Kaveh Zahedi is the director of the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment at the Food and Agriculture Organization. He is responsible for coordinating FAO's work and strategies on climate change, biodiversity and environment, including through partnerships with the conventions.

Kavitha Iyer has been a journalist for 20 years, writing on agrarian issues and marginalized communities. Her first book, Landscapes Of Loss: The Story Of An Indian Drought, was published in February 2021. She lives in Mumbai.

Kawaldip Sehmi is CEO at the International Alliance of Patients' Organizations. He has an academic background in public health and law. He was previously managing director at an international children’s legal center, leading a team of international lawyers working on child rights, including the right to health, and served as CEO at an international mental health charity specializing in niche mental health services, supporting young people and adults with complex mental health, personality disorder, and substance misuse problems.

Kayla Sainato is program support officer for Cuso International, She is currently managing the monitoring and evaluation of the Diasporas for Development. Prior to joining the organization, Sainato volunteered in Ghana and served with AmeriCorps for 2 years.

Kayleigh Long is a freelance journalist based in London. She was based in Myanmar from 2013 to 2018.

Kayly Ober is a senior advocate and program manager of the climate displacement program at Refugees International. She previously worked as a policy specialist for the Asian Development Bank and as a consultant at the World Bank, where she authored the flagship report "Groundswell: Preparing for Internal Climate Migration."

Kaysie Brown is vice president for policy and strategic initiatives at the United Nations Foundation.

Kecia Bertermann is Girl Effect’s director of digital research and learning. She specializes in exploring the intersection of digital technologies and behavior change, with a particular focus on combining data science with traditional research methods to improve products and services for adolescent girls.

Kedest Mathewos is a research associate to Agnes Binagwaho, vice chancellor of the University of Global Health Equity. Prior to joining UGHE, Kedest worked with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and completed various public health and economics research projects. Kedest holds a Bachelor of Arts in global health and a Bachelor of Science in economics from Duke University. She is passionate about the international development field, with a particular interest in health systems strengthening.

Kees Kodde is a coordinator for Fair Finance International at Oxfam Novib. Previously, he also served as a program officer for Oxfam Novib, as well as a campaigns director for Friends of the Earth, a development worker for a human rights NGO in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, and a campaigner and project coordinator for Greenpeace. Kees graduated as a political scientist at the Catholic University of Nijmegen in 1991.