Meet the Devex Authors

Jana Naujoks

Jana Naujoks

Jana Naujoks is senior program officer of the gender and peace-building program at International Alert. Jana has been working for Alert’s peace-building program for over seven years, including in the coordination of: the Initiative for Peacebuilding, an EU-focused policy research project; the Foro Andino Para la Transformación de Conflictos Socio Ambientales, which was active in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru; and the European Group on Training for Civilian Crisis Management. Her research interests include gender and natural resource management issues in conflict-affected countries, particularly extractive industries, gender and former combatants, as well as migration issues.
Janadale Leene Coralde

Janadale Leene Coralde

Janadale Leene Coralde works as a contributing analyst for Devex. Based in Manila she reports on development donors activities and designs funding data visualisations. She has a degree in political economy, specializing in international relations and development, and has previously worked as a researcher for Chemonics, the REID foundation, and the Philippines House of Representatives.
Jan Christian Vestre

Jan Christian Vestre

Jan Christian Vestre is the Norwegian minister of trade and industry.
Jane Brown

Jane Brown

Jane Brown has more than 25 years of experience working at the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs in social and behavior change communication. She has provided technical support to country programs throughout Africa and in Asia addressing maternal child health, HIV/AIDS, malaria, reproductive health, Ebola, and most recently, COVID-19. Currently she is the deputy project director for USAID’s flagship Social and Behavior Change project, Breakthrough ACTION.
Jane Burston

Jane Burston

Jane Burston is the executive director of the Clean Air Fund.
Jane Karuku

Jane Karuku

Jane Karuku is the president of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), where she leads the partnership organization’s work across the continent to help millions of small-scale farmers and their families boost farm productivity and incomes. She previously served on AGRA’s board and brought with her two decades of experience at companies such as Telkom Kenya and Cadbury Limited.
Jane Madgwick

Jane Madgwick

Jane Madgwick is an ecologist and author with 30 years of experience of working internationally on the science, policy and practice of wetlands and water management. Since 2004, she has been CEO of Wetlands International, leading a network of 20 offices operating in over 100 countries.
Jane Mann

Jane Mann

Jane Mann is the managing director at the Cambridge Partnership for Education, part of Cambridge University Press & Assessment. She has worked in educational publishing for over two decades, leading many international education reform projects and working with ministries of education, government agencies, NGOs, donor agencies, and educational organizations. Mann is a member of the Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement at the University of Cambridge and the BESA Executive Council.
Jane Otima

Jane Otima

Jane Otima is the associate director of market systems and entrepreneurship at Habitat for Humanity’s Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter. She has over 25 years of experience in the international trade and development industry.
Jane Thomason

Jane Thomason

Jane Thomason is the chief executive officer of Abt Associates Australia, senior adviser for international social policy at Abt Associates and a member of the Devex Impact Strategic Advisory Council. She has worked extensively in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific, Mongolia and the Philippines and has held executive roles in health and development in Australia and internationally.