Abby Seiff is a reporter focused on human rights, land issues, and politics. She has been covering Southeast and South Asia since 2009, working previously for Devex and freelancing for Time, Newsweek, Al Jazeera, and others. She graduated from the University of Chicago with a degree in anthropology.

Abisola Tolu-Odutola is the founder and CEO of Mumspring, a HealthTech startup that is on a mission to transform maternal and neonatal health in Africa. Mumspring empowers the African mother with all the resources and guidance needed — during and after her pregnancy — for her health and the wellbeing of her newborn. To date, Mumspring has created over 20 jobs in Africa and has served five countries across 3 continents.

Achal Patel is a consultant in the federal strategy practice of Deloitte Consulting LLP. He has a particular interest in the intersection of the private, public, and social sectors, with a strong belief that corporations have an opportunity to channel resources and people towards solving the most pressing societal issues of today while driving positive business outcomes.

Achim Steiner has been the administrator of the U.N. Development Programme since 2017. Steiner is also the vice-chair of the U.N. Sustainable Development Group, which unites 40 entities of the U.N. system that work to support sustainable development. Prior to joining UNDP, he was director of the Oxford Martin School and professorial fellow of Balliol College, University of Oxford. He led the U.N. Environment Programme from 2006 to 2016, helping governments invest in clean technologies and renewable energy.

Adam Aw Hirsi, Ph.D., is the director of Foresight for Practical Solutions and the immediate former minister of state for environment and climate change of Somalia. He can be followed on 𝕏: @JustAwHirsi

Adam Prakash is a TMG research associate, whose work explores the quantitative links between climate change and agriculture and how emerging technologies can de-risk food systems.

Adam Smith represents the 9th Congressional District of Washington in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Adam Taylor is the executive director of Global to Local and has been with the organization since its inception in 2010. G2L, based in SeaTac/Tukwila, Washington, aims to bring home global health strategies that have worked overseas so as to address health disparities in our own communities.

Adam Wolf is the founder and CEO at Arable Labs, Inc., a double bottom line company focused on wide global impact by providing ground truth measurements, analytics, and accurate predictions that agricultural businesses need to make decisions and assess risk, from the base of the pyramid to the largest corporations. Prior to starting Arable Labs, Adam was a researcher and professor at Princeton University, received his B.S. and M.S. from University of California Davis in international agriculture and Ph.D. from Stanford University.

Adeel Ishtiaq is a program Director at Results for Development (R4D) and serves on FAN’s Network Management team. Ishtiaq is an expert in health financing reform to expand Universal Health Coverage and design sustainable financing for priority health areas. His work spans noncommunicable diseases, rehabilitation services, safe blood transfusions, and the integration of mental health and psychosocial services in primary health care.