HE John Agyekum Kufuor was the second president of the Fourth Republic of Ghana (2001–2009) and chairperson of the African Union (2007–2008). He is co-chair of the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition. He is a nutrition champion and, as such, won the 2011 World Food Prize for his advocacy together with President Lula of Brazil.

John Lechleiter is the president and CEO of Eli Lilly and Company. He became chairman of the board of directors in 2009. John joined Lilly in 1979 as a senior organic chemist in process research and development, and he later held roles in project management, regulatory affairs, product development, and pharma operations. He serves as president of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations, among others.

John Lyon is president and CEO of World Hope International, a relationship-rich Christian-relief and development organization that works with vulnerable and exploited communities to alleviate poverty, suffering and worldwide injustice. During the Ebola crisis, WHI was one of the organizations funded by UK AID, USAID and UNICEF in Sierra Leone. The organization has been credited with measurably preventing the spread of Ebola in Sierra Leone and it was a key player in helping the country become Ebola free.

John W. McArthur is the CEO of Millennium Promise, a leading international nonprofit organization solely committed to supporting the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. In this capacity he oversees the Millennium Villages project, which supports integrated social and business development services for more than 400,000 people in rural communities across 10 countries in Africa. John is also a research associate at the Earth Institute at Columbia University, where he previously served as policy director, and teaches at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs. Previously, John served as deputy director and manager of the U.N. Millennium Project, shepherding the report "Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals."

John Mundy leads One Acre Fund’s partnerships globally, focusing on efforts to connect farmers with climate finance and technology. He was previously strategy director for the World Food Programme’s Farm to Market Alliance and founding director of the Digital Climate Smart Agriculture practice for Mercy Corps AgriFin. John is a board adviser for Producers Direct, and in 2015 he was awarded an Acumen Global Fellowship.

John Norris is the author of The Enduring Struggle: The History of the U.S. Agency for International Development and America’s Uneasy Transformation of the World. In addition to being an author, John Norris has served in a number of senior roles in government, international institutions, and nonprofits. He currently works at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – although the views expressed here are entirely his own.

John Oldfield leads the efforts of WASH Advocates to increase awareness of the global WASH challenge and solutions, and to increase the amount and effectiveness of resources devoted to those solutions throughout the developing world. He believes strongly that the global safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene crisis is more solvable than it is difficult.

John Plastow is the executive director of Frontline AIDS, the world’s largest partnership of civil society organizations working to end HIV and AIDS. John previously served as Oxfam International’s interim global programmes director. Prior to that, he was chief of impact at Oxfam Great Britain and CARE International UK’s programme and policy director.

John Rendel is the founder and CEO at Promoting Equality in African Schools, a rapidly growing and multiple award-winning social enterprise that widens access to secondary education in Africa. Rendel studied philosophy, politics, and economics at Oxford University, where he was picked out as “One to Watch” by FreshMinds. Rendel won the Teach First Ambassador Award and an UnLtd Social Enterprise Award, and he became a member of the Courvoisier Future 500 and the Rockefeller Top One Hundred Next Century Innovators. He is winner of the Best International Aid & Development award, overall winner at the 2013 Charity Awards, and joint winner of a 2013 WISE Award.

John Rhee is a fourth-year medical student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai applying into neurology. He was the principal investigator of the APCA Atlas for Palliative Care in Africa, and is interested in neuro-palliative care and global health.