​
Richard Ambrose
Managing Partner, Pomona Impact
Bilal Al-Ayoubi
Task Order 2 Director, Lebanon Community Support Program (CSP), USAID
Romina Bandura
Senior Fellow, Project on Prosperity and Development, Project on U.S. Leadership in Development, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Dr. Jim Barnhart
Assistant to the Administrator in Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, USAID and Deputy Coordinator for Development, Feed the Future
Uzma Ashraf Barton
Principal Associate, Nathan Associates
Heather Bateman
Director, Investments - Africa, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
Anne Simmons Benton
Deputy Chair, SID-Washington and Principal, Deep Water Point
Natasha Bilimoria
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Global Health, USAID
Kate Bunting
Board Member, SID-US and CEO, Indigo Advisors
Stan Byers
Cybersecurity Team Lead, USAID
Fernando Calado
Manager, Venezuela Response and Integration Program (VRI), USAID
Gillian Caldwell
Chief Climate Officer, USAID and Deputy Assistant Administrator, Center for Environment, Energy, and Infrastructure and the Office of Environmental and Social Risk Management, Bureau for Development, Democracy, and Innovation (DDI)
Susanna Campbell
Associate Professor, American University 
Jimmy Alfredo Bolaños Carpio
Director, Technical Unit, Galapagos National Park
Oscar Castañeda
Senior Vice President of the Americas Program, Heifer International
Karen Chandler
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Programs and Operations, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM), U.S. Department of State 
Jason A. Corning
Founder and CEO, Three Monkeys Communication
Paula Cristina Sierra-Correa, Ph.D.
Head of Marine Research and Information, Marine and Coastal Research Institute (INVEMAR)
Karl Erdmann
Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships, Americares
Kimberly Flowers
Senior Associate (Non-resident), Humanitarian Agenda and Global Food Security Program, CSIS
Tracey France
Chief Diversity Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation
Karanja Gakio
CEO, Cyberplex Africa Limited
Olivier Girard
Chief of Party, Creative Associates International
Dr. Joseph Glauber
Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Dr. Nicole Goldin
Global Head, Inclusive Economic Growth, Abt Associates
Lucas Gómez
Director of Border Management, Office of the President, Government of Colombia
Dr. Bram Govaerts
Director General a.i.  and Chief Executive Officer, CIMMYT
David Guier
Senior Director, Global Communities
Midori de Habich
Technical Director, Local Health System Sustainability Projects (LHSS) and former Minister of Health, Peru
​Stéphane Hallegate​
Senior Climate Change Officer, World Bank
Tamzin Hudson
Consultant, Africa Futures and Innovation Programme
Kusi Hornberger
Partner and Global Knowledge Lead, Dalberg Advisors
Rosa Rodrìguez Jaramillo ​
Country Director, Heifer Ecuador
Bobby Jefferson
Chair, SID-Washington Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Chair and Global Head, Diversity, Equity, Engagement, and Inclusion, DAI
Robert Jenkins
Assistant to the Administrator for Conflict Prevention and Stabilization (CPS), USAID
Dr. Jennifer Kates
Senior Vice President and Director of Global Health and HIV Policy, Kaiser Family Foundation
Socheat Keo
Executive Director, Sansom Mlup Prey Organization
Celine Kiden
Senior Behavior Change (SBC) Advisor, Afia WASH South Sudan
Laura Kim
Senior Consultant, Canopy Lab
Mustafa Kudrati
President and Chief Executive Officer, Plan International USA
Nathalie Liautaud
Senior Project and Operations Manager, Cargill
Dante Licona
Senior Social Media Officer, International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) and Red Crescent Societies
Chris Light
Chief Technology Officer and President, Ogimaa
Heather Love
Director, Global Data Protection and Privacy, Mercy Corps
Sloan Mann
President, DT Global, 2022 Annual Conference Diamond Sponsor
