Meet the Devex Authors

Tricia Young

Tricia Young

Tricia Young is CEO for Tdh UK, a child rights charity promoting the rights of children and their families in over 40 countries worldwide. She is a trustee on the board of Global Fund for Women UK and co-chairs Bond's child rights working group. She spoke on the issue of safeguarding in development at a recent Bond conference and brings senior expertise on child protection systems strengthening.
Triin Habicht

Triin Habicht

Triin Habicht is a senior health economist at the WHO Barcelona Office for Health Systems Financing. Before joining WHO she held different positions at the Estonian Health Insurance Fund and Ministry of Social Affairs in Estonia. Her work has been mainly focused on all aspects of health systems financing but also redesigning hospital and primary health care provider networks.
Tris Dyson

Tris Dyson

Tris Dyson is the managing director at Challenge Works, which he has led from its origins as a Nesta experiment to being a global hub for expertise and insight on challenge prizes. Before joining Challenge Works, Dyson co-founded and led the social enterprise Tempo and was included in the first cohort of the Observer’s New Radicals.
Trisha Mani

Trisha Mani

Trisha Mani is a senior project manager within the Centre for Sustainable Finance at the University of Cambridge - Institute for Sustainability Leadership, leading research across various themes including social inequalities, climate adaptation and resilience, and blended finance. She has over six years of work experience in sustainable finance and impact investing, having previously worked with impact funds across Cambodia, Switzerland, and the United States, as well as the United Nations in Geneva. She holds a master’s degree in International Economics from Geneva Graduate Institute and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai.
Tristan Smith

Tristan Smith

Dr. Tristan Smith is a Reader at the UCL Energy Institute and is the director of the Research Councils UK-funded project Shipping in Changing Climates.
True Claycombe

True Claycombe

True Claycombe is the policy manager at Friends of the Global Fight. In this role, she advocates for Friends’ legislative goals and provides research and analysis on major policy issues and external reports as they relate to the Global Fund, the three diseases, and global health more generally. True earned her M.A. in international development from American University. Before graduate school, she spent more than two years on Capitol Hill as a legislative assistant to Rep. David McKinley.
Tsion Yohannes Waka

Tsion Yohannes Waka

Gender expert Tsion Yohannes Waka is chair of the Center for Gender Equity for the University of Global Health Equity and responsible for mainstreaming gender in academic, research, and community development projects. Prior to this role, Tsion was chief organizer for the 2019 Women Leaders in Global Health Conference, hosted by UGHE in Rwanda, and participated in production of a preliminary gender profile of Ethiopia, among other research work.
Tsitsi Masiyiwa

Tsitsi Masiyiwa

Tsitsi Masiyiwa is an African philanthropist, social entrepreneur, and champion for gender equality. She is the co-founder and chair of Higherlife Foundation and Delta Philanthropies, both dedicated to advancing human capital development across Africa. Masiyiwa also serves as chair of the END Fund, an organization committed to ending neglected tropical diseases.
Twila Tschan

Twila Tschan

Twila N. Tschan is the communications coordinator at PeaceTech Lab, which works for individuals and communities affected by conflict while utilizing the best in technology, media, and data to accelerate peacebuilding efforts. A summa cum laude graduate of the University of South Alabama, Twila is currently pursuing her M.A. in global communication at George Washington University. You can contact Twila via Twitter @PeaceTechLab or email twila@peacetechlab.org.
Ty Beal

Ty Beal

Ty Beal is a global nutrition scientist focused on helping to achieve healthy and sustainable diets for all. His research seeks to understand what people eat and how it impacts their health and the planet. He is currently a research advisor on the knowledge leadership team at the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), where he generates evidence to guide programs and mobilize knowledge related to global nutrition and food systems.