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 Olabisi (Bisi) Adeleye-Feyemi
Ghana
Olabisi (Bisi) Adeleye-Feyemi is Executive Director and co-founder of the African Women's Development Fund, the first Africa-wide fundraising and grant-making organization for African women.
 Babatunde Ahonsi
Nigeria
Babatunde Ahonsi is a senior program officer for reproductive health at the West Africa office of the Ford Foundation in Nigeria.
 Tesfay Alemseged
Ethiopia
is Founder and Secretariat of Beles-based Production and Processing Initiative (BPPI), a multi-partner regional program working to utilize beles (opuntia ficus indica - the barbary fig or prickly pear) as an entry point for ecological restoration and construction of sustainable livelihood in semi-arid hillsides of Ethiopia.
 Luiz Alfaya
Brazil
Luiz Alfaya, an executive specializing in third sector institutions, was recently CEO of Instituto Rukha, working to end child labor and violence through programs for children, their families and communities.
 Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo
Kenya
Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo is Executive Director of the African Institute for Health and Development in Kenya, an institution that conducts research, training and advocacy on health and development issues.
 M’hammed Abbad Andaloussi
Morocco
M’hammed Abbad Andaloussi is the president of Al Jisr, working to improve the educational system by mobilizing the collaboration between businesses, the community, and government.
 Marwan Awartani
Palestine
Marwan Awartani is Secretary-General of the Universal Education Foundation (UEF), an advocacy organization that promotes the holistic development of children as a responsibility of society as a whole.
 Beatriz Azeredo
Brazil
Beatriz Azeredo, founding Director of Instituto Desiderata in Rio de Janeiro, played an important role in the development and regulation of Brazil's constitution.
 Tomaida Banda
Zimbabwe
Tomaida Banda is the Executive Director of Child Protection Society, an organization that works with vulnerable children and their families.
 Raul Socrates “Soc” C. Banzuela (Philippines) – Soc’s life mission is to contribute meaningfully to the growth and development of a critical mass of empowered and sustainable communities in the Philippines. He serves as the National Coordinator of Pambansang Kilusan ng mga Samahang Magsasaka (PAKISAMA), a national confederation of small farmers, fishers, and rural women federations committed to agrarian reform and rural development.
 Jiří Bárta
Czech Republic
Jiří Bárta, Executive Director of the VIA Foundation in Prague, is helping to strengthen democracy by empowering communities and individuals in the Czech Republic.
 Rosangela Berman-Bieler
Latin America/USA
Rosangela Berman-Bieler is Executive Director of the Inter-American Institute on Disability and Inclusive Development, an organization focused on human rights and inclusive development throughout Latin America.
 Deema W. Bibi
Jordan
is the CEO of INJAZ, a member nation of Junior Achievement Worldwide. Ms. Bibi elevated the work scope of INJAZ to new horizons reaching out to all governorates of the Kingdom of Jordan, her strategic plans and directives enabled INJAZ to develop high impact programs, expand the programs to reach-out to more than 120,000 students annually.
 Maryam Bibi
Pakistan
Maryam Bibi is founder and CEO of Khwendo Kor, focusing on the development of women, children, and families in the remote areas of the Northwest Frontier Province and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
 Luther Bois Anukur
Uganda
is the Executive Director of Panos Eastern Africa, a regional information and communication for development agency whose vision is 'an informed, empowered society with improved quality of life, living in peace and harmony' in the East and Great horn of Africa.
 Jaime Bolaños
Mexico
Jaime Bolaños, Chief Executive of the Oaxaca Community Foundation, is working to foster the participation of society in civil affairs and to improve the quality of life of Oaxacan communities.
 David Bonbright
United Kingdom
David Bonbright is founder and Chief Executive of Keystone, an initiative that seeks to influence development practices through a model of civil society accountability.
 Steven Burkeman
United Kingdom
Steven Burkeman, currently an independent consultant, writer, and lecturer, was formerly the Secretary of the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust in the United Kingdom.
 Martín Burt
Paraguay
Martín Burt is founding CEO and Chairman of Fundación Paraguaya, a social enterprise that promotes urban and rural entrepreneurship in Paraguay.
 Roberto Calingo
Philippines
Roberto Calingo is Executive Director of Team Energy Foundation, the corporate citizenship branch of the largest energy provider in the Philippines.
