The Impact Jackpot: Service Delivery Innovation For The Very Poor
Speakers
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First Lady, Republic of Zambia
The First Lady of Zambia is a Obstetrician and Gynecologist who has passionately, wholeheartedly and selflessly offered her professional services in the public health sector of the Republic of Zambia for close to 30 years. Her vast experience in maternal and new born health spans many years during which she has coordinated and led various national programs in safe motherhood, family planning, comprehensive abortion care, emergency obstetrics and newborn care, as well as maternal death reviews and other programs related to maternal health. In her passion to improve the well being of women and children, Dr Kaseba as First Lady, has used her role to champion the fight against HIV/AIDS, Cancer, Gender Based Violence, Girl education and other injustices affecting women and children. She is the current Vice-President of the Organization of African First Ladies against HIV and AIDS (OAFLA) Southern-Region and is also the WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Gender Based Violence.
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CEO, Mercy Corps
Neal Keny-Guyer is a social entrepreneur driven by the belief that a better future is possible.
Since 1994, Neal has served as Chief Executive Officer of the global humanitarian organization Mercy Corps. Under his leadership, Mercy Corps has grown into one of the most respected international relief and development agencies in the world, with ongoing operations in more than 40 countries, a staff of 5,000, and global revenue of over $450 million. Fast Company ranked Mercy Corps one of the most innovative social-change organizations in the world and New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof calls Mercy Corps “a first-rate aid group.”
A native of Tennessee, Neal started his career working with at-risk youth in Washington, D.C. and Atlanta. After attending business school, he moved to Thailand to aid Cambodian refugees with CARE and UNICEF.
In 1982, Neal began his tenure with Save the Children, rising to become Director of Middle East, North Africa, and Europe. He designed and implemented high-impact relief and development programs in some of the most war-torn and politically sensitive regions in the world.
Neal holds a B.A. in Public Policy and Religion from Duke University, a master’s degree in Public and Private Management (M.P.P.M.) from Yale University, and an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Portland State University.
A former trustee of the Yale Corporation, Neal remains very involved with the University, serving on the Yale President’s Council on International Affairs and the Board of Advisers of the Yale School of Management (SOM). Neal is as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on the Humanitarian System.
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Unknown, Individual
Steve Davis is Senior Strategic Advisor and Interim Director, China Country Office, for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and is a lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He also serves as co-chair of the World Health Organization’s Digital Health Technical Advisory Group, is a Distinguished Fellow for the World Economic Forum, and is a member of numerous boards and advisory committees. He is the former President & CEO of PATH, a leading global health innovation organization; former Director of Social Innovation at McKinsey & Company, a global consultancy; and former CEO of Corbis, a digital media pioneer. With degrees from Princeton University, University of Washington and Columbia Law School, he speaks and writes regularly about the intersection of innovation, technology and social impact. He is the author of Undercurrents: Channeling Outrage to Spark Practical Activism (Wiley 2020). He lives with his family in Seattle, Washington.
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COO & Head of Portfolio, Mulago Foundation
Kristin leads Mulago's grant and investment portfolio and oversees operations. She joined Mulago in 2013 to grow and support an exemplary portfolio of social investments – grants, debt and equity – in high-impact organizations with a scalable solution to meet the basic needs of the poor.
Her background spans the private, public and nonprofit sectors, including stints in investment banking, the US Peace Corps, the US National Park Service, and organizations focused on early childhood development and immigrant job placement. Kristin has brought these varied experiences to philanthropy since 2008.
Prior to Mulago, she was a Principal at the Skoll Foundation, where she worked with social entrepreneurs, and Program Finance Officer at the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation, where she focused on environmental conservation.
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Andrew Youn co-founded One Acre Fund in 2006. Most of the world’s people living on $1-a-day are farmers, and One Acre Fund helps make them more productive. One Acre Fund provides finance, farm input delivery, and training to smallholder farmers in East Africa. One Acre Fund has 8,000 full-time staff who serve 1,500,000 families per year, plus 2,500,000+ more families through partnerships. Andrew graduated from Yale, is a former management consultant at Oliver Wyman, and received his MBA from Kellogg School of Management.
