Since joining Plan International in 2016, Jessica Cooke has provided technical and policy expertise on climate change and resilience. She currently leads Plan International’s climate change policy agenda and chairs the internal climate change and resilience network. She works on a global level to support strategic thought leadership on resilience for Plan International’s priority areas, including school safety, and delivers expertise and training in these subjects.

Jessica Daly is director of global health for the Medtronic Foundation, where she focuses on building strategic alliances with governments, nonprofits, associations, and other foundations to improve public health outcomes.

Jessica Ernst is manager of agriculture and electrical power at the Initiative for Global Development, a nonprofit that engages a global network of corporate leaders to reduce poverty through business growth and investment in Africa. In this role, Jessica manages relationships and programming with engaged companies and authors expert agriculture and public-private partnership materials.

Jessica Faieta is the U.N. assistant secretary-general and U.N. Development Program regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean. She has worked as senior country director in Haiti, leading UNDP's recovery and reconstruction efforts in the country after the 2010 earthquake. She has held various positions in U.N. offices in El Salvador, Belize, Cuba, Panama and Argentina. Jessica holds a master's degree in business administration and another in international affairs, both from Columbia University. She is also a Yale University World Fellow.

Jessica Ilunga is a communications consultant specializing in African markets. She used to work for africapractice in London where she advised clients from the financial, mining, international development, education and agricultural sectors. She holds an LLM in European and international law from the Catholic University of Leuven and an M.Sc. in global politics from the London School of Economics.

Jessica Lomelin is regional online communications specialist for Asia with Plan International. Previously, she worked for the office of U.N. Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women Rashida Manjoo.

Jessica Mackenzie is a research fellow for the research and policy in development program at ODI. Her work focuses on decision-making in policy formulation, research uptake and how to improve the role of knowledge in policy-making particularly within developing countries.

With over 20 years of private sector and NGO experience, Jessica’s company Catalynics provides support for corporate sustainability, social responsibility, and sustainable development strategy, implementation, partnerships, stakeholder engagement and policy. She’s led programs at World Business Council for Sustainable Development, World Wildlife Fund, and International Paper.

Jessica Neuwirth is the founder of Donor Direct Action, an international women's organisation, which partners with visionary front-line women's groups around the world. She has 30 years of experience in international women's rights and development.

Jessica Osborn is an adviser at Caribou Digital and jointly leads the Mastercard Foundation learning partnership, which has focused on financial inclusion and access to meaningful and dignified work. Jessica also leads Caribou Digital’s Live Learning program which provides bespoke immersive study visits to emerging markets. Jessica has worked in digital technology in Africa for over 13 years.