Meet the Devex Authors

W. Gyude  Moore

W. Gyude Moore

W. Gyude Moore is a senior policy fellow at the Center for Global Development. He previously served as Liberia’s minister of public works, deputy chief of staff to former President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, and head of the president’s delivery unit. Moore researches governance, infrastructure financing, and Africa’s response to the changing landscape of external actors.
Wiebke Koenig

Wiebke Koenig

Dr. Wiebke Koenig has been head of the Global Leadership Academy since 2013. Previously she served as head of GIZ’s corporate communications office in Berlin, held responsibility for the liaison office to the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research, and acted as senior advisor for East Asia. Before joining GIZ, she was a lecturer in sociology, focusing on transformation processes in East and Central Asia, economical ethics, comparative sociology, and world system theory. She holds a master’s of science in political science and east asian studies and a Ph.D. in sociology.
Wilfried Coly

Wilfried Coly

Wilfried Coly is regional data analyst at the International Organization for Migration’s regional office for West and Central Africa. He provides support to IOM’s Missing Migrants Project by compiling data on the deaths and disappearances of migrants in West and Central Africa through primary sources such as media reports, IOM country office, search and rescue operations data, migrant testimonies, civil society reports, and partner agencies among others.
Will Martin

Will Martin

Will Martin is a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute and current president of the International Association of Agricultural Economists.
Will Surman

Will Surman

Will Surman is director of communications for crop protection at CropLife International. He is the global voice for the plant science industry and has worked in communications focused on sustainable agriculture for more 10 years.
Will Todman

Will Todman

Will Todman is deputy director and a senior fellow in the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is the author of the recent report, “Powering Recovery: Reform, Reconstruction, and Renewables in Conflict-Affected States in the Arab World.”
Will Brett Harding

Will Brett Harding

Will Brett Harding is a research assistant for policy at Children in All Policies 2030. He works on policy engagement, and on analyzing and collating research evidence around multisectoral action, climate change, commercial marketing, and children’s participation.
William Garvelink

William Garvelink

Ambassador William J. Garvelink is the senior advisor for global strategy at the International Medical Corps. He has 33 years of experience with the United States Agency for International Development and the Department of State. Garvelink led President Obama’s $3.5 billion "Feed the Future" global food security initiative and established and served as the first head of USAID's Bureau for Food Security. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo from 2007-2010.
William Gerry

William Gerry

William Gerry joined the Open Data Institute in August 2014, and works within the international services team — he manages the team’s projects, conducts research and provides general support. Will graduated with a degree in history from Oxford Brookes University in 2013, and then completed an M.St. in modern British and European history from St. Antony’s College, Oxford.
William Moore

William Moore

William Moore is CEO of the Eleanor Crook Foundation. Since 2015, he has led the organization in developing an ambitious strategy and investment plan, building partnerships across the global health and development community, and serving as a spokesperson for the issue of malnutrition. He was formerly chief storyteller at the United Nations Millennium Campaign, where he helped coordinate U.N. country office engagement plans for the Sustainable Development Goals.