Governor Howard Dean, former DNC chairman, presidential candidate, six term governor and physician, currently works as an independent consultant focusing on health care, early childhood development, alternative energy and the expansion of grassroots politics around the world. Gov. Dean also serves as chairman of the board of the Progressive Book Club, is a CNBC contributor and is the founder of Democracy for America.
Maureen White is a Visiting Scholar at The School of Advance International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C. She was Senior Humanitarian Advisor to the Department of State’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan from 2009-2013. Previously, Mrs. White was the United States government representative to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) from 1997 until 2001. She served as national finance co-chair of the Hillary Clinton for President Campaign and, from 2001 to 2006, was finance chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
Brad Karp has served as the chair of Paul Weiss since 2008. He is one of the country’s leading litigators and corporate advisors. Brad has extensive experience successfully defending financial institutions and other companies in “bet the company” litigations and regulatory matters.
Scott Guggenheim is the senior social policy advisor for the AusAID-Indonesia Partnership Program and former lead social scientist for East Asia and Pacific at the World Bank. His main focus during the past twenty-five years has been the use of social policy and analysis to help development agencies improve the quality of their operations. Scott was instrumental in the shift to better integration of social development in the World Bank structure and the architect of many large-scale community development programs. Of note, these include the Kecamatan Development Program, a $1.3 billion community development program covering 34,000 villages across Indonesia; the National Emergency Solidarity and Employment project in Afghanistan, which was the first community development and emergency public works program after the bombing; and the Empowerment of Female-Headed Household (PEKKA) program which supports advocacy and microfinance for poor widows in conflict areas across Indonesia. Scott has a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from Johns Hopkins University. He lives in Jakarta, Indonesia and doesn't sleep much.
Funke Shonekan is the Executive Director for The Chris Ogunbanjo Foundation. An NGO set up with two centres 1) The centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution and 2) The centre for the promotion of Industrial Society and Private Enterprise under which Funke is the founder of Young Adult Professionals and Entrepreneurs (YAP&E), a Professional Networking Platform that is focused on linking upwardly mobile professionals and entrepreneurs from all industries through Social Networking, Exhibitions, Workshops and Seminars (N.E.W.S). Funke Shonekan is currently the Nigeria Outreach co-ambassador and Africa Regional Director for NEXUS. NEXUS is a global community of young social entrepreneurs, impact investors, philanthropists, and activists who have come together to use their knowledge, passion, resources and connections for the greater good of their societies. Through her personal development and wealth of experiences, Funke’s passion for People, Service, and Social Enterprise, has developed her proactive approach as she has been able to lead by example and has been able to build a character of influence in the Hospitality Industry in Nigeria, and the Global World.
Jim Kreissman is a senior west coast litigator and head of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP’s Asia Litigation Practice, focusing on government and internal investigations, M&A litigation, securities litigation, and antitrust litigation. Jim has also represented numerous special litigation committees and audit committees. He is a frequent lecturer and was named one of the best antitrust lawyers in the Bay Area by Bay Area Lawyer Magazine. Jim is on the Well Spring of Charity:Water.
Allison Devore is a seasoned social enterprise leader with extensive experience in international business, economic development and corporate social responsibility. She’s dedicated her career to creating sustainable opportunities for underserved populations, and a positive future for workers and their families. Most recently, Allison was Executive Director of StreetWise Partners. Prior to this, she managed business development for Verite, a recipient of a 2007 Skoll award, that helps corporations find innovative solutions to workplace problems in over 70 countries. She also held senior management roles at the Center for Women & Enterprise, MusicMatters, and CitySoft Inc., a recipient of MIT’s Socially Responsible Business award. Devore began her career as a consultant for Accenture and KPMG’s communications and technology strategy practice. She monitored the 1999 elections in South Africa and was a fellow in McKinsey & Co’s nonprofit initiative. She has been an advisor to Investing in Media that Matters – at Sundance, America Forward, and the U.S. State Department’s President’s Interagency Council on Women, Opportunity Nation among others. She received her B.A. in Economics from U.C. Irvine and Master’s in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
Nadim is President and founding board member of the Rapid Results Institute. He has led teams that introduced the Institute's 100-Day Challenge work in Nicaragua, Eritrea, Kenya, Madagascar, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Sudan, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, and Nigeria.
More recently, Nadim's work has focused on veteran, chronic and youth homelessness in the US, and on the integration of social and health care in the UK - using 100-Day Challenges to nudge community stakeholders towards new levels of collaboration, innovation, and execution. Nadim also worked at the U.S. Agency for International Development in Beirut, where he oversaw the implementation of USAID’s relief and rehabilitation program during the Lebanese civil war. He also designed and managed Save the Children Federation’s food assistance program in Lebanon. The program provided essential foods to 100,000 families internally displaced during the country’s civil war.
James Meeks is the Chief Operating Officer of MOVE Systems, an innovative clean energy company bringing smart solutions to New York City. He is also the cofounder of the international nonprofit 2Seeds Network which deploys college graduates to lead economic development projects with subsistence farmers in East Africa. James has experience in both operations and finance, both as former Senior Vice President for Operations and Business Development at Swissport Americas, a 10,000-person division of an aviation services company, as well as having served as an advisor at Aspiration Growth Capital, which is committed to bringing elite investments to everyday investors. James graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with a degree in philosophy and economic development in Latin America. He served two tours in Iraq as an armor officer with the U.S. Army, receiving a Purple Heart and Bronze Star. He has worked in Europe, South America, the Middle East, and Africa.
Dennis is director and co-founder of Feedback Labs, which is supported by a number of the world's leading foundations. He is also co-founder of GlobalGiving, where he was CEO from 2000 to 2010. From 2013 to 2015, Dennis was Executive Chairman of Ashoka Changemakers. He also recently completed terms as Professor of the Practice and Social Entrepreneur in Residence in the Economics Department at UNC-Chapel Hill, Visiting Fellow at the Center for Global Development, and Visiting Lecturer at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University. Earlier in his career, he spent fifteen years as an economist working in developing countries at international organizations and multilateral aid agencies. In the late 1990s, he was Senior Partner and Principal Economist of the World Bank's Strategy and Innovation Group, where his team created the Innovation Marketplace and Development Marketplace. He also worked for the World Bank in Africa, Indonesia, and Russia, where he managed a wide range of agriculture, housing, energy efficiency, and structural reform projects.
Sandra is the former Deputy Head of Mission of the Office of the Quartet based in Jerusalem. Its mandate is to help mediate Middle East peace negotiations and to support Palestinian economic development and institution-building in preparation for eventual statehood. Sandra has over 30 years of experience in the private sector: working in senior financial management positions for large, complex, multinational corporations; as an investment banker providing capital markets advice to both corporate and sovereign entities; and most recently as a partner in a private equity firm leading and managing fund investments. In addition, she serves as a director of two public companies, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. and Automatic Data Processing, Inc. She is also a Trustee of The John Simon Guggenheim Foundations, and a director of Seeds of Peace and The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. She received an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California and a B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles.