane Wales 1:15 pm
Break
1:30 pm In Conversation With… Ballroom Ben Affleck, Founder, Eastern Congo Initiative M Laurene Powell Jobs, Founder and Chair, Emerson Collective 2:15 pm
Break
2:30 pm Rapid Fire Talks— Ballroom Turning Point: Disease Eradication Richard Adegbola, Senior Program Officer, Global Health Program, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Aziz Memon, Chairman, Pakistan National Polio Plus Committee, Rotary International Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben, Director, Guinea Worm Eradication Program, The Carter Center M Kathy Calvin, Chief Executive Officer, United Nations Foundation 3:30 pm
Break
3:45 pm Concurrent Conversations Veranda Turning Point: Disruptive Connective Technology Crowd-sourcing & Incenting Innovation Peter Diamandis, Chairman and CEO, X PRIZE Foundation Thomas Kalil, Deputy Director for Policy, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Dwayne Spradlin, President and CEO, InnoCentive M Wendy Ramage Hawkins, Executive Director, Intel Foundation
Thursday, April 14th
Salon I Turning Point: Toward an Impact Economy Business Beyond the Bottom Line Klaus M. Leisinger, President and Managing Director, Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development Jeff Mendelsohn, Founder and President, New Leaf Paper Aun Rahman, Pakistan Country Director, Acumen Judy Samuelson, Executive Director, Business and Society Program, The Aspen Institute M Chuck Slaughter, Founder and President, Living Goods Grand Salon New Fundamental: Aligning for Impact Empowering Women and Girls Ruth Levine, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Policy, Planning, and Learning, USAID Molly Melching, Founder and Executive Director, Tostan International Sima Samar, Chairperson, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission M Lorene Arey, Founder and President, The Clara Fund Salon IV New Fundamental Leapfrogging Philanthropy—China Laura Chen, Executive Chair, ZeShan Foundation Peter Geithner, Advisor, Asia Center, Harvard University Ailing Zhuang, CEO, China NPO Network, and President, China Foundation Center M Bradford K. Smith, President, Foundation Center 5:00 pm Poolside
Reception
6:00 pm Ballroom
10th Anniversary Celebration Dinner
6:45 pm
Vodafone Wireless Innovation Challenge
7:15 pm
Musical Performance by Maisha Soul Introduction by Jane Wales
7:45 pm Special Conversation with Members of the Giving Pledge Lorry I. Lokey, Chairman and CEO Emeritus, Business Wire Tashia and John Morgridge, Co-founders, TOSA Foundation David Rubenstein, Co-founder and Managing Director, The Carlyle Group M Elizabeth Farnsworth, Special Correspondent, The PBS NewsHour 8:45 pm
Musical Performance by Jake Shimabukuro Introduction by Brizio Biondi-Morra, President, Fundación AVINA
SAVE THE DATE 11th Annual GPF Conference The Fairmont 2401 M Street, NW Washington, DC
April 16-18, 2012
Friday, April 15th
7:30 am Ballroom
Breakfast Buffet Table Topic Sessions
7:30 am Humanity United Breakfast Grand Salon A Call to Action to End Modern Day Slavery Kay Buck, Executive Director, Coalition Against Slavery & Trafficking Justin Dillon, Director, Fair Trade Fund, Inc. Rani Hong, Founder, Tronie Foundation M Randy Newcomb, President and CEO, Humanity United 9:00 am Ballroom
Special Address
9:45 am
Break
10:00 am Concurrent Conversations Regions at a Turning Point Veranda Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Their Neighbors Mirza Jahani, Chief Executive Officer, Aga Khan Foundation USA Charlie MacCormack, President and CEO, Save the Children Aun Rahman, Pakistan Country Director, Acumen Sima Samar, Chairperson, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission M Sara Abbasi, Board Member, Developments in Literacy Blue Room Mexico and Central America Kevin Casas-Zamora, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution Cristiana Falcone, Principal Advisor, Inter-American Development Bank Clara Jusidman, Founder and Honorary President, INCIDE Social A.C. M Felipe Medina, Director, Transforming Philanthropy Initiative, Colombia Grand Salon Central Africa: Ending the Deadliest War Jendayi Frazer, Distinguished Public Service Professor and Director, Center for International Policy and Innovation, Carnegie Mellon University Chouchou Namegabe, Founder and Director, South Kivu’s Women’s Media Association John Prendergast, Co-founder, The Enough Project M Randy Newcomb, President and CEO, Humanity United 11:15 am
Break
11:30 am Concurrent Conversations Veranda Turning Point: Disruptive Connective Technology Going Mobile: The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown Nick Hughes, Managing Director, Signal Point Partners Peters Suh, Chief Executive Officer, Wholesales Applications Community Erica Weirich, Executive Director, Global Health Research Foundation Nathan Wyeth, Director, FrontlineSMS: Credit M Matt Bannick, Managing Partner, Omidyar Network Salon IV New Fundamental Leapfrogging Philanthropy—India Noshir Dadrawala, Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Advancement in Philanthropy Sanjiv Phansalkar, Program Leader, Sir Dorabji Tata Trust Deval Sanghavi, Chief Executive Officer, Dasra M Mark Kramer, Co-founder and Managing Director, FSG Salon I M
Regions at a Turning Point Working in Crisis and Post-Crisis Regions Scott Gilmore, Executive Director, Peace Dividend Trust Gemma Mortensen, Executive Director, Crisis Action John Prendergast, Co-founder, The Enough Project Carne Ross, Founder and Executive Director, Independent Diplomat Mike Boyer, Director of Communications, Humanity United
Grand Salon New Fundamental: Aligning for Impact Advancing Health with Smart Partners & Smart Phones Cristiana Falcone, Principal Advisor, Inter-American Development Bank Bas Hoefman, Founder and Director, Text to Change Clint McClellan, Senior Director of Business Development, Wireless Health, Qualcomm Incorporated Patricia Mechael, Director, Strategic Application of Mobile Technology for Public Health and Development, Earth Institute, Columbia University Gustav Praekelt, Chief Executive Officer, Praekelt Foundation M Kathy Calvin, Chief Executive Officer, United Nations Foundation 12:45 pm Ballroom
Lunch
1:15 pm Special Address Ballroom Paul Farmer, Co-founder, Partners In Health Introduction by Peter Robertson, Chairman, Board of Trustees, World Affairs Council of Northern California 2:00 pm
Conference Adjourns
Wednesday, April 13th Turning Point: Sustainable Agriculture in Africa Having helped build Rwanda’s postconflict economy, Former Rwandan Finance Minister, Donald Kaberuka, now leads the African Development Bank in its efforts to bring sustained economic growth to the continent. Among the opportunities available is Africa’s agricultural sector, which employs more than 60% of the population, including many women. Having been bypassed during the Green Revolution of the 1970s, Africa is seen by many as agriculture’s last frontier. The adoption of smart policies, ingenious financing mechanisms, and appropriate technologies could represent a turning point for the region, tipping African nations from net importers to net exporters of food, providing for their own populations while meeting growing demand elsewhere. This is the focus of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, an African-led organization headed by former United Nations Under-Secretary General, Namanga Ngongi, of Cameroon. Recognizing this moment of opportunity, Morocco has recently adopted a roadmap to improve rural development. Turning Point: Disruptive Connective Technology On a scale previously unimagined, the expansion of connective technology has enhanced communication within and among societies and empowered individuals previously isolated by geog-
raphy, poverty, or politics. This has enabled many to engage in commerce and to access information and services, improving their lives and livelihoods. While these aspects have been welcomed by many governments, such access also has provided a platform for the expression of popular discontent and political mobilization, unsettling and even helping to topple governments. In the face of the challenge to authority this technology allows, some governments have sought to limit access to information with varying degrees of success. How will connective technology alter the relationship between governments and the governed, and among individual actors? How might these tools be used to deny or advance fundamental freedoms and universal rights? And is access to information itself a right? In Conversation With… Jeff Raikes, Chief Executive Officer, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is a powerful force for change, having selected key, interrelated issues and devised a focused strategy to address them. With the goal of alleviating poverty and improving lives, the foundation focuses on advancing public health, accelerating economic development, improving nutrition, and ensuring quality education. A former farmer turned Microsoft executive, its President, Jeff
Session Descriptions Raikes, will describe the goals of the foundation he helps to lead and the lessons learned. Rapid Fire Talks— Speed Bumps and Bottlenecks Throughout the conference, we will discuss “turning points”—those moments of inflection when a new order can replace the old, depending on choices made. These moments are opportunities to make a profound difference. But, those seeking social change will encounter speed bumps and detours along the way. This session illuminates some of them—government inaction, elusive measures of impact, and the myth that technology is bound to triumph over short-term thinking in politics and commerce. In brief talks, each speaker will describe an obstacle and suggest ways to regain forward motion. Concurrent Conversations Turning Point: Disruptive Connective Technology: Harnessing Social Media to Social Goals Social media has become a critical tool for information dissemination, cause marketing, fundraising, and community building. This ecosystem, while vibrant, is still nascent, open to ideas and invention. Jumo is an attempt to find, follow, and support organizations and causes. Samasource leverages social media to provide employment to marginalized people around the world. Chris Hughes
will address the question of where Jumo fits in this ecosystem. How will it empower existing organizations to reach out? How will it connect to other efforts such as those providing independent content or metrics? What will it mean to give greater voice and connectivity to those who support various non-profit organizations? How will it impact the roles of donors and beneficiaries? Leila Janah will speak about the underlying management and infrastructure requirements for leveraging social media for social good. Turning Point: Toward an Impact Economy Microfinance in Crisis? The first building block of an “impact economy” was the introduction of microfinance, first characterized by lending but now including equity investments, micro-insurance, and other financial products that allow the poor to build, save, and protect assets. Panelists will explore the requirements of true financial inclusion and consider both the growth of microfinance as well as challenges to it.
Wednesday, April 13th New Fundamental: Aligning for Impact Networked Giving: Sharing Strategies and Pooling Resources In order to pursue a strategy that is as complex and multifaceted as the problem it is meant to address, some strategic philanthropists have joined forces with fellow donors and partnered across sectors to pursue “networked” giving approaches. Panelists will discuss two collaborations - between the NoVo Foundation and the Nike Foundation and between the Nike Foundation and the British aid agency DFID, that empower women and girls. These collaborations bring together a private foundation, a corporate foundation, and a government agency, each with specific strengths and capacities. What has worked, for whom and why? What have been the limitations to this strategy and the challenges to its execution? What have been the lessons learned by each of the partners? And what could family foundations and individual donors learn from this networked approach? Turning Point: Toward an Impact Economy Making Markets Work for the Poor: Opportunities in Nutrition and Agriculture Nutrition is increasingly considered as an important input for poverty reduction. The combination of local production and improved distribution of food products allows markets to work better for the poor. This approach improves livelihoods
and promotes the availability of better nutritional products for those who need it the most. Panelists in this session consider opportunities for impact investing to advance sustainable agriculture and improved nutrition.
Thursday, April 14th The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Breakfast Nutrition and the “1,000 Day Window of Opportunity”— New Science, Urgency, and Opportunity for Impact During the first 1,000 days of life, between pregnancy and 24 months of age, the effects of low weight and micronutrient deficiencies on children can be staggering leading to permanent disability, irreversible physical and cognitive damage and lowered disease resistance. The effects of under- nutrition are long lasting—beyond the individual health of the child, they affect in the long run the productivity of households and nations. The first 1,000 days offer a critical window of opportunity, during which improved nutrition can have a measurable lasting impact on the growth and development of children and whole societies. Panelists will discuss various strategies, entry points and partnerships that are available to reach infants in low-income families with high-quality and affordable nutritious foods.
Thursday, April 14th Turning Point: Toward an Impact Economy Impact investing has changed the way we think of capital, markets, and social good. Many high net worth individuals and the philanthropies they have formed use their assets to advance social goals—be it through equity investments, purchasing bonds pegged against bilateral aid, advancing loans, or extending loan guarantees. Some contribute to the “impact economy” by working to ensure that social change is intrinsic to the value chain of the companies they lead. But the requirements of a true impact economy are many. It needs governmental policies and practices that encourage these innovations. It needs an infrastructure of services, so that institutional investors and individual wealth advisers are expert in evaluating social investments. It requires standards for measuring social impact. And it requires colleagues from whom to learn and with whom to collaborate. Panelists will address progress made in meeting each of these requirements and remind us of what remains to be done. Concurrent Conversations New Fundamental Philanthro-teen: The Next Generation of Givers Extraordinary young people are mobilizing their peers to address everything from infant mortality in developing nations to local neighborhood concerns. Not only do they start their own non-
Session Descriptions profits, but today’s youth is increasingly involved in philanthropy, sitting on foundation boards, and allocating grants. This panel will reveal research on the next generation’s giving and volunteering, discuss trends in teen philanthropy and highlight some of the most successful teen efforts. Turning Point: Toward an Impact Economy Distributed Innovation, Distributed Manufacturing With distributed innovation and manufacturing, previously isolated changemakers around the world can design and build products which can later be brought to market. Communities that lacked the tools necessary for both design and production can rely on the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms’ “Fab Labs,” which are located in 11 countries, and provide $20,000 worth of equipment ranging from digital technologies to laser cutters, milling machines, and soldering irons. Another powerful example of locally driven manufacturing is the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. Fortified by an effective public-private partnership, it is a concrete example of a life-changing, bottom-up solution with the potential to be brought to scale. Panelists will provide tangible examples of how these processes work and what it takes, not only to ensure local production and distribution, but also to ramp up operations for greater impact.
Thursday, April 14th New Fundamental: Aligning for Impact Case Studies in Climate Change One of the new fundamentals in philanthropy is aligning for greater impact— partnering with others and pooling resources, skills, and funding to advance a common strategy with a targeted goal. The Skoll Foundation and Fundación AVINA have joined forces to address deforestation in the Amazon. Their partnership is based on the assessment that concerted action now can produce a tangible impact, and that this is a moment of inflection for the preservation of threatened forests. Their approach is to strengthen local social entrepreneurs, foster partnerships between local and global players, and leverage each others’ strength and networks. Panelists will provide an overview of their strategy and describe successful elements of their collaboration. The panel will also feature two social entrepreneurs working in the Amazon who can attest to the needs on the ground, report on the progress being made, and provide examples of challenges that remain. New Fundamental: Aligning for Impact Human Rights Panelists will consider grants and investments made over the past decade, describe funding flows, and detail the evolution of impact measurement in the field of human rights. Recognizing that progress in political issues is hard to measure in short time frames, key indicators of progress will be discussed.
What have we learned about what can be measured and what cannot? What strategies appear to have proved most effective? To what extent can they be replicated elsewhere? And is there a contagion effect? Philanthropy’s Teachable Moments Dina Habib Powell, President, Goldman Sachs Foundation Women’s empowerment depends heavily on women’s access to economic opportunities. By providing underserved women around the world with a business and management education, Goldman Sachs’ program affords women greater opportunities for employment, entrepreneurship, and growth, leading to healthier, better-educated families, and more prosperous communities. Research even suggests that GDP growth follows in countries that provide women equitable access to economic opportunities. The program allows women to enroll in locally designed, culturally adapted, short term certificate programs that include courses such as marketing, strategic planning, accessing capital, and e-commerce. In Conversation With… Ben Affleck, Founder, Eastern Congo Initiative Gender based violence has been a central feature of more than a decade of brutal conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with over five million reported deaths. Can community-based
Session Descriptions approaches to economic development lead to fundamentally different outcomes, building social cohesion from the ground up? Actor, director, and activist Ben Affleck is betting on grassroots development in Eastern Congo. Laurene Powell Jobs has travelled to the region with him, and will lead a conversation about the tragedy and hopeful signs they have both observed. Rapid Fire Talks—Turning Point: Disease Eradication In keeping with the conference theme of “turning points” this session will look at meningitis, polio, and guinea worm, diseases for which eradication may be within reach. Panelists will address the question of just how close we are to this turning point in the eradication of these diseases. What are the barriers? What would it take to overcome them? What are the gaps and where should investors focus their resources for maximum impact? Who are the game changers? And what role can small foundations play in tipping the balance? Concurrent Conversations Turning Point: Disruptive Connective Technology Crowd-sourcing & Incenting Innovation Prizes and awards not only reward achievements made, but are used by governments, corporations, and philanthropies to incent others to find solutions to a broad range of daunting problems. Incentive awards drive
creativity and innovation and provide enormous leverage for the funds invested. Powered by technology and an open source mindset, this new approach has spread across sectors. Panelists will discuss the conditions under which philanthropists may consider using prizes to create societal benefit and drive innovation. When does this model accelerate innovation? How are results measured? What has this meant for the engagement of funders? How can family philanthropists employ this model? Turning Point: Toward an Impact Economy Business Beyond the Bottom Line The private sector—with its enormous reach, influence and talent—is an essential and increasingly engaged actor in the effort to solve environmental and social problems. Far-sighted CEOs have led efforts to ensure that the social good is intrinsic to the value chain of the companies that they lead. Increasingly both the employees and customers will chose a company based on its commitment to social causes. And business school students demand that their curriculum offer ways to promote sustainability and social impact, integrating those values into business practice. Panelists will address successful models for that combine commercial success with social benefit. They’ll consider the pathways value-based leadership being explored by today’s executives and tomorrow’s
Thursday, April 14th business leaders, including models employed by enterprises of all sizes in very different regions of the world. New Fundamental: Aligning for Impact Empowering Women and Girls Ten years ago, sixty years of economic development practice had yielded one clear lesson: an investment in women and girls was the most effective lever for positive change. That message has moved from the World Bank and university economics departments to the practice of philanthropists intent on results. Such investment is now a “new fundamental” as a growing number of donors have worked to empower women and girls. Panelists will discuss some of the investments made in this field during the past decade, describe current funding flows, and the means of assessing impact. What have been the biggest advances? How are we evaluating progress? What are the major gaps which philanthropy may still fill? What does the future hold? New Fundamental Leapfrogging Philanthropy—China For the past quarter century, China has been the most rapidly growing economy in the world. China’s participation in the global economy has also produced one of largest populations of high net worth individuals, many of whom are reexamining their responsibilities within society. They see that poverty remains a pressing
concern, and that disparities in wealth and income are matched by inequalities in health and education outcomes. The capacity of local governments to meet social needs is uneven, and crises such as the Sichuan earthquake have highlighted the need for a robust civil sector. Panelists will provide an overview of the changes in the philanthropy landscape in China. They will describe hurdles to giving as well as progress made in advancing transparency and efficacy within the growing social sector. Special Conversation with Members of the Giving Pledge The Giving Pledge has set a powerful example and is motivating the most fortunate in our midst to consider making a significant commitment to philanthropy. It has stimulated a discussion among many who are new to philanthropy, including those in emerging markets such as India and China, two countries we are featuring at the conference in panels on “leapfrogging” over traditional forms of charity to a “new philanthropy” that is bold, strategic, innovative, and impactful.