 Marissa Camacho-Reyes
Philippines
Marissa Camacho-Reyes is Executive Director of Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support (WINGS), the global network of grantmaker associations and organizations that promotes and supports philanthropy.
 Maria Easterluna Santos Canoy
Philippines
is an experienced NGO manager for the last 14 years. She leads her team in the Kitanglad Integrated NGOs (KIN), a nonprofit organization based Malaybalay City, Bukidnon. KIN is made up of dedicated, passionate and experienced advocates for the environment and is a recognized partner that represents the interests and aspirations of the Indigenous Peoples (IPs) of Mindanao.
 Emmett Carson
United States
Emmett Carson, President and CEO of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, has been named by The Nonprofit Times as one of the 50 most influential nonprofit leaders in the United States.
 Guillermo Carvajalino
Colombia
Guillermo Carvajalino is Executive Director of the Foundation of Businesspeople for Education, focusing on the corporate sector's role in improving educational systems.
 Agustina Cavanagh
Argentina
Agustina Cavanagh is Executive Director of Fundacion Cimientos, working to improve access, permanence, and quality in the formal educational system for children from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
 Bharati Chaturvedi
India
Bharati Chaturvedi, founder and Director of Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group, focuses on issues of urban poverty, consumption, and sustainable livelihoods for the informal sector in India.
 Hui-Jung Chi
Taiwan
Chi Hui-Jung is Chief Executive Officer of The Garden of Hope Foundation in Taiwan and has launched the first anti-child prostitution social movement there.
 Catalina Cock Duque
Colombia
is the Executive Director of Mi Sangre Foundation, created by the social leader and artist Juanes to contribute to peace building in Colombia. Mi Sangre provides psychosocial assistance to children and youth affected by landmines and it promotes education for peace so they can become active agents of change.
 Nelson Colón
Puerto Rico
Nelson Colón is President of the Puerto Rico Community Foundation, the first community foundation created in the Caribbean and Latin America.
 Boris Cornejo
Ecuador
Boris Cornejo is Vice-President of the Esquel Foundation, an institution that has impacted the lives of more than 700,000 Ecuadorian children and youth, women, and indigenous people.
 Adriana Cortes
Mexico
Adriana Cortes, Director of the Bajio Community Foundation in Mexico, has spent much of her professional life developing and strengthening the non-profit community in her native Irapuato.
 Alberto Croce
Argentina
Alberto Croce, as Executive Director of Fundación SES (Sustainability, Education, Solidarity), promotes and develops different strategies that strive for the inclusion of Argentinian teenagers with fewer opportunities.
 Achmat Dangor
South Africa
Achmat Dangor is CEO of the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg and a widely published author of five books.
 John Davies
United States
John Davies, as President of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, was at the forefront of the Hurricane Katrina emergency relief efforts in Louisiana.
 Richard Deckelbaum
Israel/USA
Richard Deckelbaum is the director of the Institute of Human Nutrition at Columbia University, integrating basic scientific discovery with capacity-building in global health and health education.
 Lucia Dellagnelo Gomes Vieria
Brazil
Lucia Dellagnelo founded Instituto Comunitario Grande Florianopolis with the mission to mobilize, articulate and improve social investments made by different sectors in the Florianopolis, Brazil region.
 Hisham El Rouby
Egypt
Hisham El Rouby is the founder and CEO of Youth and Development Consultancy Institute, working to help youth develop technical and leadership skills and become effective contributors to society.
 Anne Emmett
South Africa
Anne Emmett works as an independent consultant affiliated with the Ackerman / Pick 'n Pay Foundation, and was formerly the executive director of the Equal Opportunity Foundation in South Africa.
 Marilou (Malu) Erni
Philippines
Marilou G. Erni is Executive Director of the Petron Foundation and the chairperson of the League of Corporate Foundations in the Philippines.
 Anne-Stella Fomunbod (Cameroon) – Promoting human rights, good governance, health and AIDS prevention and socio-economic empowerment of women, widows and orphans.
 Amalia Fischer Pfaeffle
Brazil
Amalia Fischer Pfaeffle founded the Angela Borba Fund for Women to raise awareness of the need to support women's causes.
 Lygia Fontanella
Brazil
Lygia Fontanella, currently a private consultant, previously worked with CARE and the Abrinq Foundation for Children's Rights in Brazil.
