As The Rockefeller Foundation’s chief representative in Asia, Deepali Khanna oversees efforts to amplify the foundation’s impact and initiatives to make opportunities universal and sustainable. She leads the efforts of the Asia regional office team to build and sustain networks with different institutions, leverage financing and collaborations, innovative grants, thought leadership, and information on trends driving the Asian continent’s development.

Deepali Vichare Dsouza leads strategic communications for Global Access to Care at Siemens Healthineers. She is passionate about storytelling and amplifying real-life examples from underserved regions to a broader audience. Prior to this role, she headed corporate communications for Southeast Asia and India at Siemens Healthineers. She has over two decades of experience in media relations and communications, and she began her career as a health care journalist in India.

Degan Ali is the executive director of Adeso, where she leads development and humanitarian efforts. Degan is a strategic thinker with over 15 years experience designing and managing food security, livelihoods, and water, sanitation and hygiene programs in some of the poorest, most fragile countries in Africa. Under her leadership, Adeso has become a pioneer in using cash programming to deliver aid to vulnerable populations.

Deirdre de Burca is director of advocacy at World Vision. World Vision's Brussels office works to support engagement with the EU institutions, as well as pan-European institutions, civil society and NGO actors, academic and private sector organizations.

Deirdre White is a globally recognized leader in building trisector partnerships to address the world’s most pressing challenges. As CEO of PYXERA Global, she has led the transformation of the organization to one that maximizes impact through strong and strategic partnerships.

DeJuana Coleman is a graduate of Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, where she majored in cellular and molecular biology. She is currently completing a Master of Science in clinical and translational research with a concentration in health services and community engagement at Georgetown University. She aspires to become a physician and clinical researcher to provide medical care and address health disparities within marginalized communities.

Delese Mimi Darko is the chief executive officer of Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority. She is a pharmacist with over 24 years of experience in medicines regulation.

Delfin Ganapin is the global governance practice leader at WWF International. He leads in the analysis of governance trends and geopolitical dynamics and seeking to influence the global, regional, and national integrated development agenda using the framework and opportunities provided by the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Prior to WWF, Delfin was the global manager of the GEF Small Grants Programme, providing strategic guidance and supervision of 118 country programs.