Friday, April 15th Humanity United Breakfast A Call to Action to End Modern Day Slavery This conversation will focus on a philanthropic call to action to end modernday slavery in our time and for greater collaboration across the social sector to make this a reality. The issues of modern-day slavery and human trafficking have approached a turning point. They are among the fastest-growing and most pressing human rights challenges of our time. Fortunately, public interest and political will in these issues are on the rise. While the challenges are great, so are the opportunities to get involved both locally and globally and so are the methods to make a difference for funders, large and small. Concurrent Conversations Regions at a Turning Point As we look at turning points that impact the work of philanthropy, we also consider regions that are at a turning point from the perspective of stability and equity. In each of these pivotal regions, we seek to address the question, “What can philanthropy do?” Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Their Neighbors Pakistan and Afghanistan are struggling under the weight of enormous political, economic, and social challenges that can undermine social cohesion and state capacity. Faced with fractious internal debates and mounting pressure from
Session Descriptions outside their borders, what are their prospects for stability? Panelists will share their perspectives on the role that the social sector can and has played in these countries. Where have social sector efforts been successful? How have these efforts enhanced stability in society? What are the areas in which philanthropy can be most effective? What are the immediate opportunities? Mexico and Central America Organized criminal networks are threatening both human security and state capacity, raising the prospect of a failed state on our border. A democracy whose economic development success merited it a seat at the table in OECD meetings, Mexico is now in crisis as drug cartels diversify operations to include human trafficking and money laundering. Their success could spell failure for Mexico, Honduras, and El Salvador. Their market and their arms are American. Panelists will discuss these challenges and the ways philanthropy and civil society can help to address them. Central Africa: Ending the Deadliest War A deadly war continues to rage in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where sexual violence is one of its most pervasive weapons. The DRC is ripe with human and resource capital, but its volatility is impeding its potential to be Africa’s next turnaround story. An absence of schools, services,
Friday, April 15th and income generating activities handicaps local communities and prevents them from emerging from the crisis. Panelists will discuss what may be possible to do when people take notice and take action. How can local communities be empowered to promote an equitable society? How can individuals be enabled to promote economic opportunities that benefit others? What are the factors coming together that can make this change possible for the DRC? And who are the real game-changers bringing hope to this human tragedy? Concurrent Conversations Turning Point: Disruptive Connective Technology Going Mobile: The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown Billions of people live in remote areas of developing countries where access to basic social services is either non-existent or unreliable. Without advanced communication technology or adequate infrastructure, rural farmers lack access to timely market data and information, sick people are unable to get adequate health care, and financial services are unavailable to the poor. Mobile telephony has emerged as one of the most cost-effective, widely applicable, and promising solutions to these and many other challenging issues of everyday life for the world’s poor. The use of mobile phones to override the inadequacies of traditional
infrastructures is still in its infancy, but innovative uses of telephony are rapidly making a difference. Panelists will highlight some of the most successful interventions and will discuss how these can scale for even greater impact. New Fundamental Leapfrogging Philanthropy—India As India’s economy grows, so too does its enormous promise for strategic philanthropy. The newly wealthy are at the height of their careers, engaged, and inventive. Many are eager to “leapfrog” past traditional charity to new models for leveraging markets to achieve social aims. With 40 percent of their fellow citizens living in poverty, India’s traditional and new philanthropists focus on the pressing needs—and the opportunities for innovation—that they see at home. India has a long tradition of entrepreneurship and a deep sense of corporate social responsibility on which to build. But philanthropists need to be assured that the civil society organizations they support are accountable, and the social enterprises in which they invest are producing measurable results. Sanjiv Phansalkar is program leader at one of India’s most venerable long-time philanthropies, the Tata Trust. And both Noshir Dadrawala and Deval Sanghavi lead “infrastructure organizations” that are dedicated to building the capacity, transparency, and impact of the social sector.
Session Descriptions Regions at a Turning Point Working in Crisis and Post-Crisis Regions Conflict resolution and post-conflict recovery have long been reserved as the exclusive domain of governmental actors. However, that is no longer the case. Individuals, foundations, and non-governmental organizations are increasingly engaged in providing early warning, disseminating information pertaining to conflicts, offering policy solutions, and even negotiating ceasefires. They support local leaders in the arduous steps leading to negotiations and they engage local communities in rebuilding society following devastating conflicts. Panelists will address the strategies that funders can pursue and feature examples of how social sector organizations can attain results when supported by philanthropy. New Fundamental: Aligning for Impact Advancing Health with Smart Partners & Smart Phones Mobile eHealth or mHealth encompasses the use of mobile telecommunication and multimedia technologies as an integral part of delivery of health-care services. Within the mHealth space, projects have a variety of objectives, including increased access to health care and health-related information; improved ability to remotely diagnose and track diseases; timelier, more actionable public health information; and expanded access to ongoing
medical education and training for health workers. Many of these initiatives are undertaken in partnership with businesses that provide access to mobile technology services. While mHealth is rapidly extending its reach, barriers and gaps still remain in low- and middleincome countries. Panelists will discuss the ongoing efforts to explore how a broad range of mHealth technologies and approaches can improve health outcomes, as well as their ability to generate cost savings. Panelists will also address the collaborative framework that can help move this sector forward. Special Address Paul Farmer, Co-Founder, Partners in Health Access to health care in the developing world remains a challenge. Health care delivery systems are failing—a result of the lack of needed resources, inadequate policies, and the maldistribution of trained medical professionals. Paul Farmer has pioneered a successful model for providing holistic health care and tailoring an effective delivery system to the most underserved areas by using community workers to expand capacity and encourage sustainability. He will address the opportunities for action in global public health, emphasizing his belief that access to health care is above all a matter of social justice.
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Vodafone Americas Foundation is part of Vodafone’s global network of foundations, and is affiliated with Vodafone, the world’s leading mobile telecommunications company. The Vodafone Americas Foundation will announce its Vodafone Wireless Innovation Project winners at the conference. This annual competition seeks to identify and fund the best innovations using wireless related technology to address critical social issues around the world. The winning projects will demonstrate a multi-disciplinary approach that uses an innovation in wireless related technology and has the potential for replication and large scale impact. Three winners will be awarded prizes of $300,000, $200,000 and $100,000 for unique, late-stage wireless innovations that offer the best potential for creating social change in the areas of education, health, economic development, the environment and access to communication.
“Never forget who we’re trying to help and why. People suffering from poverty and disease are human beings who have infinite worth in their own right without any reference to us. They have mothers who love them, children who need them, and friends who cherish them, and we simply ought to help them.” —William H. Gates Sr. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 4th Annual GPF Conference, 2005
Sara Abbasi Board Member Developments in Literacy
Sara Abbasi is a philanthropist who is committed to spreading access to education worldwide. Her charitable work on various boards is marked by a dedication to breaking down cultural barriers and enabling cross-cultural understanding. Ms. Abbasi serves on the Board of Developments in Literacy (DIL), an international nonprofit organization that is dedicated to the advancement of female literacy in remote areas of Pakistan. Since 1997, DIL has built 200 schools in Pakistan. In 2001, Ms. Abbasi was the driving force in establishing DIL’s San Francisco chapter. Additionally, Ms. Abbasi serves on the board of The American Pakistan Foundation (APF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding education, healthcare, micro-infrastructure and entrepreneurship opportunities to the under-
privileged people of Pakistan. She serves on the board of One Nation, a national philanthropic initiative that promotes pluralism and inclusion in America; The World Affairs Council of Northern California; and Menlo School, an independent, accredited and coeducational college preparatory day school for students in grades 6–12. In 2003, Ms. Abbasi and her husband, Sohaib Abbasi, endowed the Sohaib and Sara Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies at Stanford University, a key forum for interdisciplinary research and teaching in Islamic Studies on the West Coast.
Reuben Abraham Executive Director Centre for Emerging Markets Solutions, Indian School of Business
Reuben Abraham is a faculty and Executive Director of the Centre for Emerging Markets Solutions (CEMS) at the Indian School of Business, where he also serves on the Next Generation Leaders Board of the school. Dr. Abraham was selected as a Young Global Leader for 2009 by the World Economic Forum, where he also serves on the India Advisory Council. He serves on the board of the Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF). Under the aegis of SEDF, he helped set up a unique India-focused early-stage venture fund with Google and Omidyar Network as co-investors, for which he is a senior adviser. Recently, he was selected as an Asia 21 Young Leader by the Asia Society. A TED Global Fellow in 2007, he now serves on the TED Fellows Advisory Board, on the board of Ashray Housing, and is a member of the Clinton Global Initiative. Dr. Abraham also served
as a consultant at the World Bank and conducted research at three Columbia University research labs. Before Columbia, he was involved in co-founding two start-up companies in the media/telecom space. Dr. Abraham completed his MA, MPhil, and PhD from Columbia University. During his time at Columbia, he was an Associate Fellow in Global Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations, a Fellow of the Public Policy Consortium and a Sloan Foundation/CITI Telecommunications Fellow.
Richard Adegbola Senior Program Officer The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Richard Adegbola joined The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2009. He has over 20 years of research experience in infections of the tropics, particularly pneumonia and meningitis. At the foundation, his role is using pneumonia research findings for policy implementation and evaluation for impact. Before joining the Gates Foundation, Dr. Adegbola was a member of the Medical Research Council (MRC) senior management team and Head of the Bacterial Diseases Program at the UK MRC Laboratories in The Gambia. In addition, he was a member of the WHO Meningitis Vaccine Project Advisory Group and Vice Chair of the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership Board at The Hague.
In 2005, he was awarded the title of Honorary Visiting Professor in the Department of Infection, Immunity, and Inflammation by the University of Leicester in England. From 2001 to 2009, he served as a member of The Gambia Government Inter-Agency Committee for immunization and a member of the National Polio Expert Committee for The Gambia. Before leaving The Gambia, Dr. Adegbola was President of the Nigerian Sensitization Committee set up by the then Nigeria High Commissioner to The Gambia, to advise on issues that can promote better relations among Nigerians in The Gambia, and the Professor Richard Adebayo Adegbola Scholarship fund was formed to honor his commitment and contribution to providing financial support for poor students in The Gambia.
Kofi AdjepongBoateng Vice Chairman Standard Chartered Capital Markets, Africa
Kofi Adjepong-Boateng co-founded FAH (formerly, First Africa Holdings) in 1996 with capital from S.G. Warburg & Co. Under his stewardship, FAH’s investment banking subsidiary, First Africa, became a leading adviser on cross-border mergers and acquisitions in Africa. In July 2009, FAH sold its investment banking business to Standard Chartered Bank, and Mr. Adjepong-Boateng took up his present position in the wider Standard Chartered Group, where he is responsible for the investment banking services that the bank provides to a number of prominent high net worth families in Africa. During 2003 and 2004, Mr. Adjepong-Boateng served on the Africa Policy Advisory Panel, an advisory group mandated
by the US Congress, which reported to the US Secretary of State. He continues to take an interest in policy formation and currently serves as a member of the Policy Committee of The Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) and sits on its Finance Committee. Up until April, 2010, he also sat on the Steering Committee responsible for overseeing a project at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at the University of Cambridge. He also sits on the Finance & Investment Committee of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), a vehicle created by The Bill & Melinda Gates and the Rockefeller Foundations. Mr. Adjepong-Boateng is a Member of the UK’s Royal Economic Society and, up until December 2010, was a Senior Associate Member of St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford.
Ben Affleck Founder Eastern Congo Initiative
In addition to a successful career as an actor, writer, and director, Ben Affleck is also a passionate advocate and philanthropist. In March 2010, after multiple trips seeing firsthand the inspiring work of citizens making progress against all odds in the conflicttorn Democratic Republic of Congo, he founded the Eastern Congo Initiative (ECI), the first US-based advocacy and grant-making initiative wholly focused on working with and for the people of eastern Congo. ECI grants directly support innovative Congolese-led community-based organizations that are working to create a vibrant, sustainable civil society in this long-troubled region. Mr. Affleck has been an active advocate in and outspoken educator on Congo issues to
media, philanthropists, leaders in the Administration and Members of Congress. Since ECI’s launch, Mr. Affleck’s work has garnered media coverage for the region reaching over 500 million viewers worldwide. Serving the most urgent needs of the Congolese people, ECI focuses on support for survivors of rape and sexual violence, vulnerable children including reintegrating child soldiers into their communities, expanding access to healthcare in rural areas, communitylevel peace and reconciliation programs, and promoting economic opportunities. ECI investors include the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, Humanity United, the Bridgeway Foundation, Cindy Hensley McCain, Google, Laurene Powell Jobs of Emerson Collective, The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, williamsworks, and others.
Aziz Akhannouch Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Kingdom of Morocco
H.E. Aziz Akhannouch became the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries for the Kingdom of Morocco on October 15, 2007. H.E. Minister Akhannouch is also the Chairman and CEO of AKWA Group, which is the largest energy company in Morocco with approximately 50 subsidiaries. From 2003 to 2009, he was the President of the Regional Council of the Souss-Massa-Draâ, the second largest region in Morocco. H.E. Minister Akhannouch was nominated by Moroccan Law, “Dahir,” as a member of the Privatization Evaluation Group, part of a think tank under His Majesty the King Hassan II, and held the position until 1999. He is also a member and administrator of the Mohamed VI Foundation for environmental preservation, the Mohamed VI Foundation for
social reinsertion of prisoners, the General Confederation of Morocco’s Enterprises (CGEM) foundation, and the administrator of the ACADEMIA foundation. H.E. Minister Akhannouch is the President of the Association for the Concert of Tolerance. He also held the position of President of the Oil Industry Group of Morocco, and is the former administrator of the Bank Al Maghrib (Morocco’s Central Bank) and BMCE Bank (Moroccan External Trade Bank). H.E. Minister Akhannouch holds a degree in Management from the University of Sherbrooke in Canada.
Lorene Arey President The Clara Fund
Lorene Arey is Founder and President of The Clara Fund, a philanthropic organization whose goal is to promote and support economic opportunities for women globally. Before joining the public sector, Ms. Arey was the head of Worldwide Corporate Communications at Cisco Systems, where she was responsible for Cisco’s worldwide media relations, public relations, and executive communications. Since joining Cisco in 1993, she played a key role in shaping and positioning Cisco’s public image.
Ms. Arey currently serves on the Board of Directors for MicroCredit Enterprises, the Advisory Boards for the Institute for Leadership Studies, Loyola Marymount University, and 463 Communications, and serves on the Conference Steering Committee for the Global Philanthropy Forum.
The accomplishments of her team were spotlighted in the Wall Street Journal in 2000, when Cisco was recognized as the company with the best publicity across all industries worldwide for 1999.
Ms. Arey holds a BA from the University of California, Berkeley.
Michelle Bachelet Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director UN Women
Michelle Bachelet is the first Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, established on July 2, 2010 by the United Nations General Assembly. Under Ms. Bachelet’s leadership, UN Women will lead, support, and coordinate the work on gender equality and the empowerment of women at global, regional, and country levels. Ms. Bachelet most recently served as President of Chile from 2006 to 2010. A long-time champion of women’s rights, she has advocated for gender equality and women’s empowerment throughout her career. One of her major successes as President was her decision to save billions of dollars in revenues to spend on issues
such as pension reform, social protection programs for women and children, and research and development, despite the financial crisis. Other initiatives included tripling the number of free early childcare centers for low-income families and the completion of some 3,500 child-care centers around the country. Ms. Bachelet also held ministerial portfolios in the Chilean Government as Minister of Defense and Minister of Health. As Defense Minister, Ms. Bachelet introduced gender policies intended to improve the conditions of women in the military and police forces. As Minister of Health, she implemented health-care reform, improving attention to primary care facilities with the aim of ensuring better and faster healthcare response for families.
Matt Bannick Managing Partner Omidyar Network
Matt Bannick brings a wide range of executive, international, and multi-sector experience to Omidyar Network. From 1999 to 2007, Mr. Bannick was a member of eBay’s executive staff and served in a number of senior executive roles, including General Manager and later, as President of eBay International. While at eBay, he was largely responsible for building the company’s global footprint and driving phenomenal revenue growth. In 2002, Mr. Bannick was selected as PayPal’s first post-acquisition president and established the company as the global standard for online payments. Under his leadership, PayPal’s revenue more than tripled in its first two years with eBay. In 2004, Mr. Bannick returned to eBay International
and later spearheaded eBay’s initiatives in Global Development and Citizenship, which aims to bring the power of eBay to the developing world. Prior to joining eBay, Mr. Bannick served as the North American President of NavTeq, the leading provider of digital map databases for the in-vehicle navigation system and online routing markets. Mr. Bannick was also a management consultant with McKinsey and Company in both Europe and North America. Mr. Bannick also served as a United States diplomat in Germany during the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall and German unification. Mr. Bannick currently serves on the Boards of Bridge International Academies, Endeavor, and the Rural Development Institute. He earned an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School and a degree in International Studies and Economics from the University of Washington.
Lucy Bernholz Founder and President Blueprint Research & Design, Inc.
Lucy Bernholz is the Founder and President of Blueprint Research & Design, Inc., a strategy consulting firm that helps philanthropic individuals and institutions achieve their missions. Dr. Bernholz is also the publisher of Philanthropy2173, an award winning blog on the business of giving.
is a frequent keynote presenter, panelist, and media source on philanthropy and social innovation.
She is currently the HAND Foundation Fellow in Philanthropy at the New American Foundation and is a visiting scholar at the Stanford University Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society.
Dr. Bernholz is the author of numerous articles and books on the philanthropic industry, including Creating Philanthropic Capital Markets: The Deliberate Evolution.
