Meet the Devex Authors

Tarra Quismundo

Tarra Quismundo

Tarra Quismundo joined Devex Manila as a staff writer in October 2009 after more than six years of working as a reporter for the Philippine Daily Inquirer, a nationwide daily, for which she covered major breaking news in politics, military, police and international affairs. Tarra's Devex News coverage focuses on key Asian donors and top aid officials around the globe.
Tarry Asoka

Tarry Asoka

Tarry Asoka is an independent health management consultant and former health adviser with the U.K. Department for International Development in Nigeria. He is an alumnus of the prestigious Cambridge Health Leadership Program, and has more than 20 years of experience in providing and managing health services in private, public, faith-based, NGO and international agency settings.
Taryn Bird

Taryn Bird

Taryn is the global corporate citizenship program’s staff lead at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Business Civic Leadership Center. The GCC program is a network of more than 50 companies interested in advancing the connection between international development and corporate social responsibility. Taryn has led or helped create business initiatives in post-earthquake Haiti, Brazil and elsewhere, and was named a U.S. delegate to the inaugural One Young World Conference in 2010.
Tasimba Mhizha

Tasimba Mhizha

Tasimba Mhizha, Ph.D., is the project manager and lead of laboratory, surveillance and data on the CDC-funded Enhancing Global Health Security program. He has worked in the Zimbabwe health sector for more than eight years.
Tatiana Olarte

Tatiana Olarte

Tatiana Olarte is the gender and vulnerable populations expert for the USAID/Colombia Human Rights Activity. She brings 10 years of expertise on gender and vulnerable populations, positioning the Human Rights Activity as an international example of social inclusion and promotion of women’s and LGTB rights. Tatiana has also worked with the Colombian government’s presidential adviser for gender equity, Amnesty International and she has been a consultant for the World Bank.
Tausif Akhtar Janjua

Tausif Akhtar Janjua

Dr. Tausif Akhtar Janjua has more than 20 years of experience in conceiving, planning and implementing community-based public health initiatives in rural and underserved environments. He has worked with the Micronutrient Initiative since 2007 and became director for Pakistan in 2012. He leads overall development, design and management of MI Pakistan’s country programs in consultation with MI Asia and MI headquarters.
Ted Horbulyk

Ted Horbulyk

Ted Horbulyk is an economist at the International Water Management Institute in Colombo, whose research interests include environmental, agricultural and resource economics, and public policy. His work examines potential gains from improved water allocation and water quality, such as through regulatory, governance and policy reforms, and through the use of targeted investments.
Ted Joshua

Ted Joshua

Ted Joshua is an engagement manager at E&K Consulting Firm.
Ted Poe

Ted Poe

Ted Poe has represented Texas' second district since 2004. He has been a leader in global health, promoting aid transparency, and water and sanitation issues. He serves on the House of Foreign Affairs and Judiciary committees and was appointed chairman of the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade.
Ted Turner

Ted Turner

Throughout his career, Ted Turner has won recognition for his entrepreneurial acumen, sharp business skills, vision that transformed television, leadership qualities that won sports championships, and unprecedented philanthropy. Turner began his career as an account executive with Turner Advertising Company and entered the television business in 1970 when he acquired Atlanta independent station channel 17. In 1980, Turner launched CNN, the world’s first live, 24-hour global news network. Turner has also made his mark as one of the most influential philanthropists in the U.S. In September 1997, Turner announced his historic pledge of up to $1 billion to United Nations causes through the creation of the United Nations Foundation (UNF). The organization supports the goals and objectives of the United Nations to promote a more peaceful, prosperous and just world. UNF has identified four core priorities: women and population; children’s health; the environment; and peace and security.