Meet the Devex Authors

Chrispin Kambili

Chrispin Kambili

Dr. Chrispin Kambili is global medical affairs leader at Janssen Global Public Health. He is an infectious disease physician with a focus on diseases of public health importance. He was born and raised in Malawi and received his medical degree from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York.
Christa Hasenkopf

Christa Hasenkopf

Christa Hasenkopf is the founder of Airglow Labs, where she works on efforts to build global support for local action to clean the air we breathe.
Christian Franz

Christian Franz

Christian Franz is managing director of the data and policy analysis firm CPC Analytics. He has worked closely on the commercial determinants of health, the role of banking for health, and on Germany’s role in global health.
Christian Meyer zu Natrup

Christian Meyer zu Natrup

Christian Meyer zu Natrup is the founder and managing director of MzN International. Christian is a governance reform and organizational change expert, specializing in digital transformation and making nonprofit organizations financially sustainable. At MzN International, he leads consulting and training work across 20 countries.
Christian Morabito

Christian Morabito

Christian Morabito is a senior expert in the field of inequality, social policies and development cooperation. He works as researcher and consultant for international organizations such as the United Nations, World Bank, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, international NGOs, and the European Commission. He holds a doctorate in Social Welfare Studies from Ghent University, Belgium.
Christian Novak

Christian Novak

Christian Novak is a professor of practice at McGill University’s Institute for the Study of International Development. He focuses on development finance, particularly on the effective use of public and private capital to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
Christian Paradis

Christian Paradis

Christian Paradis is Canada's minister of international development and la francophonie. He was first elected to the House of Commons on January 23, 2006, as the member of Parliament and has served in a number of government posts, including minister of industry and minister of state (agriculture), minister of public works and government services, and minister of natural resources. He studied law and practiced corporate law for a number of years in his hometown of Thetford Mines.
Christin Roby

Christin Roby

Christin Roby worked as the West Africa Correspondent for Devex, covering global development trends, health, technology, and policy. Before relocating to West Africa, Christin spent several years working in local newsrooms and earned her master of science in videography and global affairs reporting from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Her informed insight into the region stems from her diverse coverage of more than a dozen African nations.
Christina Bennett

Christina Bennett

Christina Bennett is Start Network’s CEO. She has over 20 years of experience in humanitarian policy and practice and has worked in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and South Sudan. Before joining Start Network, Christina was head of the humanitarian policy group at the Overseas Development Institute. She also worked as the chief of policy analysis and innovation at the UNOCHA leading work on aid effectiveness, cash assistance, and the protection of civilians.
Christina Juan

Christina Juan

Christina Juan is a researcher with the Demographic and Health Surveys Program and is based in Washington, DC, working on gender and health issues in developing countries. Current research topics include addressing barriers to family planning, the effects of interviewer characteristics regarding sensitive topics, and trends and community-level determinants of child marriage. Juan previously worked for non-governmental organizations, including the International Center for Research on Women as a gender and health specialist on adolescent mental health and reproductive health research studies, as well as International Planned Parenthood Federation as an evaluation officer to conduct learning and evaluation initiatives. Juan has an M.Sc. in Reproductive & Sexual Health Research from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Michigan.