Dr. Bernholz was named one of 100 national game changers by The Huffington Post. She serves on advisory boards to several national and international philanthropy research centers and
Dr. Bernholz has a BA from Yale University, and a MA and PhD from Stanford University.
Brizio BiondiMorra President AVINA
Brizio Biondi-Morra is the President of AVINA, a foundation working in partnership with civil society and business leaders in Latin America on their initiatives toward sustainable development. AVINA has 19 offices in 14 countries. Dr. Biondi-Morra is also the Chairman of the Central American Institute of Business Administration (INCAE), the leading Latin American business school with campuses in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Dr. Biondi-Morra’s previous experience includes working as a Director on Oxfam America’s Board, the Chairman of Fundes International (a foundation promoting small- and mediumenterprise development in Latin America and operating in Latin American countries), the
President of INCAE Business School, and as a management consultant at Arthur D. Little in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is the Founder and CEO of ICC, a chemical and paper processing company based in New York. Dr. Biondi-Morra has also worked as a marketing strategist for E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. in Europe. Dr. Biondi-Morra holds a PhD in Business Administration from Harvard University and a PhD in Economics from Bocconi University, Italy.
“Philanthropy means so much more than just giving money. Philanthropy means giving bold thinkers the chance to lift their communities and to realize the power within themselves to change things for the better.” —Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan 8th Annual GPF Conference, 2009
Mike Boyer Director of Communications Humanity United
Mike Boyer is Director of Communications at Humanity United, a foundation dedicated to building peace and advancing human freedom, where he leads a broad portfolio of communications, media, and advocacy initiatives. Prior to joining Humanity United, Mr. Boyer was a Senior Editor at Foreign Policy magazine and served as a foreign relations staffer for US Senator Chuck Hagel. He has appeared as an expert commentator on such media outlets as Al Jazeera, CBS News, CNN, and NPR. Mr. Boyer’s writing on international affairs has appeared in The Boston Globe, Foreign Policy, National Geographic, New Republic, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Monthly, Weekly Standard, and other publications.
Mr. Boyer earned a BA in Political Science from Colorado College and an MA in the History of International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Antony BuggLevine Managing Director The Rockefeller Foundation
Antony Bugg-Levine leads the initiatives on Impact Investing and Innovation and oversees the Program-Related Investment portfolio at The Rockefeller Foundation. He is also associate adjunct professor at the Columbia Business School, where he teaches a course on Business Innovations in International Development. Prior to joining The Rockefeller Foundation, he led the Kenya and Uganda operations of the international NGO TechnoServe from Nairobi, where he helped design and implement business solutions to rural poverty. Earlier in his career, as a consultant with McKinsey & Company, Mr. Bugg-Levine focused in financial services and healthcare, managed the team that undertook a strategic review for the United Nations’
Global Compact and helped develop new frameworks for incorporating social dynamics into corporate strategy. A native of South Africa, he served in the late 1990s as the Communications Director at the South African Human Rights Commission and as a speech writer and media strategist for the 1999 election campaign of the African National Congress. He is the co-author, with Jed Emerson, of a forthcoming book on impact investing and blended value. A graduate of Yale College, he earned an MPA focused on Economic Development from Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
Kathy Bushkin Calvin Chief Executive Officer United Nations Foundation
Kathy Bushkin Calvin is the Chief Executive Officer of the United Nations Foundation. The United Nations Foundation was created in 1998 with businessman and philanthropist Ted Turner’s historic gift to support UN causes. The UN Foundation builds public-private partnerships to address the world’s most pressing problems, and works to broaden support for the UN through advocacy and public outreach. Prior to joining the UN Foundation in 2003, Ms. Calvin served as President of the AOL Time Warner Foundation and was the chief architect of the company’s corporate social responsibility initiatives. She joined America Online in 1997 as Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer, following a career in politics, journalism, and public relations.
At Hill and Knowlton, a global public relations company, she led the US Media Relations practice. For 12 years before that, she was the Director of Editorial Administration for US News a World Report magazine. From 1976 through 1984, Ms. Calvin served as Senator Gary Hart’s Press Secretary in his Senate office and 1984 Presidential campaign. Throughout her career, Ms. Calvin has taken an active role in a range of philanthropic activities. She is a graduate of Purdue University and the recipient of numerous awards for leadership and philanthropy.
Kevin CasasZamora Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy The Brookings Institution
Kevin Casas-Zamora is a Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy at The Brookings Institution, in Washington, DC. In 2006-2007, he was Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy, and Second Vice-President of the Republic of Costa Rica. Dr. Casas-Zamora has worked as international consultant in the field of campaign finance, as well as program officer at the Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress, and General Coordinator of the United Nations Development Program’s National Human Development Report for Costa Rica. In 2007, Dr. Casas-Zamora was selected as Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. He has authored several studies on political finance, elections, citizen security, and civil-military relations in Latin America.
His doctoral thesis, entitled “Paying for Democracy in Latin America: Political Finance and State Subsidies for Parties in Costa Rica and Uruguay”, won the 2004 PhD Prize of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) and was published in 2005 by the ECPR. Dr. Casas-Zamora holds a Law degree from the University of Costa Rica, as well as an MA and a PhD in Political Science from the universities of Essex and Oxford, respectively.
Laura Chen Executive Chair ZeShan Foundation
Laura Chen is Executive Chair of Hong Kong-based ZeShan Foundation, a family foundation of which she is a family member. The Foundation aspires to be a catalyst and a leveraging force through strategic and proactive giving and engaged philanthropy. Its current mandate focuses on four major areas: Health, Education, Philanthropy Development, and Support of Human and Social Services in the local community. Through these mandates, substantial funding and effective partnerships have been developed in particular towards combating Hepatitis B and HIV/AIDS in China, with a goal towards improving the national public health system through policy change and with measurable impact.
Ms. Chen is a strong proponent of good corporate governance and accountability among NGOs and philanthropic organizations, and an avid believer in creating equitable partnerships between grant makers and recipients. Ms. Chen began her career in international banking in Washington, DC. Prior to her transition into the field of philanthropy, she spent over 20 years in the financial services and investments industries, with special interest in the areas of emerging market debt and real estate development. She currently serves on the boards of two major companies listed on the HK Stock Exchange and is a trustee of the Asia Society, Hong Kong. She is a long-term supporter of the Hopkins-Nanjing Center in China—a joint post-graduate degree program between the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, and Nanjing University. Ms. Chen holds an MBA from George Washington University.
Craig Cogut Founder and Managing Partner Pegasus Capital Advisors
Founded in 1995, Pegasus focuses on buiding business platforms that create transitional and transformational solutions to global resource scarcity. In his leadership role at Pegasus, Mr. Cogut has executed over 70 transactions and has assembled a world-class team of investment, operational, engineering, and policy professionals.
at Brown University, as a Director of Human Rights First, as a Director of the Gettysburg Foundation, and as a Trustee of the Arizona State University Global Institute of Sustainability.
Mr. Cogut is active with a number of nonprofit organizations, with an emphasis on those that advance education, civil society, and sustainability.
He recently founded and serves as Chairman of Polyphony, a global nonprofit organization that breaks down barriers to progress in social, cultural, and scientific realms by bringing diverse voices together. In 2008, Mr. Cogut received the New York League of Conservation Voters Corporate Pioneer Award.
He serves as a Trustee of Brown University, Chairman of the External Advisory Board of the Brown University-Veterans Administration Center for Restorative and Regenerative Medicine, Chairman of the External Advisory Board of the Cogut Center for the Humanities
Mr. Cogut is a graduate of Brown University and Harvard University Law School.
Ron Cordes Co-chairman Genworth Financial Wealth Management
Ron D. Cordes has enjoyed a more than 25-year career in the investment industry, having co-founded and then sold AssetMark Investment Services to Genworth Financial in 2006. He is currently Co-chairman of Genworth Financial Wealth Management, which is responsible for over $24 billion beginning balance in assets under management for individual and institutional clients. Mr. Cordes speaks and writes extensively in the field of impact investing and chairs the Executive Committee for ImpactAssets, a new initiative to catalyze capital for impact investments formed in partnership with the Calvert Foundation. Mr. Cordes is a Co-founder, with his wife Marty, of the Cordes Foundation and a Regent for the University of the Pacific, as well
as Chairman of the Advisory Board for the University’s Global Center for Social Entrepreneurship. In addition, he serves on the Board of FairTrade USA, the Sarona Frontier Markets Fund, and the East Bay Community Foundation. Mr. Cordes is co-author of “The Art of Investing & Portfolio Management,” published in 2004, and was recognized as an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2005. He holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley.
Noshir H. Dadrawala Chief Executive Centre for Advancement of Philanthropy
The Mumbai-based Centre for Advancement of Philanthropy, specializes in the areas of charity law and good governance practices for nonprofits. Mr. Dadrawala is a Director of the Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium (APPC), member of the Coordinating Committee of Worldwide Initiatives & Network of Grant-makers (WINGS), Fellow of the Centre for Study of Philanthropy (New York), and member of the advisory council of the International Centre for Not-For-Profit Law. He is also a trustee of Resource Alliance (India), India Sponsorship Committee, Make A Wish Foundation (India), V Care Foundation, Chronic Care Foundation, and the Forbes Foundation. He is member of an Expert Group of the Planning Commission of India on feasibility
of a New Central Law to serve as an alternative to All-India Statute for Voluntary Organizations in India. Mr. Dadrawala conducts seminars and workshops for nonprofits all over the country, and he is visiting faculty member at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, SNDT University, Nirmalaniketan (College of Social Work), Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, the SP Jain Institute of Management & Research, and SIES College of Management Studies. Mr. Dadrawala has written several resource books, including “The Art of Successful Fund-Raising,” “Management of Philanthropic Organizations,” “Laws Governing Voluntary Organizations in India,” “Merchants of Philanthropy and FAQ on Trusts Act,” and “Income Tax & FCRA.” He also coauthored APPC’s “Philanthropy & Law in South Asia.”
Peter H. Diamandis Chairman and CEO X PRIZE Foundation
The X PRIZE Foundation leads the world in designing and launching large incentive prizes to drive radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity. Best known for the $10 million Ansari X PRIZE for private spaceflight and the $10 million Progressive Automotive X PRIZE for 100 mile-per-gallon equivalent cars, the Foundation is now launching prizes in Exploration, Life Sciences, Energy, and Education. Dr. Diamandis is also an international leader in the commercial space arena, having founded and run many of the leading entrepreneurial companies in this sector, including Zero Gravity Corporation, the Rocket Racing League, and Space Adventures.
As Co-founder and Chairman of the Singularity University— a Silicon Valley-based institution partnered with NASA, Google, Autodesk, and Nokia—Dr. Diamandis counsels the world’s top enterprises on how to utilize exponential technologies and incentivized innovation to dramatically accelerate their business objectives. Dr. Diamandis attended MIT where he received his degrees in Molecular Genetics and Aerospace Engineering, as well as Harvard Medical School where he received his MD.
Justin Dillon Director Fair Trade Fund, Inc.
Justin Dillion is working with the State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Human Trafficking to create the first ever ‘Slavery Footprint.’ This online tool and mobile application will allow users to answer select questions about their consumer spending which will then display a graphical “footprint” of the user’s participation in slavery, as quantified by their consumption of items created by forced labor. As a musician, Mr. Dillon started hosting benefit concerts for organizations addressing the problem of modern day slavery. His passion grew into a “rockumentary” that combined critically acclaimed artists such as Moby, Natasha Bedingfiled and Matisyahu with social luminaries such as Cornell West, Ashley Judd, Julia Ormond, Nicholas Kristof and Madeline Albright in the film, “CALL+RESPONSE.”
Mr. Dillon and the film have been featured on CNN, the Today Show, MSNBC, the Dr. Phil Show, the LA Times, The Washington Post, the Chicago Sun, and Huffington Post, along with speaking engagements at the White House, Department of State, United Nations events, Clinton Global Initiative, and Princeton, Harvard, and Columbia Universities. The film has been seen by over 350,000 people and helped raise over $250,000 for front line groups helping to free slaves and rehabilitate victims. Mr. Dillon also helped launch a modern day consumer advocacy movement with the Fair Trade Fund Inc.’s online campaigns ChainStoreReaction.com and SlaveFree.com.
Colleen Duggan Senior Program Specialist International Development Research Centre
Colleen Duggan is a Senior Program Specialist at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) based in Canada. She has been with IDRC’s Evaluation Unit since 2005 where she uses her expertise in human rights and the rule of law in conflict-affected societies to advance evaluation theory and practice. Together with the International Conflict Research (University of Ulster), she is leading a research project on evaluating research in violently divided societies. Between 2001 and 2005, Duggan developed IDRC’s programming in Latin America on peace and conflict and women’s rights. Before joining IDRC, she worked for more than a decade with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and for the United Nations Development Program in Colombia, Guatemala,
El Salvador, and New York. At the UN she focused on humanitarian response, security sector reform, transitional justice, human rights, and peacebuilding. She has published works on early warning and conflict prevention, gender and transitional justice, and the evaluation of peacebuilding initiatives. Most recently, she was a guest editor for the International Journal for Transitional Justice special issue on evaluation. She holds an LLM in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law from the University of Essex (UK) and a graduate degree in International Development and Economic Cooperation from the University of Ottawa.
Cristiana Falcone Principal Advisor Inter-American Development Bank
Cristiana Falcone is an active advisor to the Board of RayTV, the Stanford Center for Innovation and Communication, and INTERNEWS. Ms. Falcone has extensive experience in the public and private sector, international organizations, and the media industry. For the past six years she has been working for the World Economic Forum in Geneva and in New York. Previously, she gained her experience in global advocacy at the International Labour Organization, in corporate strategy at Shell, and in media at RAI (Italian Radio and Television). Ms. Falcone graduated from the University of Rome La Sapienza in Political Science and earned her MA in Humanitarian
Assistance from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. She holds an MA in Diplomatic Studies from the Italian Society for International Organization and the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and several post-graduate certificates in leadership, corporate strategy, and management. She is also a member of the Journalists’ Guild of Italy.
Paul Farmer Co-founder Partners in Health
Paul Farmer, MD, PhD, is Kolokotrones University Professor and Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Chief of the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and co-founder of Partners In Health. He also serves as UN Deputy Special Envoy for Haiti, under Special Envoy Bill Clinton. Dr. Farmer and his colleagues have pioneered novel, community-based treatment strategies that demonstrate the delivery of high-quality healthcare in resource-poor settings.
He has written extensively on health, human rights, and the consequences of social inequality, and he is a member of the Institute of Medicine, the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Elizabeth Farnsworth Special Correspondent The PBS NewsHour
Elizabeth Farnsworth is a special correspondent for The PBS NewsHour and documentarian. She was chief correspondent and principal substitute anchor of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer from 1995-2000. She then became a senior correspondent, reporting mostly from overseas. Ms. Farnsworth is co-director and producer of “The Judge and the General,” a featurelength documentary about the legal pursuit of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. The film has received an Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Award, an Emmy nomination, and a Director’s Guild of America nomination for best documentary direction. In 27 years of work for The NewsHour, Ms. Farnsworth has reported from most of Latin America, Cambodia, Vietnam, South Korea, Japan, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt,
Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza. Her 2001 four-part series on the AIDS crisis in Botswana and Malawi received the 2001 Silver World Medal from the New York Festivals and an Emmy nomination. Her writings have appeared in Foreign Policy, World Policy Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, The Nation, and other publications. Ms. Farnsworth is a member of the World Affairs Council of Northern California Board of Trustees and the Advisory Council of the Human Rights Center of the University of California, Berkeley.
Jendayi E. Frazer Distinguished Public Service Professor and Director Center for International Policy and Innovation, Carnegie Mellon University
Jendayi E. Frazer is a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), with joint appointments in the Department of Social and Decision Sciences, and in the H. John Heinz College’s School of Public Policy and Management. Dr. Frazer served as the US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, and as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council from 2001 until her swearing-in as the first woman US Ambassador to South Africa in 2004. Dr. Frazer was instrumental in establishing the Bush Administration’s signature initiatives. She is widely credited for designing the Administration’s policies for ending the wars in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Burundi, and for helping resolve Kenya’s 2007 post-election crisis. In recognition of her contributions, Condoleezza Rice presented Dr. Frazer with the Distinguished Service Award, the highest award bestowed by the Secretary of State. In 2010, Liberian President Ellen JohnsonSirleaf awarded Dr. Frazer with the distinction of Dame Grand Commander in the Humane Order of African Redemption in recognition of her contribution to restoring peace and democracy to Liberia. Dr. Frazer received a BA in Political Science and African and Afro-American Studies, an MA in International Policy Studies and International Development Education, and a PhD in Political Science—all from Stanford University.
“GPF looks at philanthropy in a unique way, one which recognizes the complexity and inter-relationships between issues. They have helped me to expand both my understanding of philanthropy and my network.” —David Keller David & Anita Keller Foundation
Peter F. Geithner Advisor to the Asia Center Harvard University
Prior to joining the Ford Foundation, Peter Geithner served with USAID, as the Assistant to the President of Columbia Carbon International, and as a Naval Aviator. He serves or has served as a consultant to the China Medical Board, Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, MacArthur Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership, and other nonprofit organizations. He serves on the boards of the Harvard-Yenching Institute, National Committee on USChina Relations, China Center for Economic Research (Peking University), Center for the Advanced Study of India (University of Pennsylvania), Japan Center for International
Exchange (USA), China Center for Health Development Studies, Sir Alex Cairncross Memorial Foundation, and China Education Initiative. Prior to assuming his current positions, Mr. Geithner spent 28 years with the Ford Foundation, where he held program management positions mainly concerned with Asia, including as Director of Asia Programs, the Foundation’s first representative in China, Program Officer in Charge, Developing Country Programs, Representative (Southeast Asia), Deputy Director, Office for Asia Pacific, and Assistant/Deputy Representative for India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Mr. Geithner has a BA from Dartmouth College and an MA from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. He has received the State Department Distinguished Service Award and the Royal Thai Government Order of the White Elephant.
