Takuma Inamura
Inamura Takuma is Director of the Healthcare Industries Division at METI (Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry) of Japan. He joined METI in 1998 and has mostly worked on policy making in areas such as energy, international trade and manufacturing industries. Before taking up his current position, he was the director in charge of a […]
Caleb Frank
Caleb Frank is a medical student at Penn State College of Medicine in the class of 2021. Caleb served as a co-director for Penn State College of Medicine’s COVID-19 Student Response effort. In this role, he collaborated with education and health system leadership to galvanize 420+ learners to participate in 20+ value-added roles to support the […]
Dr. Nouriel Roubini
Nouriel Roubini is a professor of economics at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He is also CEO of Roubini Macro Associates, LLC, a global macroeconomic consultancy firm in New York, as well as Co-Founder of Rosa & Roubini Associates based out of London. At a 2006 address to the International Monetary Fund, Roubini […]
Marcelo Cabrol
Marcelo Cabrol, an Argentinian citizen, was appointed Manager of the Social Sector (SCL) in August 2017. In this capacity, he leads a multidisciplinary team convinced that investing in people is the way to improve lives and overcome the development challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean. Under his direction, the sector supports the countries in […]
William Sparks
William Sparks is with Winrock International where he led the USAID Feed the Future’s Asia Innovative Farmer Activity that facilitated expansion of innovations throughout Asia. The project raised over $4 million in technology investments and scaled technologies to benefit over 1 million people. He was awarded the InsideNGO Operational Excellence award for developing numerous innovations, […]
Patricia Ithau
Patricia is the East Africa Regional Director for the Stanford Institute for Innovation in Development Economies – Seed, an initiative out of the Stanford Graduate School of Business that aims at building a network of like-minded individuals from Silicon Valley-to sub-Saharan Africa to address regional challenges such as leadership, strategy, value-chain innovation to create sustainable […]
Right Honorable Lord William Hague
The Rt Hon Lord Hague of Richmond, William Hague, served for 26 years in the British House of Commons until he stood down in 2015. In that time, he served in many senior roles, including Leader of the House of Commons, but is best known as the Leader of the Conservative party, 1997-2001, and First […]
Howard Franklin
Splitting time between state capitals and the campaign trail, Howard Franklin has led nonprofits, served in government, elected and lobbied government officials across two dozen states. He maintains ‘dual-citizenship’ in the public and private sectors and has helped drive billions in public investment while consulting for industry leaders across technology, healthcare, hospitality, transit and real […]
Dr. Axel Klaphake
Axel Klaphake is an economist and political scientist by training (University of Cologne, Université de Clermont-Ferrand) and holds a PhD in Environmental Management and Planning from the Technical University Berlin. In his further career, he worked mainly on issues linked to economic development and the sustainable management of natural resources holding jobs with several research […]
Chris Bonnett
Chris Bonnett is the Project Director for GE Healthcare Africa, managing GE’s structured projects across the continent. Chris’ team develops and delivers innovation solutions for healthcare challenges in Africa including clinical development solutions, public-private partnerships and unique funding schemes to support long-term investment in healthcare systems strengthening. Their work brings together the public and private […]
Dan Porterfield Ph.D.
Dan Porterfield is President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a global nonprofit organization committed to realizing a free, just, and equitable society. A native of the City of Baltimore, where he was raised by a single mother at the height of the civil rights movement, and a Rhodes Scholar, he has been recognized as […]