Margaret Chandler is an international development communications specialist at Tetra Tech. During its final year, she worked with the USAID Promote Women’s Leadership Development project team in Kabul and spent time with many program participants. Chandler’s experience working with gender-related issues on college campuses and with U.S. high school students led her into approaching women’s empowerment through education and skill development.

Margaret Crotty is the President & CEO of the JSI family of companies. Crotty has more than 30 years of experience and a strong record of leadership in mission-driven organizations in the areas of education and public health. Most recently, she was the CEO of the Partnership with Children.

Margaret Lubaale is the executive director of the Health NGOs Network, or HENNET, a membership-based coalition of NGOs and CSOs in Kenya. Margaret has over 20 years of strategic and programmatic experience in managing development programs across Kenya. Before joining HENNET, Margaret worked for Winrock International, Child Fund International, Pathfinder International, and Plan International, amongst other organizations. Throughout her career, she has provided strategic leadership and direction to various teams in areas ranging from reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and HIV to the prevention of sexual and gender-based violence and child protection.

Margaret M. Zeigler is the executive director of the Global Harvest Initiative, a private sector voice for agricultural productivity growth throughout the value chain to sustainably meet the demands of a growing world. Zeigler has dedicated her career to addressing global hunger and food security and has worked in this area for more than 18 years, most recently serving as deputy director at the Congressional Hunger Center.

Margarita Astralaga is the director of the Environment and Climate Division of the U.N.'s International Fund for Agricultural Development. She is a Colombian biologist, specializing in environmental management from the Danish Water Institute, with a master's in regional planning and development. She has over 25 years of experience in the environment and sustainable development sector, including a wide range of responsibilities at the national and international levels.

Margarita Lysenkova joined Global Reporting Initiative in 2019 and has been instrumental in the development of the new Sector Program, where she has led the pilot project for the development of GRI 13. With a professional background in corporate, United Nations, and non-for-profit sectors across four countries, Lysenkova’s expertise spans international labor standards and sustainability. She has previously worked for the International Labour Organization in Geneva and in a financial reporting role with a Belgian multinational.

Margarite Nathe is senior editor and writer at IntraHealth International. She edits the VITAL blog and focuses on issues related to health workers around the world. Before joining IntraHealth, Nathe worked in research communications at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Margarite Nathe is senior editor and writer on the communications and advocacy team at IntraHealth International, a global health nonprofit that believes everyone everywhere should have the health care they need to thrive. As editor of the blog VITAL, Margarite writes about global health, international development, and making the world a healthier place for all seven billion of us.

Margaux Day is the policy director at Accountability Counsel, leading advocacy efforts to ensure that international institutions financing projects are protecting the human and environmental rights of affected communities.