Alizah Merali is a strategy consultant and venture builder with a passion for impact, bold ideas and action. She has designed and scaled social ventures across Kenya, South Africa, and India, focusing on economic mobility, early childhood development, and health care. She currently works with Dalberg, and previously with the Global Development Incubator and AT Kearney, securing capital and driving systemic change globally.

Allan E. Goodman is the president of the Institute of International Education, the leading not-for-profit organization in the field of international educational exchange and development training. Previously, Goodman was executive dean of the School of Foreign Service and professor at Georgetown University.

Allan Jury is the senior adviser for World Food Program USA, where he works with lawmakers and advocates to shape U.S. food and agriculture policies. Before joining WFP USA in 2013, he worked as the director of the WFP's U.S. relations office in Washington D.C. From 2004 to 2008, he served as WFP's director of external relations in Rome. He joined WFP in March 2001 as chief of the policy service following a 25-year career with the U.S. Department of State.

As director of public engagement and access initiatives at GSK, Dr. Allan Pamba focuses on the sustainable delivery of GSK medicines and vaccines to developing countries via innovative business models. He is also responsible for directing GSK’s external engagement activities and setting up innovative initiatives to enhance access to medicines and vaccines across 50 countries.

Allan Were serves as director of operations for Abt Associates Inc.'s Africa indoor residual spraying project. He joined Abt Associates in 2009 as deputy chief of party of an IRS project in his native Uganda. His career in international development began in 2005, when he was recruited to work for an USAID-funded Africa regional malaria program by what then was AED.

Allison Carnegie is a professor of political science at Columbia University. She received a joint doctorate in political science and economics from Yale University in 2014. She is a co-author of “Secrets in Global Governance” (Cambridge University Press, 2020), with Austin Carson, and the author of “Power Plays” (Cambridge University Press, 2015).

Allyn Alda is a former development analyst for Devex. Born and raised in Tacloban, she studied European Languages at the University of the Philippines, and achieved a MA in International Cooperation from the University of the Basque Country in Bilbao, Spain.

Almandina Guma is advocacy advisor for SOS Children's Villages International in the Baltic region. Before joining the organization, she worked as a child psychologist in her native Tirana, Albania. Guma is now involved with supporting local partners in planning and monitoring of advocacy work linked to child and youth participation.

Alon Ben-Meir, Ph.D., is a retired professor of international affairs at New York University’s Center for Global Affairs. He has taught international negotiations and conflict resolution and has authored seven books related to the Middle East. He is currently working on a new book about human rights in conflict zones.