Meet the Devex Authors

Brian Arbogast

Brian Arbogast

Brian Arbogast leads the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's effort to bring groundbreaking innovations in sanitation technology. Arbogast was previously a corporate vice president at Microsoft Corporation, leading an international portfolio of research and development projects. More recently, he concentrated in cleantech and international development, driving market solutions to address some of the world’s most pressing challenges.
Brian Atwood

Brian Atwood

J. Brian Atwood was unanimously elected Chair of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee in January 2011. From 1993 to 1999 during the administration of President William Clinton, Mr Atwood served as Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Prior to this, he led the Transition Team at the State Department and was Under Secretary of State for Management. During the administration of President Jimmy Carter, he served as Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations. In 1981‐82, he was Dean of Professional Studies and Academic Affairs at the Foreign Service Institute. From 2002 until 2010, Mr Atwood was Dean of the Hubert Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Other prior positions include President and Chief Executive Officer of Citizens International (1999-2002) and founding President of the National Democratic Institute of International Affairs (1985-1993). In 2001, he served on United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Panel on Peace Operations. Mr Atwood joined the Foreign Service in 1966 and served in the American Embassies in Cote d'Ivoire and Spain. He served as legislative advisor for foreign and defense policy to Senator Thomas F. Eagleton (D'Mo) from 1972 to 1977. Atwood received the United States Secretary of State's Distinguished Service Award in 1999 and the President’s Award for Outstanding Service from the University of Minnesota in 2011. Mr Atwood has served as Chairman of the Devex Board of Advisors since the organization was founded in 2000.
Brian Dixon

Brian Dixon

Brian Dixon is senior vice president of Population Connection Action Fund, and advises the #Fight4HER campaign, a grassroots effort to defend reproductive rights around the world.
Brian Dowd-Uribe

Brian Dowd-Uribe

Brian Dowd-Uribe is associate professor and chair of the international studies department at the University of San Francisco. His research focuses on understanding how changes in food and agricultural systems affect producers, consumers, and communities, primarily in West Africa and Central America.
Brian Kenety

Brian Kenety

Brian McLaren

Brian McLaren

Brian D. McLaren is an author, speaker, activist, public theologian and a leader among innovative Christian leaders. His dozen-plus books include "A New Kind of Christianity," "A Generous Orthodoxy," "Naked Spirituality" and "Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha and Mohammed Cross the Road?" He is on the board of Convergence. He and his wife, Grace, live in Florida and have four adult children and four grandchildren. He's an avid wildlife and outdoors enthusiast who believes God's first language is this amazing universe.
Brian McWalters

Brian McWalters

Brian McWalters is a policy fellow at Accountability Counsel. He attends Georgetown Law and will earn his J.D. in May 2018. Brian previously served at the Environmental Protection Bureau of the New York Attorney General’s Office.
Brian Rettmann

Brian Rettmann

Brian Rettmann is a global health and HIV/AIDS expert with more than 20 years of experience. He is currently the HIV technical director in Chemonics’ global health division. Previously, Rettmann served as country coordinator for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief at the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania, where he oversaw the implementation of the $512 million (annual) interagency program. He also served as a country support team lead for the western hemisphere at the U.S. Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator, and as a prevention technical advisor. Rettmann holds an MPH from the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University.
Brian Shea

Brian Shea

Brian Shea is an expert in conflict resolution, institutional capacity building, and human resources management. He has extensive experience directing policy initiatives in countries such as Somalia, Kenya, Afghanistan, Cyprus, the Palestinian Territories, Israel, Northern Ireland, South Africa, Jamaica, and the United States. He holds a B.B.A in marketing and economics from Radford University and is completing a M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
Brian Webster

Brian Webster

Brian Webster is a research assistant with the Center for Global Development. He supports the work of Nancy Birdsall, senior fellow emeritus Alan Gelb, and various other experts. He previously worked as a research assistant with Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies where he earned a Master of Arts in International Relations.