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  • Mohamed Ali Niang
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    Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Malo Traders. Co-Founder, Tambaroua Business Farming LLC., Mali. 

    Mission

    "...to alleviate poverty, combat food insecurity, and eradicate malnutrition in Mali."

    Chief Executive Officer Malo Traders Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Chet Odendahl
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    President Emeritus, Global Greengrants Fund. Co-Founder, Grantmakers without Borders.  Member, Board of Directors, Council on Foundations.

    Mission

    "We believe that grassroots groups are a key to solving the intractable problems of poverty, powerlessness and environmental destruction. Our experience has shown that there is no better investment than supporting passionate people with great ideas."

    President Emeritus Global Greengrants Fund Boulder, Colorado
  • Wiclif Odongo
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    Founder and Country Director, Kenya, Kito International. Founder & CEO, EcoSafi Products.

    Mission

    "...t[o creat] a society in which all youth have the opportunity to live free from poverty and achieve their full potential."

    Country Director Kito International Nairobi, Kenya
  • Maria Matilde Olazábal
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    Director, Alcance, Freedom from Hunger, Mexico. Member, Board of Directors, Fundación Asumo AC.

    Mission

    "...to add value to microfinance and build the capacity of Mexican microfinance institutions to extend high quality financial and non financial services to rural populations without access to these services."

    Director Alcance, Freedom from Hunger in México Mexico City, Mexico
  • Rebecca Onie
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    Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Project HEALTH. Former Editor, Harvard Law Review. Recipient: MacArthur Fellowship; John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award; Ashoka Fellow; Jane Rainie Opel '50 Young Alumna Award; Do Something Brick Award for Community Leadership.

    Mission

    "...to break the tie between poverty and poor health."

    Chief Executive Officer Project HEALTH Boston, Massachusetts
  • Daniela Papi
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    Executive Director, PEPY. Owner/Founder, PEPY Tours, Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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    Mission

    "...to making improvements in education, the environment, and health by investing in a local team of dedicated leaders and connecting them with the tools to help deliver the changes they want to see in the world."

    Executive Director PEPY Siem Reap, Cambodia
  • Robert Pattillo
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    President,Gray Ghost/Rockdale Foundation. Founder, The Rockdale Foundation. Founder, Gray Ghost Microfinance Fund. Founder, Gray Matters Capital. Board Member, Council of Microfinance Equity Funds; ACCION Investments; MicroVest; Deustche Bank Microcredit Development Fund; Catalyst Microfinance Investors.

     

    Mission

    "To enable entrepreneurs to realize their dreams while benefiting the lives of people at the base of the economic pyramid. To deploy needed financial and human resources to high impact social ventures addressing the needs of large, underserved populations."

    President Gray Ghost/Rockdale Foundation Atlanta, Georgia
  • Shaun Paul
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    Executive Director, EcoLogic Development Fund. Recipient: Next Generation Leader Fellow, Rockefeller Foundation.

    Mission

    "... to conserve the planet's diminishing diversity of life in a way that addresses the needs of local people."

    Executive Director EcoLogic Development Fund Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Rajasekharan Pazhaniappan
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    Co-Founder, v-shesh Access Services Private Limited. Former Senior Regional Specialist, Japan Bank for International Cooperation.

    Mission

    "...connecting organisations with non-metro markets and educated first time livelihood seekers with opportunities."

    Co-Founder v-shesh Access Services Private Limited Chennai, India
  • Emily Guegbeh Peal
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    Chief Executive Officer, Foundation for Women/Liberia. Recipient: African Students Association, World Bank Scholar.

    Mission

    "...serves impoverished women locally and globally by funding and creating microcredit programs."

    Chief Executive Officer Foundation for Women/Liberia Monrovia, Liberia
  • Dave Peery
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    Executive Director, Peery Foundation.

    Mission

    "... to strengthen youth and families to build lives of dignity and self-reliance and invest in social entrepreneurs in the Bay Area and around the world. The Peery Foundation focuses its philanthropy on investing in innovative and, often, market based approaches to issues of poverty and youth empowerment."

    Executive Director Peery Foundation Palo Alto, California
  • Angie Peltzer
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    Founder and Executive Director, Global Women's Network. International Relations Officer, Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking, U.S. Department of Labor. Founder and Director, GO M.A.D. (GO MAKE A DIFFERENCE).

    Mission

    "...be a Wikipedia of women's organizations, describing women's groups and nonprofit organizations across the globe."

    Executive Director Global Women's Network Washington, DC
  • Robin Pendoley
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    Co-Founder and Curriculum Director, Thinking Beyond Borders.

    Mission

    "...[to be] a powerful educational opportunity that benefits the global society."

    Co-Founder Thinking Beyond Borders San Rafael, California
  • Rosario Perez
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    Chief Executive Officer, Pro Mujer International. Founder and President, CONARTE, Mexico. Founder, R.P. Advisors. LLC. Former Global Executive, JPMorgan Latin America Private Bank.

    Mission

    "...an international women’s development and microfinance organization whose mission is to provide Latin America’s poor women with the means to build livelihoods for themselves and futures for their families through microfinance, business training, and healthcare support."

    Chief Executive Officer Pro Mujer International New York, New York
  • Tiffany Persons
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    Executive Director, Shine on Sierra Leone. President, Tiffany Company Casting.

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    Executive Director Shine on Sierra Leone Los Angeles, California
  • Anne Petersen
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    Founding President, Global Philanthropy Alliance.  Former Associate Director, Health Program, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Former Senior Vice President, WK Kellogg Foundation.

    Mission

    "...to assist local organizations and social entrepreneurs in Africa to engage their communities to create positive and sustainable change."

    President Global Philanthropy Alliance Kalamazoo, Michigan
  • Jan Piercy
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    Executive Vice President, ShoreBank. U.S. Board Member, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Finance Corporation. Deputy Assistant, Presidential Appointments, U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton. Former Staff Director, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Founder, National Women's Education Fund and "Proyecto Amistad".

    Mission

    "...invests in people and their communities to create economic equity and a healthy environment."

    Executive Vice President ShoreBank Washington, DC
  • Kim Pityn
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    Chief Operations Officer, Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA). Former Project Director, Rural Small Business Development Program, MEDA Haiti. Former Regional Manager, Contact Human Resource Group.

    Mission

    "...that all people may experience God’s love and unleash their potential to earn a livelihood, provide for families and enrich their communities."

    Chief Operations Officer Mennonite Economic Development Associates Waterloo, Canada
  • Susan Plimpton
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    Chair, Board of Directors, Minnesota International Center. Trustee, Freedom from Hunger and Minnesota Medical Foundation. Former Chair, Board of Directors, World Learning.

    Mission

    "....to provide rich and varied opportunities for individuals from Minnesota and around the world to serve as citizen diplomats and to gain a deeper understanding of their place in the world community.'

    Chair, Board of Directors Minnesota International Center Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Elena Pons Conforto
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    Social Activist. Associate, Opportunity Collaboration. 

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    Social Activist San Francisco, California
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Chip Raymond, Partner, Hudson Heights Consulting; Former CEO, Citigroup Foundation (New York, NY)

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