Deborah K. Holmes is Americas director for corporate responsibility at the international consultancy firm EY, formerly Ernst & Young. Between 1996 and 2004, this published author and frequent public speaker led the company's award-winning gender equity work.

Deborah Horan is an award-winning journalist who has written about international development issues for the World Bank's Human Development Network and for the International Finance Corp.'s Sustainable Business Advisory about health, HIV/AIDS, early childhood development, education and the promotion of small business through business management training. Deb has covered the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Iraq war, among other international assignments.

Deborah Waterhouse is CEO at ViiV Healthcare and a member of GlaxoSmithKline’s corporate executive team. She joined GSK in 1996 and was most recently senior vice president of primary care within the company’s U.S. business, prior to which she led the U.S. vaccines business. She led the HIV business in the U.K. before heading the HIV Centre of Excellence for Pharma Europe and held international roles as general manager for Australia and New Zealand and senior vice president for Central Europe and Eastern Europe.

Debora Irene Christine is a researcher for the Smart Citizens Cyber Resilience and the Data and Sustainable Development at the United Nations University Institute in Macau.

Dede Amanor-Wilks is director of communications and external relations at the African Center for Economic Transformation and previously worked as a consultant to the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa. She was formerly ActionAid’s international director for West & Central Africa, based in Nairobi, and director of the Inter Press Service Regional Centre for Africa, based in Harare. Prior to that she was East Africa and later Francophone Africa editor for Africa Economic Digest magazine in London.

Dee Wisne is a former video production intern at Devex. She has a background in nonprofit work and feminist activism, having founded a women’s empowerment club called Wink Me in 2014. She will graduated from Barnard College of Columbia University in May 2019 with a bachelor's degree in film studies.

Her Excellency Deemah AlYahya is the secretary-general of the Digital Cooperation Organization, an intergovernmental institution dedicated to advancing global digital inclusion, economic growth, and social empowerment. As the first woman from Saudi Arabia to lead an intergovernmental organization, AlYahya champions initiatives focused on digital transformation, cross-border collaboration, and sustainable economic development. Her work at DCO emphasizes empowering women, youth, and entrepreneurs, driving forward an inclusive vision for the digital economy.

Deepa Narayan serves on the Global Advisory Councils of the World Economic Forum. From 2002 to 2008 she served as senior adviser to the vice president in the poverty reduction and economic management network of the World Bank. She was named as one of 100 most influential global thinkers by the U.S. Foreign Policy magazine, one of 35 great minds by India Today magazine in 2011 and one of 100 disruptive heroes to bring about changes in large organizations by Hackers Work in 2013. She has published over 15 books and is author of the forthcoming book, Womanhood: Made in India.

Deepa Parent is an independent journalist based in Paris. She covers international conflict and war's consequences on human rights. She reports on refugee crises, women's rights, and the role of geopolitics in conflict zones. Deepa has a master's degree in Media and International Conflict from University College Dublin, where she studied how to cover conflict with a focus on U.S. foreign policy and public diplomacy.

Deepak Adhikari is a freelance journalist based in Kathmandu. His work has appeared in his native Nepal as well as in international media platforms.