Meet the Devex Authors

Cheryl Freeman

Cheryl Freeman

Cheryl Freeman is senior director for advocacy and justice for children at World Vision International. During the post-2015 process, she has been focusing on the role of multistakeholder partnerships and is the co-author of three papers on their potential contribution to sustainable development.
Chhandasi Pandya

Chhandasi Pandya

Chhavi Sharma

Chhavi Sharma

Chhavi Sharma is international program manager at Ashden, a charity that rewards, supports and promotes sustainable energy leaders in the U.K. and developing and emerging economies. Since the Ashden Awards were founded in 2001, Ashden has rewarded more than 190 enterprises in the U.K. and around the world which so far have collectively improved the lives of 47 million people, saving more than 9 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions every year.
Chiamaka P. Ojiako

Chiamaka P. Ojiako

Chiamaka P. Ojiako is a lawyer and health policy professional with diverse work experience in the public, nonprofit and international development sectors. She has a Master of Public Administration in Health Policy and Management from New York University. Her work is at the intersection of law, research, policy analysis and advocacy, with a focus on addressing health system governance gaps and fostering health equity. She is the host of the weekly global health law and policy platform, Global Health Club on Clubhouse.
Chiara Mariotti

Chiara Mariotti

Chiara Mariotti is a development economist with more than 15 years of experience in research, advocacy, and public campaigning in international development. She leads on debt and development finance at the Open Society Foundations. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the School of Oriental and African Studies.
Chiara Ma. Francesca de Castro

Chiara Ma. Francesca de Castro

Chibuzo Opara

Chibuzo Opara

Dr. Chibuzo Opara is a co-founder and the CEO at DrugStoc, a cloud-based platform for the distribution of verified, quality pharmaceuticals in sub-Saharan Africa. He previously worked with the World Health Organization, the World Bank, Nigeria’s sovereign wealth fund, the European Agency for Health and Consumers, and the International Finance Corporation in the fields of health care financing and supply chain management.
Chiden Balmes

Chiden Balmes

Chiden, a correspondent based in Seoul, focuses on computer-assisted reporting to provide international development professionals with practical business and career information. He also contributes to the Development Newswire and the Global Development Briefing, two of the world's highest-circulation development publications.
Chido Mpemba

Chido Mpemba

Chido Mpemba is the African Union’s youth envoy.
Chifuniro Chiyendausiku

Chifuniro Chiyendausiku

Chifuniro Chiyendausiku is a disease control surveillance assistant at Wandikweza Health Centre in Madisi, Dowa District, Malawi. Born on July 28, 1999, in Malawi, Chifuniro initially trained as a primary school teacher but was drawn to health care due to her passion for the field. She has since pursued a career in the health sector and currently works at Wandikweza Health Centre, where she is dedicated to providing quality health care to her community.