Anita Bhatia is assistant secretary-general of the United Nations and deputy executive director for Resource Management, Sustainability and Partnerships at UN Women. Ms. Bhatia has had a distinguished career at The World Bank Group, serving in various senior leadership and management positions, both at headquarters and in the field. She brings extensive experience in the area of strategic partnerships, resource mobilization, and management.

Anita Makri is a freelance writer/journalist, producer, and editorial adviser specializing in global development and science in society, drawing from 25 years of experience across sectors. She is based in London and has produced stories from Africa, Latin America, and South Asia. Her work has been published in The Guardian, National Geographic, Nature, SciDev.Net, and Undark, among others. Before going freelance Anita held senior editorial positions and in 2020, founded WorldWise on Substack, a newsletter for discerning readers and producers of journalism on global issues.

Anita Neville is the chief sustainability and corporate communications officer at Golden Agri-Resources. She is responsible for the design and implementation of the company's overall sustainability and communications strategy. Neville previously served as GAR’s senior vice president for group corporate communications. She has worked in sustainability and communications for more than 25 years, with senior roles primarily in NGOs.

Anita Sharma is the senior director of the Millennium Development Goals Initiatives at the United Nations Foundation. In this capacity, she engages with civil society, government leaders, the private sector, faith groups and individuals in an effort to achieve the MDGs. Her work currently focuses on Every Women Every Child, a movement led by the U.N. secretary-general to improve the health and well-being of women and children.

Anita Tiessen is chief executive officer for the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, the global movement for girls. Prior to this role, Anita was deputy executive director at UNICEF UK, responsible for the organization’s public affairs, programs and communications work. She led work to embed children’s rights in the U.K., including programs in schools, health settings and in local government for 14 years. Anita has also worked at Amnesty International’s global headquarters in London, as well as in government and journalism in Canada.

Anju Dadhwal Singh manages UHI’s documentation and dissemination efforts. Singh has worked for over 15 years in advocacy, policy analysis, proposal writing, partnership development, grant management and knowledge management in maternal and child health, nutrition, family planning, HIV and AIDS, and malaria. She has previous experience in India with the Center for Population and Development Activities, WHO, DfID, USAID and CARE.

Dr. Ann Hudock is executice vice president for strategy and growth at Counterpart International. Bringing more than 25 years of international development experience, Dr. Hudock leads efforts to grow Counterpart’s global program portfolio by cultivating new funders and building on the organization’s body of work with new approaches to promote civic participation and government accountability.

As executive vice president, Ann Hudock oversees Counterpart's programs, new business development, communications, and program quality and learning teams. Bringing more than 25 years of international development experience, Ann leads efforts to grow Counterpart's global program portfolio by cultivating new funders and building on the organization's body of work with new approaches to promote civic participation and government accountability. Before joining Counterpart, Dr. Hudock worked at Plan International USA, where she led the expansion of the international program portfolio and served as vice-chair of the Plan Federation Program Directors Forum. She was a managing director at DAI, diversifying their work beyond U.S. government funding and creating a strong portfolio with U.K. Department for International Development.

Ann Keeling’s 35 year career in international development has included posts in Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, the Caribbean, Belgium, United States, and her home country, U.K. She is currently senior fellow with the NGO Women in Global Health and chair of the NGO Age International. Ann Keeling has been CEO of two global NGOs, was head of gender equality for the U.K. government and UNFPA country representative in Pakistan.

Ann Miles is director of financial inclusion at the MasterCard Foundation, which advances youth learning and promotes financial inclusion to catalyze prosperity in developing countries. Before joining the organization, Miles was managing director for Geneva-based asset management firm BlueOrchard Finance. Previously, she led the capital markets team for Women's World Banking in New York and was a vice president at Citibank.