Jed Isaac Ashman is a SIOG medical writer. He covers global health with a particular focus on cancer in aging and other clinical development trends at SIOG.

Jef L. Leroy is a senior research fellow in the poverty, health, and nutrition division of the International Food Policy Research Institute.

Jeff Balch is director of research and evaluation at the Association of European Parliamentarians with Africa, where he has worked since 1987. Balch also participates in the Steering Committee of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation and is a member of the European Evaluation Society.

Jeff is the CEO of Partners in Food Solutions. Jeff's career has included numerous business development, marketing and communication roles at both large, global organizations like Cargill and World Vision as well as at several smaller start-up ventures. He spent half his career in business and the other half in relief and development, leading to a unique and practical understanding of how each of these sectors can benefit from the other and accomplish more together than apart.

Jeff Geipel is the founder and venture leader for Mining Shared Value at Engineers Without Borders Canada. Working with a wide variety of partners including mining companies, the World Bank, and host countries, this initiative works to improve the development impacts of mineral extraction in developing countries through increasing local procurement by the global mining industry.

Jeff Hall is director of local advocacy at World Vision International and leads the organization's Citizen Voice and Action approach to social accountability. Before joining World Vision, Hall was a lawyer at the Inter-American Court and grassroots activist for human rights and development.

Jeff Terry is the global head of corporate social responsibility at Amway Corporation. Jeff develops and guides the implementation of the company’s enterprisewide CSR strategy, aligning the organization's competencies to effectively implement its social investment and innovation efforts around nutrition, entrepreneurialism and overall stakeholder and community engagement. Jeff developed and directs the Nutrilite Power of 5 campaign which is designed to help reduce rates of childhood malnutrition around the world. Jeff has been with Amway since 2011 and has 20-plus years’ experience working in international development and health across multiple sectors.

Jeff is a former global development reporter for Devex. Based in Washington, D.C., he covers multilateral affairs, U.S. aid, and international development trends. He has worked with human rights organizations in both Senegal and the U.S., and prior to joining Devex worked as a production assistant at National Public Radio. He holds a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in international relations and French from the University of Rochester.

Jeff Worden is the director of conservation impact for Africa at the World Wide Fund for Nature, supporting the design, implementation, and monitoring of WWF’s conservation interventions across Africa. His research and conservation career includes work on land-use change in pastoral communities, landscape connectivity, the ecology of integrated socio-ecological systems, and the use of data and evidence in decision-making for conservation and sustainable development.

Jeffrey Asher is MIT’s Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation suitability adviser and consultant. Jeff retired recently after over 21 years at Consumer Reports where he served as technical director and vice president. In that position, he managed over 150 technical personnel who tested and reported on appliance, cars, electronics, recreation and other household products.