Jay Gilliam (he/him/his) is the Senior LGBTQI+ Coordinator at USAID. Jay serves as the Agency’s lead to elevate issues concerning lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and other people of diverse genders and sexualities (LGBTQI+). In this role, he works to meaningfully integrate LGBTQI+ people into USAID’s inclusive development programs, policies, research and training. Most…
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Professor of Globalization and Education at NYU Steinhardt and a University Professor at NYU, Co-Director of the Global TIES for Children center Remarks Hirokazu Yoshikawa is the Courtney Sale Ross Professor of Globalization and Education at NYU Steinhardt and a University Professor at NYU, and Co-Director (with J. Lawrence Aber) of the Global TIES for Children center at NYU. He is a community…
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Ben Piper leads Global Education at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation based in Ethiopia. In this role he supports grantees focused on improving foundational literacy and numeracy in low- and middle-income countries. He was previously senior director, Africa Education, for RTI International, where he provided support to large-scale education projects across Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle…
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In this newly established role as Chief Impact Officer in the LEGO Foundation, Sarah provides leadership to the development and implementation of the LEGO Foundation’s portfolio of initiatives to systemically reach children and further the LEGO Foundation’s social impact of inspiring and equipping the world to embrace learning through play. Sarah joined the LEGO Foundation in 2017 as Head of…
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Magdalena Bendini is a senior economist in the Latin and Central America Region of the Education Global Practice at the World Bank. In this role, she leads large-scale early childhood projects with the governments of El Salvador and Honduras. She has been studying and working on issues related to human development and poverty for the past 15 years at the World Bank, the Organisation for Economic…
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Amanda Devercelli is the Global Lead for Early Childhood Development (ECD) and works to expand and improve World Bank investments in ECD, ensure delivery of high-quality operational and analytical work and build capacity of Bank staff and clients. Amanda launched the Early Years Fellowship to build capacity of young professionals and the Early Learning Partnership (ELP), a $35 million fund that…
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Although Theodore is schooled in Architecture and Urban Area Development, his entrepreneurial drive has led him to join the Dutch government. For the past 8 years he has supported the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and various Dutch embassies in understanding the challenges of the local youth and advise them accordingly with programs and policies. He has invented a.o. the Orange Corners program and…
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Raised in Oakland, but manifesting in Brooklyn, Dominique is an environmental educator, community advocate, social sustainability writer and sustainable style influencer. Her background is an 8 year expose of youth development, cultural enrichment and adventure-based outdoor education for Black and Brown kids throughout the Bay Area. Currently, Ms. Drakeford works at the intersections of…
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Mike Bellot, is a native of Cap-Haitien, Haiti. he hold a bachelor degree in international Politics, and economics, a Master of Business and Management (international trade) at Tamkang University, Taiwan, a graduate certificate in SME Management at Ritsumeikan University of Japan and a graduate certificate in community leadership at kyung hee university in south Korea. Entrepreneur, he is the…
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Innanoshe Richard Akuson is a lawyer, New York Times and Washington Post-published writer, and the founder and former editor-in-chief of A Nasty Boy magazine, West Africa’s first queer fashion publication. Innanoshe’s advocacy for affirmative LGBTQ media visibility and inclusion began in 2015 during the course of a career-defining stint as a fashion journalist at BellaNaija, Nigeria’s foremost…
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