Neil Gershenfeld Director, Center for Bits and Atoms Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Neil Gershenfeld is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, has been named one of Scientific American’s 50 leaders in science and technology, has been selected as a CNN/Time/Fortune Principal Voice, and by Prospect/FP as one of the top 100 public intellectuals. His unique laboratory is breaking down boundaries between the digital and physical worlds, from creating molecular quantum computers to virtuosic musical instruments. Technology from his lab has been seen and used in settings including New York’s Museum of Modern Art and rural Indian villages, the White House and the World Economic Forum, inner-city community centers and automobile safety systems, Las Vegas shows and Sami herds. Prof. Gershenfeld is the originator of the growing global network of field fab labs, which provides widespread access to prototype
tools for personal fabrication, and directs the Fab Academy, the associated program for distributed research and education in the principles and practices of digital fabrication. Prof. Gershenfeld has a BA in Physics with High Honors and an honorary Doctor of Science from Swarthmore College, an MA from Cornell University; he was a Junior Fellow of the Harvard University Society of Fellows, and a member of the research staff at Bell Labs.
Elliot Gerson Executive Vice President, Policy and Public Programs The Aspen Institute
Elliot Gerson is responsible for The Aspen Institute’s Policy Programs, its Public Programs, and its relations with its international partners. The Institute’s Policy Programs focus on many of the most important issues in domestic and international affairs, as well as in topics in art, culture, and science. They seek to improve decisionmaking by providing neutral venues, nonpartisan analysis, and candid dialogue among leaders. The Institute’s Public Programs open the Institute’s doors to a broader audience of influential citizens, and include the Aspen Ideas Festival and several more specialized forums. Mr. Gerson was a US Supreme Court clerk and has had a career including the practice of law,
executive positions in state and federal government and a presidential campaign, president of leading insurance and healthcare companies, executive experience in two internet start-ups, and service on many nonprofit boards, especially in the arts and humanities. Also, as American Secretary of the Rhodes Trust, he manages the US Rhodes Scholarships. Mr. Gerson is a graduate of Harvard University, Oxford, and Yale University Law School.
Scott Gilmore Executive Director Peace Dividend Trust field manual for peacekeeping missions, which is now official UN doctrine.
A diplomat and peacekeeper, Scott Gilmore has spent the past 20 years working on post-conflict rehabilitation and international development. Impatient to change the inefficient systems used by the aid industry, he founded Peace Dividend Trust (PDT) in 2004. PDT is a US-based social enterprise that finds, tests, and implements new ideas for improving aid and peacekeeping. Operating in East Timor, Haiti, and Afghanistan— with plans to expand into Liberia—PDT has redirected over $650 million of international spending into these local economies through the “Peace Dividend Marketplace” project. Among its other work, PDT led groundbreaking work to create the first ever management
In 2009, the Skoll Foundation recognized PDT for its important and transformative work in the developing world. President Obama awarded the organization the G20 prize for Small and Medium Enterprise Finance in November 2010, and in 2011 the World Economic Forum named Mr. Gilmore a Young Global Leader. Prior to starting PDT, Mr. Gilmore worked as a diplomat and for the UN in various conflict and post-conflict regions, including Indonesia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and East Timor. Mr. Gilmore sits on the advisory boards of Canada 2020 and the Samara Project. He was named one of Canada’s “Top 40 Under 40” in 2009, and one of the 25 “Transformative Canadians” in 2010. Mr. Gilmore earned degrees from the University of Alberta and the London School of Economics.
Heather Grady Vice President, Foundation Initiatives The Rockefeller Foundation
For almost two decades Heather lived and worked in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East with Oxfam Great Britain, Save the Children, and other international organizations, managing large programs in development and humanitarian response She sets strategic direction for the Foundation’s broad initiatives of grant making and oversees all initiatives in execution, aligning grant making with the Foundation’s mission to expand more equitable growth opportunities and build resilience for poor and vulnerable communities. She provides vision, leadership, and direction to the Foundation’s program staff, a diverse group of professionals working in the US, Asia, and Africa. Prior to joining The Rockefeller Foundation in 2010, Ms. Grady was the Managing Director of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative, a human
rights organization founded by Mary Robinson, which came to its planned end in late 2010. While there, she managed strategy and policy, and guided programs on employment, climate justice, women’s leadership, and corporate responsibility. She has written books and articles and taught on international development, human rights, and climate change, and has served as an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University. She is conversant in Vietnamese and Chinese. Heather has an MPA from Harvard University and a BA from Smith College.
Christopher Grasset Vice President, Business Affairs Covalon Technologies
Chris Grasset has been instrumental in the formation of public-private partnerships and market-driven initiatives in developing countries around the world, such as Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Mexico, Timor-Leste, and Kyrgyzstan Until recently, Mr. Grasset was the Chief Operating Officer of the Sprinkles Global Health Initiative Inc., housed at the renowned Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. He also acts as the Chief Strategic Advisor to the Asian Initiative for Nutrition Development, and is a consultant to GAIN and UNICEF. Mr. Grasset has a special interest in the development of innovative, market-driven nutrition and family health implementation strategies. His varied career in the technology, life sciences, and business sectors spans more than 35 years.
Mr. Grasset has published many articles on science and technology business, policy, law, tax, and related issues in nationally circulated newspapers. Mr. Grasset has developed and led several major international innovation initiatives, such as “CROSSING THE POND,� a Program of Canada’s federal Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, which aided Canadian science and technology enterprises to develop business abroad and assisted foreign enterprises to enter the North American market through Canada.
Wendy Ramage Hawkins Executive Director Intel Foundation
Prior to joining Intel, Wendy managed residential education programs at Stanford and was director of development and membership at the World Affairs Council of Oregon. The Intel Foundation is active worldwide, awarding grants totaling approximately $40 million each year and focusing on STEM education (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), increasing opportunities for girls, women, and under-represented minorities, and supporting the volunteerism and philanthropic efforts of Intel’s employees in education, their communities, and in response to disasters around the world. In addition to 20-plus years managing education philanthropy for Intel, Ms. Hawkins has developed and managed numerous global, national, and local education programs, including IntelŽ Teach,
a global teacher professional development initiative. She is responsible for the Intel Science Talent Search, the most prestigious high school science competition in the US, and the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair, the largest and most admired competition of its type in the world. Ms. Hawkins is frequently sought out as a speaker, writer, advisor, and consultant in education, philanthropy, and corporate social responsibility. Ms. Hawkins holds a degree in Psychology and German Studies from Stanford University, where she graduated with distinction.
Malcolm Hayday Chief Executive Charity Bank Limited
Malcolm Hayday was previously the Director of Community Finance at Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) and Director of CAF’s social investment loan fund. He is a Board Member of the International Association of Investors in the Social Economy. Mr. Hayday was a Trustee of The Big Issue Foundation and was elected its Chairman in 2003. He was also a founding Board member of the Community Development Finance Association and a member of the Advisory Group of global foundation leaders to the World Economic Forum. Mr. Hayday is a member of the International Advisory Committee of the Nonprofit Enterprise and Self-Sustainability Team and the Advisory Group for the National Council of Voluntary Organizations’ Sustainable Funding Project.
Mr. Hayday was a member of the advisory group to the “Small is Bankable” report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the advisory group to the Development Trusts Association on asset based development, the South East England Development Agency’s social capital fund study group, and the working group on social investment in Scotland. Mr. Hayday was also a member of the Arts Council of England national steering group on new financial instruments. Mr. Hayday graduated from Exeter University in 1972 with a BA in Economics.
Bas Hoefman Founder and Director Text to Change
Bas Hoefman is a communication specialist and the Founder and Director of Text to Change. The idea for Text to Change came about in 2007, following a television documentary on the growth of mobile telephony in Africa. Mr. Hoefman and two colleagues developed the idea of using short message service (SMS) communication in order to reach wide audiences on healthrelated issues. The success of Text to Change’s first few programs in Uganda— covering HIV prevention and the uptake of HIV Voluntary Counseling & Testing, malaria, family planning, reproductive
health, and child abuse—paved the way for Text to Change’s emerging presence across Africa and other developing countries. Mr. Hoefman holds a BA in International Marketing, Advertising, and Communication and has since had over eight years of corporate experience across the banking, media, and advertising sectors.
Stuart Hogue Director, Systems at Scale Nike Foundation
Stuart Hogue leads the Nike Foundation’s efforts to get the Girl Effect on the global agenda and mobilize critical resources to girls on the ground. He is responsible for managing the Foundation’s collaboration with key partners like the World Bank and the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID). Before working at the Nike Foundation, Mr. Hogue was a Strategy Director at Frog Design in New York City, where he advised clients like HP and MTV on brand strategy and new product development.
Before Frog, Mr. Hogue was a VP of Product Development at Thomson Financial in New York. Mr. Hogue received an MBA from the New York University Stern School of Business and a BS from Washington and Lee University.
Rani Hong Co-founder Tronie Foundation
Rani Hong is a survivor of child trafficking and Co-founder of the Tronie Foundation, an organization that is causing a global shift in consciousness and behavior by exposing the human cost of slavery. By sharing her story, Ms. Hong has helped international government officials, NGOs, corporations, philanthropists, and journalists understand the circumstances that give rise to the possibility and persistence of slavery. She was the closing speaker at the UN General Assembly’s Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking and has participated in many international forums. Her story has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN International, BBC World News,
and many other international media. Ms. Hong is the recipient of many awards, including the 2008 Human Rights Award from the UN Association of Seattle and 2010 Jefferson Award for public service. Recently, Ms. Hong was invited as a participant at the inaugural Delhi Dialogue, a summit of humanitarian leaders convened by the Dalai Lama to discuss solutions to human rights suffering. From survivor of slavery to a global visionary human rights leader, Ms. Hong’s ability to broach this difficult subject in a compelling way while keeping the focus on the strength of the human spirit, has proved her capability as a leader in this field—evident in both the grassroots outreach and the highest conversations with global leaders.
Cindy Y. Huang Senior Advisor, Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative Office of the Secretary, US Department of State
Cindy Huang played a key role in developing the policies that guide Feed the Future, the US initiative that aims to increase agricultural-led growth and improve nutrition outcomes. Dr. Huang is Senior Advisor to the Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative in the Office of the Secretary at the US Department of State. With colleagues at USAID, Dr. Huang leads US engagement in 1,000 Days, a global effort to advocate for increased maternal and child nutrition and support implementation of the Scaling Up Nutrition Roadmap.
Previously, Dr. Huang served as a management and program officer with MÊdecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) in Kenya, Sudan, Nigeria, and China, as well as a gender and development research fellow in Pakistan. Dr. Huang received an MPA in Development Studies from Princeton University and a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley.
Chris Hughes Founder Jumo
Chris Hughes has spent his career developing technologies to make social communication and political organizing easier and more efficient. After co-founding Facebook in 2004, Mr. Huges worked first as the site’s spokesperson and later as a product manager specializing in user experience. In 2007, Mr. Hughes went to work on President Barack Obama’s presidential campaign as the Director of Online Organizing, where he was charged with developing web technologies to engage and empower supporters. Mr. Hughes oversaw the development of the on-site network MyBarackObama.com along with the campaign’s distributed
presence on all other networks across the web like Facebook and Twitter. After working in 2009 in venture capital for the firm General Catalyst Partners, he is currently embarking on a new initiative called Jumo to use the social web to foster long-term relationships of responsibility between individuals and organizations working to change the world.
“Global Philanthropy Forum’s commitment to helping solve the most pressing issues of our time is truly inspiring. By bringing together social entrepreneurs, foundation leaders, policy makers, and philanthropists each year, they create a powerful and lasting network of individuals that work together to create solutions to international humanitarian causes.” —Laurene Powell Jobs Emerson Collective
Nick Hughes Managing Director Signal Point Partners
Nick Hughes is one of the founders Signal Point Partners, a company established in 2009 to focus on mobile commerce opportunities in emerging markets. To date Signal Point’s portfolio includes a mobile healthcare business and two early stage financial service ventures, all of which use the mobile platform to bring innovative, customerfocused services to market. Dr. Hughes was previously Head of Mobile Payment Solutions at Vodafone, where he founded the mobile payment service M-PESA, taking it from concept to deployment in several markets. In Kenya, M-PESA has attracted over 13 million subscribers since its launch in 2007, evolving from a simple person-to-person money transfer service into an m-commerce platform.
Dr. Hughes had been successful in raising a mixture of external and internal funding to support the early development of M-PESA and other mobile opportunities. He set up a new social innovation unit within Vodafone to identify and test early product concepts. His background includes work in the energy sector and in management consultancy. In 2010, Dr. Hughes was a winner of The Economist’s Innovation Award for Social & Economic Impact. Dr. Hughes holds a PhD in Applied Science and an MBA with distinction from London Business School.
Mirza Jahani Chief Executive Officer Aga Khan Foundation USA
Mirza Jahani has been Chief Executive Officer of Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) USA since November 2009, following five years with the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID), having served most recently as Senior Governance Advisor in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Dr. Jahani began his development career as an economist with DFID in the early 1980s. He moved on to serve AKF for 15 years as its CEO in the United Kingdom, East Africa, and Tajikistan, helping to conceptualize, implement, and secure funding for grassroots programs in rural development, health, and education; there he also helped to strengthen cooperation with local government institutions.
Dr. Jahani returned to DFID in 2004 and provided governance advice in Jordan, Egypt, Yemen, Iraq, and Central Asia. Dr. Jahani was born in Uganda and educated at London, Harvard, and Cambridge Universities—the last earning him a doctorate in 2009.
Leila Chirayath Janah Founder Samasource
Leila Chirayath Janah is the founder of Samasource, an award-winning social business that connects people living in poverty to microwork — small, computer-based tasks that build skills and generate life-changing income. Ms. Janah is a frequent speaker on social entrepreneurship and technology, and her work has been profiled by CBS, CNN, NPR, the BBC, The New York Times, and The New Scientist. She serves on the board of TechSoup Global. Prior to Samasource, Ms. Janah was a founding Director of Incentives for Global Health, a consultant at Katzenbach Partners (now Booz & Co.)
and the World Bank, and a travel writer for Let’s Go in Mozambique, Brazil, and Borneo. Ms. Janah was a Visiting Scholar with the Stanford Program on Global Justice and Australian National University’s Center for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics. She received a BA from Harvard in 2005.
Laurene Powell Jobs Founder and Chair Emerson Collective
Laurene Powell Jobs leads the Emerson Collective, an organization that works with a range of entrepreneurs to advance domestic and international social reform efforts. The Collective primarily focuses on achieving scalable solutions to improve academic outcomes for under-resourced students in America’s public schools and has made strategic investments in a number of results-driven education reform ventures. Additionally, the organization brings together individuals working on innovative solutions to pressing social problems and provides a venue for dialogue with members of the broader community. Ms. Powell Jobs also serves as president of the board of College Track, an after-school program she founded in 1997 to pre-
pare underserved high school students for success in college. Started in East Palo Alto, College Track has expanded to serve students in Oakland, San Francisco, and New Orleans. The program’s intensive academic and extracurricular program is designed to ensure admittance to and graduation from college. All of the program’s graduates have completed their secondary education and gone on to college. In addition to her work with the Emerson Collective and College Track, she serves on the boards of directors of Teach For America, NewSchools Venture Fund, Stand for Children, New America Foundation, and Conservation International. She also serves on the White House Council for Community Solutions and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Clara Jusidman Founder and Honorary President Social Development and Citizen’s Initiative
Clara Jusidman is currently a member of the Advisory Council for UNICEF in Mexico, UNAM’s Seminar on the Social Question, the Barros Sierra Foundation, and UNDP’s Human Development Report for Mexico. Ms. Jusidman is the Founder and Honorary President of the Mexico-based Social Development and Citizen’s Initiative (Iniciativa Ciudadana y Desarrollo Social, INCIDE Social A.C.), a nonprofit working in the fields of social development, economic, social and cultural rights, democracy, and social dialogue. Ms. Jusidman began her professional career as a researcher for the Banco de Mexico, el Colegio de Mexico (Colmex), and the General Board of Statistics. She joined the public sector to act as General Director of Employment,
General Director of the National Institute for Consumers, and as Deputy Secretary for Fishery Planning and Development. Ms. Jusidman began working with Mexican civil society organizations in 1991, and has since served as President of the National Democracy Agreement (ACUDE) and as a founding member of Alianza Civica. In 1997, she headed the National Electoral Register. From December 1997 to 2000, Ms. Jusidman was Secretary for Social Development of the Mexican Federal District. In 2004, the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District designated her as a member of the Council for the Federal District Human Rights Commission. Ms. Jusidman was also a Research Coordinator of projects on the economic, social, and cultural origins of violence in metropolitan areas, and the social reality of Ciudad Juarez. Ms. Jusidman studied Economics at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Donald Kaberuka President African Development Bank
Donald Kaberuka was elected in 2005 as the 7th president of the African Development Bank Group. He was re-elected in May 2010 in Abidjan for a second term of five years. Dr. Kaberuka was Minister of Finance and Economic Planning of Rwanda from 1997 to 2005, and is widely credited with the successful economic reconstruction of the country after the civil war there. He initiated and implemented major economic, structural, monetary, and fiscal governance reforms, especially on central bank independence. These reforms led to the widely-recognized revival of Rwanda’s economy, and the sustained economic growth that enabled Rwanda to obtain debt cancellation under the Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) in April 2005.
Before joining the Bank, Dr. Kaberuka worked for more than 12 years in the areas of banking, trade finance, international trade and development. As Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, the new ADB president was the governor representing Rwanda at the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and the African Development Bank. Dr. Kaberuka was educated in Tanzania, and in the United Kingdom where he obtained an M Phil and a PhD in Economics at Glasgow University. He speaks fluent English, French, and Swahili.
Thomas Kalil Deputy Director for Policy White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Thomas Kalil is currently serving as the Deputy Director for Policy for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Senior Advisor for Science, Technology, and Innovation for the National Economic Council. Mr. Kalil is on leave from UC Berkeley, where he was Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Science and Technology. In 2007 and 2008, Mr. Kalil was the Chair of the Global Health Working Group for the Clinton Global Initiative. He was also a Senior Fellow with the Center for American Progress.
Previously, Mr. Kalil served as the Deputy Assistant to President Clinton for Technology and Economic Policy, and the Deputy Director of the White House National Economic Council.