 Beulah Fredericks
South Africa
Beulah Fredericks is Director of the Community Development Foundation-Western Cape, an organization that strengthens relationships and builds partnerships within communities.
 Carlos Fumo
Mozambique
Carlos Fumo is an independent consultant and promotes the emergence of local non-governmental organizations and community-based organizations in various parts of Mozambique.
 Neville Gabriel
South Africa
Neville Gabriel is the founding executive director of the Southern Africa Trust, supporting deeper and wider policy engagement between governments and non-state actors to overcome poverty.
 Sumita Ghose (India) is Founder and managing director of Rangsutra, a social enterprise which seeks to bring about socio economic development and inclusive growth in rural India by engaging both : the community and the market. Rangsutra is owned by over a thousand artisans- most of whom are women.
 Darren Godwell
Australia
Darren Godwell is a private consultant in Australia and a founder of Australia’s first aboriginal controlled national foundation.
 Ayla Goksel
Turkey
Ayla Goksel is CEO of the Mother Child Education Foundation and Hüsnü Özyeğin Foundation, working in the areas of education, women’s empowerment, and rural development.
 Eugenio (Eugene) Gonzales
Philippines
Eugenio (Eugene) Gonzales, as an independent consultant, provides strategic planning, development, and management services to international NGOs, major donors, and private companies.
 Celso Grecco
Brazil
Celso Grecco is President of Atitude Marketing Social, one of the first social marketing agencies in Brazil, and the creator of the Social Stock Exchange within BOVESPA, the largest stock exchange in Latin America.
 Jürgen Griesbeck Jürgen Griesbeck believes in the power of football for positive social change and that only as a team we will be able to address the most pressing challenges.
Emmah Gweshe
Zimbabwe
Emmah Gweshe is Director of the Child Rights and Development Organisation (CRADO), a private voluntary organization that works to promote and protect the rights of children in Zimbabwe..
 Gilda Haas
United States
Gilda Haas is Executive Director of Strategic Actions for a Just Economy, a popular education organization dedicated to building economic power for working-class people in Los Angeles.
 Ismid Hadad
Indonesia
Ismid Hadad is Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Philanthropy and a founding member of KEHATI, an Indonesian biodiversity foundation.
 Caroline Hartnell
United Kingdom
Caroline Hartnell is the Editor of Alliance, a quarterly magazine that focuses on philanthropy and social investment worldwide.
 Etha Henry
United States
Etha J. Henry is founder and President of the EJH Alliance, providing consulting services in organizational development.
 Peter Hero
United States
Peter Hero, a post-graduate-level lecturer and an independent consultant, formerly led the Community Foundation Silicon Valley for 17 years.
 Gaynor Humphreys
United Kingdom
Gaynor Humphreys is Executive Director of London Funders, a membership organization working with funders and investors that support London's voluntary and community organizations.
 Paula Johnson
United States
Paula Johnson, a senior fellow of The Philanthropic Initiative and a research fellow of the Harvard Global Equity Initiative, leads efforts to understand and support global philanthropy and its impact on development.
 Sharmila Karki
Nepal
is the Founder President and Executive Chief of Jagaran Nepal, working for Human Rights, Peace and good governance specially with women and children issues. The major program of Jagaran Nepal is capacity building and advocacy program for women involved in politics for governance. She is also Central Secretary General of the NGO Federation of Nepal(NFN) and Women and Inclusion Department Chief.
 Rehmah Kasule (Uganda) is Founder of CEDA International specializing in mentoring, leadership and social entrepreneurship. With the vision of “creating a new generation of women leaders” she empowers girls and women to become economically independent and socially responsible. She runs special income generating programs for women, youth, people living with HIV/AID and rural communities.
 Mashuda Khatun Shefali
Bangladesh
is the founding Executive Director of Nari Uddug Kendra (NUK), its English meaning is Centre for Women's Initiatives, which works to promote gender equality, human rights and personal and political empowerment of women and girls in Bangladesh since 1991.
 Avila Kilmurray
United Kingdom
Avila Kilmurrary is Director of the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland, a grant-making organisation that supports community action and influences social justice policies.
 Marcos Kisil
Brazil
Marcos Kisil is President of the Institute for the Development of Social Investment, which aims to promote private social investment as a means of developing a more just and sustainable society in Brazil.
