Molu Dima Fayo is the deputy head of the Borana Zone Health Office, involved in drought-response from a health perspective at the zonal level. He has 14 years of experience in public health, including as a hospital pharmacist and as a team leader of the Zonal Level Health Office Promotion and Support. He holds a bachelor degree in pharmacy and a master’s degree in public health.

Momodu L. Kargbo is Sierra Leone’s minister of finance and economic development. Prior to taking up this role earlier this year, he was governor at the Bank of Sierra Leone, a position he held during the Ebola crisis.

Monalisa Salib is the deputy chief of party for the USAID LEARN contract at Dexis Consulting Group. The contract is a multi-year effort to change the way USAID does business by improving its organizational learning and adaptive management practices. Salib has been working in international development for 15 years and has an MS in Organization Development & Knowledge Management.

Monica Aleman is international program director of gender, racial, and ethnic justice at the Ford Foundation.

Monica Kerrigan is a global leader in family planning and previously served at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and as a senior adviser to Family Planning 2020.

Monica Musonda is the founder of Java Foods in Lusaka, Zambia, and sits on the board of Partners in Food Solutions, a consortium of global food companies — General Mills, Cargill, DSM, Bühler, The Hershey Company, Ardent Mills, and The J.M. Smucker Company — in collaboration with TechnoServe that is sharing technical and business expertise with high potential food processing companies in Africa and working to strengthen the African food ecosystem.

Monica Schroeder is the director of global advocacy at Build Change, where she elevates the issue of disaster- and climate-resilient housing and prevention of housing loss in global policy forums with a variety of stakeholders.

Monique Adams is the executive director, global head of diversity and inclusion in clinical trials, or DICT, at Sanofi where she drives the pharmaceutical company’s vision, strategy, and implementation of a holistic framework for DICT. Monique has a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Washington and received her M.S. in Physiology from Southern Illinois University.

Monique Barbut is under secretary-general of the United Nations and executive secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. She has over 30 years of experience in sustainable development, international diplomacy, governance and finance.

Monique Pariat is director general of the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department. Prior to this post, she was deputy director general at the DG Agriculture and Rural Development. She was responsible for EU international and trade relations in the area of agriculture and rural development, and for further developing EU agricultural quality policies.