Jay Knott is executive vice president and chief business officer at Abt Associates, overseeing all of the company’s business divisions, its two wholly owned subsidiaries Abt SRBI and Abt JTA, international operations, reputational capital and global business development. Before joining Abt Associates, Knott was the U.S. Agency for International Development mission director in Jordan, leading one of the largest U.S. economic assistance programs in the world.

Jay Sullivan is an innovation and technology fellow at the Federation of American Scientists. Previously, he created open innovation programs and advised early-stage social innovation startups at Conservation X Labs. He holds a B.A. from Duke University and an M.Phil. in Development Studies from the University of Cambridge.

Dr. Jay Wenger leads the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s polio eradication efforts within the Global Development Program. He manages a high-performing team and works across the foundation to drive instrumental advocacy work, resource mobilization, communications, and research and product development. He represents the foundation both internally and externally and helps to shape and execute the polio eradication strategy.

Jayakumar Christian is national director and CEO of World Vision India, with responsibility over almost 2,000 aid workers serving 2.4 million children in the country. Christian, who joined the organization in 1978, is an expert and author of numerous academic articles and books on poverty issues, the most recent of which is "God of the Empty Handed."

Jayanth Bhuvaraghan is chief mission officer of Essilor International. He is responsible for deploying Essilor’s mission of “improving lives by improving sight” by bringing good vision to everyone in a sustainably responsible way. He is leading initiatives to address the needs of the 2.5 billion people who don’t have access to good vision through inclusive business, philanthropy, and advocacy and awareness campaigns.

Jayasree K. Iyer is the CEO of the Access to Medicine Foundation, where she leads the foundation’s strategy to assess health care companies’ efforts in expanding access to essential medicines. She engages global industry leaders on practical steps to develop, scale, and supply health products to low- and middle-income countries, home to 80% of the world’s population.

J. Brian Atwood is a former USAID administrator in the Clinton administration and chair of the OECD Development Assistance Committee in the Obama Administration. He is currently a visiting professor for international studies and public affairs at Brown University’s Thomas Watson Institute for International Studies, and professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota’s Hubert H Humphrey School of Public Affairs.

JD Stier is a film producer and campaign director. He has extensive experience in the field, community organizing, and recently served in the White House under President Barack Obama. JD is the president of Stier Forward, a multiplatform social change agent.

Jean AbiNader brings 30 years of experience as a trade association and corporate executive, management consultant, and human resources professional to his role at MATIC in promoting closer economic, political, and security relations between Morocco and the United States. He has advised U.S. and international companies, organizations, and agencies on management and marketing issues ranging from strategic planning and business plan development to negotiations and cross-cultural communications.

Jean Duff is the president of the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities, which provides humanitarian policy makers and practitioners with research and evidence about effective ways to collaborate with local faith actors for the benefit of displaced and marginalized people.