Venkatesh "Venky" Raghavendra is vice president of advancement at Safe Water Network, where he creates partnership opportunities with high net-worth individuals and corporations. Prior to this, he worked with Ashoka: Innovators for the Public and as chief philanthropy officer at the American India Foundation. He brings more than three decades of philanthropy and social entrepreneurship experience, and both teaches and speaks on social entrepreneurship and innovation. Venky is also a trainer and advisor to the government of India.

Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva is the head of the WHO FCTC Secretariat. She is a medical doctor with a Ph.D. in public health and epidemiology and an MBA for the health sector. For 16 years she coordinated the department of epidemiology and cancer prevention at Brazil’s National Cancer Institute and was involved in legislative, economic, surveillance and regulatory tobacco-control measures, the establishment of a countrywide tobacco control network and the introduction of tobacco products as part of the recently established health regulatory agency.

Veronica Stratford-Tuke is head of peace economies at International Alert. She oversees work on economies that support lasting solutions to violence, including through business and investment. Prior to this, Veronica worked for the U.K. government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with over a decade of experience in policy, programming, and research on conflict and governance.

Verónica Gostissa is a criminal lawyer and ecofeminist from Argentina. She is member of the collective Asamblea PUCARA — the Pueblos Catamarqueños en Resistencia y Autodeterminación — and coordinator for Argentina at the Observatorio Plurinacional de Salares Andinos, or OPSAL.

Véronique Salze-Lozac’h is senior director of economic development and chief economist for The Asia Foundation. The views and opinions expressed here are those of the author, not those of The Asia Foundation.

Veung Naron is a researcher at the Cambodia Development Resource Institute, and a doctorate candidate in educational planning, policy and management at Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia.

Vicky Hausman is a partner at Dalberg and regional director of its Americas region. She leads the firm’s global health practice, advising leading foundations, governments, companies and nongovernmental organizations on strategies to maximize their impact.

Victor Aguayo is UNICEF’s associate director, programme division, and chief of UNICEF Global Nutrition Programme.

Victor Nsereko has more than two decades of industry experience in research and product development, focusing on animal health, productivity, and pathogen mitigation. Nsereko has been with Cargill for over a decade. As research portfolio manager for TRANSFORM, he leads the implementation of applied animal research to reduce antimicrobial resistance, zoonoses, and transboundary animal diseases in India, Indonesia, Kenya, and Vietnam.