Vinod Thomas is currently visiting professor at National University of Singapore, and distinguished fellow in development management at the Asian Institute of Management, Manila. Previously, he was director-general of independent evaluation at the Asian Development Bank. Prior to ADB, Vinod Thomas served as director-general of the Independent Evaluation Group at the World Bank from 2006 to 2011.

Vinoj Manning oversees Ipas Development Foundation's efforts to improve the environment for safe abortion and increase access to comprehensive contraceptive care in the country. Vinoj, who has more than three decades of marketing and program management experience, is particularly interested in strengthening the capacity of health systems to provide high-quality abortion and contraceptive care and improving the evidence base for the provision of safe abortion care.

Violaine Mitchell oversees a team that works to empower national governments to sustainably finance and manage primary health care systems. Before joining the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2010, Mitchell worked at GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance as the coordinator of a financing task force and was responsible for coordinating the early work on national financial sustainability planning and global innovative financing.

Violeta Gonzalez Behar is head of partnerships, communications, and resource mobilization at the Enhanced Integrated Framework, a sustainable trade multilateral partnership at the World Trade Organization. In this capacity, she leads a global team in helping EIF build strategic partnerships, communicate results, and secure financing for operations in 51 developing economies.

Virginia Kamowa is a menstrual health and hygiene specialist at the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, which is evolving into the Sanitation and Hygiene Fund by 2021 to fill a void in the international response to the sanitation, hygiene, and menstrual health crisis. Kamowa is also the co-coordinator of the Global Menstrual Collective.

Virginia is a freelance journalist and editor based in Barcelona. She has worked in the development sector in Malawi and Kenya and Somalia before returning to Europe, where she gained experience in the United Kingdom, Norway and Spain. She is the managing editor of Words in the Bucket, an online platform discussing human rights, gender, development and environment issues.

Vittoria Zanuso is the executive director of the Mayors Migration Council, a global coalition of 200+ mayors working to accelerate action on migration and displacement. Prior to the MMC, Vittoria held several positions at the Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities initiative, where she created the organization’s urban migration practice.

Vivek Ramkumar is the senior director of policy for the International Budget Partnership.

Vivianne Ihekweazu is managing director at Nigeria Health Watch. She is responsible for designing and implementing health communication and advocacy strategies and campaigns for government, not-for-profits, and development partners in Nigeria, focusing on nutrition, maternal, newborn and child health, routine immunization, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and epidemic preparedness and response. She received her master’s degree in Development Economics from the University of Sussex. She is also an African Public Health Leaders fellow.

Vladimir Cuk is the executive director of the International Disability Alliance. Cuk is responsible for coordinating the IDA secretariat and IDA advocacy toward the U.N. system. In particular, Cuk is engaged in the implementation of the 2030 agenda in line with the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Cuk is a member of the policy board of the U.N. Partnership to Promote the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, as well as the Inter Agency Support Group to the CRPD.