Speakers

Frontiers in Development

 

The Honorable Atifete Jahjaga

ATIFETE JAHJAGA
President, the Republic of Kosovo

BIO

 


The Honorable Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

ELLEN JOHNSON SIRLEAF
President, the Republic of Liberia

BIO

 


The Honorable Helen Clark

HELEN CLARK
UNDP Administrator; Former Prime Minister, New Zealand

BIO

 


The Honorable John Kufuor

JOHN KUFUOR
Former President, the Republic of Ghana; Former Chairperson of the African Union

BIO

 


The Honorable Mary Robinson

MARY ROBINSON
Founder, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative; Former President, Ireland

BIO

 


The Honorable Richard Lugar

SENATOR RICHARD G. LUGAR
U.S. Senator (IN-R) 
Opening Keynote

BIO

 


The Honorable Benjamin Cardin

BENJAMIN CARDIN
U.S. Senator (MD-D)
Keynote Address

BIO

 


ADM James G. Stavridis, USN

JAMES STAVRIDIS
NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe

BIO

 


Barbara Bush

BARBARA BUSH
CEO and Co-Founder, Global Health Corps

BIO

 


Gunilla Carlsson

GUNILLA CARLSSON
Swedish Minister of Development Cooperation

BIO

 


Lincoln Chen

LINCOLN CHEN
President, China Medical Board, USA
*Moderator

BIO

 


Sarah Cliffe

SARAH CLIFFE
Special Representative and Director, The World Bank

BIO

 


Monique Coleman

MONIQUE COLEMAN
Actress, Youth Activist

BIO

 


Paul Collier

PAUL COLLIER
Director, Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford University

BIO

 


Helen Coster

HELEN COSTER
Contributing Writer, Forbes
*Moderator

BIO

 


John J. DeGioia

JOHN J. DEGIOIA
President, Georgetown University

BIO

 


Juliet Eilperin

JULIET EILPERIN
Reporter, Washington Post
*Moderator

BIO

 


Julio Frenk

JULIO FRENK
Dean, Harvard School of Public Health

BIO

 


Calestous Juma

CALESTOUS JUMA
Professor of the Practice of International Development and Director of the Science, Technology, and Globalization Project, Harvard University

BIO

 


Ambassador Matthew Kirk

AMBASSADOR MATTHEW KIRK
Director, External Affairs, Vodafone; Former British Diplomatic Service Member

BIO

 


Jim Kolbe

JIM KOLBE
Former Arizona Congressman

BIO

 


Michael Kremer

MICHAEL KREMER
Gates Professor of Developing Societies, Department of Economics, Harvard University

 

BIO

 


Kaj Larsen

KAJ LARSEN
Special Investigations and Documentaries Unit, CNN
*Moderator

BIO

 


Nancy Lindborg

NANCY LINDBORG
Assistant Administrator, USAID

BIO

 


Bruce McNamer

BRUCE MCNAMER
President and CEO, TechnoServe

BIO

 


Mandy Moore

MANDY MOORE
Actress, philanthropist

BIO

 


Sri Mulyani

SRI MULYANI
Managing Director, the World Bank Group; Former Finance Minister of Indonesia

BIO

 


Emilia Pires

EMILIA PIRES
Minister of Finance, Timor-Leste

BIO
Frontiers in Development Essay

 


Chris Policinski

CHRIS POLICINSKI
President and CEO, Land O’Lakes

BIO

 


Rakesh Rajani

RAKESH RAJANI
Head & Founder, Twaweza

BIO

 


Judith Rodin

JUDITH RODIN
President, The Rockefeller Foundation

BIO

 


James Rogers

JAMES ROGERS
Chairman, President and CEO, Duke Energy

BIO

 


Frank Sesno

FRANK SESNO
Director, The George Washington School of Media and Public Affairs; Creator and Host, Planet Forward

BIO

 


Rajiv Shah

RAJIV SHAH
Administrator, USAID

BIO

 


Anne Shongwe

ANNE SHONGWE
Founder and CEO, Afroes Transformational Multi-Media & Consulting

BIO

 


Donald Steinberg

DONALD STEINBERG
Deputy Administrator, USAID

BIO

 


Roger Thurow

ROGER THUROW
Global Affairs Senior Fellow, The Chicago Council; Former Foreign Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal 
*Moderator

BIO

 


Christy Turlington Burns

CHRISTY TURLINGTON BURNS
Christy Turlington Burns, Founder, Every Mother Counts

BIO

 


Kay Warren

KAY WARREN
Saddleback Church

BIO

 


Paul Weisenfeld

PAUL WEISENFELD
Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Food Security, USAID

BIO

 


Sir Andrew Witty

SIR ANDREW WITTY
CEO, GlaxoSmithKline

BIO

 


Judy Woodruff

JUDY WOODRUFF
Senior Correspondent, PBS NewsHour; Council on Foreign Relations Member
*Moderator

BIO