Claire Meeghan is a press officer for Christian Aid. She joined the organization in 2010 after having worked as a PR professional in the private and financial sectors for 10 years. Meeghan currently focuses on issues related to food security, resilience, local enterprise in Africa and Latin America.

Claire Melamed is the CEO of the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data. She was previously managing director of the Overseas Development Institute, and has worked in the Office of the United Nations Secretary-General and for a number of NGOs. Claire is an affiliated researcher at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at the University of Cambridge and serves on the boards of Full Fact and Our World in Data. She is also the vice-chair of the U.N.’s Multi-Stakeholder Working Group on Data Governance at All Levels.

Claire has over 15 years of international development experience, which has focused on providing vital strategic and operational support to sexual and reproductive health programs in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Claire Peracchio worked on Devex's digital strategy. She joined us from Atlantic Media, where she contributed to the marketing team within the company's in-house digital consultancy, as well as its business development and corporate strategy divisions. A graduate of Brown University, Claire also had a tenure as editor-in-chief and president of the Brown Daily Herald.

Claire Sibthorpe is head of digital inclusion in the Mobile for Development team at the GSMA. She leads the Connected Women and Connected Society programs focused on accelerating digital inclusion for the underserved in low- and middle-income countries. Claire has been working for over 25 years with public, private, and international development organizations on social policy and service delivery with a focus on information and communications technology policy and practice. She has developed, managed, and implemented programs in Africa, Asia, and the United Kingdom.

Dr. Claire Somerville is currently the executive director of the Gender Centre at the Graduate of Institute of International and Development Studies, an APSIA member since 2001. An applied medical anthropologist by training, she continues to pursue research in global health, systems innovation and technology; teach various courses and supervise students in the Development & International Studies M.A. programs including applied research and qualitative methods, and also delivers modules in executive education courses.

Claire has been collaborating on agricultural initiatives with local and international partners to improve food security for farmers and farm families in developing countries for three decades. A creative strategist, she provides leadership to Fintrac's organizational development, advises staff and clients on best practices to achieve sustainable impact, and advocates for increasing women's participation in the agribusiness sector worldwide.

Claire Whitney is a licensed clinical social worker and humanitarian worker specialized in the assessment of and response to the mental health and psychosocial impacts of war, conflict, human rights abuses, forced displacement, and the refugee experience in challenging humanitarian contexts. She most recently has been working on the humanitarian response in Greece for refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants with International Medical Corps.

Claire Wingfield is a senior policy officer with the advocacy and public policy program at PATH.

Clare Battle is a policy analyst at WaterAid, an international charity that transforms lives by improving access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation. Based in London, Battle leads WaterAid’s efforts to improve aid effectiveness and strengthen country processes in the WASH sector.