Lily Kaplan Teen Advisor Girl Up
Lily Kaplan is the Founder and Co-president of the Girl Up Club at Convent of the Sacred Heart High School. She is currently a junior at the San Francisco school, which is a Catholic, all-girls college preparatory. Although Miss Kaplan does not belong to any religion, she admires how Catholicism has created such a strong community within her school. Miss Kaplan has participated twice in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure and once in the Walk for Uganda. Being a Teen Advisor for the United Nations Foundation’s Campaign, Girl Up, Miss Kaplan
has been given hands-on experience with philanthropy and more importantly, fundraising tactics. She looks forward to becoming further involved with organizations that work to improve the lives of underprivileged girls in developing countries because she personally relates to the cause.
Kim Keller Board Member David & Anita Keller Foundation
Since 2006, Kim Keller has worked in the field of Public Health Policy and research. She is a member of The Philanthropy Workshop West and on the board of the David & Anita Keller Foundation, a family foundation committed to human rights as the cornerstone to peace and justice as well as political, social, and economic development.
Ms. Keller is a graduate of Wellesley College and the London School of Economics, where she earned an MSc in Health, Population, and Society.
Klaus Leisinger President and Managing Director Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development
Klaus Leisinger heads the Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development as Managing Director and President of its Board of Trustees. The Foundation has consultative status with the Social and Economic Council of the United Nations. Dr. Leisinger is also Professor of Sociology at the University of Basel, where he teaches Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility. He served as invited lecturer at several Swiss and German universities, as well as at the University of Notre Dame, De Paul University, and the MIT Sloan School of Management (Cambridge). Dr. Leisinger is member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and has published comprehensively in different languages. Dr. Leisinger’s professional career brought
him also to East Africa as CEO of the former Ciba Pharmaceuticals Regional Office, where he was responsible for the business in 12 East African countries. Dr. Leisinger has held and still holds several advisory positions in a number of national and international organizations, such as the United Nations Global Compact and the UN Economic and Social Council. Between September 2005 and December 2006, he served as Special Advisor of the United Nations Secretary General for the UN Global Compact.
Ruth Levine Deputy Assistant Administrator USAID Bureau of Policy, Planning and Learning
Ruth Levine leads the agency’s efforts in evaluation, an area being revitalized as a fundamental practice within the discipline of development. Before joining USAID in March 2010, Ms. Levine was Vice President for Programs and Operations and Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development, a Washington, DC think tank focusing on development policy.
Ms. Levine is an internationally recognized health economist, with over 15 years experience designing and assessing the effects of social sector programs in Latin America, Eastern Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia.
She joined the Center for Global Development (CGD) soon after it was created in the fall of 2001 and helped to shape the Center’s unique approach to making the world a better place by conducting independent research to devise practical new policy solutions to reduce global poverty and inequality, and then pushing these ideas into action.
Before joining CGD, Ms. Levine designed, supervised, and evaluated loans at the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. Between 1997 and 1999, she served as the advisor on the social sectors in the office of the executive vice president of the Inter-American Development Bank.
Morris Lipson Consultant in Strategic Grant-Making Morris Lipson Consulting
Morris Lipson currently consults on strategic grantmaking for a number of foundations, including the Open Society Foundation and the Oak Foundation. Dr. Lipson is just completing the first external evaluation of the Oak Foundation’s entire human rights program. He also works part-time as the Senior Legal Advisor for the Open Society Institute’s Media Program. Dr. Lipson is a former Director of the Sigrid Rausing Trust and has worked as a litigator both before the UN Human Rights Committee
and in the United States for the American Civil Liberties Union. Prior to his legal work, he was a professor of philosophy at Reed College. Dr. Lipson has a PhD in Philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley and a JD from Yale Law School.
Lorry I. Lokey Chairman and CEO Emeritus Business Wire the boards of The Stanford Daily, Temple Beth El, and the Peninsula Jewish Community Center.
Lorry I. Lokey is the Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer Emeritus of Business Wire, the international media relations wire service, headquartered in San Francisco. A graduate of Stanford University with a BA in journalism and editor of The Stanford Daily, Mr. Lokey acquired his knowledge of wire services as night wire editor for United Press in Portland. He was a reporter on the Longview Daily News and feature editor of Pacific Stars & Stripes, Tokyo during his World War II service. Mr. Lokey moved permanently to San Francisco in 1952 and held several positions before establishing Business Wire. During the 1970s and 1980s, he served on
Currently Mr. Lokey is a trustee emeritus at Santa Clara University, Leo Baeck School (Haifa, Israel), Mills College (Oakland), Bellarmine College Preparatory (San Jose), and on the University of Oregon Foundation, and a board member for the San Francisco Opera Company. Mr. Lokey is a past president of the Public Relations Roundtable of San Francisco, the nation’s oldest continuous PR organization, the San Francisco Publicity Club, and the San Francisco chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists. Mr. Lokey holds several honorary doctorates (Technion in Haifa and Weizmann Institute in Rehovat, Israel, Santa Clara University, Mills College in Oakland, and Notre Dame de Nemur in Belmont).
Amory Lovins Chairman and Chief Scientist Rocky Mountain Institute
Physicist Amory Lovins is Chairman and Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute and Chairman Emeritus of Fiberforge Corporation. His wide-ranging innovations in energy, security, environment, and development have been recognized by the Blue Planet, Volvo, Onassis, Nissan, Shingo, and Mitchell Prizes, MacArthur and Ashoka Fellowships, the Benjamin Franklin and Happold Medals, 11 honorary doctorates, honorary membership of the American Institute of Architects, Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts, Foreign Membership of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, and the Heinz, Lindbergh, Right Livelihood, National Design, and World Technology Awards. Dr. Lovins advises governments and major firms worldwide on advanced energy and resource
efficiency, has briefed 20 heads of state, and has led the technical redesign of more than $30 billion worth of industrial facilities in 29 sectors to achieve very large energy savings at typically lower capital cost. A Harvard and Oxford dropout, he has published 29 books and hundreds of papers and has taught at eight universities, most recently as a 2007 visiting professor in Stanford University’s School of Engineering. In 2009, Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and Foreign Policy, one of the 100 top global thinkers.
Charles MacCormack President and CEO Save the Children
Charles MacCormack is President of Save the Children, a nonprofit organization with programs in the US and more than 50 countries, an annual budget of over $550 million, and more than 6,000 staff worldwide. Dr. MacCormack served as Board Chair of InterAction, the national association of over 160 US international humanitarian and development organizations from 2006 to 2009. He also serves as Co-chair of both the Basic Education Coalition and the Campaign for Effective Global Leadership, is a Founding Board Member of Malaria No More and is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Prior to his current position at Save the Children, Dr. MacCormack was President of World Learning. He earlier served as Assistant to the Dean of the International Fellows Program at Columbia University.
Dr. MacCormack received his PhD and MA from Columbia University, and his BA from Middlebury College. He was a National Science Foundation Fellow at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in Mexico City and a Fulbright Fellow at the Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas.
“The conference provided a ‘tipping point’ in the philanthropic sector with regard to the issues that truly matter for human rights.” —Pam Omidyar Omidyar Network
Clint McClellan Senior Director, Business Development QUALCOMM Incorporated
Clint McClellan is currently the Senior Director of Business Development for QUALCOMM Incorporated, where his responsibilities include establishing opportunities in the Life Sciences Market. Since joining QUALCOMM, Mr. McClellan has served in business development roles and established the Global Industry Analyst program at QUALCOMM. Currently Mr. McClellan serves as the Board Chairman for the Foundation for the Children of the Californias, which supports Hospital Infantil, a pediatric Hospital, in Tijuana, Mexico. He also serves on the board of CommNexus, and is the President and Chairman of the Continua Health Alliance.
Prior to joining QUALCOMM, Mr. McClellan served as a senior analyst for Gartner Group/Dataquest’s Telecommunications Group in its wireless program. Mr. McClellan holds a BSc in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.
Bruce McNamer President and CEO TechnoServe
Bruce McNamer is President and CEO of TechnoServe, a non-profit economic development organization that helps entrepreneurial men and women in the developing world to build businesses that provide jobs, income, and economic opportunity. Before joining TechnoServe in 2004, Mr. McNamer was a senior executive and/or founder at startups Verified Identity Pass (Clear ID), Appfluent Technology, and Varsity Group. He was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley and a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. Mr. McNamer was also a White House Fellow at the National Economic Council and a Peace Corps Volunteer in Paraguay.
Mr. McNamer is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Civil Society Leader for the World Economic Forum, and a Montana native. He has an AB from Harvard and a JD/MBA from Stanford.
Patricia Mechael Director, Strategic Application of Mobile Technology for Public Health and Development Center for Global Health and Economic Development, the Earth Institute, Columbia University
Patricia Mechael has been actively involved in the field of International Health for 15 years with field experience in over 30 countries, primarily in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia For the past ten years, Dr. Mechael has published and spoken extensively on the strategic role of mobile telephony and relevant software applications within an ecosystem of eHealth, public health, and telecommunications actors in low- and middle-income countries.
Dr. Mechael has an MA in International Health from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and Hygiene and a PhD in Public Health and Policy from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where she specifically examined the role of mobile phones in relation to health in Egypt.
Felipe Medina Director Transforming Philanthropy Initiative
Felipe Medina currently leads the Transforming Philanthropy Initiative in Colombia. The purpose of this initiative is to create a community of strategic philanthropists and to facilitate collaboration and exchanges of best practices and lessons learned with the final objective of increasing the volume of effective social investments in Colombia. He spends twenty five percent of his time analyzing and researching philanthropy and social investment trends. Mr. Medina is on the Board of Directors of Give to Colombia, NESsT, L’Atelier, and LASPAU. He is on the Board of Advisors of Lumni and LeapFrog Investments. He is part of
the Steering Group of the Global Philanthropy Forum and a member of the Ashoka Support Network. Mr. Medina is a member of the Clinton Global Initiative. Mr. Medina began his career at Goldman Sachs in 1990, managing assets for Latin American clients and formed the largest team in the region. Between 2000 and 2003, Felipe was Regional Director for Latin America Private Wealth Management. Currently, Mr. Medina manages relationships with the most influential families and individuals in the region. He is a member of the Private Wealth Philanthropy Advisory Committee of Goldman Sachs. Mr. Medina has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Economics and Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Molly Melching Executive Director Tostan
Molly Melching has lived and worked in Senegal, West Africa, since 1974. Ms. Melching’s early experiences, studying at the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar and living in a rural village, enforced her beliefs that many development efforts were not addressing the true needs and realities of African communities. In collaboration with the villagers, Ms. Melching began to develop a new type of learning program, which actively involved both adults and adolescents by using African languages and traditional methods of learning. Their efforts grew throughout the 1980s, leading Ms. Melching to found Tostan, an organization whose innovative education model—the Community
Empowerment Program— engages communities for three years in cross-cutting themes of democracy, human rights, problem-solving, hygiene, health, reading and writing, SMS texting for literacy, development, and project management skills. To date, thousands of African villages have collectively abandoned harmful practices such as female genital cutting and child/forced marriage thanks to Tostan’s program, while making significant impacts in other areas, including health, environment, economic growth, and women’s leadership. Tostan, now operating in eight African countries and 22 national languages, is an internationally recognized model for communityled development. Tostan received Sweden’s Anna Lindh Human Rights Award, the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, the UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize, and the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship.
Aziz Memon Chairman Pakistan National Polio Plus Committee, Rotary International
Aziz Memon has dedicated his time and resources to completely eradicating polio from Pakistan. Mr. Memon has worked tirelessly to educate people belonging to the downtrodden areas in his native country, Pakistan, and to help them understand the sad injustices that polio victims have suffered. He is also one of the largest textile manufacturers and exporters, and has founded and chaired numerous industry, trade, and social forums, such as the Pakistan-Japan Business Forum and the Pakistan-Italy Business Forum. He is Chairman and CEO of Karachi Garment City. Mr. Memon also holds a diplomatic office as the Honorary Consul General, Republic of Suriname.
Leading media networks have profiled Mr. Memon’s work as a frequent speaker on social welfare and community development. The President of Pakistan has conferred him with a “Pride of Performance” award for his dedication to public service. Mr. Memon has also won numerous awards, including the Rotary Foundation Citation for Meritorious Service Award, Rotary International’s highest award “Service Above Self,” and the Rotary Regional Service Award for a Polio-Free World.
Jeff Mendelsohn Founder and President New Leaf Paper
Jeff Mendelsohn is the Founder and President of New Leaf Paper, a company with the mission of driving a fundamental shift toward sustainability in the paper industry. Paper manufacturing is one of the most polluting and resource intensive industries in the world. It is responsible for over a third of worldwide timber harvest and over 40% of all landfill waste in the US. When New Leaf Paper was founded in 1998, the paper industry had demonstrated a high resistance to change. Mr. Mendelsohn leads New Leaf Paper’s product innovation, creating a wide selection of market-leading environmental papers that fit his vision.
New Leaf Paper is committed to being the leading national source for environmentally responsible, economically sound paper. It supplies paper with the greatest environmental benefit while meeting the business needs of its customers.
John P. Morgridge Chairman Emeritus, Cisco Co-founder, TOSA Foundation
John P. Morgridge is Chairman Emeritus of Cisco. Mr. Morgridge joined Cisco in 1988 as President and CEO, and grew the company from $5 million to more than $1 billion in sales, and from 34 to more than 2,250 employees. In 1990 he took Cisco public, in 1995 was appointed Chairman, and in 2006 became Chairman Emeritus. Mr. Morgridge helped set the culture of Cisco as one of innovation, empowerment, frugality, and giving back. He guided the company’s focus on basic human needs, responsible citizenship, and access to education. Mr. Morgridge speaks frequently about philanthropy, principled leadership, entrepreneurship, and education. He teaches management at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and serves on its School of Business Advisory Council. Mr. Morgridge actively supports a range of education, conservation, and
human services initiatives. He is co-chair of the Asia/Pacific Council of The Nature Conservancy, co-chair of the Fund for Wisconsin Scholars, and serves on the boards of Business Executives for National Security, CARE, the Cisco Foundation, Morgridge Institute for Research, Stanford Hospitals and Clinics, TOSA Foundation, and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. Mr. Morgridge holds a BA in business administration from the University of Wisconsin and an MBA from Stanford University.
Tashia Morgridge Co-founder TOSA Foundation
Tashia Morgridge is Co-founder of the TOSA Foundation, a private family foundation that awards gifts to charitable and educational causes. In addition to being on the board of the TOSA Foundation, Mrs. Morgridge serves on the boards of the Science Center, the Stanford Schools Corporation, the Morgridge Institute for Research, the Fund for Wisconsin Scholars, and the board of visitors for the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin. The author of a book of lessons for use in elementary classrooms, Mrs. Morgridge is a retired special education teacher. In addition, she is the Grandma who wrote the book “Cousins Camp.�
Mrs. Morgridge holds a BA from the University of WisconsinMadison and an MA in Special Education from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mrs. Morgridge and her husband John have three children and six amazing grandchildren.
Gemma Mortensen Executive Director Crisis Action
Gemma Mortensen has spent the past two and a half years with Crisis Action, previously as its UK Director. She played an integral role in developing the organization from a two-person office in London into one with international reach at the forefront of global advocacy.
the UK Mission to the United Nations in New York (UKMIS), and for the European Commission in Geneva and Sudan.
She has led Crisis Action’s international campaigns on Iran, Burma, and Gaza, and is currently leading Crisis Action’s work on Sudan.
She has significant media experience in print, radio, and TV, and has presented and produced radio documentaries for the BBC in Sudan, Russia and Pakistan.
Ms. Mortensen previously worked in human rights posts for the International Criminal Court, for
Catherine Muther President Three Guineas Fund
Catherine Muther is President of the Three Guineas Fund, a foundation that promotes social equity by creating economic opportunity for women and girls. The Fund has supported a grant portfolio, established operating projects, and made missionaligned investments. The Three Guineas Fund established Astia, a business accelerator for women technology entrepreneurs. The Fund’s impact investments include MicroCredit Enterprises, BRAC Africa Loan Fund, and a co-investment with Acumen Fund in rural India, providing loans to women entrepreneurs in an ICT enterprise. Ms. Muther is the founding Chair of the Board of Acumen Fund, a nonprofit global venture fund that invests in enterprises, providing affordable goods and services to the poor in health, water, housing, energy, and agriculture. She is
on the Advisory Board of the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University, and served on the Advisory Board of the Stanford Social Innovation Review. She is a member of the Board of Directors of BRAC USA. Ms. Muther was the Senior Marketing Officer at Cisco Systems. Ms. Muther has a BA from Sarah Lawrence College, an MA from Cambridge University, and an MBA from Stanford Business School. She has received numerous awards for leadership in business and philanthropy.
Chouchou Namegabe Founder and Director South Kivu’s Women’s Media Association
As the Founder and Director of the South Kivu’s Women’s Media Association (AFEM-SK), Chouchou Namegabe uses the media to raise the awareness of rural women, and to fight against sexual violence. She started her career in journalism as a trainee and presenter at Radio Maendeleo, a popular radio station in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In 2002, she entered the permanent journalists’ staff of Radio Maendeleo. In 2003, Ms. Namegabe reached the rank of journalist-producer. She perfected her practice with many field trainings and through the experience and guidance of professionals from foreign countries. In 2003, Ms. Namegabe co-founded the AFEM-SK and in 2005 became its Founder and Director.
In this framework, she pleaded the cause of Kivu women at the International Court of Justice at The Hague in 2007. In 2009, she received the Fern Holland Award from the Vital Voices Global Partnership for her work in building awareness around sexual violence against women. Later that year she was invited to testify in front of the American Senate. In 2009, Ms. Namegabe won the Knight Award for Journalism by the International Center for Journalists. Ms. Namegabe has studied English Language and African Culture.
