Meet the Devex Authors

Amy Goldman

Amy Goldman

As CEO and chair of GHR Foundation, Amy Rauenhorst Goldman directs the work of the organization, which applies entrepreneurial creativity and universal Catholic values to foster hope and opportunity where it is needed most.
Amy Ho

Amy Ho

Amy Ho is the head of disease areas at Roche Diagnostics Asia Pacific.
Amy Ibold

Amy Ibold

Amy Ibold is a senior advisor on adolescent girls and youth for Mercy Corps. In this role, she supports Mercy Corps’ youth portfolio, spanning more than 25 countries, with a focus on programming that supports youth, and particularly adolescent girls, to secure the knowledge, skills, and social networks they need for successful lives and futures. Amy has 15 years of experience in initiatives that target adolescents and youth; foster gender equality; and improve rural development. She holds a master of science in rural sociology from the University of Missouri and a bachelor of arts in journalism from University of Oregon.
Amy Jadesimi

Amy Jadesimi

Dr. Amy Jadesimi is the managing director and CEO of LADOL, a maritime and multilogistics services base in Nigeria. Beyond LADOL, Amy is on the Prince’s Trust International global advisory board, a founding commissioner of the Business and Sustainable Development Commission and a Forbes contributor. Amy cut her teeth at Goldman Sachs and Brait Private Equity in London, before returning to Nigeria to join LADOL’s management team. Amy has a number of accolades under her belt: in 2012, she was named an Archbishop Desmond Tutu Fellow; in 2013, a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum; also in 2013, a Rising Talent by the Women’s Forum for Economy and Society; in 2014, Forbes included her in The 20 Youngest Power Women in Africa; and in July 2015, the Financial Times named her one of top 25 Africans To Watch.
Amy Lieberman

Amy Lieberman

Amy Lieberman is an award-winning journalist based in New York City. Her coverage on politics, social justice issues, development and climate change has appeared in a variety of international news outlets, including The Guardian, Slate and The Atlantic. She has reported from the U.N. Headquarters, in addition to nine countries outside of the U.S. Amy received her master of arts degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in May 2014. Last year she completed a yearlong fellowship on the oil industry and climate change and co-published her findings with a team in the Los Angeles Times.
Amy Lieberman

Amy Lieberman

Amy Lieberman is the U.N. Correspondent for Devex. She covers the United Nations and reports on global development and politics. Amy previously worked as a freelance reporter, covering the environment, human rights, immigration, and health across the U.S. and in more than 10 countries, including Colombia, Mexico, Nepal, and Cambodia. Her coverage has appeared in the Guardian, the Atlantic, Slate, and the Los Angeles Times. A native New Yorker, Amy received her master’s degree in politics and government from Columbia’s School of Journalism.
Amy Pollard

Amy Pollard

Amy has focused much of her tenure as a lead analyst at the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development on aid effectiveness. She has seved as a research officer at the Overseas Development Institute and worked as a consultant for DfID, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. Amy is based in London.
Amy Rauenhorst Goldman

Amy Rauenhorst Goldman

Amy Rauenhorst Goldman is CEO and chair of the GHR Foundation, a philanthropy of service to people and their limitless potential for good. Rauenhorst Goldman steers the foundation’s direction with optimism and a background in diplomacy, governance, and investment.
Amy Sweeney

Amy Sweeney

Amy Sweeney is director of client business development at GeoPoll, where she collaborates with potential clients and partners such as the World Food Program, USAID and implementing partners on incorporating mobile data collection into projects and programs. She previously worked at Chemonics International and spent four years in Central and Southwest Asia, serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Uzbekistan and working in Afghanistan and Turkey.