 Sándor Köles
Hungary
Sándor Köles is Senior Vice-President for Programs and Development at the International Centre for Democratic Transition, an organization that captures Central European knowledge on transitioning to democracy.
 Christa Kuljian
South Africa
Christa Kuljian, currently an independent development consultant and writer in Johannesburg, opened and led the Mott Foundation's program in South Africa.
 Ann Lamont
South Africa
Ann Lamont is Director of Convene Venture Philanthropy in South Africa, which focuses on leadership development and systemic change in Africa.
 Agustín Landa
Mexico
L. Agustín Landa, currently Vice-President for Development at the Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado de Puebla, is one of the founders of the Puebla Community Foundation in Mexico.
 Len le Roux
Namibia
Len le Roux is Director for Partnerships in Southern Africa at the Synergos Institute. Before joining Synergos, Len was the director of the Rössing Foundation in Windhoek, Namibia.
 Wangsheng Li
China
Wangsheng Li is president of ZeShan Foundation, which is committed to improving the lives of the less privileged in the world through the spirit of philanthropy.
 Sandra Libunao
Philippines
Sandra Libunao is an independent consultant with experience in designing training curricula, leading training sessions, and preparing and consolidating participant evaluations.
 Lily Liu
China
Lily Liu is founding Country Director of Marie Stopes International China (MSIC), which provides reproductive health education and HIV prevention and care in nine provinces of China.
 Mariana Lomé
Argentina
Mariana Lomé is Coordinator of the Postgraduate Program on Nonprofit Organizations at San Andrés University in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
 Olive Damian Luena
Tanzania
Olive Damian Luena is CEO of the Tanzania Gatsby Trust, which focuses on mobilizing and developing the informal sector.
 Joseph (Joe) Lumarda
United States
Joseph (Joe) Lumarda, currently with the Capital Guardian Group, was formerly the executive vice-president and chief operating officer of the California Community Foundation.
 Sixto (Sixdon) Macasaet
Philippines
Sixto (Sixdon) Macasaet is Executive Director of the Caucus of Development NGO Networks in the Philippines, which has over 2,000 affiliated civil society organizations nationwide.
 Teboho Mahuma
South Africa
Teboho Mahuma is CEO for the Impala Bafokeng Trust in South Africa, which aims to contribute to social and economic development in the North-West Province.
 Chebet Maikut
Uganda
Chebet Maikut is Vice-President of the Eastern Africa Farmers Federation and a senior advisor at the Uganda National Farmers Federation.
 Joyce Malombe
United States
Joyce Malombe is Program Officer for Education at ELMA Philanthropies. Formerly, she was a program officer at the Ford Foundation's International Fellowships Program.
 Antonio Martinelli
Brazil
Antonio Martinelli is a private consultant promoting corporate social responsibility in Brazil and throughout Latin America.
 Narciso Matos
Mozambique
Narciso Matos is Executive Director of the Foundation for Community Development, a civic organization seeking to bring together all sectors of society to promote development, democracy, and social justice.
 Janet Mawiyoo
Kenya
Janet Mawiyoo is CEO of the Kenya Community Development Foundation, the only public foundation in Kenya.
 Janet Mbene
Tanzania
Janet Mbene is founder and Director of SIA Limited, a private firm promoting poverty reduction through small and medium enterprises.
 Juraj Mesik
United States
Juraj Mesik is Senior Community Foundation Specialist in the Social Development Department at the World Bank.
 Joy Mills-Hackmann
South Africa
Joy Mills-Hackmann, currently the Foundation Director for Kearsney College in Johannesburg, was formerly the development manager for the South African Sugar Association.
 Katharine Miszewski
South Africa
Katharine Miszewski is an independment consultant specializing in corporate social investment in South Africa.
 Inviolatta Moyo
Zimbabwe
Inviolatta Mpuli Moyo is founder of the Uluntu Foundation and previously served as executive director of the Community Foundation for the Western Region of Zimbabwe, the second community foundation to be created in sub-Saharan Africa.
 Athayde Motta (Brazil) – Executive Director of the Baobá Fund for Racial Equity, a newly-created, Brazilian grantmaking organization which will run its own endowment. Its main goal is to promote racial equity in Brazilian society.
