Meet the Devex Authors

Kristen Genovese

Kristen Genovese

Kristen Genovese is a senior researcher at the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations. She specializes in supporting communities and workers who are seeking remedy for corporate-related human rights abuses through non-judicial grievance mechanisms. She has also worked with communities in Nicaragua, Colombia, Guatemala and Bolivia. Prior to joining SOMO in 2014, Kris was the director of the People, Land, and Resources Program at the Center for International Environmental Law and international counsel at Defenders of Wildlife.
Kristen Roggemann

Kristen Roggemann

Kristen Roggemann is the digital insights and ICT products manager for DAI. She has extensive field experience in the Middle East and Africa working on mobile-for-development initiatives in both public and private sector contexts, and got her start in international development through a Fulbright Scholarship to study women’s literacy in Morocco in 2005.
Kristen Sample

Kristen Sample

Kristen Sample is a senior associate at SSG Advisors. She worked with the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance from 2004-2014 and has consulted with UN Democracy Fund, UN Women, Global Partners Governance, Open Society Foundations, and Club de Madrid.
Kristen Sauceda

Kristen Sauceda

Kristen Sauceda serves as the senior technical associate for youth and economic empowerment at Plan International USA. She manages domestic youth programs and spearheads advocacy initiatives that promote youth governance, safe tech practices, proactive mental health training, and youth participation in civic, political, and corporate spaces on a national and global scale.
Kristiana Louise Ortega

Kristiana Louise Ortega

Kristiana Louise Ortega is a Data Quality and Knowledge Management Associate at Devex. She is part of the Data Collections Team where she assists in the overall content strategy, ensuring quality and accurate data and provides support in research and analysis. She has a bachelor’s degree in Asian Studies from the University of Santo Tomas.
Kristie Urich

Kristie Urich

Kristie Urich is WASH and gender program manager at World Vision. She is World Vision's focal point for gender equality and social inclusion in WASH and the subject matter expert for the organization’s WASH in Schools program. She also provides programmatic support to World Vision's country WASH programs in Latin America and southern Africa.
Kristie Magee Porcaro

Kristie Magee Porcaro

Kristie Magee Porcaro is the chief strategy and development officer at Operation Smile where she manages global strategy; global marketing and communications; fundraising including U.S. mass market, philanthropy, and corporate partnerships. Her leadership extends to driving a strategic road map that guides the organization’s bold ambitions and commitment to increasing access to essential surgical care closer to home.
Kristin Hall

Kristin Hall

Kristin Hall is the head of The Power of Nutrition’s Nutrition for Growth strategy. She has 10 years' experience working in child and adolescent nutrition across various contexts, primarily focused on hunger relief efforts.
Kristin Hughes

Kristin Hughes

Kristin Hughes is director of the Global Plastic Action Partnership, a public-private platform for advancing plastic pollution action hosted at the World Economic Forum.
Kristin Lobron

Kristin Lobron

Kristin Lobron is co-founder and partner of the Collaborative Development Network, a marketing and business development consulting firm dedicated to helping development executives communicate better and create sound, impactful interventions. Kristin is a former USAID enterprise development officer specializing in small and medium-size enterprise development, and managing over a dozen projects worldwide.