Meet the Devex Authors

Anne Stake

Anne Stake

Anne Stake is co-president at Medtronic LABS, where she leads the organization's strategic vision and develops open-source technology and AI to transform health systems. With over a decade of experience at the intersection of technology, design, and public policy, Anne has worked with the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Rwanda’s Ministry of Health, and IDEO. She has designed health technologies alongside communities in Rwanda, Kenya, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, India, and the United States. Anne holds degrees from Stanford University, Parsons School of Design, and Oxford University, and is passionate about scaling well-designed technology to improve global health outcomes.
Anne Stangl

Anne Stangl

Anne Stangl is a senior behavioral scientist at the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW). In this role, she develops strategies and coordinate efforts to improve health outcomes for women, girls and marginalized populations by reducing stigma and promoting human rights. Stangl is also director of the Stigma Action Network secretariat.
Anne Stangl

Anne Stangl

Anne Stangl is a senior behavioral scientist at the International Center for Research on Women. She has 16 years of international public health experience in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean with a focus on stigma, qualitative and quantitative research methods, research design, statistical analysis, systematic reviews, and monitoring and evaluation. She is also actively engaged in utilizing research findings to inform global policy and action.
Anne Beathe Tvinnereim

Anne Beathe Tvinnereim

Anne Beathe Tvinnereim is Norway's minister of international development.
Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen

Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen

Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen has been CEO of Plan International since September 2015 and is a SheDecides Champion. Prior to this, she was U.N. assistant secretary-general and deputy executive director for management at the United Nations Population Fund. Ms. Albrectsen is also chairman of the Board of the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data and a member of the Every Woman Every Child High Level Steering Group, Generation Unlimited Global Board, and International Civil Society Centre Board.
Anneliese Dodds

Anneliese Dodds

Anneliese Dodds is a British MEP and member of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Prior to her election, she worked as a lecturer in public policy at Aston University. She was also acting director of the Patient Safety and Service Quality Research Center at King’s College.
Anne Lynam Goddard

Anne Lynam Goddard

Anne Lynam Goddard, currently ChildFund International’s president and CEO, began her career in the Peace Corps in Kenya. After earning a master’s degree in public health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she joined CARE and lived and worked overseas for almost 20 years. In 2007, Goddard joined ChildFund leading the child-focused development organization’s efforts to empower children, their families, and communities while also directing efforts to promote child protection strategies in the U.S. and in 25 countries worldwide. She currently serves on the board of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition and is a member of the federal Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid.
Annemarie Loof

Annemarie Loof

After working for relief organizations Vluchtelingenwerk and MedAir, Annemarie Loof started with Médecins Sans Frontières in 2003 as a logistician in Sudan. She then carried out various missions as a project coordinator, country coordinator, and operational advisor, working in Sudan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Liberia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uzbekistan, among others. Since 2013, Annemarie has been operations manager for MSF projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Haiti, and Sierra Leone.
Anne-Marie Grey

Anne-Marie Grey

Anne-Marie Grey joined USA for UNHCR as executive director and CEO in 2014. A national partner of the U.N. Refugee Agency, USA for UNHCR is a non-profit that protects refugees and empowers them with hope and opportunity. With more than 30 years of global fundraising and marketing experience, Grey builds strategic partnerships and alliances to help address the critical needs of refugees and forcibly displaced people around the world.
Annette Kennedy

Annette Kennedy

Annette Kennedy is president of the International Council of Nurses and a member of the WHO Independent High-Level Commission on NCDs. Further examples of how nurses educate and support people to prevent, detect and manage NCDs are featured in ICN's 'Voice to Lead' resources.