Eva Matsiko
Chief of Party, RTI International
Nicole Marrder
Managing Partner, Minister Suites Hotel and Board Member, National Chamber of Tourism of Honduras (CANATURH)
Ambassador Erin McKee
Assistant Administrator, Europe and Asia, USAID
Dr. Ku McMahan
Team Lead, Water and Energy for Food,
Exploratory Program and Innovation Competitions (EPIC), Innovation, Technology, and Research Hub (ITR), USAID
Sylvia Megret
President and CEO, ACDI/VOCA
Lemessa Mekonta
Country Director, IRC WASH Ethiopia
Foster Mensah
Executive Director, Center for Remote Sensing and GIS (CERSGIS)
Tracy Mitchell
Senior Resilience and Food Security Advisor, RTI International
Patience Mlongo Mshenga
Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Egerton University-Kenya
Ian Moise
Senior Director of Water Services, DT Global
Arai Monteforte
Energy Sector Director, Tetra Tech
Tawanda Muzhingi
Innovation Advisor, RTI International
Muchaneta Mwonzora
Country Managing Director, Crown Agents Zimbabwe
Edgard Ngaboyamahina
Innovation Advisor, RTI International
Ambassador Julieta Noyes
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, U.S. Department of State
Dr. Apollos Nwafor
Vice President, Policy and State Capability, AGRA
Dr. Corey O'Hara
Country Director, iDE
Ryan Ubuntu Olson
Co-Chair, Inclusive Development Workgroup, SID-Washington and Technical Advisor, Palladium
Adanu Christian Oyigocho
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Manager for the USAID Nigeria Building Community Resilience to Violent Extremism and Conflict in Northeast Nigeria (NE Connection) program
Jonathan Papoulidis
Global Director, Fragility and Resilience, Food for the Hungry
Lasitha Perera
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, The Development Guarantee Group (DGG)
Ciara Remerscheid
Deputy Energy Lead, 60 Decibels
Jonathan Richart
Deputy Vice President, Infrastructure, Environment, and Private Sector (IEPS), Millennium Challenge Corporation
Sergio Rivas
Chief of Party, USAID Transforming Market Systems Activity and Regional Managing Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, ACDI/VOCA
Drew Robinson
Director of Partnerships and Marketing, Learning Upgrade
Amanda Rose
Innovation Advisor, RTI International
Kelly Saldana
Vice President, Systems Strengthening and Resilience, Abt Associates
Pedro Lizarzaburu Santoro ​
Manager, Manglares Unidos Del Sur Ecuador
Joseph Sany, Ph.D.
Vice President, Africa Center, U.S. Institute of Peace
Mariah Mateo Sarpong
Director of Communications and Knowledge Management, MicroInsurance Centre, Milliman
Eric Sarriot, MD, Ph.D.
Senior Manager, Country Health Systems, Gavi Health Systems and Immunisation Strengthening
Eric Schultz
Former U.S. Government Senior Official
Mohammed Shaban
Irrigation Management Specialist, Jordan
Andrée Simon
President and Chief Executive Officer, FINCA Impact Finance (FIF)
Anna Slother
Executive Vice President, Chemonics
Gloria Steele
Board Member, SID-Washington and Chief Operating Officer for CARE and former Acting Administrator, USAID
Sahar Tabaja
Global Practice Lead, Peace, Stability, and Transition, Chemonics
Dr. Tammy Tabe
Oceania Research Fellow, East-West Center
Joel Urbanowicz
Senior Director, Digital Workplace Services, Catholic Relief Services
Caterina Valero
Chief of Party, Unidos por la Justicia (United for Justice) project
Hann Verheijen
Managing Director, Cordaid Investment Management
Elizabeth Villarroel
Specialist Leader, Deloitte
Wade Warren
Board Chair, SID-Washington, Chief Strategy Officer for International Development, Deloitte Consulting and former Acting Administrator, USAID
Shengyin Xu
Global Sustainability Initiative Lead, World Resources Institute
Sally Yozell
Senior Fellow and Director, Environmental Security, The Stimson Center
Laura Zambrano
Chief of Party, USAID Colombia
Elisa Zogbi
Director, Venezuela Response and Integration Office, USAID/Colombia

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