Heather Simpson Chief Program Officer – Room to Read Education Working Group Co-Chair Heather Simpson is the Chief Program Officer of Room to Read, an organization that believes World Change Starts with Educated Children.® Room to Read envisions a world…
Robert Chase Practice Manager – World Bank Fragile States Working Group Co-Chair Robert S. Chase is Practice Manager for Social Protection and Jobs in the World Bank’s East Africa Region. In that role, Rob has responsibility for a portfolio that…
Kris Inman Technical Director for Strategy, Performance, and Learning at Social Impact Fragile States Working Group Co-Chair Dr. Kris L. Inman is a senior Aleader and subject matter expert in democracy, governance, conflict stabilization, and violent extremism prevention and disengagement…
Pallavi Roy Professor – SOAS, University of London Fragile States Working Group Co-Chair Pallavi Roy is a Professor in Political Economy at SOAS University of London. Her research is on the application of institutional economics and in particular the political…
Mojisola Odeku Founder/Managing Consultant – Sustainable Health Consult Ltd Health Working Group Co-Chair Dr Mojisola Odeku has been a longtime leader and champion in Nigeria’s reproductive health and health systems strengthening landscape, and a veteran public health physician with 35+…
Laura Ghiron ExpandNet Secretariat Member; President of Partners in Expanding Health Quality and Access Health Working Group Co-Chair Laura has served on ExpandNet’s Secretariat (expandnet.net) since its founding in 2003, helping shape the development of global scaling guidance, publications, and…
Richard Kohl Principle and Lead Consultant – Strategy & Scale, LLC SCoP Senior Strategic Learning and Practice Advisor | Mainstreaming Working Group Chair Dr. Richard Kohl is an independent consultant specializing in scaling up promising and proven innovations and programs…
Karla Petersen O’Farrill Director for Scaling – Innovations for Poverty Actions (IPA) Mainstreaming Working Group Co-Chair Karla Petersen O’Farrill is Innovations for Poverty Action’s (IPA) Director for Scaling. In this capacity, Karla leads the organization’s strategy to bring effective evidence-based…
Rachna Nag Chowdhuri Senior Impact Advisor M&E Working Group Co-Chair Rachna Nag Chowdhuri is the former Director of Impact at the Tony Blair Institute and Senior Vice President, Impact at the Global Innovation Fund. She led the work of GIF’s…
