Apurba Mitra is the policy lead for the climate and energy programs at WRI India, managing government engagement on climate and energy policy at the national and sub-national levels in India.

Aradhna Wal is an independent journalist based in New Delhi, who covers public health, development, and human rights in India.

Arancha González is the executive director of the International Trade Centre. An expert in international trade and development, González has previously held leading positions at the World Trade Organization and the European Commission.

Archi Rastogi, Ph.D., is an adjunct senior research fellow at National University of Singapore. He has worked in the media, academia, grassroots, and multilateral organizations for 18 years.

Aria Grabowski serves as deputy director for the International Center for Research on Women’s policy and advocacy portfolio, and spearheads ICRW’s U.S. government-facing policy and advocacy. She is a co-chair of the Girls not Brides USA coalition and the Coalition for Women’s Economic Empowerment and Equality. She also leads the congressional working group and co-leads the administration working group for the Coalition for a Feminist Foreign Policy in the U.S. Aria is also a member of the Coalition to End Gender-Based Violence Globally and the International Family Planning Coalition, including the legislative committee.

Dr. Ariel Meyerstein is vice president for labor affairs, corporate responsibility and corporate governance at the United States Council for International Business. He works on work on some of the most challenging issues of globalization confronting companies, civil society and regulators: the intersection of investment and corporate social responsibility, including sustainable development and human rights.

Dr. Ariel Pablos-Mendez is the assistant administrator for global health at the U.S. Agency for International Development, a position he assumed in 2011. Prior, Pablos-Méndez served as managing director at the Rockefeller Foundation, where he led its global health strategy on the transformation of health systems in Africa and Asia. He also served as director of knowledge management at the World Health Organization in Geneva, where he established WHO's first eHealth unit. Pablos-Méndez is a board-certified internist.

Ariella Rojhani is the senior advocacy manager for the NCD Alliance, a global network of civil society organizations united in the fight against noncommunicable diseases. Based in New York City, her work focuses on elevating NCDs on global health and development agendas through targeted, policy-driven advocacy. She is the co-author of several publications on NCDs, health, and development, and sits on the board of directors for the Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network. She is a graduate of New York University.

Ariong Moses is an agriculture and environment expert working with One Acre Fund Uganda as an innovations specialist. He is a 2017 Aspen New Voices fellow and alumni of the Global Health Corps fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at @ariongm.

Aristide Aplogan is program leader, field epidemiology and vaccinology and director of the EpiVacPlus program at the Agence de Médecine Préventive. In these roles, he oversees the implementation of epidemiology and vaccinology activities in Africa; provides input on strategic development; serves as technical director for training programs including EPIVAC; supervises, monitors, and evaluates studies and interventions; and manages regional teams.