Alexander Smith is a lawyer and former USAID senior adviser with over 20 years of experience in global health, human rights, and international law. He has advised United Nations agencies, the International Criminal Court, and other international tribunals on issues of global health, starvation and deprivation, legal accountability, and human rights in conflict and crisis settings.

Alexandra Bilak has almost 20 years of experience in the international nonprofit sector, focusing on research and policy development on displacement in the context of armed conflict, violence, disasters, and climate change. After a decade of working in Africa, she joined the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva as head of policy and research in 2014, becoming its director in August 2016.

Alexandra Finch is a senior associate at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law and an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center.

Alex Fisher is a professional working in energy access, with a particular focus on microgrid solutions for rural electrification. Currently, she is working with EarthSpark International and Enèji Pwòp, S.A. to complete a 100-town microgrid feasibility study in Haiti.

Alexandra Kay is a passionate advocate for human rights and social inclusion of people with disabilities. As Scope Global’s disability inclusion advisor, she provides strategic leadership of disability inclusion and strives to catalyze social change for people with disabilities through her work in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.

Alexandra Makaroff is Plan International’s EU representative. As head of the organization’s Brussels office, she is responsible for Plan International’s work to advance children’s rights and equality for girls by influencing relevant EU policies and programs. Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organization working in 71 countries worldwide.

Alexandra Pittman works with Association for Women’s Rights in Development as a research associate in the “Building Feminist Movements and Organizations” and “Where is the Money for Women’s Rights” teams. She is also a Hauser Center postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University. As a consultant, she has specialized in monitoring & evaluation, strategic planning, and research on women’s rights and movements for a diverse range of NGOs and multilaterals, including Oxfam International, Oxfam Great Britain, UN Women and Women’s Learning Partnership.

Alexandra Volgina is program manager at the Global Network of People Living with HIV. She is based in the Netherlands.