Diederik Kramers is a freelance correspondent in Brussels covering EU and NATO affairs. A former spokesperson and communications officer for UNICEF and UNHCR, he previously worked as foreign desk and Eastern Europe editor for the Dutch press agency ANP and as editor-in-chief of the Dutch quarterly Ukraine Magazine.

Diederik Kramers is a freelance correspondent in Brussels covering EU and NATO affairs. A former spokesperson and communications officer for UNICEF and UNHCR, he previously worked as foreign desk and Eastern Europe editor for the Dutch press agency ANP and as editor-in-chief of the Dutch quarterly Ukraine Magazine.

Diego Arguedas Ortiz is a climate journalist from Costa Rica. He has covered climate change since 2013 and is currently the associate director of the Oxford Climate Journalism Network, a program at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Oxford University. His work has appeared in BBC Future, MIT Technology Review, Vice, BBC Culture, and Anthropocene, among other outlets. In 2015, he led the creation of Ojo al Clima, Central America's first climate news outlet, where he stayed as editor until 2019. His work includes six U.N. Climate Conferences, the Panama Papers international collaboration in 2016, and on-the-ground reporting from a dozen countries.

Diego Menchaca is the founder of Teamscope, a data collection app for clinical and field research. He has built his career providing data management support to organizations and clinical researchers that are struggling to capture and share data. Diego is passionate about the startup revolution and is an active contributor to the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Chile, the Netherlands, and Bhutan.

Dilek Barlas has been the World Bank Inspection Panel’s executive secretary since July 2014, after serving as deputy executive secretary for seven years. Ms. Barlas has extensive experience in the field of development. A lawyer by training, she joined the World Bank in 1992 and was senior counsel in the bank’s legal vice presidency for Europe and Central Asia. As executive secretary, Ms. Barlas provides strategic support and advice to the panel chairperson and panel members, manages the panel’s secretariat, and maintains relations with internal and external stakeholders.

Dilhani is the global director of Restless Development after she served as country director for Tanzania. She previously served as CARE Norway, International Council for Rehabilitation of Torture Victims, VSO and Amnesty International.

Dilys Walker is a professor of obstetrics and gynecology and leads the Global Maternal and Newborn Child Health Research Cooperative at the Institute for Global Health Sciences and the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health at the University of California, San Francisco.

Dina Esposito served as assistant administrator of the USAID Bureau for Resilience, Environment, and Food Security and as deputy coordinator of Feed the Future from 2022 to 2024. Her government service also included serving as director of Food for Peace from 2010 to 2016. Dina also previously served as vice president for technical leadership at Mercy Corps.

Dinnah Nabwire is a 2015-2016 Global Health Corps Fellow serving as research and policy coordinator at Marie Stopes International. She has previously worked with development organizations in Uganda on gender and women rights, peace building, and economic empowerment programs for the most marginalized communities.

Professor Dirk Blom is president-elect of the International Atherosclerosis Society, a global network of leading atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease experts across over 70 countries. Blom is also the head of the division of lipidology at the University of Cape Town and heads the Lipid Clinic at Groote Schuur Hospital.