 Nora Murad
Palestine
Nora Murad is a writer and activist living in Palestine. She was founding executive director of the Dalia Association, a community foundation founded by members of the Palestinian community from the West Bank, including Jerusalem, Gaza Strip, Israel, and the Diaspora.
 K S Murthy
India
K S Murthy is the CEO of Bhavishya Alliance, a multi-sectoral partnership between corporate, government, UNICEF, and civil-society organizations that is co-creating solutions for reduction of child malnutrition.
 Monica Mutuku
Kenya
Monica Mutuku is formerly the Secretary of the East Africa Association of Grantmakers, an initiative of a group of trusts and foundations working in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya.
 Jacqueline Novogratz
United States
Jacqueline Novogratz is founder and CEO of Acumen Fund, a global nonprofit venture fund serving the four billion people living on less than $4 per day.
 Maria (Malu) Nunes
Brazil
Maria (Malu) de Lourdes Nunes is Executive Director of Fundação O Boticário de Proteção à Natureza, an internationally recognized Brazilian nature conservation institution.
 Elkanah Odembo
Kenya
Elkanah Odembo, before serving as Kenya's Ambassador to the United States and to France, was at the forefront of promoting civil society and corporate social responsibility in Kenya.
 Meitamei Olol-Dapash (Kenya) is Founder and Executive Director of the Maasai Environmental Resource Coalition (MERC) a registered community-based organization in Kenya. MERC is a network of grassroots organizations and activists promoting the rights of the Maasai community and the environment.
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 William Okedi
Kenya
Wlliam Okedi is field director for HIV/AIDS at the Center for Global Development, and serves on the Support Group of the Techincal Review Panel of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.
 Won Soon Park
South Korea
Won Soon Park, Executive Director of the Beautiful Foundation in South Korea, is a winner of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service.
 Monica Patten
Canada
Monica Patten is President and CEO of Community Foundations of Canada, a network of over 155 community foundations.
 Pushkin Phartiyal (India) is Executive Director of the Central Himalayan Environment Association (CHEA), a pioneer NGO in the Indian Himalayan region, working on sustainable development of the mountains and mountain people.
 Rebecca Raposo
Brazil
Rebecca Raposo is the founder of Ousare and Ceos, two organizations that promote and develop philanthropy and the social sector in Brazil.
 Felicitas (Fely) Rixhon
Philippines
Felicitas (Fely) Rixhon is the Executive Director of the Philippine Center for Population and Development.
 Carla Roberts
United States
Carla Roberts, as Vice-President of Affiliates for the Arizona Community Foundation, brings together donors, nonprofits, beneficiaries, foundation staff and professional advisors.
 Oscar Rojas
Colombia
Oscar Rojas is the Executive Director of Fundación AlvarAlice and was recognized with the Colombian Education Department's top award for his contributions to the country's higher education sector.
 Lorenzo Rosenzweig
Mexico
Lorenzo J. de Rosenzweig is Executive Director of the Mexican Nature Conservation Fund, an institution that provides subgrants to conservation projects throughout Mexico.
 Fernando Rossetti Ferreira
Brazil
Fernando Rossetti is Executive Director of the Group of Institutes, Foundations and Enterprises (GIFE) in Brazil, an association of more than 80 private social investors.
 Fernanda Bornhausen Sá
Brazil
Fernanda Bornhausen Sá is the founder and the president of Instituto Voluntarios em Ação, a volunteer center that aims to mobilize, engage, and train volunteers and NGOs.
 Lake Sagaris
Chile
Lake Sagaris is co-founder and President of Living City (Ciudad Viva), a community organization and center for citizen-led urban planning based in Santiago, Chile.
 Sadiqa Salahuddin
Pakistan
Sadiqa Salahuddin, as Executive Director of the Indus Resource Centre, builds the capacity of grassroots organizations in Pakistan and implements a rights-based agenda around service delivery for essential basic needs.
 Vadim Samorodov
Global / Russia
Vadim Samorodov is Program Manager of the Global Fund for Community Foundations, a recently established programme of the Worldwide Initiative for Grantmaker Support (WINGS).
 Kgotso Schoeman
South Africa
Kgotso Schoeman, a well-known community development activist in South Africa, is CEO of the Kagiso Trust.
 Pushpa Aman Singh
India
Pushpa Aman Singh is CEO of GuideStar India, India’s first fully-searchable online database of nonprofits, advancing transparency, enabling better decision-making, and encouraging charitable giving in Indian civil society.
