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Penny Abeywardena
Founder & CEO
Soft Power Strategies
The Hon. Eric Adams
Mayor
City of New York
Jorge Aguado
CEO and co-founder
The Future Co.
Dr. Majed Al-Ansari
Adviser to the Prime Minister & Minister of Foreign Affairs and Spokesperson
State of Qatar
Basma Alawee
Deputy Executive Director, Advancement and Culture
Community Sponsorship Hub
Gustau Alegret
International Journalist & TV Anchor
Freelance
Nasser Alkahtani
Executive Director
Arab Gulf Programme for Development
Dr. Greg Allgood
Vice President of Water and Health
World Vision U.S.
H.R.H. Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan
President & CEO
UAE Independent Climate Change Accelerators - UICCA
Mitch Anderson
Co-Founder and Executive Director
Amazon Frontlines
Corey Anthony
SVP - Engineering & Operations
AT&T
Hamid Asseffar
Head of EMEA Sustainable & Impact Investing
Invesco
The Hon. Kostas Bakoyannis
Mayor of Athens 2019-2023
Mayor of Athens 2019-2023
Dr. Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Jr
Director
PAHO/WHO
Michele Berg
Deputy General Secretary
Rotary International
Nicole Bibbins Sedaca
Interim President
Freedom House
HRH Abdul Aziz Bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud His Royal Highness
Chairman
Arab Gulf Program for Development - AGFUND
Antoine Bisson McLernon
CEO
Fiera Comox Partners Inc.
Cherie Blair
Co-Founder and Chair
Omnia Strategy LLP
Nadia Bodkin
Founder
Rare Advocacy Movement (RAM)
Albert Bourla
Chairman and CEO
Pfizer Inc
General Philip Breedlove (USAF, Ret.)
17th Supreme Allied Commander Europe
NATO
Dr. Ian Bremmer
President
Eurasia Group
Melissa Brotz
President, Abbott Fund & Vice President, Global Marketing and External Affairs
Abbott
Thibaut Bruttin
Director General
Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
Jenny Buccos
Founder & CEO
EXPLR
Jason Buechel
CEO
Whole Foods Market
Chris Campbell
Founding Partner
Incamera Solutions
Brendan Carr
CEO
Mount Sinai Health System
Bethany Caruso
Assistant Professor, Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University
The Hon. Bill Cassidy M.D.
Senator (LA)
U.S. Senate
Kimberly Cernak
Managing Director
Eleanor Crook Foundation
Hagar Chemali
Host & Creator
Oh My World!
General Wesley Clark
Founder of Renew America Together and Wesley K. Clark and Associates; Chairman and Co-Founder of Enverra
Renew America Together
Kelly Clements
Deputy High Commissioner
UNHCR
Jon Clifton
CEO
Gallup
Jay Collins
Vice Chairman, Banking, Capital Markets, Advisory
Citi
The Hon. Chris Coons
US Senator
U.S. Senate (DE)
Isabella da Costa Mendes
Founding partner and co-CEO
ImpactA Global
Felipe Daguila
Chief Customer Officer
Terrascope Pte Ltd
Payal Dalal
Executive Vice President, Global Programs, Center for Inclusive Growth
Mastercard
The Hon. Philip Davis
Prime Minister
The Commonwealth of The Bahamas
Thomas Debass
Chief Partnerships Officer
U.S. Department of State
The Hon. Ana Irene Delgado
Ambassador to the OAS
Republic of Panama
Andrew Desiderio
Senior congressional reporter
Punchbowl News
Rohitesh Dhawan
President and Chief Executive Officer
International Council on Mining and Metals (ICCM)
Lucica Ditiu
Executive Director
Stop TB Partnership
Ambassador Paula Dobriansky, Ph.D.
