Michele Sullivan joined Caterpillar in 1988. She has held various leadership positions within the company and with other organizations over the years and has recently served as a U.S. delegate to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. She took over leadership of the Caterpillar Foundation in 2011.

Michèle Rivasi is a French member of the European Parliament, representing Europe Écologie, and is a vice chair of the European Parliament’s Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. She is a vice chair of the Group of the European Greens/EFA and has been an MEP since 2009. Previously, she was the director of Greenpeace in France from 2003-2004.

Michelle Bekkering is the director for global initiatives and senior gender advisor at the International Republican Institute.

Michelle Brown is an NGO benefits expert at Clements Worldwide, a leading insurance provider for international organizations and expatriates. A published author and speaker, she specializes in commercial insurance solutions for non-profit organizations, including international aid and development groups.

Michelle Brown is the associate director of advocacy at Action Against Hunger.

Michelle DeFreese has 15 years of experience working on sustainable development in the Balkans, Latin America, and sub-Saharan Africa. She resided in East Africa for seven years (Tanzania and Rwanda) and recently relocated to the Pacific.

Michelle Grogg joined Cargill in 1998 and currently leads the company’s global corporate responsibility practice and is the executive director of the Cargill Foundation. She is responsible for managing and directing the company’s global corporate and foundation giving programs. Grogg also leads the development and implementation of global partnerships and programs with select non-governmental and international development organizations to improve food security, nutrition, and sustainability in Cargill communities around the world.

Michelle Joseph, MD Ph.D., orthopedic trauma surgeon, works at the Program in Global Surgery and Social Change at Harvard Medical School, where she focuses on trauma systems development and strengthening in low- and middle-income countries. She works on the PROjet Trauma Haïti (PROTHA).

Dr. Michelle Morse is deputy chief medical officer for Haiti at Partners In Health. She supports clinical services and medical education systems strengthening at University Hospital in Mirebalais, Haiti.

Michelle Nunn is President and CEO of CARE, a leading INGO that works in 100 countries and reaches more than 90 million people. CARE marked its 75-year anniversary in 2021, and works to save lives, defeat poverty and achieve social justice, with a particular focus on elevating the dignity and livelihood of women and girls. On Twitter: @MichelleNunn