Meet the Devex Authors

Genevieve Gregorio

Genevieve Gregorio

Genevieve Gregorio is a Data Quality and Knowledge Management Associate at Devex. She is part of the Data Collections Team, focusing on overall content strategy, ensuring quality and accurate data and providing support in research and analysis. She has a bachelor's degree in International Studies from Miriam College and a master's degree in Political Economy from the University of Asia and the Pacific.
Geoff Tansey

Geoff Tansey

Geoff Tansey works for fair, healthy and sustainable food systems as an independent writer and consultant (www.tansey.org.uk). He is a member and a trustee of The Food Ethics Council, an honorary research fellow at the University of Bradford’s Department of Peace Studies and an honorary visiting fellow at the University of Newcastle’s Centre for Rural Economy. He is currently developing www.foodsystemsacademy.org.uk as an open education resource.
Geoffrey Hawtin OBE

Geoffrey Hawtin OBE

Geoffrey Hawtin OBE is an agricultural scientist and manager with extensive experience in agrobiodiversity, plant genetic resources, plant breeding, and research management. He currently serves on the executive board of the Crop Trust. Alongside Cary Fowler, he is the 2024 World Food Prize laureate.
George Hayes

George Hayes

George Hayes is global partnerships & advocacy manager at Cancer Research UK. He supports CRUK’s engagement and collaboration with organizations that work globally to advocate for better cancer and NCD control. George has over a decade of experience in global health, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and human rights, with a range of roles across advocacy, programs, and data analysis at MSI Reproductive Choices, and Amnesty International UK. He holds a Master of Arts in Human Rights from University College London.
George Ingram

George Ingram

George Ingram is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution; a board member of MFAN and USGLC and chair of Friends of Publish What You Fund; with a career in development spanning U.S. Congress, USAID, and civil society.
George Kimathi

George Kimathi

George Kimathi is an accomplished health development specialist with over 20 years of experience in design and implementation of integrated public health programs. He is the director of Amref’s Institute of Capacity Development, providing overall leadership to Amref’s Human Resources for Health agenda.
George McCarthy

George McCarthy

George W. McCarthy is president and CEO of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. His areas of expertise include housing and housing finance, global urbanization, economic forecasting, program evaluation, and regional planning.
George Richards

George Richards

George Richards is the director of Community Jameel. Prior to becoming director in 2020, George led strategy for Community Jameel’s international programs from 2015, including the establishment of the MIT Jameel World Education Lab, and the MIT Jameel Clinic, the European Social Inclusion Initiative at J-PAL Europe, and the Transforming Refugee Education towards excellence program in Jordan with Save the Children and MIT J-WEL. He holds a first in Arabic and Persian from the University of Edinburgh.
George Vradenburg

George Vradenburg

George Vradenburg is the founding chair of the board of the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative, a global public-private-patient foundation focused on linking and scaling Alzheimer’s disease and brain health research and delivery systems around the world. DAC was launched in Davos, Switzerland, in 2021 by the Global CEO Initiative on Alzheimer’s Disease, or CEOi, and the World Economic Forum.
George Kronnisanyon Werner

George Kronnisanyon Werner

George Kronnisanyon Werner serves as Liberia’s minister of education. Drawing from his experience as an educator — having taught at the high school level in five countries including the United States — Werner has dedicated his tenure as minister of education to addressing the twin challenges of expanding access to education and improving the quality of teaching.