Meet the Devex Authors

Enid Madarcos

Enid Madarcos

Enid Madarcos is the urban policy manager in the Asia-Pacific office of Habitat for Humanity International. For the past 10 years, she worked on livelihood development and housing finance in urban communities in the Philippines. She recently finished her research on the role of state-led ownership housing policies in the spatial restructuring and the fulfillment of housing rights of informal settlement families in metro Manila.
Ennie Chipembere

Ennie Chipembere

Ennie Chipembere is the director of locally led development at Humentum, guiding the organization's commitment to support locally led development across its strategy, initiatives, and operations. With 20 years of experience in the NGO sector, Ennie began her career at Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Zimbabwe, where she focused on strengthening the organizational capacity of local and national partners, program design, and donor relationship management. She later led ActionAid International Federation's 45 countries, equipping them to adopt a human rights-based framework for achieving equitable development locally driven by communities and NNGOs.
Enoh Ebong

Enoh Ebong

Enoh Ebong is the director of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency. Nominated by U.S. President Joe Biden and unanimously confirmed by the Senate, she leads USTDA in its efforts to develop sustainable infrastructure in emerging economies. Ebong previously served as USTDA’s deputy director/chief operating officer and as general counsel.
Enrique Betancourt

Enrique Betancourt

Enrique works in the intersection of urban planning, social innovation and policy delivery to help cities overcome complex problems. He is currently the director of the Urban Security Initiative at Chemonics International and the former executive director of the National Center for Crime Prevention in the government of Mexico. He is a Yale World Fellow.
Enyseh Teimory

Enyseh Teimory

Enyseh Teimory is a co-editor of Blue Smoke — an initiative that shines a spotlight on United Nations appointment processes and calls for more accountable U.N. leaders. She is also the head of policy at the United Nations Association-UK, Britain’s only charity dedicated to building support for an effective United Nations.
Epaminondas Farmakis

Epaminondas Farmakis

Epaminondas Farmakis is president and CEO of Elpis Philanthropy Advisors. A seasoned expert in foundation development and governance, strategic planning, and asset/grants management, he also currently serves as program director of Greece's EEA Grants NGO Program on behalf of the fund operator, the Bodossaki Foundation.
Erfan Ali

Erfan Ali

Dr. Erfan Ali is the Regional Representative of UN-Habitat’s Regional Office for the Arab States since May 2019. Prior to that, he served as the Senior Human Settlements Officer and Deputy Regional Director for the Regional Office for the Arab States. From 2013 to 2018, he was the Head of UN-Habitat Iraq Country Programme.
Eric Bjornlund

Eric Bjornlund

Eric Bjornlund is a lawyer and is co-founder and president of Democracy International. He is also adjunct professor in the Department of Government at Georgetown University, where he teaches in the graduate program in democracy and governance; serves as secretary and board member of the Advancing Democratic Elections and Political Transitions consortium; and by appointment of the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development serves as a member of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid. At Democracy International, Mr. Bjornlund oversees a rapidly growing organization with more than 200 full-time, professional staff members.
Eric Gutierrez

Eric Gutierrez

Eric Gutierrez is the editor of a new Christian Aid report, "Drugs and Illicit Practices, Assessing Their Impact on Development and Governance," which examines four countries where an increasingly active drugs trade has begun to affect development.
Eric Mukoya

Eric Mukoya

Eric Mukoya is a qualified lawyer, newspaper columnist, and the former executive director of the Undugu Society of Kenya. He is now heading up the International Commission of Jurists - Kenyan Section. He has over two decades of global experience in nonprofits.