Annie Haakenstad is a Ph.D. candidate in the global health and population department at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. Previously, Annie managed research on health financing and impact evaluations at IHME. Annie also worked in a number of different roles at the United Nations in Geneva. Annie received her bachelor's in international affairs from the George Washington University and her master's in development studies from the Graduate Institute in Geneva, Switzerland.

Ann Mary Olsen is international director at the Danish Refugee Council, a private, independent, humanitarian organization working on all aspects of the refugee cause in 40 countries throughout the world. She has worked for DRC since 1991 and has headed programs in Bosnia and Serbia-Montenegro during the 1990s and also had a range of roles in the International Department of DRC, including program coordinator, head of section and deputy director.

Ann Mei Chang is the chief innovation officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development and executive director of the U.S. Global Development Lab. The Lab is the newest bureau at USAID and aims to transform global development through science, technology, innovation, and partnerships. Prior to USAID, Ann Mei was the chief innovation officer at Mercy Corps, an international NGO. She also served as the senior adviser for women and technology in the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues at the U.S. Department of State. In addition to her work in the public sector, Ann Mei has more than 20 years of engineering and leadership experience in Silicon Valley.

Ann O’M. Bowman is professor and Hazel Davis and Robert Kennedy Endowed Chair in the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. She specializes in state and local government policy and management, and in intergovernmental relations. She is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.

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Anote Tong is former president of the Republic of Kiribati and a two-time nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Anoush Rima Tatevossian leads global strategic partnerships and communications for the United Nations Global Pulse, an innovation initiative of the Secretary-General, which focuses on leveraging the opportunities afforded by big data and real-time analytics for global development and resilience through its network of "Pulse Labs." Previously, she has worked at MobileActive.org — a network of practitioners utilizing mobile technology for development, and as director of the Armenian Volunteer Corps, a grassroots organization in Yerevan, Armenia.

Dr. Anselm Hennis is director of the Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization. He graduated in medicine from the University of the West Indies and qualified in internal medicine in the U.K. Dr. Hennis was also a Wellcome Trust Fellow to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine where he obtained an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in epidemiology.

Hon. Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei is a cabinet minister for monitoring and evaluation, a member of the economic management team, and a member of parliament for the Old Tafo constituency in the Ashanti region of Ghana. He was a ranking member of the Committee on Finance from 2009-2016, and a member of the Committee on Defence and Interior from 2005 to date.

Anthony Banbury is president and CEO at the International Foundation for Electoral Systems. IFES is a global, nonpartisan nonprofit organization based in Arlington, Virginia. Banbury was formerly the U.N. assistant secretary-general for field support.