Meet the Devex Authors

Pelumi Salako

Pelumi Salako

Pelumi Salako is a Nigerian journalist covering culture, technology, inclusive economies, and development. His works have appeared in Al Jazeera, The Guardian, the Thomson Reuters Foundation, NPR, Foreign Policy, and elsewhere. He holds a B.A. in History and International Studies from the University of Ilorin.
Penjani Mkambula

Penjani Mkambula

Penjani Mkambula is global program lead for food fortification at the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition. He manages the provision of technical assistance to GAIN programs focusing on reaching 1 billion people with fortified foods by 2022, as well as supporting other partners globally on food fortification His current project portfolio spans across public private partnerships, food fortification, food safety, and supply-chain management. Mkambula serves on the board of the Food Fortification Initiative and the steering committee of the Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa.
Penny Studholme

Penny Studholme

Penny Studholme is vice president, corporate affairs, Cargill EMEA. Cargill recognizes the complex social, economic and environmental issues globally and aims to form partnerships with organizations to provide meaningful impact in the nutrition and health of those in their communities, and foster sustainable economic development and promote responsible business practices in their supply chains.
Pepukaye Bardouille

Pepukaye Bardouille

Pepukaye Bardouille is special adviser on climate resilience to the prime minister of Barbados and director of the Bridgetown Initiative.
Per Heggenes

Per Heggenes

Per Heggenes is the CEO at IKEA Foundation — the philanthropic arm of Stichting INGKA Foundation, which owns Swedish home furnishings company IKEA. As CEO, Heggenes sets and drives the foundation’s funding and innovation strategies, and he is a tireless advocate for children living in some of the world’s lowest-income communities. Since becoming the foundation’s first CEO in 2009, Heggenes has presided over its evolution into a global, independent, and strategic philanthropy with a focus on fighting climate change and improving livelihood opportunities for the poor.
Perla Manapol

Perla Manapol

Perla L. Manapol is the president of Sustainable Rural Enterprise, an NGO based on the main campus of Aklan State University in the Philippines. She is a former U.S. foreign service officer and a resident of Southern California. Her current activities are focused on “clean and green” cooking mechanisms, and she blogs at http://coconutsgalore.blogspot.com.
Perrer Tosso

Perrer Tosso

Dr. Perrer Tosso is a scientist and thought leader with over a decade of experience in drug discovery and drug development. He is currently the senior manager of advanced manufacturing technologies at USP. Tosso has worked with governments and public health organizations to enable manufacturing in low- and middle-income countries to increase access to affordable, safe, quality-assured, life-saving medical products. He holds a Ph.D. in medicinal chemistry from Georgetown University.
Perry Hewitt

Perry Hewitt

Perry Hewitt is the chief marketing and product officer at data.org. She oversees marketing and communications as well as digital product development for the growing global platform. Perry is passionate about leading high-performing teams to drive sustainable change and impact through innovative application of technology. She has held marketing, digital product, and strategy roles across sectors, and previously served as Harvard University’s chief digital officer. Her current board and advisory roles include Glasswing Ventures AI, Harvard Data Science Initiative, and Stimson Center Loomis Innovation Council.
Perry Maddox

Perry Maddox

Perry Maddox is the CEO of Restless Development.
Pester Siraha

Pester Siraha

Pester Siraha is Zimbabwe country director at MSI Reproductive Choices. She is a seasoned public health practitioner with over 20 years of experience in public health and more than 15 years of experience in the NGO sector. Siraha is an accomplished international NGO senior leader in the global south, with expertise in programming. A registered nurse, Siraha also holds a master's in philosophy in HIV and management and an executive master's in business administration.