Emma Naluyima
Food Security Uganda
Dr. Emma Naluyima is a smallholder farmer in Uganda and a private veterinarian focusing on clinical medicine and herd health. She has previously worked for…
Kwamane Liddel
Health MO, United States
Kwamane Liddell, JD, MHA, BSN is a health equity visionary and business leader who has saved lives, and believes that diagnosis-based food should be as…
Adekemi Adeniyan
Health Nigeria
Adekemi Adeniyan is the founder and executive director of Dentalcare Foundation. She is a fellow of the Young African Leaders Initiative RLC, West Africa; an…
Gulrez Shah Azhar
Environment India
Gulrez is an independent researcher passionate about health, environment, climate, and development. He along with other partners helped develop India’s first heat preparedness plan in…
Dr. Jean Baptiste Musafiri
Health Rwanda
Dr Jean Baptiste Musafiri is a medical doctor and clinical psychologist with an extensive 23-year background in public health. His experience spans both national and…
Junaid Nabi
Health India
Junaid is a physician, public health researcher, bioethicist, and a writer. As a Kashmiri, he has a unique perspective on living between nations and bringing…
Adebisi Alimi
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Nigeria
An LGBT advocate and HIV activist, Adebisi Alimi was the first person to ever come out as gay on Nigerian television. After an attempt on…
James Kassaga Arinaitwe
Education Uganda
At a young age, Arinaitwe lost his parents and four siblings to infectious diseases, which included HIV/AIDS in rural western Uganda. As an “AIDS orphan”…
Isabel Barbosa
Food Security, Governance Brazil
Isabel is a Brazilian lawyer focused on human rights, noncommunicable diseases, and sexual and reproductive health. Currently a senior associate at the O’Neill Institute for…
Tian Johnson
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights South Africa
Tian Johnson is a queer African activist and founder of the African Alliance, a global non-profit working on a range of health rights issues. Tian…
Mirtha Santana
Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship NY, United States
Mirtha Santana is a long-time resident of the low-income community of Bushwick Brooklyn, Mirtha knows from personal experience the impact of affordable housing. Her commitment…
Julia Corvalan
Governance Paraguay
Julia Corvalan is an international development practitioner from Paraguay. Having worked in the field since 2007, Julia has expertise in a variety of areas ranging…
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