Former Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs (2001-2009); Vice Chair
Atlantic Council Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
H.E. Ivan Duque
Former President
Republic of Colombia (2018-2022)
Shereen El Feki
Director, Solidarity for Voice and Change
IPPF
Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces
Former President of UN General Assembly, Executive Director of GWL voices
GWL voices
Douglas Evans
President and CEO
Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce
Laura Evans Manatos
President & CEO
Laura Evans Media
Margaret Faul
VP Drug Substance Technologies & Site Head, Amgen Massachusetts
Amgen
Peter Fearnhead
CEO
African Parks Network
The Hon. Henrietta Fore
Chairman & CEO
Holsman International
Edwige Fortier
Head, Global Health Multilateral Advocacy & Resource Mobilization
Gates Foundation
Bart Friedman
Partner & Senior Counsel
Cahill, Gordon & Reindel
The Hon. Sade Fritschi Naranjo
Former Minister of the Environment, Water and Ecological Transition
Republic of Ecuador
Catalina Garcia
Global Director of Corporate Affairs
AB InBev
Will Gardiner
CEO
Drax Group
Diego Fernando Gil Cardozo
Executive Director
Federación Colombiana de Enfermedades Raras FECOER
John Giusti
Chief Regulatory Officer
GSMA
Andres Gluski
President & CEO
The AES Corporation
Dr. Allison Goldberg
President, Merck Foundation; Executive Director Corporate Responsibility
Merck
Ilan Goldfajn
President
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Peter Goldwasser
Executive Director
Together for Safer Roads
Nicole Goodkind
Senior reporter
CNN
Hannah Gore-Randall
Managing Director of Alternative Finance
Legal & General
H.E. Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic
Former President
Republic of Croatia
Adm. Christopher W. Grady
Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S. Department of Defense
Jake Groshong
CEO
Playing for Change Foundation
Arun Gupta
CEO
NobleReach Foundation
Maya Hari
CEO
Terrascope Pte Ltd
Marea Hatziolos Grant
Principal
Independent Consultant (retired, World Bank)
The Hon. María Luisa Hayem
Ministry of Economy
Republic of El Salvador
John Hess
Chief Executive Officer
Hess Corporation
Sonya Hoo
Managing Director and Partner
Boston Consulting Group
Fabrice Houdart
Co-Founder
Koppa - the LGBTQ+ Economic Lab
Chrissy Houlahan
Representative
U.S. House of Representatives
Barbara Humpton
President & CEO
Siemens USA
Michael Hund
CEO
EB Research Partnership
Teresa Hutson
Corporate Vice President
Microsoft
Meera Joshi
Deputy Mayor for Operations
Office of the Mayor
Dr. Vanessa Kerry
CEO and Co-Founder
Seed Global Health
Anastasia Elpida Kokkota
Founder and CEO
Mexoxo
John Koudounis
Chief Executive Officer
Calamos Investments
Nicholas Kristof
columnist
The New York Times
Esther Krofah
Executive Vice President Health
Milken Institute
H.E. Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera
Former President
Republic of Uruguay
Dr. Peter Laugharn
President & CEO
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Thomas Law
Founder
IBRAWORK - Open Innovation Hub
Hanne LeCount
Senior Director of Partnerships
Concordia
Pierre Le Manh
President & CEO
Project Management Institute
Dave Levy
Vice President
Amazon Web Services
The Hon. Reta Jo Lewis
President and Chair of the Board of Directors
Export Import Bank of the U.S.
Brad Liski
CEO
Tru Earth
Nicholas Logothetis
Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board
Concordia
George Logothetis
Executive Chairman
Libra Group
Yasmeen Long
Director
Milken Institute
Oscar Lopez
Youth Observer to the United Nations
UNA-USA
Frank Luntz
President
FIL., Inc
Linda Mabhena-Olagunju
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
DLO Energy Resources Group (Pty) Ltd
Graham Macmillan
President
Visa Foundation
Kristie Magee Porcaro
Chief Strategy Officer
Operation Smile
Dr. Vidya Mani
Faculty
University of Virginia
Shaila Manyam
Executive Vice-President & Managing Director
Burson
Lady Theresa May
Former Prime Minister
United Kingdom
The Hon. Dorothy McAuliffe
Special Representative for Global Partnerships
U.S. Department of State
Anita McBride
Executive in Residence
American University
Gina McCarthy
Managing Co-Chair
America Is All In
The Hon. Carolina Mejia
Mayor
Colonial City of Santo Domingo
Gary Mendell
Founder & CEO
Shatterproof
Dr. Juma Mfinanga
Head, Emergency Medicine Department
Muhimbili National Hospital
Anna Morris
PDO Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Tarek Mouganie
Founder and Group CEO
Affinity Africa
Mike Muse
Owner
Intersection Agency