Randy Newcomb President and CEO Humanity United
Randy Newcomb is President and CEO of Humanity United, a leading private donor in the field of international human rights. Humanity United seeks to build peace and advance human freedom in the corners of the globe where these ideals are challenged most. Dr. Newcomb oversees Humanity United’s international grant-making portfolio, as well as its direct advocacy and policy activities, and leads the organization’s long-term strategy. He speaks and writes frequently on international human rights issues and has appeared as an expert commentator for such media outlets as CNN, ABC News, and National Public Radio. Previously, Dr. Newcomb was vice president of Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm, co-founded by eBay founder
Pierre Omidyar and his spouse, Pam Omidyar. Prior to Omidyar Network, Dr. Newcomb led Golden Gate Community Inc. for 14 years, a community development agency based in San Francisco. Dr. Newcomb holds a doctoral degree from the University of San Francisco and an MA in Development Economics and Cross-Cultural Studies from the University of Bath, England. He has been a fellow of the Center for Social Innovation at the Stanford University and an international development fellow of the University of Bath, England.
“By combining our strengths, governments and philanthropies, we can more than double our impact. And the multiplier effect continues if we add businesses, NGOs, universities, unions, faith communities, and individuals. That’s the power of partnership at its best, allowing us to achieve so much more together than we could apart.” —The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State, US Department of State 8th Annual GPF Conference, 2009
Namanga Ngongi President Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
Namanga Ngongi is the President of AGRA, a dynamic Africa-based, African-led organization committed to fighting food insecurity in Africa and uplifting millions of smallholder farmers, most of whom are women, out of poverty. Dr. Ngongi has extensive experience in agricultural development, peace, and security issues. He began his career alongside farmers in his native Cameroon, where he worked as an agricultural extension officer for the Ministry of Agriculture, helping farmers to improve yields and to diversify and market their crops. In 1980, Dr. Ngongi was attached to the Cameroon Embassy in Rome. He joined the World Food Program in 1984, becoming Deputy Executive Director in 1994. Dr. Ngongi held that position until his appointment as UnderSecretary-General and Special
Representative and Head of the UN Peacekeeping Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2001-2003. During this period, a peace agreement was signed and structures established for a transitional government. Since his retirement from the UN in 2003, Dr. Ngongi has undertaken several high-level missions, including a study on food reserve systems in Africa and coordination of an international conference on disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration in Sierra Leone. Dr. Ngongi holds Masters and Doctorate degrees in Agronomy from Cornell University.
Tim O’Reilly Founder and CEO O’Reilly Media, Inc.
Tim O’Reilly is the Founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media, Inc., thought by many to be the best computer book publisher in the world. O’Reilly Media also hosts conferences on technology topics, including the O’Reilly Open Source Convention, the Web 2.0 Summit, and the Gov 2.0 Summit. Mr. O’Reilly’s blog, the O’Reilly Radar, “watches the alpha geeks” to determine emerging technology trends, and serves as a platform for advocacy about issues of importance to the technical community.
Mr. O’Reilly is on the boards of CollabNet, Safari Books Online, and Code for America, and is a partner in O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures.
Sally Osberg President and CEO Skoll Foundation
Sally Osberg has led entrepreneurial organizations and been an agent for social change throughout her career. As President and CEO of the Skoll Foundation, she partners with Founder and Chairman, Jeff Skoll, and heads the organization’s team in identifying and supporting innovators pioneering scalable solutions to global challenges. She is a well-known proponent of thought leadership, research, and alliances that advance the work of social entrepreneurs solving the world’s most pressing problems. Currently, Ms. Osberg serves on the boards of the Skoll Foundation, the Skoll Global Threats Fund, the Oracle Education Foundation, the Palestine-based Partners for Sustainable Development, and the
advisory board of the Elders. She was founding Executive Director of Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose—guiding that institution to international recognition for its cutting-edge work in the museum field—and formerly active as a director on the boards of the American Association of Museums, the American Leadership Forum, and Women and Philanthropy, among others. Ms. Osberg has received the John Gardner Leadership Award from the American Leadership Forum, been inducted into the Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame, and been named by the San Jose Mercury News as one of the “Millennium 100” for her role in shaping and leading Silicon Valley. Ms. Osberg earned her MA in Literature from the Claremont Graduate School and her BA in English from Scripps College, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
SuChin Pak Correspondent Scratch, MTV
SuChin Pak joined the MTV News Team as a correspondent in May of 2001. Over the years, she has interviewed some of Pop Culture’s biggest names, cohosted the MTV Video Music Awards, the Movie Awards and Grammy Pre-shows, delivered the news for the network’s flagship, “Total Request Live,” and has been on the red carpet for the Oscars, Golden Globes, and the Sundance Film Festival. Ms. Pak has reported for MTV’s Choose or Lose campaigns, traveling the country to cover presidential elections, youth voting issues, and political activism. She also traveled to Thailand for the “MTV News Special: After the Tsunami”. Ms. Pak has extensively covered Hurricane Katrina and the aftermath, both in the field and in the studio. She anchored the MTV special, “Voices From Virginia,”
on the Virginia Tech tragedy, and hosted the first MySpace-MTV Presidential Dialogues, covering the Presidential candidates. Ms. Pak is most proud of her work as the host and co-producer of the documentary series, “My Life Translated.” Ms. Pak hosted G Word, the environmental news programming for Planet Green, Discovery Channel’s new television network about the environment. Most recently, Ms. Pak traveled the country for the Pepsi Refresh Project and MTV Networks, telling the stories of young people doing extraordinary things in their communities. Currently, Ms. Pak is also part of the pro-social team for MTV’s newest creative group, Scratch, creating programming that engages and challenges young people to create change. Ms. Pak graduated with a degree in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley.
Sanjiv Phansalkar Program Leader Sir Dorabji Tata Trust
Sanjiv Phansalkar is a Program Leader at Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the Allied Trusts, which he joined in 2007. From 1981 through 1993, he taught at the Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA), which pioneered the application of formal management concepts to the complex issues of social development in India. From 1994 through 2004, Mr. Phansalkar freelanced as a consultant in the development space, focusing mainly on issues related to rural livelihoods. His work as a consultant gave him the opportunity to work with a cross-section of leading donors and implementing organizations and to help them grapple with diverse development problems.
He led the IWMI-Tata Water Policy Program, a project in the International Water Management Institute, Colombo, during 2005-2007, and demonstrated the utility of multi-location research methods for understanding water-development nexus. Mr. Phansalkar has published six books, over twenty research papers, and a large volume of teaching materials. He continues to engage as a trainer, mainly in the field of enhancement of rural livelihoods in India.
Ellen Piwoz Interim Deputy Director, Nutrition Global Health, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Ellen Piwoz’s work is predominantly focused on research and integrated strategies to improve nutrition in women and children. She is a member of the Nutrition, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (MNCH) and HIV Strategic Program Teams. Dr. Piwoz is the Interim Deputy Director and Nutrition Lead for the nutrition team in the Family Health division of Global Health Program. She joined The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2007. Prior to joining the foundation in 2007, Dr. Piwoz was the Director of the Center for Nutrition at the Academy for Educational Development in Washington, DC. She also held faculty appointments in the School of Public Health at the Johns Hopkins University and
the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. In these capacities, she directed the Sustainable Approaches to Nutrition in Africa Project, advised USAID’s Bureau for Africa and PEPFAR programs, and conducted research on nutrition, infant feeding, and HIV in Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and South Africa. She was a member the WHO Technical Advisory Group on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS and the Inter-agency Task Team for Prevention of Mother-to Child HIV Transmission. She was also an Elected Councilor of the Society for International Nutrition Research at the American Society of Nutrition from 2002 to 2006. Dr. Piwoz has a Doctor of Science degree in Human Nutrition and a Master of Health Science degree in International Health from the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health.
Dina Habib Powell President Goldman Sachs Foundation
Dina Habib Powell serves as President of the Goldman Sachs Foundation and Global Head of Corporate Engagement. She joined Goldman Sachs as a managing director in 2007 and was named partner in 2010. The Goldman Sachs Foundation seeks to foster economic growth and opportunity globally. The Foundation supports strategic programs that include 10,000 Women, a five-year initiative to offer a business and management education to women entrepreneurs around the world, and 10,000 Small Businesses, an effort providing underserved small business owners in the US with access to capital, business education, mentors and networks. In addition, Ms. Powell serves as President of Goldman Sachs Gives, a firm-donor advised fund focused on creating jobs
and economic growth, building and stabilizing communities, honoring service and veterans, and increasing educational opportunities. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Ms. Powell served as Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs and as Deputy Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. Prior to being confirmed as Assistant Secretary, she served as Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel in the White House. Ms. Powell serves as a member of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, a member of the Board of Trustees at the American University in Cairo, a member of the Vital Voices Global Partnership Board of Directors, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Gustav Praekelt Chief Executive Officer Praekelt Foundation
Gustav Praekelt is a digital entrepreneur, an obsessive technologist, and the CEO and founder of the eponymous company which develops mobile products for emerging markets. He believes that mobile phones will transform Africa, and, as a result, founded the Praekelt Foundation in 2006, a technology incubator that develops opensource mobile technology solutions to improve the health and well-being of people living in poverty.
A passionate advocate of the idea that technology should be available to all, Mr. Praekelt is a frequent speaker at a variety of international conferences, including Poptech and TEDx. Mr. Praekelt received his BS in Computer Science and Philosophy from the University of Pretoria.
John Prendergast Co-founder The Enough Project
John Prendergast is a human rights activist and best-selling author, who has worked for peace in Africa for over 25 years. He is the Co-founder of The Enough Project, an initiative to end genocide and crimes against humanity affiliated with the Center for American Progress. Mr. Prendergast has worked for the Clinton White House, the State Department, two members of Congress, the National Intelligence Council, UNICEF, Human Rights Watch, the International Crisis Group, and the US Institute of Peace. He has helped create a number of initiatives and campaigns, including the Satellite Sentinel Project with George Clooney and the Darfur Dream Team Sister Schools Program with Tracy McGrady and other NBA stars. Mr.
Prendergast helped launch two campaigns under Enough: the Raise Hope for Congo Campaign, highlighting the issue of conflict minerals that fuel the war there, and Sudan Now, which is focused on bringing peace to that embattled country. He is a board member and serves as Strategic Advisor to Not On Our Watch. Mr. Prendergast is the author or co-author of 10 books, and has appeared in several documentaries and in four episodes of 60 Minutes, for which the team won an Emmy Award Mr. Prendergast has been a visiting professor at Stanford University, Columbia University, the University of San Diego, Eckerd College, the University of Maryland, the American University in Cairo, the University of Pittsburgh, and St. Mary’s College. He has been awarded six honorary doctorates.
Manuel PulgarVidal Executive Director Peruvian Society for Environmental Law
Manuel Pulgar-Vidal is a lawyer and Executive Director of the Peruvian Society for Environmental Law. He is currently Professor of Environmental Law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas. He also acts as Coordinator of the Graduate Course on Environmental Law and Natural Resources at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, where he is also responsible for theoretical courses on mining, energy, environment, and natural resources. Mr. Pulgar-Vidal is currently categorized as one of the most well-recognized opinion leaders in environmental policy and management.
He is a member of several public boards, including the Agency for Assessment and Environmental Control (OEFA), and is on the board of advisors for environmental projects, both national and international. He frequently addresses the media and consults for international aid agencies on issues regarding environmental policy. Mr. Pulgar-Vidal is an active advocate for supporting decentralized environmental management in Perú. Mr. Pulgar-Vidal is an MA Candidate in Business Law from Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC).
Aun Rahman Country Director, Pakistan Acumen Fund
Aun Rahman has been Acumen Fund’s Pakistan Country Director since 2006, when he launched the Pakistan operations of the Fund. Mr. Rahman is responsible for directing Acumen Pakistan’s overall operations, including portfolio development and management, business development, and talent. He also has specific knowledge and domain expertise in affordable housing and housing finance, particularly around the opportunities and challenges of providing housing on a financially sustainable basis to low-income groups. His social enterprise investment experience also includes areas like agricultural products and services, micro-finance, microhealth insurance, and clean drinking water.
Mr. Rahman joined Acumen Fund in 2003 as a Fellow, working for 18 months with Acumen Fund’s investee Saiban to structure and incubate an affordable commercial housing project in Lahore and to develop the organization’s management information systems. Before joining Acumen Fund, Mr. Rahman worked for several years in economic and strategy consulting at Charles River Associates in Boston. Originally from Karachi, Mr. Rahman came to the US to attend the University of Chicago, where he earned a BA in Economics.
Jeff Raikes Chief Executive Officer The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Jeff Raikes leads the Foundation’s efforts to promote equity for all people around the world.
Before joining Microsoft, he was a software development manager at Apple Computer Inc.
Before joining The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Mr. Raikes was a member of Microsoft’s senior leadership team and was president of the Microsoft Business Division. He previously served as group vice president of the Worldwide Sales and Support Group. Before that, he served as senior vice president of Microsoft North America.
Mr. Raikes and his wife are founders of the Raikes Foundation and are active members of the United Way of King County. Mr. Raikes also serves on the board of directors for Costco Wholesale Corp. and the Microsoft Alumni Foundation, where he is Chair of the Board. In June 2008, the Board of Regents at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln renamed the J.D. Edwards Honors Program in Computer Science and Management to the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management. Mr. Raikes, a longtime supporter of the highly selective and renowned school, was a part of the initial conceptualization and has served on the board since its inception in 2001
Mr. Raikes joined Microsoft in 1981 as a product manager and in 1984 was promoted to director of applications marketing.
Mr. Raikes, a Nebraska native, holds a BS in engineeringeconomic systems from Stanford University.
He sets strategic priorities, monitors results, and facilitates relationships with key partners for all three program groups of the Foundation.
Peter Robertson Chairman, Board of Trustees World Affairs Council of Northern California
Peter Robertson is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the World Affairs Council of Northern California. Until 2009, he was Vice Chairman of the Board for the Chevron Corporation, one of the world’s largest energy companies. Mr. Robertson joined Chevron in 1973 and, over his 36-year career, had a wide variety of responsibilities, including the direction of Chevron’s worldwide exploration and production, global gas businesses, corporate strategic planning, and corporate policy, government, and public affairs. Mr. Robertson is a senior independent advisor at Deloitte LLP, a non-executive director of Jacobs Engineering Group and Universal Pegasus International, and advisory director of Campbell-Lutyens.
He is also co-chairman of the USSaudi Arabian Business Council, vice chairman of the International House board at Berkeley, a director of Resources for the Future, based in Washington, DC, and a former chairman of the US Energy Association. A native of Edinburgh, Mr. Robertson holds a BA in Mechanical Engineering from Edinburgh University and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, where he was a Thouron Scholar.
“GPF brings together a diverse group of donors and new philanthropists who think globally and who recognize the irrefutable implications of global interdependence, and who seek to meet and learn from others.” —Stephen Heintz
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
David Roodman Senior Fellow Center for Global Development
David Roodman is writing a book on microfinance through an “open book” blog, through which he shares questions, discoveries, and chapter drafts. Mr. Roodman is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development, currently focusing on microfinance. He has been architect and manager of the Commitment to Development Index since the project’s inception in 2002. The Index ranks the world’s richest countries based on their dedication to policies that benefit the 5 billion people living in poorer nations. Mr. Roodman previously worked at the Worldwatch Institute, where he wrote three monographs on environmental issues and one on debt, “Still
Waiting for the Jubilee: Pragmatic Solutions for the Third World Debt Crisis.” He authored the book “The Natural Wealth of Nations: Harnessing the Market for the Environment,” which Foreign Affairs called “required reading for legislators around the world.” The Japanese edition garnered him a selection as one of “The Outstanding Young Persons” of 2003 by the Osaka Junior Chamber, which led to an audience with the Emperor and Empress. Mr. Roodman has written several papers, questioning the capacity of common crosscountry statistical techniques to shed light on what causes economic development. He co-authored a 2004 American Economic Review paper that challenged findings of World Bank research that aid works in a good policy environment. Mr. Roodman spent the academic year of 1998–99 on a Fulbright in Vietnam.
Carne Ross Founder and Executive Director Independent Diplomat
Carne Ross is the Founder of Independent Diplomat (ID), a nonprofit diplomatic advisory group. ID provides expert advice in diplomatic strategy to governments, political groups, and NGOs. Independent Diplomat works inside the diplomatic system to ensure that the voices of the people most affected by international decisions are heard in the negotiations about their futures, thereby improving the chance that international agreements—to end conflict or limit climate change—are effective and enduring. ID is currently advising, among others, the Government of Southern Sudan on the complex diplomatic process to establish a new state, and the Marshall Islands and other island states with the most at stake in the climate change negotiations.
ID has advised the democratic government-in-exile of Burma and the government of Kosovo as it navigated the process leading to Kosovo’s independence. Mr. Ross is a former senior British diplomat who resigned over the Iraq war. As a member of the British Foreign Service, Mr. Ross served as principal speechwriter to the British Foreign Secretary, and worked on terrorism, Afghanistan, and the Middle East, including several years as the UK’s Iraq expert at the UN Security Council. Mr. Ross comments frequently in the press on international affairs.
Kenneth Roth Executive Director Human Rights Watch
Kenneth Roth has served as Executive Director of Human Rights Watch since 1993. Under his leadership, Human Rights Watch has gone global, growing eight-fold in size and vastly expanding its reach. It now operates in more than 90 countries, among them some of the most dangerous and oppressed places on Earth. During Mr. Roth’s tenure, Human Rights Watch has worked tirelessly to bring justice to victims of the worst abuses, documenting war crimes from Bosnia to Congo, from Iraq to Sierra Leone. Hard-nosed advocacy laid the groundwork for international treaties banning landmines, cluster munitions, and child soldiers. Under Mr. Roth’s leadership, Human Rights Watch has expanded its work on the rights of women, children, refugees, and migrant workers.
It has helped spotlight previously ignored topics such as the rights of gays and lesbians, and, prompted by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, the link between health and human rights. Mr. Roth, who graduated from Yale Law School and Brown University, has authored more than 160 articles and chapters on a wide range of human rights topics. Before joining Human Rights Watch as deputy director in 1987, Mr. Roth served as a federal prosecutor in New York and on the Iran-Contra investigation in Washington.
Reeta Roy President and CEO The MasterCard Foundation
Reeta Roy leads The MasterCard Foundation, an independent, private foundation based in Toronto, Canada whose vision is opportunity for all to learn and prosper by advancing effective and innovative programs in the areas of microfinance and youth education. Prior to joining the Foundation, Ms. Roy was the Divisional Vice President of Global Citizenship and Policy at Abbott, a global healthcare company, and Vice President of the Abbott Fund, a corporate foundation. Previously, Ms. Roy held a number of positions of increasing responsibility at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company from 1991 to 2002, working on global health issues and private-public partnerships, including a three-year assignment in Shanghai, China, where she led public affairs and strategic planning for the business. Prior to joining the private sector, she worked at the United Nations.
