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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Tara Hill is a program officer at Results for Development where she works across the global education and social enterprise portfolios. Her areas of focus include development innovation, evaluation and learning, and innovative financing. In addition to her time at R4D, Tara has worked with the Australian government's innovationXchange, an initiative dedicated to promoting innovation and entrepreneurship in Australia's aid program. Tara holds a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service.

Tara is youth employment adviser on the economic and market development team at Mercy Corps. With a focus on employment, entrepreneurship and market systems development, she supports Mercy Corps’ youth portfolio which spans more than 25 countries including Afghanistan, Yemen, Liberia, Uganda, Kenya, South Sudan and others. She earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame and a master's degree in public administration, international development, from New York University.

Tara Steinmetz is the assistant director of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Assets & Market Access at the University of California, Davis, where she supports a wide portfolio of research focused international development, risk management and resilience, including the I4 Index Insurance Innovation Initiative. She holds a B.A. in political science from American University and a master of public policy from Duke University.

Dr. Tara Patricia Cookson is the director and co-founder of Ladysmith, a feminist research consultancy, and an SSHRC research fellow at the University of British Columbia. Her work focuses on women’s rights and access to social protection.

His Excellency Tariq Al Gurg was appointed CEO of Dubai Cares in 2009 and its vice chairman most recently. Al Gurg is a founding member of the High-Level Steering Group of Education Cannot Wait and sits on the global board of UNICEF’s Generation Unlimited and Global Leadership Council. He is also a high-level champion of the World Economic Forum’s Reskilling Revolution, a member of the advisory board of UNESCO’s Futures of Education Commission, and the regional champion of the Global Partnership for Education in the Middle East.