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Tanisha Chadha

Tanisha Chadha has a master of arts degree in psychology psychosocial clinical studies from Ambedkar University, Delhi, and a bachelor of arts degree in psychology with honors from Delhi University, New Delhi. As a program officer of strategic fundraising at the Centre for Catalyzing Change, she is responsible for coordinating lead and donor relations management for two at-scale adolescent health projects in the states of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh in India, identifying and forming partnerships with the strategic investment team, researching grant opportunities, writing grant proposals, and brainstorming innovative investment strategies for adolescent and youth health and well-being.
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Tanvi Nagpal

Tanvi Nagpal is a senior fellow at the foreign policy institute in Johns Hopkins – SAIS, and senior program and governance adviser at Moonshot Missions. Her practice and research focus on sustainable and equitable water, sanitation, and solid waste services; and generating financial support for pro-poor urban policies and programs. Tanvi was previously director, of international development program, and practitioner in residence at SAIS. She directed research and led programs at Global Water Challenge and at the World Bank, and currently serves on the board of SOIL-Haiti and is an adviser to Athena Infonomics.
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Tanya Barron

Tanya Barron is CEO of Plan U.K. since January 2013. Previously, she was international director at Leonard Cheshire Disability, and in 2003 was given the European Woman of Achievement (Humanitarian) award. Barron also holds various trusteeships and is currently a board member of the World Bank's Global Partnership on Disability and Development.
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Tanya Cox

Tanya has been working at Plan International EU office since 2013. As the senior policy and advocacy manager, she works with all the EU institutions and the member states to adopt ambitious strategies on children's rights, child protection and gender equality, to follow up on their implementation and to influence EU development policy and practice in a range of areas. She regularly trains EU staff from across the globe on children’s rights and child protection.
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Tanya Henderson

Tanya Henderson is the founder and president of Mina’s List, which promotes women’s political leadership and peace globally. It has worked with women leaders around the world since 2012 — in countries including Afghanistan, Lebanon, and Nigeria — and has been directly involved in shaping U.S. policy on women, peace, and security. In August 2021, Mina’s List shifted its work to helping evacuate women political leaders from Afghanistan and helping them resettle in Europe and North America.
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Tanya Kapoor

Tanya Kapoor works as a senior project analyst at Dimagi and comes with five years of work experience in education and public health. She holds a degree in history from Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi, and a liberal arts degree from the Young India Fellowship. Kapoor’s current role involves working on projects that use technology to drive social impact. She has experience of working on digital solutions to improve nutrition outcomes; screening and monitoring of childhood illnesses; and the implementation of integrated management of newborn and childhood illnesses protocols in India.
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Tanya Khokhar

Tanya Khokhar is a senior policy expert and project director serving as the International Center for Research on Women’s lead for engagement and policy advocacy on the Generation Equality Forum. Tanya has spent seven years in philanthropy at the Ford Foundation supporting grant-making in gender, racial, and reproductive justice, and she has launched donor funds to strengthen global south feminist organizations.
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Tapiwa Mukwashi

Tapiwa Mukwashi is the supply chain director at VillageReach. With 15 years of private sector and international development experience across sub-Saharan Africa, Mukwashi plays a central role in guiding the organization’s programs in strengthening, cost benchmarking, and integrating supply chains that provide health products to community health workers.
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Tara Cookson

Tara Cookson is a gender and international development specialist with deep expertise in the care economy. She has been a front-line practitioner in Canada and Latin America, published research on inclusive social policy, and advocated for women in leadership through editorials and as a keynote speaker. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge where she was a Gates scholar and the founding director of a strategic initiative related to leadership development, now called Learning for Purpose.
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Tara Herrick

Tara Herrick has two decades of experience analyzing healthcare markets to inform strategic decisions that enhance health equity. Collaborating with diverse stakeholders in the public and private sectors, she is recognized for her expertise in forecasting, market research, cost analysis, health impact modeling, competitive intelligence, and product and portfolio optimization.