Meet the Devex Authors

Kena Vazquez

Kena Vazquez

Kena Vazquez is a senior manager for environment and infrastructure at AECOM, where she oversees climate change, climate finance, and watershed management projects.
Kennedy Odede

Kennedy Odede

Kennedy Odede is a community organizer, social entrepreneur, and the founder and chief executive of Shining Hope for Communities, or SHOFCO, a grassroots movement based in Nairobi, Kenya, and New York, USA.
Kenneth Ngure

Kenneth Ngure

Kenneth Ngure is a member of the executive board of the International AIDS Society and associate professor of Global Health and dean of the School of Public Health of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology in Kenya.
Kenneth Okoth

Kenneth Okoth

Hon. Kenneth Okoth is a member of Kenyan Parliament representing the Kibra area of Nairobi.
Kenneth Thorpe

Kenneth Thorpe

Kenneth E. Thorpe, Ph.D., is the Robert W. Woodruff professor and chair of the Department of Health Policy & Management, at the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, and chairman of the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease, an international coalition of over 80 groups focused on highlighting the key role that chronic disease plays in the growth in healthcare spending, and the high rates of morbidity and mortality.
Kent Buse

Kent Buse

Kent Buse is co-founder and co-CEO of Global Health 50/50. He is a political economist who served as head of strategy and policy at UNAIDS for 13 years. He is an honorary professor at The George Institute for Global Health at the Imperial College London.
Kent Hill

Kent Hill

Kent Hill joined World Vision in February 2011 after more than three decades serving in U.S. government, academic and nonprofit leadership roles. As head of international programs for World Vision U.S., he collaborates with the international partnership of World Vision to help facilitate the overseas allocation of resources from government grants, corporate donated goods and individual donors.
Keren Zhu

Keren Zhu

Keren Zhu is a global china post-doctoral research fellow at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center. She holds a Ph.D. in Policy Analysis from the Pardee RAND Graduate School.
Kerri Wazny

Kerri Wazny

Kerri Wazny is a monitoring and evaluation specialist at The Power of Nutrition with 10 years' experience working in global child health and nutrition, primarily in research.
Kerry Crowther

Kerry Crowther

Kerry Crowther is vice president, global human resources and people and development, at Marie Stopes International. She joined the organization in March 2018, with over 20 years’ experience in HR management. Kerry is responsible for the development and execution of MSI’s global people strategy, encompassing organizational design, recruitment, policies and processes, engagement, training and development, salaries and benefits, and safeguarding.