Ms. Roy is on the board of the Global Health Council, the world’s largest membership alliance dedicated to saving lives by improving health throughout the world. Previously, she served on the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Partnership for Pediatric AIDS Treatment. Ms. Roy received an MA in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and a BA from St. Andrews Presbyterian College.
David M. Rubenstein Co-founder and Managing Director The Carlyle Group
David M. Rubenstein is a Co-founder and Managing Director of The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest private equity firms. Since 1987, Carlyle has grown into a firm managing more than $100 billion from 27 offices around the world. From 1973-1975, Mr. Rubenstein practiced law in New York with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. From 1975-76, he served as Chief Counsel to the US Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments. From 1977-1981, during the Carter Administration, Mr. Rubenstein was Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. After his White House service and before cofounding Carlyle, Mr. Rubenstein practiced law in Washington with Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge (now Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw Pittman).
Mr. Rubenstein is Chairman of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the President of the Economic Club of Washington. He is also a Regent of the Smithsonian Institution and on the Board of Directors or Trustees of Duke University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Chicago, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Brookings Institution, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, amongst many others. Mr. Rubenstein has an undergraduate degree from Duke University and a law degree from the University of Chicago Law School.
Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben Director, Guinea Worm Eradication Program The Carter Center
Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a US Public Health Service Officer in 1965 at its field station in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he worked on the biology, epidemiology and control of schistosomiasis. During the 1970s, he actively participated in efforts to control endemic and epidemic dengue fever in Puerto Rico. In 1981 he became Chief of the Parasitic Diseases Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases at CDC, Atlanta, where he immediately became involved with CDC’s initial efforts to promote the eradication of Guinea worm disease (dracunculiasis). He coordinated dracunculiasis activities at the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Research, Training, and Eradication of Dracunculiasis at CDC.
He retired from CDC in 1991, after almost 28 years of service, and joined The Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia in January 1992. Since 1998, Dr. Ruiz-Tiben has been Director of Guinea Worm Eradication at The Carter Center. Dr. Ruiz-Tiben received a BS from the Catholic University of Puerto Rico, an MS from the University of Puerto Rico, and a PhD in epidemiology from the University of Texas, School of Public Health at Houston, Texas.
Virginia Sall Co-founder and Director Sall Family Foundation
As Co-founder and Director of the Sall Family Foundation, Virginia Sall has studied and worked in not-for-profit organizations for over 20 years. Her focus is on complex local-toglobal organizations, addressing global health, conservation, and the environment, especially where these intersect to support healthy, sustainable lives for people in the developing world. Ms. Sall currently serves on the board of directors for World Wildlife Fund US, CARE USA, and CARE International; the board of advisors for the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University; and the advisory council for the University of Northern California (UNC) Gillings School of Global Public Health. She is a co-founder and trustee of Cary Academy, an innovative middle and high school in North Carolina.
Ms. Sall volunteered for La Leche League to help mothers in her community breastfeed their babies, served on the board of La Leche League International, chaired the organization, and represented it at the UN from 2002 to 2008. Ms. Sall served on the board of the School of Nursing Foundation at UNC and was an external advisor to the Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute. She also worked as a systems programmer, software developer, technical consultant, and statistical software trainer. Ms. Sall holds a BA in Physics from Rice University and studied biostatistics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Sima Samar Chairperson Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission
A renowned advocate of human and women’s rights, Sima Samar was appointed as the inaugural chair of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) in June 2002. Prior to her appointment as the chair of AIHRC, she was elected as the vice chair of the Emergency Loya Jirga and also served as the deputy chair and Minister of Women’s Affairs in the post-Taliban Interim Administration of Afghanistan. Dr. Samar also served as UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Sudan between 2005 and 2009.
Dr. Samar has participated in many international forums on human rights, democracy, and transitional justice. Her contributions to these issues have been widely recognized, and she is the recipient of several prestigious awards.
Judith Samuelson Executive Director Business and Society Program, The Aspen Institute
In 1998, Judy Samuelson created the Aspen Institute Business and Society Program (BSP), which employs research and dialogue among business leaders to build a sustainable global society. Aspen BSP targets innovators and works with business managers at all levels, from MBA students to Fortune 500 CEOs. Ms. Samuelson recently helped spearhead the creation of the Aspen Principles, a set of guidelines for long-term value creation for companies and institutional investors. From 1989 to 1996, Ms. Samuelson led the Ford Foundation’s Office of Program Related Investments. From 1982 to 1989, she managed a sales and lending team at Bankers Trust Company.
From 1974 to 1980, she worked in Sacramento as a lobbyist and legislative aid on California state health and education issues, and in the Governor’s office of Planning and Research. Ms. Samuelson holds a BA from UCLA and an MA from the Yale School of Management. She sits on the Board of ACCIONNew York and is Chair Emeritus of Net Impact, a network of business students.
Deval Sanghavi Founder and CEO Dasra
Deval Sanghavi has provided philanthropists with intelligent investment strategies, directing over $7 million into the Indian social sector over the past 10 years. He leads Dasra, deeply engaged in its work with both philanthropists and social entrepreneurs. Mr. Sanghavi has an impressive track record of investing in, scaling, and sustaining nonprofit organizations and social businesses, many of which have risen to become preeminent organizations leading India’s social sector. The culmination of Mr. Sanghavi’s experience in advising philanthropists and scaling nonprofit organizations is the recently launched Indian Philanthropy Forum, mobilizing
over 100 members who are driving the philanthropy agenda in India. Mr. Sanghavi’s background as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley has enabled him to develop a unique philanthropic investment model that brings rigor and discipline to the sector. He co-created India’s first venture philanthropy fund, Impact Partners, in 1999, and played a pivotal role in incubating and scaling organizations, including Magic Bus, Rural Innovations Network, and Aangan Trust. Mr. Sanghavi’s is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, completing his Bachelor of Business Administration with a dual honors degree in Business and Finance and a minor in Asian Studies.
Michael Schlein President and CEO ACCION
Michael Schlein brings 25 years of extensive international banking, management, and public service experience to the microfinance organization. Formerly President of Citigroup’s International Franchise Management unit, Mr. Schlein helped manage the bank’s network of 100 Chief Country Officers, who were responsible for performance, regulatory relations, governance, and reputational risk in their respective countries. In previous roles, Mr. Schlein also oversaw Citi’s Human Resources and Global Corporate Affairs. A member of Citigroup’s Operating Committee, he served as Executive Director of Citi’s Business Practices Committee, and as a Director of Citibank, NA, Poland’s Bank Handlowy, and Citibank Korea, Inc.
Prior to his senior posts at Citi, Mr. Schlein served as Chief of Staff at the US Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as Chief of Staff for the New York City Deputy Mayor for Finance and Economic Development. He began his career in public finance investment banking at Smith Barney. Mr. Schlein has been involved with microfinance for years through both Citi and ACCION. He has played a leadership role at the Citi Foundation, and he has served on the Board, and more recently the Executive Committee, of ACCION International. Mr. Schlein also sits on the board of nonprofit organization Wildcat Service Corporation. He is a corporate member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the Business Council of the Asia Society. Schlein holds a BA in Economics and an MA in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Dominic Schofield Manager, Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
Dominic Schofield is committed to appropriate and inclusive development, and believes that all sectors have an important role to play. He has a background in economic geography and business administration and has worked in the field of international development for over 18 years with assignments in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and South and Southeast Asia. His work in nutrition over the past nine years has focused on addressing malnutrition in developing countries through multi-sectoral alliances that combine the strengths of the government, private sector, and civil society. Prior to joining GAIN, he served as Food Fortification Specialist with UNICEF’s Nutrition Section
at their headquarters in New York, where he was responsible for providing operational and technical guidance and support to UNICEF’s regional and country offices. He also served for four years as Partnership and Business Development Manager at the Micronutrient Initiative, where he led partnership and fundraising efforts. Previously, Mr. Schofield was Director of a joint venture and enterprise support initiative in South Africa and a management consultant for engineering professional services firms, managing complex projects in industrial technology transfer, and skills development. He has assisted a variety of businesses and development organizations in strategic planning, resource mobilization, and harnessing innovative partnerships and market-based approaches to achieve their goals in developing country markets.
Sonal Shah Director Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation, The White House
Sonal Shah heads the White House Domestic Policy Council’s Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation. She also served on President Obama’s Transition Board overseeing the Technology, Innovation, the Government Reform Policy Working Group. Before joining the White House, Ms. Shah managed and implemented two of Google.org’s global development initiatives. The first initiative focused on increasing transparency and openness in East Africa and India. The second initiative focused on fostering and growing small and medium sized enterprises worldwide, including creating an investment fund, developing new innovative models for gathering credit information, and investing in prizes and challenges.
Prior to Google, Ms. Shah was Vice President at Goldman Sachs, Inc., where she developed and implemented the firm’s environmental strategy. Ms. Shah also co-founded a non-profit, Indicorps, which offers fellowships for Indian-Americans to work on development projects in India. Prior to that, she worked at the Center for American Progress, working on trade, outsourcing and post conflict issues. She also developed and managed policy and advocacy programs for the Center for Global Development. From 1995-2002, Ms. Shah was an economist at the Department of Treasury, where she was the Director for African Nations, worked on the Asian Financial Crisis and post conflict development in Bosnia and Kosovo. Ms. Shah received her MA in Economics from Duke University and BA in Economics from the University of Chicago. She is an Aspen Crown Fellow and a Next Generation Fellow.
“Exciting collaborations emerge from the GPF, including those between philanthropists and local actors. I was thrilled to see one example first hand when the President of Colombia announced recently that the budget for early childhood education would nearly triple, a policy that can be traced directly to a GPF panel which brought together American and Colombian philanthropists who then joined forces to fund the research needed to make the case for this policy aim.” —Felipe Medina,
Transforming Philanthropy Initiative, Colombia
Pamela Shifman Director Initiatives for Women and Girls, NoVo Foundation
Pamela Shifman directs NoVo Foundation’s work on empowering adolescent girls in the developing world and ending violence against girls and women. Prior to joining NoVo in 2008, Ms. Shifman worked as a Child Protection Officer at UNICEF to prevent and respond to genderbased violence, particularly in conflict-affected settings. Spending nearly 40 percent of her time in the field, she worked closely with UNICEF’s country offices in Darfur, Sudan, Eastern Congo, Liberia, and Nepal to improve efforts to end violence against girls and women. Prior to joining the UN, Ms. Shifman served as the Coexecutive Director of Equality Now, where she focused extensively on the trafficking of girls and women and sex tourism.
As the Legal Advisor to the ANC Women’s Caucus, she led the Joint Civil Society/ Parliamentary Campaign to End Violence against Women and Girls. She also participated in the development of South Africa’s first post-apartheid legislation addressing domestic violence. Ms. Shifman has taught Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan and Hunter College. She holds a BA from the University of Michigan and a JD from the University of Michigan Law School.
Charles Slaughter Founder and President Living Goods
In 2006, Charles Slaughter conceived Living Goods— the ‘Avon of Rural Health’ whose micro-franchised health entrepreneurs go door-to-door selling the cheapest, simplest, and smartest solutions for defeating the diseases that kill nine million children each year. He currently serves on the boards of Three Day Blinds, BRACUSA, The Initiative for Global Development and Living Goods, and is a former board member of Spiegel Brands. In 1991, Mr. Slaughter founded TravelSmith Outfitters and built it into the top brand in travel wear with over two million customers and $100 million in sales. Since selling TravelSmith, Mr. Slaughter has devoted his energies to building vibrant enterprises in both the private and social sectors. In affiliation with private equity firm Golden Gate Capital he has participated in the acquisition and turnaround
of 10 major apparel brands with combined sales over $2 billion, including Spiegel, Newport News, Norm Thompson, and Express. As its pro-bono president Mr. Slaughter led the turnaround of the HealthStore/CFW Shops, a system of micro-franchised clinics serving the poor in Kenya. Mr. Slaughter has spoken at many venues including Yale, Harvard, and Stanford Universities, and the World Affairs Council of Northern California. Mr. Slaughter earned both a BA and an MA in Public and Private Management from Yale University.
Bradford K. Smith President Foundation Center
Bradford K. Smith is President of the Foundation Center, a national nonprofit service organization recognized as the nation’s leading authority on organized philanthropy. The Center maintains the most comprehensive database on US grantmakers and their grants around the world; issues a wide variety of print, electronic, and online information resources; conducts and publishes research on trends in foundation growth, giving, and practice; and offers an array of free and affordable educational programs. Mr. Smith has devoted his entire career to the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors. Before joining the Foundation Center in 2008, he was president of the Oak Foundation in Geneva, Switzerland, a major family foundation with programs and grant activities in 41 countries. Prior to joining the Oak
Foundation, he developed and led the Ford Foundation’s Peace and Social Justice Program, the foundation’s largest program area. During his 10-year tenure as Vice President, the program provided hundreds of millions of dollars to organizations working on issues of human rights, international cooperation, governance, and civil society in the US and around the world. Mr. Smith holds an MA in economics from the New School for Social Research in New York and a BA in anthropology and ethnomusicology from the University of Michigan.
Tamsin Smith Founder SlipStreamStrategy
Tamsin Smith founded SlipStreamStrategy in early 2009 with the vision of helping good people turn good ideas into realities that matter to the world. SlipStreamStrategy works with philanthropists, corporate executives, international organizations, nonprofits, and innovative thinkers to form creative coalitions that impact society’s collective challenges. Ms. Smith was previously the President of (RED), which produces specially branded products in partnership with iconic global brands, including Apple, Converse, Gap, Dell, Hallmark, Microsoft, and Starbucks, to activate the buying power of the public in the fight against AIDS in Africa. She was recruited in early 2006, by (RED) founders Bono and Bobby Shriver to launch and build the program internationally. At the time of her
departure, (RED) had generated $120 million, 100 percent of which is invested in HIV and AIDS programs on the ground in Africa. Prior to joining (RED), Ms. Smith shepherded Gap Inc.’s public policy strategy and engagement. Before moving to California, she spent six years on Capitol Hill as senior legislative assistant to two members of the US House of Representatives. Ms. Smith holds an MA in International Law and Diplomacy from Tufts University and a BA from Kenyon College in English Literature.
Dwayne Spradlin President and CEO InnoCentive
Dwayne Spradlin serves as President and CEO at InnoCentive, the global leader in Challenge Driven Innovation. He has spent 23 years driving business performance to its limits. Mr. Spradlin is intensely focused on two goals: finding new ways to unleash and focus human potential on solving particularly daunting problems and defining the role of leadership in driving change in our businesses and culture. Mr. Spradlin has previously worked as President of Hoovers Online, President and COO of StarCite Inc., Senior Vice President at VerticalNet Inc., and Director at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, where he spent 10 years delivering
technology and strategy solutions to Fortune 500 clients. He is frequently interviewed and has been featured on CNBC, ABC, NPR, and the BBC, and quoted in The Economist, BusinessWeek, The New York Times, and many other journals and periodicals. Mr. Spradlin holds a BA in Applied Mathematics and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
Keely Stevenson Chief Executive Officer Bamboo Finance USA
Keely Stevenson’s commitment to social change was sparked by her lessons learned working with people with terminal illnesses as a hospice volunteer in the 1990s. She built on those lessons of appreciation for life through her work over the last decade in the field of social entrepreneurship with experience on five continents. She now serves as the CEO of Bamboo Finance USA, a commercial investment firm that specializes in the financing of social entrepreneurship globally. Ms. Stevenson joined Bamboo in 2007, after living in East Africa and working with the Acumen Fund. She supported the establishment of Acumen’s Nairobi office and provided management support to AtoZ, a producer of anti-malaria mosquito nets, focusing on distribution and pricing strategies in Tanzania.
Earlier in her career, Ms. Stevenson was the first employee hired by the CEO of the Skoll Foundation, where she designed grant programs for social entrepreneurs and led the team who created the world’s first online community for social entrepreneurs, Social Edge. She was Interim Executive Director of a social enterprise in Peru (ProPeru Fund) and a professional development program for social entrepreneurs in India (SocialImpact International). She has consulted with Triodos Bank on the viability of a social venture fund, and devised economic development strategies for the Royal Bafokeng Nation, one of Africa’s wealthiest kingdoms. Ms. Stevenson studied politics at UC Berkeley and earned an MBA at Oxford University.
Kari Stoever Senior Advisor, Global Advocacy Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
Kari Stoever is a global development expert with more than 15 years of experience in public health start-ups and advocacy movements. At the Sabin Institute, she helped establish and was the Managing Director of the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD). She was Principal Investigator on a $34 million grant by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Under her leadership, the Global Network secured more than $100 million in grants and financial commitments and contributed in the development of a $1 billion, five-year strategy for NTDs. She has been active in the Clinton Global Initiative and has made key contacts with policy makers and opinion leaders in the United States, Europe, Latin
America, and Africa. In 2010, she received the distinguished Stevie Award for Women in Business – “Best Executive.” She has served on the board of the Women’s Leadership Initiative at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and is a current board member of Rwanda Works. She holds a BSc from George Washington University, a degree in nursing, and an Executive Masters in Leadership from the McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University.
Peters Suh Chief Executive Officer Wholesale Applications Community
Peters Suh is the CEO of the Wholesale Applications Community (WAC), an alliance of communications companies committed to building an open applications platform. WAC will deliver an open industry application development platform that will benefit the entire ecosystem. By providing a single route for developers to deliver the latest innovative applications, WAC will bring applications to more than three billion global mobile users.
Fremont Communications, a private equity fund focusing on telecommunication investments. Mr. Suh was previously Vice President and Chief Technical Officer for Vodafone’s Global Internet Services group and also held a number of positions with AirTouch Cellular.
