about 15 years ago // 40-Under-40 Development Leader in DC
Sherri G. Kraham believes a good leader focuses on attracting and retaining good people not only by inspiring them and caring about their welfare but also by holding them accountable. Kraham applies this leadership philosophy to her work at the Millennium Challenge Corp., where she promotes policy reform and aid effectiveness.
about 15 years ago // 40-Under-40 Development Leader in DC
With Agora Partnerships, Ben Powell is helping impact entrepreneurs get access to social, human and financial capital to grow their business. Today, the nonprofit he founded has become a fast-growing enterprise that operates throughout Central America and will soon expand its operations to Mexico.
about 15 years ago // 40-Under-40 Development Leader in DC
As a Rhodes scholar, Army Ranger, best-selling author and head of president-elect Barack Obama’s Defense Department transition team in 2008, Craig Mullaney has worn many hats. His current – as senior policy adviser for USAID’s AfPak Task Force – affords him the unique opportunity to apply his military expertise to the field of development.
about 15 years ago // 40-Under-40 Development Leader in DC
Days into his administration at the U.S. Agency for International Development, Rajiv Shah took on a colossal mission: leading the U.S. government’s response to the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake disaster in Haiti. His calm, steady leadership during that critical moment for global aid has earned him praise, with one senior State Department official calling Shah as “a superstar waiting to be discovered.”
about 15 years ago // 40-Under-40 Development Leader in DC
Alec Ross put his work as head of the world’s leading nonprofit aimed at ending digital divide on hold to join the Obama administration in 2009, deemed the worst year for Internet freedom. As senior adviser on innovation at the State Department, the founder of nonprofit One Economy looks to play a role in ending and reversing cybercensorship.
about 15 years ago // 40-Under-40 Development Leader in DC
Samantha Power believes a human rights-centered foreign policy is necessary for the U.S. to preserve its global stature. Serving as director of multilateral affairs at the National Security Council, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author has U.S. President Barack Obama’s ears on issues concerning democracy, human rights and international peacekeeping.
about 15 years ago // 40-Under-40 Development Leader in DC
For Steve Feldstein, a staffer on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the path to international development came as much by blood as by design.
about 15 years ago // 40-Under-40 Development Leader in DC
Nilimini Rubin is helping Senate Foreign Relations Committee ranking Republican Richard Lugar help to shape international development policy - from multilateral reform to aid effectiveness.
about 15 years ago // 40-Under-40 Development Leader in DC
Nisha Desai Biswal is no stranger to the U.S. Agency for International Development, even though she is just getting settled into her role as its assistant administrator for Asia and the Near East.
over 15 years ago // 40-Under-40 Development Leader in DC
In his new role as first director of Google Ideas, Jared Cohen wants to help people around the world develop “local solutions” to age-old problems. Cohen knows a thing or two about modern technology - as senior advisor to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, he made the 2009 call that prompted Twitter to delay maintenance work and thus allowed Iranian election protesters to exchange information online.
