Aris Papadopoulos is the retired CEO of Titan America and is presently Board Chairman of ST Equipment & Technology and an advisor to Titan Group. He has over 35 years of industrial experience, twenty of which he served as Chief Executive. He founded the non-profit Resilience Action Fund, aiming to advance transparency, awareness and education for greater disaster resilience in the built…
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Kamal Kishore has worked on disaster risk reduction and recovery issues for over 22 years at the local, national, regional and global levels. Prior to joining the National Disaster Management Authority, he worked with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for nearly 13 years in New Delhi, Geneva and New York. At UNDP headquarters he led global advocacy campaigns to address disaster risk…
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Koichi Hasegawa became Senior Vice President responsible for partnerships with multilateral development banks and the International Monetary Fund at JICA as of October 1. Before this role, Mr. Hasegawa served as Executive Director for Japan at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) from July 2015. Mr. Hasegawa started his career in Japan’s Ministry of Finance (MOF) in 1984. He held several director…
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Anta Babacar Ngom represents a dynamic new generation of African entrepreneurs with a vision for business growth to meet the demands of the African region. At just 32 years old, Anta Babacar Ngom is Executive Director of Sedima, Senegal’s leading poultry production group, where she oversees production, distribution and company development. She has steered the group’s diversification process…
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Muhammad Sani Abdullahi is Commissioner for Budget and Planning in Kaduna State, Nigeria with over a decade of experience in development policy formulation, public finance, and project implementation. As Commissioner, he leads the State’s broad economic growth and development portfolio. He also is a Member of the State Executive Council, and is responsible for designing the fiscal strategy and…
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Enrica Duncan is Chief of Staff of Nossas, a women-led laboratory for civic engagement and activism in Latin America that develops methodology and technology to equip young citizens to impact policymaking. As a laboratory, Nossas has designed, developed and maintained projects on social demands since 2011. These projects have mobilized over 500,000 people, using a wide variety of custom and…
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David Sasaki is a Program Officer in Global Development and Population at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. He supports organizations and activities that seek to improve the provision of public services through transparency, participation and accountability mechanisms. Previously, he worked at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where he managed a portfolio of grants to media…
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Philip Chow is a technologist, storyteller, and community volunteer. Philip is the co-founder and CEO of Humanitas.AI – a global technology platform empowering youth leaders with the tools and knowledge to create positive, lasting changes for their communities. Previously, he had worked at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Office of Robert Parker, and FiscalNote – all of which he had…
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Natalie Bridgeman Fields is the Founder and Executive Director of Accountability Counsel. She leads the organization of community lawyers, policy advocates, and researchers working to amplify the voices of people to defend their environmental and human rights. A feature of her current work includes development of a python-powered database to allow communities around the world to better understand…
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Ivanka Trump is Advisor to the President. In her role, she focuses on the education and economic empowerment of women and their families as well as job creation and economic growth through workforce development, skills training and entrepreneurship. Prior to her father’s election as forty-fifth President of the United States, Ivanka oversaw development and acquisitions at the Trump Organization…
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