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Social Good Summit 2. Kathy Calvin. President & CEOUN Foundation. Kathy Calvin is President and CEO of the United Nations Foundation. She is a passionate advocate for multi- sector problem- solving, U.
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S. leadership on global issues, and the inclusion of women at all levels and in all sectors. The UN Foundation, created in 1. Ted Turner’s historic $1 billion gift to support UN causes, advocates for the UN and connects people, ideas and resources to help the UN solve global problems. Kathy’s career has spanned the public, private and nonprofit sectors. Before joining the UN Foundation as Chief Operating Officer in 2. President of the AOL Time Warner Foundation. She previously served in senior positions at AOL, Hill and Knowlton, and U.
S. News & World Report. From 1. 97. 6 through 1. Senator Gary Hart’s press secretary. Kathy was named one of Newsweek’s “1.
Women Who Rock the World” in 2. Fast Company’s “League of Extraordinary Women” in 2. Her innovative work in the philanthropy and international development sectors has been featured in the New York Times and the Washington Post, and she has received numerous other awards for philanthropy and leadership. She is a graduate of Purdue University. Pete Cashmore. Founder & CEOMashable. Pete Cashmore is the founder and CEO of Mashable, the leading source of news, information & resources for the Connected Generation.
Pete founded Mashable in 2. Aberdeenshire, Scotland when he was 1. His passion for sharing how web tools and social networks were transforming human interactions and reshaping cultures drove him to create Mashable. Always an entrepreneur, Pete has continued to push Mashable to evolve from a tech blog to a global media company built around technology. He leads Mashable’s strategy and his innate sense of the web and its community, are core to the company’s operations and future growth. He has been described as the “Sage of Media” and considered one of the most influential voices of his generation- -on and offline. Pete was named one of Time Magazine’s 1.
Most Influential People in 2. He has been featured on Forbes 3. Ad Age’s 2. 01. 1 influencers, and was named a Young Global Leader by The World Economic Forum. Achim Steiner. Administrator.
UNDPOver nearly three decades, Achim Steiner has been a global leader on sustainable development, climate resilience and international cooperation. He has worked tirelessly to champion sustainability, economic growth and equality for the vulnerable, and has been a vocal advocate for the Sustainable Development Goals.
Achim Steiner has served across the United Nations system, looking at global challenges from both a humanitarian and a development perspective. Prior to joining the United Nations Development Programme, he led the United Nations Environment Programme (2.
He was also Director- General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi. Achim Steiner previously held other notable positions including Director General of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, and Secretary General of the World Commission on Dams. Achim Steiner has lived and worked in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Latin America and the United States. He graduated in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (MA) from Worcester College, Oxford University and holds an MA from the University of London/School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). Achim Steiner was born in Brazil and holds Brazilian and German nationality. He is currently Director of the Oxford Martin School and Professorial Fellow of Balliol College, University of Oxford.
Henry Timms. Executive Director. YAs Executive Director of 9. Street Y, Henry creates programs and movements that foster learning, civic responsibility, culture and innovation, both in New York City and around the world. He is the founder of #Giving.
Tuesday, a global philanthropic movement that was awarded a Cannes Lion at the International Festival of Creativity; a PRWeek Global Award for Nonprofit Campaign of the Year; and the inaugural UJA- Federation Riklis Prize in Agency Entrepreneurship. Henry’s work has been profiled in publications like the Harvard Business Review, and his most recent thinking with Jeremy Heimans on “new power” was featured as the Big Idea in HBR and by CNN as one of the ten top ideas to change the world in 2. Henry is a Practitioner- in- Residence at the Stanford University Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, a faculty member of the Gov.
Lab Academy and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Network of Global Agenda Councils. Henry was named the Non. Profit Times Influencer of the Year in 2.
Crain’s New York Business 4. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Director- General. World Health Organization. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was elected as WHO Director- General for a five- year term by WHO Member States at the Seventieth World Health Assembly in May 2.
He is the first WHO Director- General to have been elected from multiple candidates by the World Health Assembly, and is the first person from the WHO African Region to serve as WHO’s chief technical and administrative officer. Immediately after taking office on 1 July 2. Dr Tedros outlined five key priorities for the Organization: universal health coverage; health emergencies; women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health; health impacts of climate and environmental change; and a transformed WHO. Prior to his election as WHO Director- General, Dr Tedros served as Ethiopia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2. In this role he led efforts to negotiate the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, in which 1.
Sustainable Development Goals. Dr Tedros served as Ethiopia’s Minister of Health from 2. All roads lead to universal health coverage for Dr Tedros, and he has demonstrated what it takes to expand access to health care with limited resources. The transformation he led as Ethiopia’s Minister of Health improved access to health care for millions of people. Under his leadership Ethiopia invested in critical health infrastructure, expanded its health workforce, and developed innovative health financing mechanisms. Beyond Ethiopia, Dr Tedros’ global leadership on malaria, HIV/AIDS, and maternal and child health has been immensely impactful. He was elected as Chair of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Board in 2.
Chair of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership Board, and Co- chair of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Board. Born in the city of Asmara, Eritrea, Dr Tedros holds a Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph. D) in Community Health from the University of Nottingham and a Master of Science (MSc) in Immunology of Infectious Diseases from the University of London. Dr Tedros is globally recognised as a health scholar, researcher, and diplomat with first- hand experience in research, operations, and leadership in emergency responses to epidemics. Throughout his career Dr Tedros has published numerous articles in prominent scientific journals, and received awards and recognition from across the globe. He received the Decoration of the Order of Serbian Flag in 2. Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Humanitarian. Award in recognition of his contributions to the field of public health in 2.
Muzoon Al- Mellehan. Student, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Muzoon Almellehan, 1. Syrian refugee and education activist. Muzoon has been campaigning for children’s education in emergencies since she was forced to flee Syria in 2. Muzoon started her campaign in Jordan, where she was living as a refugee in camps for three years, including 1.
Za’atari. As part of a UNICEF- supported back- to- school campaign, she first advocated for more girls to go to school in August 2. Over the next two and a half years she became synonymous with standing up for the rights of children, particularly girls, to stay in or go back to school. Watch King Instanmovie there. She accompanied Malala on two visits to the camp. Muzoon is currently studying A- levels in Newcastle, United Kingdom, where she has been resettled with her family.