Previously, Mr. Suh was the CEO of Joint Innovation Lab (JIL), a joint venture with Vodafone, China Mobile, Verizon Wireless, and Softbank Mobile. Before joining JIL, Mr. Suh was President of Vodafone Global Enterprise Incorporated and Vodafone Ventures Limited. He was a managing director for
He is a director of the Vodafone Americas Foundation, Aspire Technologies, and the Diablo Regional Arts Association. Mr. Suh holds a BA and an MBA, both from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Amy Sun Founder and Director, Fab Lab, Afghanistan MIT Center for Bits and Atoms
Amy Sun is a founding architect of the MIT global initiative for field on-site technology development, the Fab Lab program. She additionally founded and now directs the Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Fab Lab, the first such facility in an active conflict zone. Ms. Sun co-founded Fab Folk Inc., a nonprofit organization committed to building technical capacity in a locality, improving individuals’ abilities to develop themselves and their communities and bringing access to tools and knowledge that cultivate and support innovating practices. Ms. Sun is an Electrical Engineer and PhD candidate in the Physics and Media group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for Bits and Atoms. Prior to graduate studies at MIT, Ms. Sun was a senior engineer and project leader at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company for
diverse programs, including the Airborne Laser, Fleet Ballistics Missiles, and the Mobile User Objective System. Ms. Sun brings a rich history of commitment to community and youth in informal technology education and development. Outside of professional projects, she generally works on energy, robotics, communications, or inane fun toys. She builds robots for competition in BattleBots and is a mentor and judge for its educational arm, BattleBotsIQ. Ms. Sun is currently heavily involved in the deployment and growth of Fab Labs around the world, enabling grassroots technology development by, for, and of the community.
Peter Tavernise Executive Director Cisco Foundation
Peter Tavernise is the Executive Director for the Cisco Foundation and Director of Cisco Public Benefit Investment. Mr. Tavernise brings over 18 years of nonprofit fundraising, private family foundation, and corporate funding experience to meeting the core mission and strategy of Cisco Public Benefit Investment: invest in NGO programs that lead to successful individuals and vibrant communities. Mr. Tavernise is currently a member of the advisory board for GreatNonprofits.org, and is a member of the American Red Cross Corporate Advisory Council, the Contributions Council of The Conference Board, the National Geographic Media Advisory Group, and of the Technology Advancing Philanthropy Task Force of the Council on Foundations.
He is a previous Cisco Community Leadership Fellow at Public Allies North Carolina, and is a past board member of Teachers without Borders, YouthNoise, and the Affordable Housing Trust of Santa Clara County. Mr. Tavernise earned a BA in English from Davidson College and an MA in Humanities from Duke University.
Adalberto Veríssimo Senior Researcher and Co-founder Amazon Institute of People and Environment (Imazon)
Adalberto Veríssimo is an AVINA Fellow and an Ashoka Senior Fellow. In 2010, he received the Skoll Foundation Award for Social Entrepreneurship. Mr. Veríssimo is a Senior Researcher and Co-founder of the Amazon Institute of People and Environment (Imazon), a think-and-do tank based in the Brazilian Amazon. He has been key adviser for the Brazilian Ministry of Environment and Pará State Government, and board member of key Brazilian environmental organizations, such as the Brazilian Amazon Fund, the Brazilian Biodiverisity Fund, and the Sustainable Amazon Network.
He has also published more than 140 scientific articles and 16 books on conservation, natural resources management, and public policies. Mr. Veríssimo holds an MA in Ecology from Pennsylvania State University and a graduate degree in Agricultural Engineering from the Federal Rural University of the Brazilian Amazon.
Jane Wales President and CEO World Affairs Council and the Global Philanthropy Forum Vice President The Aspen Institute
Jane Wales is host of the nationally syndicated weekly National Public Radio interview show, It’s Your World. Ms. Wales is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the World Affairs Council, and Founding President of the Global Philanthropy Forum and Vice President of The Aspen Institute. From 2007 to 2008, she served as Acting Chief Executive Officer of The Elders, chaired by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. In 2008, Ms. Wales also chaired the Poverty Alleviation Track for the Clinton Global Initiative. Previously, she served in the Clinton Administration as Special Assistant to the President, Senior Director of the National Security
Council, and Associate Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. She chaired the international security programs at the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the W. Alton Jones Foundation, and directed the Project on World Security at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. During her tenure as National Executive Director of the Physicians for Social Responsibility, the organization’s international arm was recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize.
Tom Watson Founder and President CauseWired
Tom Watson is the Founder and President of CauseWired, a boutique consulting firm advising clients on the social commons: nonprofits, foundations, and companies. Mr. Watson is a journalist, author, media critic, entrepreneur, and consultant who has worked at the confluence of media technology and social change for more than a 15 years. He is the author of CauseWired: Plugging In, Getting Involved, Changing the World, a best-selling book that chronicles the rise of online social activism. During his long career as journalist, Mr. Watson has written for The New York Times, The Daily Beast, Huffington Post, techPresident. com, Social Edge, Industry Standard, Inside, Worth and Contribute magazines, among many other publications. He writes about
politics and media on his personal blog, My Dirty Life & Times, and was the Founder and Editor of Newcritics.com, a group blog on popular culture. Before launching CauseWired, Mr. Watson served for nine years as chief strategy officer of Changing Our World, Inc., the international philanthropic services company he helped to found. Mr. Watson is the publisher of onPhilanthropy.com, CauseWired’s extensive online resource for philanthropy professionals. Before his work in the philanthropy sector, Mr. Watson was Co-founder and Co-editor of @NY, the pioneering Internet news and information service that chronicled the rise of New York’s Silicon Alley new media in the mid-90s. Tom Watson is a frequent speaker and commentator on trends and issues related to media, technology, philanthropy, and society.
Erica Weirich Executive Director Global Health Research Foundation
Erica Weirich is the Founder and Director of Global Health Research Foundation (GHRF), a practicing physician in Los Altos, CA, and Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. Before founding GHRF, Dr. Weirich worked extensively in international health, supporting traditional birth attendants and health visitors through the Aga Khan Health Service in remote northern Pakistan, working to improve the health of the refugee population in London, and working with the Zhordania Institute of Human Reproduction on maternal mortality in the country of Georgia. In 2007, she co-founded the GHRF, coalescing health, development, and respect for culture with Silicon Valley technology and resources. Using medical and technology assessments, with tools and
business strategies for rapid access to outcomes and testing of interventions, GHRF is working to ensure that functioning solutions are made sustainable, scalable, and transferable, with knowledge shared. Dr. Weirich earned an MA in International Development Policy along with her Medical Degree at Stanford University.
Chris West Director Shell Foundation
Chris West serves as Director at the Shell Foundation. He was involved in early discussions around the creation of the Shell Foundation and joined soon after its launch in 2000 as Deputy Director. In this role he reinforced an “enterprise-based” approach to catalysing scalable and sustainable solutions to global development challenges and oversaw the design and scaleup of Shell Foundation core programmes. This included cofounding GroFin (now the leading provider of skills and finance to start-up and growing small- and medium-sized enterprises in Africa) and the Global Alliance on Clean Cookstoves. He was appointed Director in 2008 and has co-authored Shell Foundation publications including “Enterprise Solutions to Poverty” (2005) and “Enterprise Solutions to Scale” (2010).
Prior to joining the Shell Foundation, Dr. West set up his own business in the environmental services sector. Following the successful UK and international growth of this “social enterprise,” he took on the position of senior environment adviser at the UK DFID. As an adviser to UK Ministers, he worked with a wide variety of donors, governments, NGOs, and businesses in over 60 developing countries and emerging economies. Dr. West completed his Doctorate in Ecology at the University of Oxford.
Howard White Executive Director 3ie
Howard White has worked on development-related issues for over 20 years, having worked for a range of agencies in countries across Africa and Asia. Dr. White is the Executive Director of 3ie. He formerly led the impact evaluation program of the Independent Evaluation Group of the World Bank, where he was responsible for impact studies on basic education in Ghana, health and nutrition in Bangladesh, rural electrification, rural development in Andhra Pradesh, and a review of impact studies of water supply and sanitation. He has published over 50 papers in internationally referred journals and a number of books.
Olukemi (Kemi) Williams Head GirlHub Rwanda
Kemi Williams is responsible for establishing and managing the first developing country office of the new partnership between the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Nike Foundation, which addresses the needs and interests of adolescent girls.
key multilateral institutions, including the World Bank and European Union. Ms. Williams has over 20 years experience in development work, including in Nigeria with the Ford Foundation, where she worked on human rights issues during the military regime. She also worked as a volunteer and board member of a Nigerian NGO, Baobab for Women’s Human Rights.
Ms. Williams was previously a Senior Social Development Advisor with DFID, where she has worked in various positions since 1999.
She is a founding member of Abantu for Development, an NGO run by and for African women, which promotes women’s rights in decisionmaking and governance issues.
Her last position was Senior Gender and Rights Adviser in the Policy Division in London, which involved working with senior management to shape and drive the corporate policy on gender equality and collaborating with partners to push for greater attention to gender equality from
Ms. Williams has a first degree in Development Studies from the University of East Anglia, an MA in Gender and Development from the Institute of Development Studies at Sussex University, and an MS in Public Administration from the University of Birmingham, UK.
Nathan Wyeth Director FrontlineSMS:Credit
Nathan Wyeth is bringing the power of mobile money to the poor through the enterprises and organizations that serve them. FrontlineSMS:Credit is based in Nairobi, Kenya, operating in one of the most mature and dynamic mobile money ecosystems in the developing world.
new organizations: the Campus Microfinance Alliance, Cleantech U, and Empowering Chinese Social Enterprse Leaders (ECSEL).
Prior to his role leading FrontlineSMS:Credit, Mr. Wyeth supported the creation of the Schoenfeld Foundation, a Hong Kong-based venture philanthropy and impact investing organization focused on social entrepreneurship, microfinance, and cleantech in China and the US. In his role as US Programs Manager, Mr. Wyeth led philanthropic investment in programs intended to spur and support social entrepreneurship among talented young people in microfinance and clean energy, driving the creation of three
Mr. Wyeth has previously worked with the Clinton Climate Initiative, the US House of Representatives Committee on Government Oversight and Reform, and the Sierra Club, where he led national and international student campaigns and currently serves on the Board of Directors. Mr. Wyeth earned a BA in Development Studies from Brown University.
Ailing Zhuang Chief Executive Officer, China NPO Network President, China Foundation Center portal in China, promoting the transparency and accountability of the foundations in China.
After teaching in a teacher college for a few years, Ailing Zhuang started her career in the nonprofit sector in 1990. For the first ten years, she worked for both Chinese and international NGOs: Program Director for Amity Foundation, Deputy China Country Director for Orbis International, China Program Representative for CBMI. Since 2000, Dr. Zhuang has been a pilot in capacity-building for nonprofit organizations in China. In 2004, she founded the NonProfit Organization (NPO) Development Center, which promotes capacity-building for NPOs in China. In 2010, she led the launch of the China Foundation Center (CFC), acting as the President of CFC and as CEO of the China NPO Network. CFC is the first national foundation information
Dr. Zhuang also sits on the boards of several NPOs, including CIVICUS, the Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium, and the NPO Development Center Shanghai. She is the first Chinese NPO leader to speak at the World Bank and Harvard University, and is a facilitator of 200 workshops and forums advocating cross-sector collaboration. She is an author and co-author of several books and over 20 articles. Dr. Zhuang was a recipient of the “2008 China Philanthropy Award” by the Chinese Central Government and also a member of the Shanghai Women’s Congress. Dr. Zhuang has an MA in English Language and Literature and a doctoral degree in sociology, both from Nanjing University, China. She also holds an MPA from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.
Andrew Zolli Curator PopTech
Andrew Zolli is a futures researcher who analyzes how critical trends at the intersection of culture, technology, and global society will shape the next century. His firm, Z + Partners, helps a select number of global companies and institutions see, understand, and respond to complex change. He is also the Curator of the annual PopTech conference, an elite annual gathering of thought leaders, which explores the social impact of technology and the shape of things to come. Formerly, Mr. Zolli served as Chief Marketing Officer of one of the world’s leading strategic branding consultancies, Siegel & Gale, where he helped develop new designs, businesses, products, and services for companies such as The Weather Channel, Netscape, Kodak, American Express, Forrester
Research, and IBM, among many others. Mr. Zolli helped found the company’s new media practice and helped envision and develop next-generation approaches to product development, user experience, and communications. He also created and led the company’s research and development lab, which explored digital user experience and interface design. Under his direction, the lab developed significant virtual reality and graphics applications for the Web. In the early 1990s, Mr. Zolli participated as an academic researcher in core technology and standards research and development that shaped the World Wide Web.
Randi Zuckerberg Director of Marketing Facebook
Randi Zuckerberg leads marketing at Facebook, where her team focuses on media, current events, and non-profits. She led the company’s US election and international politics strategy, in addition to media partnerships around the US Presidential Inauguration, the Olympics, and the World Cup. Ms. Zuckerberg anchors the show “Facebook Live” and has appeared on CNN, Good Morning America, The Today Show, Bloomberg, NDTV, and World News.
Most recently, she represented Facebook at the Golden Globe Awards and the World Economic Forum in Davos. Ms. Zuckerberg holds a BA in Psychology from Harvard University.
Advisory Council FAZLE HASAN ABED Founder and Chairperson BRAC FOLA ADEOLA Co-founder Guaranty Trust Bank SYED BABAR ALI Advisor Packages Limited LAURA ARRILLAGAANDREESSEN Co-founder and Chair Stanford Center on Philanthropy & Civil Society BRIZIO BIONDI-MORRA President Fundación AVINA RICHARD BLUM Chairman Blum Capital Partners, LP PAUL BREST President The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation LARRY BRILLIANT President Skoll Global Threats Fund JEAN CASE Co-founder and CEO The Case Foundation
HERNANDO DE SOTO Founder, President, and CEO Institute for Liberty and Democracy KEMAL DERVIŞ Vice President and Director, Global Economy Brookings Institution
KATE GRESWOLD Director TOSA Foundation STEVE GUNDERSON President and CEO Council on Foundations STEPHEN HEINTZ President Rockefeller Brothers Fund
WILLIAM H. DRAPER, III Director Draper Richards Foundation
ESTHER HEWLETT Chair New Global Citizens
WILLIAM DRAYTON Founder, Chair and CEO Ashoka
STEVEN HILTON Chairman, President & CEO Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
PEGGY DULANY Founder and Chair Synergos Institute
WALTER ISAACSON CEO The Aspen Institute
PETER GABRIEL Co-founder, WITNESS Co-founder, The Elders
WYCLEF JEAN Founder Yéle Haiti
ROBERT GALLUCCI President John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
TERESA HEINZ KERRY Chair The Heinz Family Philanthropies
WILLIAM H. GATES, SR. Co-chair The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
ANGÉLIQUE KIDJO Goodwill Ambassador UNICEF Founder The Batonga Foundation
LAURA CHEN Executive Chair ZeShan Foundation
JULIETTE GIMON Chair The Global Fund for Children
LATA KRISHNAN President American India Foundation
RICHARD CURTIS Co-founder and Vice Chairman Comic Relief
VARTAN GREGORIAN President Carnegie Corporation of New York
CAROL LARSON President and CEO The David & Lucile Packard Foundation
ANNIE LENNOX Founder The SING Campaign
SALLY OSBERG President and CEO Skoll Foundation
B. STEPHEN TOBEN President Flora Family Foundation
GRAÇA MACHEL President Foundation for Community Development
SUSAN PACKARD ORR Chair David and Lucile Packard Foundation
ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU Chairman The Elders
NACHIKET MOR Co-President ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth
ALAN PATRICOF Founder and Managing Director Greycroft LLC
LUIS UBIÑAS President Ford Foundation
LUIS ALBERTO MORENO President Inter American Development Bank
JAN PIERCY Executive Vice President ShoreBank International
JAMES C. MORGAN Chairman Emeritus Applied Materials, Inc REBECCA MORGAN President Morgan Family Foundation JOHN P. MORGRIDGE Chairman Emeritus Cisco Systems, Inc. ALI MUFURUKI Chairman and CEO Infotech Investment Group Ltd. CATHERINE MUTHER Founder and President Three Guineas Fund ARYEH NEIER President Open Society Foundations PAMELA OMIDYAR Founder and Board Chair Humanity United
JUDITH RODIN President The Rockefeller Foundation EDWARD SCOTT Co-founder BEA Systems, Inc. Co-founder & Chairman Center for Global Development ADELE SIMMONS Co-founder Chicago Global Donors Network JEFFREY S. SKOLL Founder and Chairman Skoll Foundation STERLING SPEIRN President and CEO W.K. Kellogg Foundation LARS THUNELL Executive Vice President and CEO International Finance Corporation
JANE WALES President and CEO World Affairs Council & Global Philanthropy Forum WILLIAM S. WHITE Chairman, President and CEO Charles Stewart Mott Foundation TIMOTHY E. WIRTH President United Nations Foundation & Better World Fund TAE YOO Vice President, Corporate Philanthropy Cisco Systems, Inc. MUHAMMAD YUNUS Founder Grameen Bank
Steering Group & Staff STEERING GROUP Lorene Arey Matt Bannick Jennifer Buffett Peter Buffett Kathy Bushkin Calvin Nick Deychakiwsky Suzanne DiBianca William H. Draper III Emily Fintel Gabrielle Fitzgerald LEADERSHIP AND STAFF Jane Wales Co-founder & President Suzy Antounian VP, Management & Philanthropic Services Sylvia Hacaj VP, Philanthropy Programs Julie Jacobs VP, External Affairs Tina Lee Membership Officer Ashlee Rea Program Officer Rachel Reichenbach Senior Program Officer
Jim Greenbaum Russ Hall Wendy Ramage Hawkins Laurene Powell Jobs Suzie Katz David Keller Jonathan Lewis Michael Madnick Felipe Medina Judy Miller Luis Alberto Moreno Christine Morse Randy Newcomb Janice Nittoli Sally Osberg Joan Platt Jennifer Ratay Kathy Reich Elspeth Revere Reeta Roy Virginia Sall
Amy Rizzotto Program Officer
Chuck Slaughter Bradford Smith June Sugiyama Melanne Verveer Chris West Catherine Zennstrรถm
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“Evil may appear to have the upper hand, but in the end it’s goodness, it’s right, it’s justice, it’s beauty, it’s compassion— it’s all those things that we know and admire that have the last word.” —Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Chairman, The Elders 7th Annual GPF Conference, 2008