Paul Ronalds leads Save the Children Global Ventures, the dedicated, in-house team at Save the Children responsible for taking innovative finance and new technologies to scale. Paul has served as a senior adviser to two Australian prime ministers, was deputy CEO of World Vision Australia and, for nine years, served as CEO of Save the Children Australia.

Paul Schaper leads global policy efforts at ‎Merck Sharp & Dohme on infectious diseases, including antibiotics/antifungals, HIV and hepatitis. Since 2013, he has served as the private sector representative on the board of the Global Fund for HIV, TB and Malaria. Schaper earned his B.A. and master’s degrees in public health policy and business administration from Emory University and another master’s degree in clinical psychology from Georgia State University.

Paul Stephens is a former Devex staff writer based in Washington, D.C. As a multimedia journalist, editor and producer, Paul has contributed to the Los Angeles Times, Washington Monthly, CBS Evening News, GlobalPost, and the United Nations magazine, among other outlets. He's won a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting for a 5-month, in-depth reporting project in Yemen after two stints in Georgia: one as a Peace Corps volunteer and another as a communications coordinator for the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Dr. Paul Stoffels is the chief scientific officer and worldwide chairman for pharmaceuticals at Johnson & Johnson. He began his career as a physician in Africa, focusing on HIV and tropical diseases research.

Paul is a writer, editor, and communications trainer who has worked for the U.N. Development Programme, UNFPA, UNICEF, and the U.N. Secretariat. He authored a pair of guides on "Philanthropy and the SDGs" for Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, and has consulted with foundations on how to align their work with the SDGs. Previously, he has worked in the fields of oral history, theater, and documentary film, and wrote a guide for Working Narratives on "Storytelling and Social Change."

Paul van Haver is the vice president of global data services at TechSoup. In this capacity, he is responsible for the creation and execution of TechSoup's global data strategy and for a set of new services spanning from NGOsource to all NGO validation services. Paul is also responsible for overseeing strategic projects and relationships related to global NGO eligibility and NGO information services, including the Start Network and other TechSoup data partnerships.

Paul Weisenfeld is executive vice president for international development at RTI International, a global research institute and leading international development organization. Before joining RTI, he served as a foreign service officer for the U.S. Agency for International Development, achieving the highest rank of career minister in the Senior Foreign Service. He is currently chair of USAID’s Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid and serves in the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition and other boards and advisory committees.

Paula Garcia Tufro is a project director at the U.S. Institute of Peace where she leads the strategic direction and execution of USIP’s Interorganizational Global Forum, focused on great power competition in the context of state fragility in Venezuela. Prior to joining USIP, she served as the deputy director of the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center at the Atlantic Council and previously served in the Obama administration for eight years and she is the former director for Development and Democracy at the National Security Council.

Paula Hidalgo-Sanchis is based in Uganda and manages Pulse Lab Kampala, a Lab of the UN Global Pulse network. Paula has worked as humanitarian and development practitioner for 18 years. She has worked as manager of Innovations, social policy advisor and analyst posted in America, Asiam and Africa. With field experience in over 20 countries, Paula is passionate about promoting innovations for human development. She holds a Ph.D. in Geography and master's level on international assistance, and has a strong motivation to promote the use of big data and artificial intelligence to achieve today’s world challenges.

Paula Park is a journalist with 25 years of experience who has worked for The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg, as well as publishing articles in the New York Times. She started her career covering development and the arts in East Africa for the BBC World Service and wrote the Oxfam study "Lands of Plenty, Lands of Scarcity: Agricultural Policy and Peasant Farmers in East and Southern Africa.”