 Benjamas Siripatra
Thailand
Benjamas Siripatra is Director of the Local Development Foundation in Thailand, enhancing the effectiveness of Thai nongovernmental organizations and community development programs for the poor.
 David Smith
Jamaica
David C. Smith is founder and Managing Director of Business and Environment Management Services based in Jamaica.
 Felicidad (Fely) Soledad
Philippines
Felicidad (Fely) Soledad is the Executive Director of the Philippine Council for NGO Certification, a nonprofit corporation authorized by the Philippine government to certify NGOs for donee institution status.
 Ingrid Srinath
Global / South Africa
Ingrid Srinath is the Secretary-General of CIVICUS, an international alliance of civic action organizations.
 Shannon St. John
United States
Shannon E. St. John, a director in the Global Networks unit of the Synergos Institute, was founder and former Executive Director of the Triangle Community Foundation in North Carolina.
 Abdi (Yenni) Suryaningati
Indonesia
Abdi (Yenni) Suryaningati is Deputy Director for Organizational Development and International Relations of Yappika Civil Society Alliance for Democracy in Jakarta, Indonesia.
 Afsaneh Tabrizi
South Africa
Afsaneh Tabrizi is Chief Operating Officer of Shisaka Development Management Services in Johannesburg.
 Julio Tan
Philippines
Julio Tan is Executive Director of the Foundation for the Philippine Environment in Quezón City, Philippines.
 Mónica Tapia (Mexico) is Founder and Executive Director of Alternativas y Capacidades, a capacity building organization with the mission of contributing to Mexico’s social development by strengthening civil society organizations, advocacy coalitions, grantmakers and policies for enabling civil society to grow.
 Lily Thapa
Nepal
is the Founder of Women for Human Rights, which helps to bring widows, many of whom are young wives of casualties in Nepal's eleven-year insurgency, out of isolation and dependency in their husbands' homes and connects them with each other in groups that are building their economic and political strength throughout Nepal.
 Andrés Thompson
Brazil/Argentina
Andrés Thompson is as an independent consultant with extensive experience in Latin America.
 Abera Tola Gada
Ethiopia
is Regional Director of Oxfam America’s Horn of Africa Program. Abera leads the agency’s efforts to change the lives of poor and marginalized people in one of the most poverty-stricken and conflict-suffering areas in the world.
 Aurora (Rory) Tolentino
Philippines
Aurora (Rory) Tolentino is the former Executive Director of the Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium, an association that promotes the flow and effectiveness of philanthropy in the Asia-Pacific region.
 Bernardo Toro
Costa Rica
Bernardo Toro, as an analyst on the Advisory Board of the Avina Foundation, works to further sustainable development through alliances between businesses and philanthropic organizations across Latin America.
 Sukich Udindu
Thailand
Sukich Udindu, is the vice president of Corporate Social Responsibility at the Minor Group, one of the largest food, hospitality, and lifestyle businesses in Southeast Asia.
 John Ulanga
Tanzania
John Ulanga is the Executive Director of the Foundation for Civil Society, making grants to support multi-sector efforts to fight poverty.
 Javier Vargas
Mexico
Javier Vargas is President of La Liga Iberoamericana de Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil, a civil society network connected to 18 countries.
 Priya Viswanath
India
Priya Viswanath, CEO of Charities Aid Foundation India and founder of Catalyst-Social Development Consultants, has been working with social development issues in India for more than a decade.
 Vanita Viswanath (India) is the CEO of Udyogini, an organization providing business development services to poor women in the backward and remote regions of India. Established in 1992, Udyogini works to empower poor women through micro-enterprise development and management focusing on the strategic initiatives of promoting gender-inclusive value chains, market linkages and training in vocational and business skills in 8 backward states of India.
 Brian Whittaker (South Africa) created the Vumelana Advisory Fund to structure partnerships between local communities and commercial investors.
 Ana Maria Wilheim
Brazil
Ana Maria Wilheim, currently an independent consultant in Brazil promoting human rights and social development, formerly led the Abrinq Foundation for Children's Rights.
 Karen Yarza Seiber
Mexico
Karen Yarza Seiber is Executive Director of the Fundación Comunitaria de la Frontera Norte, which supports youth and social justice activities in the border city of Cuidad Juarez, Mexico.
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