almost 15 years ago // 40-Under-40 Development Leader in DC
Corey Arnez Griffin is a pioneer in the public-private partnership sphere. As director for international development at Microsoft, he brokered a first-of-its-kind collaboration between his company, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and the Millennium Challenge Corp. in 2007.
almost 15 years ago // 40-Under-40 Development Leader in DC
Beth Tritter has been using her expertise gained from nearly decade-long work in Capitol Hill on foreign affairs issues to advocate a rethinking of U.S. development approaches. Now the managing director of consulting firm Glover Park Group, she advises her clients on strategies for better engaging their target audiences.
almost 15 years ago // 40-Under-40 Development Leader in DC
While he’s always had a curiosity about the world, Michael Madnick entered the international development community “accidentally” when his law firm was retained by the United Nations Foundation. Now, as deputy executive director for the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, he has become an authority on one of development’s core issues: malnutrition.
almost 15 years ago // 40-Under-40 Development Leader in DC
Eric Braverman was instrumental in establishing the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission, the official body coordinating all development activities in the Caribbean country. The leading adviser to government leaders in the Americas gauges his success on how he is able to help make government, nonprofit and private sectors work better together to improve people’s lives.
almost 15 years ago // 40-Under-40 Development Leader in DC
After her stint at the U.S. Agency for International Development, Alexa Courtney joined the private sector to focus on organizational change. As a member of Booz Allen Hamilton’s Smart Power Executive Steering Committee, she is at the heart of efforts to help develop organizational change strategies so that the firm’s U.S. government clients can train their personnel to think and act as one team with a common goal.
almost 15 years ago // 40-Under-40 Development Leader in DC
Alyse Nelson has witnessed a change in the perception of impoverished women since she co-founded Vital Voices Global Partnership, an organization mentoring women leaders and social entrepreneurs worldwide, in 1997. Increasingly, new decision-makers, particularly in the private sector, are taking an interest in the work Vital Voices and other like-minded groups do to promote women’s well-being and empowerment.
almost 15 years ago // 40-Under-40 Development Leader in DC
Andrée Simon sees herself as a custodian of investments made in programs for women around the world. The president and chief operating officer of Women for Women International is currently focused on helping her organization, which works with survivors of conflict, sustain its strong growth trajectory.
almost 15 years ago // 40-Under-40 Development Leader in DC
A modern-day polymath, Washington-based international lawyer and Georgetown University professor Mark Vlasic brings experiences in the public, private, military and academic worlds to the courtroom, boardroom and classroom. Vlasic is currently serving as international legal adviser to the Liberia Asset Recovery Team, which is seeking to recoup funds embezzled by Charles Taylor.
almost 15 years ago // 40-Under-40 Development Leader in DC
Brendan Tuohey’s belief that athletics can educate and build unity was shaped through playing basketball with teammates from across Washington, D.C. Out-of-the-box thinking has allowed the 36-year-old to advance the idea that sports programs can help resolve conflicts around the globe.
almost 15 years ago // 40-Under-40 Development Leader in DC
Fiona Macaulay became a social entrepreneur in fourth grade, when she organized a Christmas caroling brigade to raise funds for “wild ponies.” Today, the 37-year-old founder and president of Making Cents International is enabling young people worldwide to create their own economic opportunities.