Meet the Devex Authors

Linda  Aaslien

Linda Aaslien

Linda Aaslien, AECOM’s director for international development in the U.K., has 14 years of experience working in international development. With a background in financial sector consultancy, she has a particular interest in strengthening the position of women and girls in all spheres of society, from economic activity to political participation. She has worked across a range of projects which have included providing opportunities for women — and in particular women business owners, including financial inclusion in Georgia, strengthening of livelihoods in Bangladesh and financing of energy in Poland, Bulgaria and Morocco.
Lindiwe Majele Sibanda

Lindiwe Majele Sibanda

Lindiwe Majele Sibanda is CEO of the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network. In 2009, she led the "No-Agriculture, No-Deal" global campaign mobilizing African CSOs to push for the inclusion of agriculture in the U.N. Framework for Climate Change Convention negotiations. Sibanda is a trustee of CGIAR boards CIMMYT and ILRI and since 2008 has been involved with the Farming First campaign advocating for a holistic approach to sustainable agricultural development.
Lindsay Coates

Lindsay Coates

Lindsay Coates is managing director of BRAC’s Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative. Lindsay leads BRAC’s advocacy agenda to leave no one behind using effective, innovative, and multidimensional approaches to change the lives of the most marginalized people. She is also responsible for its learning agenda and technical assistance activities worldwide in the 10+ countries where BRAC is currently implementing or assisting with graduation programs.
Lindsay Levin

Lindsay Levin

Lindsay Levin founded the social enterprise Leaders’ Quest in 2001. Leaders’ Quest works with people from all walks of life — from CEOs to grassroots organizers — who want to use their unique influence to create positive change in the world. It designs experiential learning journeys for people to explore answers to tough questions about business, society and their own leadership. Levin’s book, "Invisible Giants: changing the world one step at a time," was published in 2013.
Lindsay Sanders

Lindsay Sanders

Lindsay Sanders is a digital media professional who is passionate about storytelling for social change. She has four years of experience designing and implementing communications strategies for companies in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. Lindsay has a bachelor of arts in broadcasting and electronic communications, with an emphasis in documentary film production. She joined Jacaranda Health as communications and development manager in December 2015.
Lindsey Jones

Lindsey Jones

Lindsey Jones is ACDI/VOCA's director of gender mainstreaming and women’s empowerment. She leads the gender integration and women’s empowerment unit and is responsible for advising projects on how to do gender-equitable development and implement women's empowerment initiatives.
Lindsey Jones

Lindsey Jones

Lindsey is a research fellow working on issues including climate change, adaptation and development. His background lies in international development and global environmental governance. He has previously worked with the U.N. Development Program in Nepal and the World Food Program. Lindsey has an M.S. in environmental policy from the University of Oxford and has experience working in southern and eastern Africa.
Linnea Huld

Linnea Huld

Linnea Huld is the facilitator of Lighthouse Relief's Child Friendly Space in Ritsona refugee camp in Greece. In this role, she implements all activities in the space and works to ensure a positive environment for all participants. Prior to joining Lighthouse Relief, Linnea supported research validating a measure for Reactive Attachment Disorder in children in Glasgow, and developed mental health curriculum for Glasgow secondary school teachers during a randomized control trial experiment. She holds a Master's degree in psychology from the University of Glasgow.
Linus Unah

Linus Unah

Linus Unah is a Nigerian journalist covering global health, conflict, agriculture, and development. His work has appeared in The Guardian, IRIN, NPR, NewsDeeply, The Christian Science Monitor, among others.
Linus Unah

Linus Unah