Meet the Devex Authors

Kim Young-mok

Kim Young-mok

Kim Young-mok is president of the Korea International Cooperation Agency since 2013. A career diplomat, Kim previously served in several senior positions and ambassadorships within the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Kimberley Nagesser

Kimberley Nagesser

Kimberley Nagesser is a medical student in her final year with a passion for global health. She has been involved in IFMSA-NL, an organization for Dutch medical students, since 2016 and has occupied different positions in the organization. She is currently one of the coordinators of the Youth Delegate Program, which is a collaboration between IFMSA-NL, the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Kimberley Ann Torres

Kimberley Ann Torres

Kim Torres is the Data Collection Team Manager at Devex, where she oversees and analyzes the latest funding and job opportunities within the development sector. She has a bachelor's degree in International Studies from the Far Eastern University.
Kimberly Cernak

Kimberly Cernak

Kimberly Cernak is a senior executive with nearly two decades of leadership experience in the U.S. government, nonprofit organizations, and philanthropy. In 2025, she will launch a new project focused on the future of U.S. global development policy and practice.
Kimberly McClain

Kimberly McClain

Kimberly McClain co-leads Global Fund for Children’s grant-making, capacity development, and integrated programming in the Americas. McClain has extensive expertise in grassroots development and social change processes spanning four continents, and over 15 years of experience working with local and international development organizations.
Kimberly Switlick-Prose

Kimberly Switlick-Prose

Kimberly is a specialist master with Deloitte Consulting, where she leads and manages health programs. She applies her skills in strategy and business transformation, sustainability, and performance and financial management to lead multidisciplinary teams to improve the effectiveness and sustainability of health care organizations and public health programming for vulnerable population groups.
Kindra Mohr

Kindra Mohr

Kindra Mohr, Esq. is the policy director at Accountability Counsel, an organization that works with communities around the world to defend their environmental and human rights through advocacy, research, and direct case support. Mohr has extensive advocacy and accountability experience from working with nonprofit organizations, the private sector, and on Capitol Hill.
Kingsley Aikins

Kingsley Aikins

Kingsley Aikins is founder and CEO of Diaspora Matters, a consultancy firm that gives advice on diaspora issues to governments, companies and individuals. A former Irish trade representative in Australia and director of the worldwide Ireland Funds, Aikins produced in 2011 a Global Diaspora Strategies Toolkit and two years later chaired the Global Diaspora Forum held in Dublin.
Kinsey Denney

Kinsey Denney

Kinsey Denney is a former assistant video editor fellow at Devex. Her background is in documentary and narrative film with a bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College and additional training from Prague Film School. She has worked on AmDoc’s POV documentary series, on Outerloop Management’s marketing team, and on independent or collaborative documentary projects.
Kiran Patel

Kiran Patel

Dr. Patel is a Cambridge University graduate and a consultant cardiologist and honorary senior lecturer in Sandwell, Birmingham. A founding member of the South Asian Health Foundation, he has chaired the board of trustees since inception. His research interests include ethnicity and cardiovascular disease, advanced heart failure and cellular electrophysiology. His passion is harnessing the collective philanthropy of health care professionals to improve the quality of care experienced by the individual.