Ginette Azcona is a policy specialist with UN Women’s Research and Data Team. She joined UN Women in 2010 to work on its flagship report Progress of the World’s Women. Before that, she was part of the research and writing team for UNDP’s 2009 Human Development Report: Overcoming barriers: Human mobility and development. She holds a master’s degree in international relations from the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University and a master’s degree in public administration from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University.

Gino Brunswijck is currently senior policy and advocacy officer at the European Network on Debt and Development (but the views expressed here are personal views, not those of his organization), having previously worked at the Africa Europe Faith and Justice Network and the College of Europe.

Ginya Truitt Nakata is the operations senior speclialist in the Office of Outreach and Partnerships at the Inter-American Development Bank. She developsand implements high-level partnership engagement strategies for food security, trade and integration, and broadband connectivity with those of the fast growing number of NGOs, foundations, private sector organizations and alliances, as well as development actors operating throughout the Latin American and Caribbean region.

Giovanni Castaldo supports the Center for Effective Global Action's Measurement Initiative. Previously, he collaborated with a university journal of international affairs and interned at Agoravox. He gained research experience as an RA on a variety of projects. Specifically, he worked on tracking world-wide local government sizes and studying the effects of graduation prices in Italian universities.

Girish Menon is director of international operations for WaterAid UK, with responsibility over teams in Asia, West Africa, East Africa and Southern Africa. Previously, he worked for WaterAid in India as well as for Plan International and ActionAid. Menon represents WaterAid on the Board of Water and Sanitation for Urban Poor.

Giselle Carino is the newly appointed regional director for Western Hemisphere at the International Planned Parenthood Federation. In previous positions, she served as deputy director for IPPF/WHR.

Giselle is a specialist at PeaceTech Lab. Giselle’s work focuses on providing support for the Lab's Open Situation Room Exchange, a program designed to make data more accessible to the peacebuilding community. At PeaceTech Lab, she has also organized and served as a trainer for exchanges in Turkey, India, and Myanmar to build capacity for peacebuilding organizations to incorporate low­cost, easy­to­use technology solutions to support their efforts.

Gita Pillai provides overall leadership and program and financial oversight to the Gates Foundation-funded Urban Health Initiative in India. With 20 years of experience in program management, systems strengthening and large-scale integrated health programs, Pillai has worked in Asia, Africa and Latin America for organizations like John Snow, CARE, Save the Children, ADB, DfID, WHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Dr. Githinji Gitahi is group chief executive officer of Amref Health Africa, the largest Africa-led international organization, reaching more than 11 million people each year through 150 health-focused projects across 35 countries. Previously, Dr. Githinji was vice president and Africa regional director for Smile Train International; managing director for Monitor Publications in Uganda; and general manager for marketing and circulation in East Africa for the Nation Media Group. Dr. Githinji also sits on the boards of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations.

Giulia Balconi supports research efforts at Adjuvant Capital, an impact investment firm supporting life sciences technology companies focused on historically neglected diseases and maternal/child health. She holds a master's degree in Public Health from UC Berkeley.