Maura O’Neill is the former chief innovation officer and senior counselor to the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, where she had responsibility for inspiring and leading breakthroughs innovations in foreign assistance and development worldwide. In addition, she co-led USAID Forward, the agency's major reform initiative as well as created ground-breaking public-private partnerships in supply chain sourcing, mobile money, gender equity, entrepreneurship and new models for sourcing and scaling development interventions. She served on the White House Innovation Cohort assisting the Obama administration in innovation across federal government. O’Neill has started four companies in the fields of electricity efficiency, customer info systems and billing, e-commerce and digital education.

Maureen Achieng is chief of mission of IOM to Ethiopia and representative to the African Union and to UNECA. She has an academic background in development studies and possesses two and a half decades of work experience on migration policy and operations.

Maureen Milanga is associate director of international policy and advocacy at Health GAP. She is based in Nairobi.

Mauricio Adade is DSM’s Latin America president. Since 2016, he has also been the president of global malnutrition partnerships and programs and chairman of the board of Africa Improved Foods in Rwanda. One of his main responsibilities is to actively develop and effectively implement public, private, and other partnerships and new business models, addressing malnutrition issues around the globe.

Mauricio Vazquez is head of policy at think tank ODI’s Global Risks and Resilience program.

Maury Peiperl is the dean of the George Mason University School of Business — the home of the Business for a Better World Center, which works to convene leaders across sectors to address sustainable global development issues through business solutions and shape business education into a force for positive change.

Max Cuvellier leads the Mobile for Development team at the GSM Association, partnering with bilateral donors, private foundations, mobile operators, entrepreneurs, investors, governments, and international NGOs in Africa, the Asia-Pacific region, and elsewhere to improve access to basic services for local populations through technology.

Max Everest-Phillips has been Director of the UNDP Global Centre for Public Service Excellence (GCPSE) since July 2013. He is an expert in governance, political economy and public administration.

Max Lawson is co-chair of the People’s Medicines Alliance and head of inequality policy and advocacy at Oxfam International.

Max Primorac launched USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance last June as its acting assistant to the administrator.