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Alexandra Finch

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.
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Alexandra Fisher

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.
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Alexandra Kay

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.
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Alexandra Makaroff

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.
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Alexandra Pittman

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.
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Alexandra Volgina

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

Co-founder of the Centre for Inclusive Policy, Alexandre Cote has been working in the field of inclusive development for 20 years across Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Africa. He had the opportunity to actively participate in the negotiation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and ever since has been contributing to its implementation and monitoring.
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Alexia Latortue

Alexia Latortue is the Assistant Secretary of International Trade and Development for the United States Department of the Treasury. In this role, she oversees Treasury’s Offices of Climate Environment and Sustainable Infrastructure, International Development Finance and Policy, International Trade and Investment, and Technical Assistance. Previously she served as the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer overseeing the agency’s operations to deliver on strategic and programmatic priorities and leading the MCC team.
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Alexis Bonnell

Alexis Bonnell has delivered aid in over 20 warzones, global disasters, and major transformation projects for the United Nations. At USAID, she co-founded the U.S Global Development Lab and served as the chief innovation officer. She was Google's emerging technology evangelist for public sector. She dedicates her time to helping organizations evolve.
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Alexis Decosimo

Alexis Decosimo is the founder and executive director of Playing to Live! She received her master's in art therapy and clinical counseling at George Washington University and is currently working as an art therapist in Asheville, North Carolina, as well as pursuing her doctorate in public health at Eastern Tennessee State University. She specializes in trauma informed art therapy, program development and international work.