Meet the Devex Authors

Ellen Piwoz

Ellen Piwoz

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

Ellen Roberts

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.
Ellen Stofan

Ellen Stofan

Dr. Ellen Stofan is the former chief scientist of NASA, serving as principal advisor to the NASA administrator on the agency's science-related strategic planning and programs. She is an honorary professor in the department of earth sciences at University College London, a senior scientist at the applied physics laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, and co-chair of the World Economic Forum Space Council.
Ellie Warren

Ellie Warren

Ellie Warren creates content and supports the conservation technology community at WILDLABS through virtual events, fellowships, editorial series, and community engagement. She currently works as WILDLABS’ coordinator at World Wildlife Fund. She has a background in English, nonfiction writing, and screenwriting.
Elliot Harris

Elliot Harris

Elliot Harris is the U.N. chief economist and assistant secretary-general for economic development. UN/DESA launched its World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2019 on May 21, 2019 (www.bit.ly/wespreport).
Elmer Aluge

Elmer Aluge

Elmer Aluge is a soft power inclusion specialist at VFD Group, a proprietary investment firm in Lagos, Nigeria, with a deep focus on health security and financing, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.
Elodie Vialle

Elodie Vialle

Elodie Vialle is a French journalist with online, TV, radio and print experience focused on the themes of social innovation and humanitarian issues. She also teaches web journalism at leading French journalism graduate schools and in other countries, including Haiti. She advises media on their digital strategies and is frequently called upon by top French institutions to share her expertise in the field of sustainable development.
Eloise Todd

Eloise Todd

Eloise Todd is ONE's global policy director. Prior to that, Eloise set up ONE’s Brussels office and led the organization’s work with the European Union institutions. In Eloise's time at ONE she has led ONE’s efforts to enhance transparency in the oil, gas and mining industries and developed ONE's strategies for advocacy engagement across the EU and with the G20.
Els Torreele

Els Torreele

Els Torreele is a global health and innovation expert, focusing on transforming medical R&D to address priority health needs and ensure equitable access. She worked with MSF, DNDi, and Open Society Foundations, and is now an independent consultant and visiting policy fellow at UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose.
ElsaMarie D’Silva

ElsaMarie D’Silva

ElsaMarie D’Silva is the founder of Red Dot Foundation and creator of Safecity, a global platform that does data crowdsourcing on gender-based violence to inform safer cities. She is an Aspen New Voices fellow, Yale World fellow, and a visiting fellow at the Centre for Protecting Women Online, Open University UK.