Elizabeth is a freelance writer and editor currently based in Dublin. She has worked in China, France and spent seven years in Belgium where she divided her time between academia and writing. Elizabeth is interested in the interaction between development and economics.

Elizabeth Bianyenoh Blama is the executive director of Children Assistance Program, Inc., in Liberia, CAP builds the capacity of vulnerable children and youths to become active members of their communities through comprehensive educational, health care, and economic empowerment services. She is also a registered nurse.

Elizabeth Kiende Njenga is a senior associate, livelihood and human rights East and Southern Africa at the Rainforest Alliance.

Elle Pearson is a policy and advocacy adviser at Cancer Research UK, where she is part of CRUK’s global policy team. Elle utilizes her background in health policy and leads on the team’s HPV vaccination work, through which she supports partners conducting policy-relevant research, and engages in global cervical cancer forums with other funders and civil society organizations committed to eliminating cervical cancer.

Ellen Agler serves as the CEO of the END Fund, a private philanthropic initiative focused on controlling and eliminating the neglected tropical diseases that affect over 1.5 billion people globally. Since its launch in 2012, the END Fund has supported treatment to over 70 million people at risk of these parasitic and bacterial diseases in 22 countries.

Ellen Brooks Shehata is the director of innovative finance at the International Rescue Committee’s Airbel Impact Lab, managing a portfolio of humanitarian-investor partnerships realigning capital behind humanitarian objectives.

Dr. Ellen Fitzpatrick is an associate professor of economics at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service and a scholar in residence at Heifer International. She teaches courses in global development and economics for public service. Her research interests include the integration and evaluation of social capital in developing countries.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf served as president of Liberia from 2006 to 2018. She was the first woman to be democratically elected as head of state in Africa, and in 2011 became a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. She is the founder of the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development.

Ellen Piwoz is a senior program officer in nutrition at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Her work focuses on data, analytics and evidence to improve nutrition for women and girls globally. She manages a diverse portfolio of grants, including research on healthy birth, growth and development; testing models to achieve change at scale for breast-feeding and complementary feeding; generating evidence for advocacy; and supporting the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement.

Ellen Roberts is director of online studies in public policy and management in the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at the University of York. Her teaching includes public management, change management and organizational learning, and she contributes to university strategy for online learning. Ellen has previously worked in central government in the U.K., where her roles have included policy development and support to Ministers in the Department of Health and the Cabinet Office.