John Coonrod is the executive vice president at The Hunger Project and is the co-founder and global coordinator of the Movement for Community-led Development. John was trained and was working as a research physicist when he became The Hunger Project’s first volunteer in 1977. At the height of the 1984 African famine, he made a career change, joining the staff of The Hunger Project. Today, John is an expert on bottom-up, gender-focused development and decentralized local governance and has been invited to lecture at the United Nations, Columbia University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York University, Princeton University, and the United States Air Force Academy.

John Crockett left the United Kingdom in October, 2008, with his partner Betty Alié to join a Voluntary Services Overseas program in Zambia. John will serve as fundraising and project management advisor to the Lundazi District Council for two years, while Betty will work as monitoring and evaluation officer with Thandizani, a local NGO focusing on HIV/ AIDS. John has worked in fundraising and communications for several U.K. nonprofits. Both hold master’s degrees in development economics from the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies, where they met.

John Crockett administers Devex's international correspondent fellowship before starting work for Zambia's Lundazi District Council in October 2008. He has worked in communications for several U.K. nonprofits; volunteered for nonprofits in Malawi, Ethiopia and Zambia; and spent a year teaching in South Africa. John holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Leeds University and a master’s in African economics from the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies.

Ambassador John Danilovich is a member of the Consensus for Development Reform and formerly served as the CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation.

John served as a Devex News correspondent based in London in 2010, covering DfID and U.K. aid reform. During a 10-year stint at the Sunday Times in the '80s and '90s, he was shortlisted as reporter of the year at the U.K. Press Awards, one of several accolades he has received. John has worked for the Independent and Conde Nast Traveller, among other publications. Most recently, he served as publisher of Christian Aid News, part of his role as head of media for Christian Aid.

John Finnigan is the head of development organization in the banking, capital markets and advisory division of Citi. Citi’s clients for development organization include supranationals, development financial institutions, and NGOs. Finnigan leads a team of coverage bankers that provide financial services including capital markets, credit, risk management, treasury and trade solutions, and securities services.

John Gilroy leads on climate and sustainable development at the Mission of Ireland to the U.N. He has extensive knowledge of the SDGs, negotiating the 2030 Agenda in 2014-2015. This year he led Ireland’s team on the SDG Summit political declaration, supporting Ambassador Fergal Mythen as co-facilitator with Ambassador Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani of Qatar.

John Goodman is a former associate director at the Carter Center’s Conflict Resolution Program and the current director of the Syracuse University Center in Strasbourg, France.

John Goodwin joined The LEGO Foundation as CEO in April 2017 to pursue a career where he could combine his business skills with his passion for philanthropy and driving positive social impact. Prior to this role, Mr. Goodwin held a position as executive vice president and chief financial officer of the LEGO Group. He also previously served as a president in Procter & Gamble.

John Graham is the country director for Save the Children in Ethiopia. He has been working in the country since 1997, but his first involvement with Ethiopia goes back to before the 1984 famine when he supported cross-border operations into the liberated zones in Tigray and Eritrea. In his current role he leads Save the Children's diverse programming in Ethiopia addressing education, health, food security, HIV/AIDS prevention/education and saving newborn lives.