Bart Édes is Professor of Practice at McGill University’s Institute for the Study of International Development and author of Learning from Tomorrow: Using Strategic Foresight to Prepare for the Next Big Disruption. He advises development organizations on communications, knowledge management, strategy development, and partnership engagement and mentors university students on employment opportunities in international development.

Bart Édes is a professor of practice at McGill University’s Institute for the Study of International Development, and distinguished fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. He regularly mentors university students and young professionals on employment opportunities in international development.

Basav Sen joined the Institute for Policy Studies as the climate justice project director in February 2017. His work focuses on climate solutions at the national, state, and local level that address racial, economic, gender, and other forms of inequality.

Basile “Laky” Pissalidis directs InterAction’s Security Unit. He previously served as the senior security advisor for the American Red Cross, and has worked for a variety of NGOs and U.N. agencies over the past 20 years serving in field missions in Bosnia, Pakistan, Indonesia and Haiti.

Basma Alawee is a member of the U.S. Refugee Advisory Board and the We Are All America national campaign director at National Partnership for New Americans. She is also an honorary delegate of the Refugee Congress.

Bea Perez is chief sustainability officer of the Coca-Cola Co. She is accountable for driving a global sustainability strategy focused on enhancing personal well-being, building strong communities and protecting the environment. Bea started at Coca-Cola as an associate brand manager in 1996 and was the North American chief marketing officer.

Beata Lisowska is a data scientist at Development Initiatives, working on the Joined-up Data Standards project. Beata’s work focuses on mapping and linking data standards. She also develops and maintains the joined-up data standards thesaurus. Beata finished her Ph.D. in metabolic modelling of microbial systems at the University of Bath in 2015. She holds an M.S. in bioinformatics from Imperial College London and a B.S. in biotechnology from Cardiff University.

Beatrice Montesi is an external relations associate at the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition. She currently oversees the implementation of the #FutureFortified campaign on social media to raise awareness for food fortification programs. Prior to joining GAIN, Beatrice worked at the U.N. World Food Program in Geneva, where she helped communicate the important humanitarian role played by the agency in emergency contexts. Beatrice is an international affairs specialist with a passion for food and nutrition security, women’s empowerment and global health.

Becky Allen is a research associate at the Council on Foreign Relations where her portfolio primarily focuses on women’s economic opportunity in emerging markets. She is a graduate of Tufts University, where she studied Middle Eastern Studies. She is conversant in French, Hebrew, and Arabic.

Becky Hatch is a senior policy adviser at Kivu International. She leads on Cancer Research UK’s tobacco control work in Sri Lanka and Nepal, and works on a range of other Kivu programs including in Egypt and Myanmar, on issues across education, health, and climate change. She spent 10 years in the U.K. Civil Service as a senior strategy adviser within the Cabinet Office and Department for Energy and Climate Change, and as head of performance at the Prime Minister’s implementation unit. She has also worked in local government, as head of policy and strategy in a London Borough. Earlier in her career, Hatch worked for Save the Children U.K. on global education, and at the think tank, the Institute for Public Policy Research.