Meet the Devex Authors

Elujulo Opeyemi

Elujulo Opeyemi

Elujulo Opeyemi founded the Youth in Agroecology and Restoration Network, a movement of African youth leveraging awareness on agroecology and capacity-building for agrifood systems transformation. He is a Ban Ki-moon Youth Agri-Champion and the SDG2 Global Focal Point at the U.N. Major Group for Children and Youth, or UNMGCY, where he ensures youth perspectives are captured into food related entities within the U.N. system and its partner agencies.
Elvira Beracochea

Elvira Beracochea

Elvira Beracochea, M.D., MPH, is a leader in improving aid effectiveness in global health and health system strengthening. She is the founder and president of Realizing Global Health, Inc., a woman-owned small business consulting firm that assists clients to improve health systems and the delivery of health care services in developing countries.
Elyse Franko-Filipasic

Elyse Franko-Filipasic

Elyse Franko-Filipasic is a Berlin-based writer and communications consultant specializing in global health and development. She currently serves as NCDFREE’s global communications coordinator, and has previously supported communications initiatives for a variety of organizations, including management sciences for health, the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy, and the International Food Policy Research Institute. She holds a M.Sc. in international public policy from University College London.
Emet Mohr

Emet Mohr

Emet Mohr is the current senior vice president for education and youth practice and East Africa region at Chemonics International. As an education development specialist, Mohr has conducted technical assignments and implemented education projects in Jordan and Peru. He has also served as chief of party for an innovative education project in Georgia. He has a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and has completed graduate coursework in education at the University of Virginia and George Mason University.
Emilie Peeters

Emilie Peeters

Emilie Peeters is EU policy adviser in Brussels for the global policy project Stop AIDS Alliance, a partner in Action for Global Health cross-European network. Within AfGH she co-chairs the post-2015 task force and works to ensure the right to health for all by 2030. Emilie is also co-managing the global policy work within the Link Up project, to improve the sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people in Bangladesh, Burundi, Ethiopia, Myanmar and Uganda.
Emilie Poisson

Emilie Poisson

Emilie Poisson is the executive director of Convergences, the first platform for thought, advocacy and mobilization in Europe that aims at building new convergences between all actors involved in sustainable development in order to promote a "Zero Exclusion, Zero Carbon and Zero Poverty" world. Emilie is a French humanitarian aid professional and has worked on the field during eight years for the NGO ACTED, notably as Africa Regional Director in charge of external relations and advocacy within 13 countries across Africa.
Emilio Emini

Emilio Emini

Emilio A. Emini is the director of HIV for the global health program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Prior to his current role, Emilio served as senior vice president of vaccine research and development at Pfizer Inc.
Emily Alpert

Emily Alpert

As deputy director, Emily Alpert ensures the Agriculture for Impact team and the Montpellier Panel strategically delivers expert advice to European governments on their approach to agricultural development. Previously, Emily served as the agriculture policy lead for Oxfam International and managed global policy development in addition to advocating Oxfam’s policies to the U.S. government and international institutions.
Emily Alpert

Emily Alpert

As a member of the policy team, Emily guides ONE’s agriculture policy strategy and contributes to other areas of economic development work for the global policy team.
Emily Braucher

Emily Braucher

Founder and lead facilitator of ReFresh Intercultural Communication, Emily Braucher trains development professionals in communication for conflict prevention and management. She is also an experiential education expert with 10 years’ experience in Asia, Africa and Latin America.