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Susannah Schaefer

Susannah Schaefer is president and CEO of Smile Train, an international organization focused on empowering local medical professionals to provide free cleft lip and/or palate surgery and comprehensive cleft care to children globally. She leads Smile Train's vision to expand access to healthcare and increase local capacity in countries in which Smile Train helps children.
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Susanne E. Jalbert

Susanne E. Jalbert, Ph.D., is a gender equity advocate, economic development activist, and women’s rights political strategist. Jalbert has considerable experience in Afghanistan, and currently serves as chief of party on the USAID Promote: Women in Government project.
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Susanto Yang

Susanto Yang was born in Pontianak, West Kalimantan. He graduated from Trisakti University, Jakarta, in management. His career in palm oil started more than 15 years ago. He joined Sinar Mas Agribusiness and Food in 2007 and today, he is the CEO of the West Kalimantan plantations. He is also the vice chief of GAPKI (Indonesia Palm Oil Industry Association) for Public Policy Department.
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Sushmita Pathak

Sushmita Pathak is an independent radio and print journalist based in India with a focus on politics, health, and culture. Her reporting has appeared on NPR, The Christian Science Monitor, Atlas Obscura, and other publications.
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Suvi Karuranga

As a global health researcher in Access to Medicine Foundation, Suvi is focusing on pharmaceutical donations. Parallel to pursuing a master's degree in public health at Lund University, Suvi has worked with various nongovernmental organizations, public institutes, U.N.-level and intergovernmental organization. From e-health to reproductive health, Suvi enjoys volunteering in mentorship, program development and building educational initiatives with other young global health colleagues. Previously, she has a clinical background as a public health nurse in Europe and Africa.
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Suvojit Chattopadhyay

Suvojit Chattopadhyay is Bangladesh country manager of Adam Smith International. ASI manages the Economic Dialogue for Green Growth, a UK Aid-funded research and advocacy program in Bangladesh.
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Suzanne Biegel

Suzanne Biegel is co-founder of GenderSmart Investing Summit.
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Suzanne Bond Hinsz

Suzanne Bond Hinsz is a technical director with MSI, focusing on organizational development and public sector management. An international development expert for over 20 years, she has advised the United States National Security Council, House Foreign Affairs Committee, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the State Department, USAID, Fortune 100 companies, governments, the United Nations, regional bodies, and grassroots organizations on a wide range of initiatives in more than 30 countries. She received her M.A. in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and holds a CPT designation from the International Society for Performance Improvement.
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Suzanne Ehlers

Suzanne Ehlers is president and CEO of PAl. She has worked for the last 15 years to promote women's health, rights and empowerment across the globe, and has been honored one of the 40 under 40 International Development Leader by Devex and as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Suzanne is co-lead of the FP2020 Rights and Empowerment Working Group and has served on the U.S. government delegation to the U.N. Commission on Population and Development. She was also a Peace Corps volunteer in the Central African Republic.
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Suzanne Ehlers

Suzanne Ehlers is an established nonprofit executive leader with over 25 years of experience serving and connecting global populations including refugees, forcibly displaced people, and the stateless. She is currently the executive director and CEO of USA for UNHCR, where she leads a Washington D.C.- and New York City-based organization that amplifies refugee voices while engaging millions of Americans in support of the work of the UN Refugee Agency.