Meet the Devex Authors

Elizabeth Aceituno

Elizabeth Aceituno

Elizabeth Aceituno is a sustainable finance expert with WWF’s Global Finance Practice, which she joined in 2017. She works to help influence the financial system to improve integration of environmental risks, deliver investment for sustainable development, and eventually drive sustainable practices through other sectors.
Elizabeth Andersen

Elizabeth Andersen

Elizabeth Andersen is the executive director of the World Justice Project, which works to promote the rule of law globally and annually publishes the WJP Rule of Law Index, measuring the rule of law in 140 countries.
Elizabeth Becker

Elizabeth Becker

Elizabeth Becker, award-winning author and reporter, has been covering foreign affairs and development issues for 40 years, as a New York Times correspondent, the senior foreign editor of National Public Radio overseeing the network's global coverage, and beginning as a war correspondent in Cambodia for the Washington Post. She first interviewed Hillary Clinton in 1992 during the Democratic presidential primary. Becker serves on the board of Oxfam America.
Elizabeth Campbell

Elizabeth Campbell

Elizabeth Campbell is the executive director of ODI Global Washington. She previously worked in the U.S. Department of State as deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, where she was responsible for humanitarian assistance in Africa and multilateral coordination and external affairs.
Elizabeth Chizema

Elizabeth Chizema

Dr. Elizabeth Chizema is the director of the recently established National Malaria Elimination Centre at the Zambia Ministry of Health. She has previously served as director of disease surveillance, control, and research; director of public health and research; as well as director of technical support services at the Zambia Ministry of Health.
Elizabeth Dartnall

Elizabeth Dartnall

Elizabeth Dartnall is the executive director of the Sexual Violence Research Initiative. With over 25 years of expertise in health systems, mental health, and addressing violence against women and violence against children, Liz is an experienced global health specialist. Her career encompasses roles in both government and research in a range of countries across the world. Liz possesses a profound grasp of the policymaking process and the pivotal role of research in shaping policy and practice. Since 2006, she has overseen the Sexual Violence Research Initiative and successfully transitioned it into an independent NGO with the backing of multiple partners. Committed to feminist, ethical, and equitable approaches, Liz continues to lead research and policy initiatives that play a key role in building a violence-free world for women and children.
Elizabeth Dickinson

Elizabeth Dickinson

Elizabeth Dickinson is a former associate editor at Devex. Based in the Middle East, she has previously served as Gulf correspondent for The National, assistant managing editor at Foreign Policy, and Nigeria correspondent at The Economist. Her writing also appeared in The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Politico Magazine, and Newsweek, among others.
Elizabeth Hausler

Elizabeth Hausler

Elizabeth Hausler is the founder and CEO of Build Change and a global expert on resilient housing, post-disaster reconstruction, and systems change. She has profoundly influenced global development policy by making resilience a major consideration for reconstruction efforts.
Elizabeth Irungu

Elizabeth Irungu

Elizabeth Irungu is the regional technical adviser for implementation science and PrEP service delivery at Jhpiego. She serves in a leadership role on implementation science studies for new PrEP products under MOSAIC, a USAID-funded project, and is protocol co-chair for the CATALYST study.
Elizabeth Kahurani

Elizabeth Kahurani

Elizabeth Kahurani is a communications specialist with 10 years of experience and strong communications background. She works with the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) on communications for climate change research and development programs at national, regional and international level. In addition to science writing, she leads teams to develop and execute effective communications strategies and plans.