Joanne Carter has served as Executive Director of RESULTS/RESULTS Educational Fund (REF) since 2008, working with key Administration and Congressional allies, partner organizations, and technical agencies orchestrating U.S. and international campaigns to tackle major diseases of poverty, increase access to education (including abolition of school fees), expand economic opportunity for the poorest…
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Lee Hsien Loong has been Singapore’s Prime Minister since 2004. Mr. Lee is the Secretary-General of the People’s Action Party (PAP). He led PAP to three consecutive Singapore General Elections victories in 2006, 2011 and 2015. Mr. Lee also chairs GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, and the Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council, an international panel that provides strategic direction…
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Born in 1952, married with two children, Roman Catholic Degree in German, Sports Science and Philosophy, Tübingen University, Professional and political career:, 9 years as a teacher of German and Physical Education at a general education high school 2 years as Senior Policy Officer for public relations, then 6 years as Press Secretary at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of Baden-Württemberg directly elected Member of the German Bundestag representing the constituency of Backnang/Schäbisch Gmünd since 1998; member of the budget committee of the…, Voluntary offices:, President of the German Association of Ski Instructors President of the International Federation of Snowsport Instructors (IFSI), Hobbies and interests:, Family and friends, skiing, running, tennis, Personal motto:, Carpe diem!
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Hon. Catherine Abelema Afeku(Mrs.) was born at Axim in the Western Region. She obtained a Master of Business Administration from the Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University in Atlanta, Georgia in the year 2008. She is married to Mr. Seth Afeku with whom she has three children. She is a Christian, a member of the Catholic Church. Hon. Catherine Afeku worked with the World Bank…
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Monica Tanuhandaru is an expert in good governance, transparency and anticorruption. She is the Executive Director of Partnership for Governance Reform (Kemitraan), a leading Indonesian national organization that focuses on establishing a fair, democratic, and sustainable governance that improves the welfare of Indonesians. Prior to joining Kemitraan, Monica worked at the United Nations Office of…
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Condoleezza Rice is currently the Denning Professor in Global Business and the Economy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business; the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution; and a professor of Political Science at Stanford University. She's also a founding partner of RiceHadleyGates. From January 2005 to 2009, Secretary Rice served as 66th…
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Carmen Pagés is the Chief of the Labor Markets Division of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Previously, she was a principal research economist at the IDB’s Research Department and led key publications such as The Age of Productivity: Transforming Economies from the Bottom Up. She is also the author of the book Law and Employment: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean jointly with…
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Steve co-founded TripAdvisor in 2000 with the mission to help travelers around the world plan and book the perfect trip. Under his leadership, TripAdvisor has grown into the largest travel site in the world. As CEO, Steve has led the growth of TripAdvisor, Inc., which includes 24 other travel media brands that operate in 48 markets worldwide. Prior to co-founding TripAdvisor, Steve was president…
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Lesly Goh, ( LinkedIn Profile ) is the World Bank Group Chief Technology Officer and Director of Enterprise Architecture and Technology. Her expertise is in leveraging Cloud technology to deliver business outcomes such as client responsiveness, organizational effectiveness and manage risks. She also provides technology advisory on Disruptive Technology to address the Development challenges. Lesly’s past…
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Adam Sacks is the founder and President of Tourism Economics, an Oxford Economics company dedicated to quantitatively-based consulting to the travel sector. Over the past twenty-two years, Adam has worked with hundreds of destinations, industry associations, and companies around the world in the areas of opportunity and risk assessments, policy analysis, and economic impact. Adam’s work has…
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