Meet the Devex Authors

Cindy Hoots

Cindy Hoots

Cindy Hoots joined AstraZeneca in January 2020 as the chief digital officer and CIO, championing the role that technology plays in reimagining health care. Cindy has held a number of IT and business leadership roles in some of the world’s largest, most recognizable companies across health care, consumer goods and high-tech manufacturing industries. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from DeVry Institute of Technology.
Cindy Huang

Cindy Huang

Cindy Huang is a senior policy fellow at the Center for Global Development, where she works on issues related to refugees, U.S. development policy and fragile and conflict-affected states. Previously, Cindy served in the Obama administration as the director of policy of the State Department’s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations and was deputy vice president at the Millennium Challenge Corporation. Cindy is also the author of a recent report, "Refugee Compacts: Addressing the Crisis of Protracted Displacement."
Cindy Shiner

Cindy Shiner

Cindy Shiner is a senior communications specialist at USAID’s Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management project. She has written about global health for seven years, focusing on supply chain issues, family planning, health systems strengthening, and other topics. She previously reported from sub-Saharan Africa for six years, covering conflict, politics, and humanitarian issues for The Guardian, The Washington Post, and NPR.
Claire Chaumont

Claire Chaumont

Claire Chaumont is a Harvard University instructor in public health and health policy and is director of program evidence, measurement, and evaluation at The END Fund, a global health philanthropic initiative.
Claire Godfrey

Claire Godfrey

Claire Godfrey has over 20 years’ experience in a variety of roles campaigning on global poverty and social justice issues. She is currently Bond’s interim director of policy, advocacy, and research. Prior to this role, she held various senior policy and advocacy roles with Oxfam International and Oxfam GB. She also has extensive experience working on EU policy in the areas of trade, aid, tax, and agriculture.
Claire Green

Claire Green

Claire Green is an LGBTIQ activist pursuing their master of arts in International Peace and Conflict Resolution at the American University. As the former program assistant and current communications manager for nonprofit organization Think Peace Learning & Support Hub, they support inclusive reconciliation and healing processes and promote diverse and inclusive values in the international community.
Claire Hitchcock

Claire Hitchcock

Claire Hitchcock is director for community partnerships in GSK’s global health programmes team. Claire is responsible for a wide range of initiatives, including GSK’s 20% reinvestment programme, PHASE and our global humanitarian response and product donations programme.
Claire Leigh

Claire Leigh

Claire Leigh is director of international development at Save the Children UK. In this capacity, she leads Save the Children UK’s policy, advocacy, and campaigns work for children living in developing countries. Claire has previously worked for UNDP and UNICEF in New York, the Overseas Development Institute in London, and as an advisor to the presidents of Rwanda and Liberia.
Claire Luke

Claire Luke

Claire is a journalist passionate about all things development, with a particular interest in labor, having worked previously for the Indonesia-based International Labor Organization. She has experience reporting in Cambodia, Nicaragua and Burma, and is happy to be immersed in the action of D.C. Claire is a master's candidate in development economics at the George Washington Elliott School of International Affairs and received her bachelor's degree in political philosophy from the College of the Holy Cross.
Claire Mc Govern

Claire Mc Govern

Claire Mc Govern is the Lead for Devex's funding platform analysis based in Barcelona. She has previously worked in public relations in Dublin and research on migration for the United Nations University Institute on Globalization, Culture and Mobility in Barcelona. She holds a masters in International Relations from the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals, and a bachelor of arts in Multimedia from Cork Institute of Technology.