Basic Needs
Disaster Relief
Mohammad Akhter
Former President and CEO | InterAction
Steven Denne
Vice President, Development Operations | American Red Cross
Ken Hackett
President | Catholic Relief Services
Member, Board of Directors | Millennium Challenge Corporation
Neal Keny-Guyer
Chief Executive Officer | Mercy Corps
Education & Literacy
Maya Ajmera
Founder and President | The Global Fund for Children
Board Member | Echoing Green
Board Member | Washington Area Women's Foundation
Board Member | Youth Philanthropy Worldwide
Carol Bellamy
President and CEO | World Learning
Former Executive Director | UNICEF
Former Director | United States Peace Corp
Former President | New York City Council
Former Senator | New York State Senate
Edward de Bono
Author
Gary E. Knell
President and CEO | Sesame Workshop
Wendy Kopp
President and Founder | Teach For America
Benno C. Schmidt Jr.
Chairman of the Board | Edison Schools
Former President | Yale University
Kyle Zimmer
President | First Book
Homeless & Housing
Dennis P. Culhane PhD
Professor of Social Policy | University of Pennsylvania
Professor of Psychology | University of Pennsylvania
Helen Dunlap
Housing Advisor | Shorebank Advisory Services
Judith Hermanson PhD
Senior Vice President | CHF International
Bill Kelly Esq
President | Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future
Director | Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless
Director | Ashoka: Innovators for the Public
Director | Governance Institute
Director | International Senior Lawyers Project
Lillian Murphy
Chief Executive Officer | Mercy Housing
Erika Poethig
Program Officer Human and Community Development | The John D. And Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Nan Roman
President and CEO | National Alliance to End Homelessness
Jeff Schaffer
Assistant Vice President - Grant Programs | Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Assistant Clinical Professor | University of Southern California
Human Rights
Anthony Barnett
Founder and Editor-in-Chief | openDemocracy
Cynthia Brown
Former Program Director | Human Rights Watch
Member of the Board | The Tricycle Foundation
Member of the Board | Public Concern Foundation
Member, Advisory Committee | Women's Rights Division, Human RIghts Watch
Larry Cox
Executive Director | Amnesty International USA
Alice Tepper Marlin
President | Social Accountability International
Aryeh Neier
President | Open Society Institute
Andrew Park Esq
Senior Philanthropic Advisor | Wellspring Advisors
Coordinator | International Human Rights Funders Group
Hunger
Robert H. Forney
President and CEO | The Global Food Banking Network
Chair | Alliance to End Hunger
Former President and CEO | America's Second Harvest
Monty Jones PhD
Executive Secretary | Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa
World Food Prize Laureate - 2005 | World Food Prize
Fellow | TWAS The Academy of Sciences for the developing World
Fellow | African Academy of Sciences
Insignia of the Grand Officer of the order of the Rokel | Sierra Leone Presidential National Honours and Awards
Peter McPherson
Founding Co-Chair | Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa
President-Emeritus | Michigan State University
President | National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
Water
Margaret Catley-Carson
Chair | Global Water Partnership
Former President | Canadian International Development Agency
Jonathan Greenblatt
Founder | Ethos Water
Senior Advisor | XPRIZE Foundation
Senior Advisor | United Nations Foundation
Director | RESTORE
Roberto Lenton PhD
Chair, Water Supply & Sanitation | Collaborative Council
Chair, Technical Committee | Global Water Partnership, Earth Institute, Columbia University
Ravi Narayanan
Former Chief Executive | WaterAid UK