Wendy Kopp is CEO and Co-founder of Teach For All, a global network of independent organizations that are cultivating their nations’ promising future leaders to ensure their most marginalized children have the chance to fulfill their true potential. Wendy founded Teach For America in 1989 to marshal the energy of her generation against educational inequity in the United States. Today, more than 8…
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Mary Hallward-Driemeier, the Senior Economic Adviser, Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation Global Practice, overseeing its analytical agenda. A Canadian national, she joined the World Bank in 1997 as a Young Professional. She has published widely on technology and private sector development, firm productivity, the impact of financial crises, and women's economic empowerment. Mary is…
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Prof. Adolfo Rubinstein, M.D, MSc, PhD, is the Minister of Health of Argentina. He was appointed as Secretary of Health Promotion, Prevention and Control (deputy minister) of the Argentine Ministry of Health in March 2017 and since last November, is the National Minister of Health. The three main strategies of the Ministry of Health are oriented to the expansion of Universal Health Coverage for…
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Simon Hobbs is an award-winning, British-born journalist best known for working for CNBC Business Television for 18 years, first in London then at the New York Stock Exchange. Arriving at CNBC USA in 2009, Simon provided extensive coverage of the European debt crisis across the network and presented ‘Executive Vision’ sponsored by Credit Suisse. He went on to co-anchor its 10am show ‘Squawk on…
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Alexander De Croo is Deputy Prime Minister for Open VLD and Minister of Development Cooperation, Digital Agenda, Telecom and Postal Services in the Michel I Government. As Minister of Development Cooperation, he focuses on strengthening human rights and promoting local economic growth in the partner countries. The Digital Agenda, Telecom and Postal Services portfolio focuses on the maximization…
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Gayle Tzemach Lemmon is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Ashley’s War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield (2015) and The Dressmaker of Khair Khana (2011), about a young entrepreneur who supported her community under the Taliban. Ashley’s War is currently being developed into a major motion picture. Gayle currently serves as Partner and…
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On September 1, 2018 Michelle Bachelet assumed her functions as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights was established in 1993 and Ms. Bachelet is the seventh Commissioner. Ms. Bachelet was elected President of Chile on two occasions (2006 – 2010 and 2014 – 2018). She was the first female president of Chile, as well as Chile’s…
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Michael Reich is a Professor of international health policy at Harvard University. Dr. Reich’s research program addresses the political dimensions of public health policy. His research interests include health system strengthening and reform, access to medicines and pharmaceutical policy, and the political economy of policy-making processes. Dr. Reich has worked on health systems issues with…
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Henri Yav Mulang is the Minister of Finance of the Democratic Republic of Congo. He also serves as a Governor at the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank and as a Member of the Board of Governors at African Development Bank. He has previously served as Deputy Director of Cabinet for Economic Affairs and Reconstruction at the Presidency where he focused on tax reform and…
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Mamadou Sangafowa-Coulibaly has held the post of Minister of Agriculture of Côte d'Ivoire since February 2010. His department was expanded to rural development in January 2016 and his exact title is since then, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Côte d’Ivoire. Before becoming a Minister, Mr. Sangafowa-Coulibaly was the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Minister of Agriculture from 2003…
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