Amb. John Negroponte
Vice Chairman
McLarty Associates
Nemonte Nenquimo
Co-Founder
Amazon Frontlines
Suzanne Nossel
CEO
PEN America
Naomi Nwokolo
Executive Director
United Nations Global Compact Nigeria
Michael Nyenhuis
President & CEO
UNICEF USA
Dr. Tessy Ojo CBE
CEO
Diana Award
Emily Olson
Chief of Sustainability and Corporate Affairs
Vale Base Metals
Morgan Ortagus
General Partner
Mare Liberum
Panos A. Panay
President
Recording Academy
Andy Pattison
Team lead digital channels
World Health Organization
Michael Piwowar
Executive Vice President | MI Finance
Milken Institute
François Poirier
President and CEO
TC Energy
Jill Pollander
Vice President of Patient Services
National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
Gen. Andrew Poppas
Commanding General, United States Army Forces Command
United States Army
Adriana Preda
CEO & Executive Board Member
The Social Incubator NGO
Prof. Karthik Ramanna
Professor of Business and Public Policy
Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University
H.E. Eliza Reid
Author, Former First Lady
Republic of Iceland (2016-2024)
Gabriela Repetto
Director, Rare Diseases Program
Facultad de Medicina, Clinica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo
Blake Resnick
CEO and Founder
BRINC
Teri Reynolds
Unit Head, Clinical Services and Systems
World Health Organization
George Roberts
Global Impact Partnership Lead
Bayer
British Robinson
Coordinator
Prosper Africa
Paolo Rondelli
General Director of Cultural Institutions
San Marino
William Roper
CEO & Founder
Istari Digital
The Hon. Wilbur Ross
President, Chairman & CEO
Ross Acquisition Corp. II
H.E. Toyin Saraki
Founder & President
The Wellbeing Foundation Africa
Nili Sarit Yossinger
Executive Director
Refugee Congress
Dr. Hendry Sawe
Executive Director
Abbott Fund, Tanzania
Peter Schlosser
Vice President and Vice Provost of Global Futures
Arizona State University
Caroline Scullin
Global Strategic Communications Consultant
Trust for the National Mall
Rajiv J. Shah
President
The Rockefeller Foundation
Hooman Shahidi
Chief Executive Officer
EVPassport
Dr. Catherine Shari
Emergency Medicine Specialist, and Physician
U.S. Embassy in Tanzania
Noel Shaskan
Health Community Lead
MIT Solve
H.E Dr. Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu
Chief Executive Officer
Medicaid Cancer Foundation
Faryar Shirzad
Chief Policy Officer
Coinbase
David Simas
Managing Director, Research and Impact
Emerson Collective
Christine Simmons
Founder CEO
Alis Volat Propriis, LLC
Andrew Sollinger
CEO
Foreign Policy
Elisabeth Staudinger
Member of the Managing Board
Siemens Healthineers AG
Sam Stephens
Executive Director, President, CEO
AB InBev Foundation
Brian Sullivan
Anchor
CNBC
Cassie Sutherland
Managing Director, Climate Solutions and Networks
C40 Cities
Matthew Swift
Co-Founder, President & CEO
Concordia
Dr. Erasto Sylvanus
Head, Emergency Medical Services
Ministry of Health, Tanzania
Patrick Temple-West
Journalist
Financial Times
Ishaan Tharoor
International Affairs Columnist
Washington Post
Yvonne Thompson CBE|DL
Founder President
Wintrade Global Women In Business Network
Dr. Ashwin Vasan
Commissioner of Health
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Hannah Vaughan Jones
Director
Lewnah Ltd
Rachel Vreeman
Chair and Professor: Department of Global Health and Health System Design, Professor: Department of Pediatrics Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai & Director : Arnhold Institute for Global Health
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Darren Walker
President
Ford Foundation
Rob Walton
Chairman of the Board
African Parks Foundation of America
The Hon. Mike Waltz
Representative (FL-06),
U.S. House of Representatives
Poul Weihrauch
CEO
Mars, Incorporated
Jason Weller
Global Chief Sustainability Officer
JBS
Sherrie Westin
CEO
Sesame Workshop
Dr. Debra Whitman
Chief Public Policy Officer
AARP
The Hon. Meg Whitman
Ambassador
U.S. Department of State
Durhane Wong-Rieger
President & CEO
Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders
Bob Woodruff
Correspondent
ABC News
Amanda Yarnell
Senior director, Center for Health Communication, and Lecturer, Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Eric Yuan
CEO & Founder
Zoom Video Communications Inc.
Ambassador Alexander Tah-ray Yui
Ambassador
Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO)
Richard Zaltzman
CEO
EIT Food
Jingxin Zheng
Regional Vice President, Americas
Singapore Economic Development Board
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