Devex Impact connects business and development around the practical information we all need to make an impact.
Overview
Devex Impact is a global initiative launched in 2012 by Devex and USAID in partnership with top international organizations and private sector leaders.
Where business and development intersect, opportunities abound.
There's a big opportunity in the developing world: a chance to do business successfully and improve lives. Companies get it. Development organizations get it. What's needed is the practical information to make it work. Devex Impact bridges the information gap: it's an online resource where companies, donors, recipient governments, implementers, NGOs, and professionals can get connected and stay informed.
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Where business and development intersect, opportunities abound.
Devex connects and informs the $200 billion global development community. More than 500,000 aid workers and development professionals and 1,000 donors, companies, and NGOs are Devex members. Founded at Harvard Kennedy School in 2000, Devex has 100 staff in four offices around the world.
USAID is the lead U.S. Government agency that works to end extreme global poverty and enable resilient, democratic societies to realize their potential. Its Global Development Alliance (GDA) model is a market-based business approach to partnerships between the public and private sectors to address jointly defined business and development objectives. Since 2001, USAID has built more than 1,600 partnerships with diverse private sector actors – including U.S. and global corporations, local businesses based in developing countries, financial institutions, and impact investors and entrepreneurs.
The Devex Impact Strategic Advisory Council
Meet the innovators driving change and opportunity.
At the busy intersection of development and business is the Devex Impact Strategic Advisory Council, a group of high-level global development organization principals and private business leaders representing key industry sectors. Annually, they meet to share information, lead global discussion and seek socially responsible development in emerging market regions.
Raj Kumar
President and Editor-in-Chief, Devex
Raj saw the world-shaping potential of Devex while a graduate student at the Harvard Kennedy School. He's been part of nine presidential campaigns, yet nothing instills more passion in Raj than the opportunity to change the world though social enterprise and new media. Part of President Clinton's national advance team, Raj later became Principal and Political Director at Penn, Schoen & Berland, the political strategy and polling firm that worked with Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Mike Bloomberg, Tony Blair, Bill Gates, etc.
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Rob Schneider
Division Chief of Global Partnerships at USAID's U.S. Global Development Lab
Rob Schneider is the Division Chief of Global Partnerships within USAID’s U.S. Global Development Lab, a new entity within USAID that brings together a diverse set of partners to discover, test, and scale breakthrough solutions to end extreme poverty. Rob leads the Partnering to Accelerate Entrepreneurship (PACE) Initiative, which aims to catalyze private-sector investment into early-stage enterprises through identifying innovative models or approaches that help entrepreneurs bridge the pioneer gap – unlocking the potential of thousands of promising enterprises around the world.
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Christoph Benn
Director of External Relations, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Christoph Benn joined the Global Fund in 2003 and is currently the Director of External Relations. He has been responsible for building and maintaining good relations to all Global Fund partners and mobilizing resources for the Global Fund almost since its creation in 2002, through the management of replenishment conferences and spearheading innovative approaches to resource mobilization including (Product) RED and Debt2Health.
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Rebecca Bryant
Assistant Director General, Sustainable Economic Development Branch, DFAT
From 2010-12, Rebecca was AusAID's Head of Office in Beijing, with responsibility for Australia's aid programs in China, Mongolia and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. From 2008-10, she was Director Food Security and Rural Development, and from 2007-08 she was AusAID's Counsellor in Honiara, Solomon Islands. Rebecca was previously an adviser to the Victorian Premier. She has worked as a television journalist and a lawyer. Rebecca has bachelors degrees in law and international relations and a masters degree in anthropology.
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Trevor Davies
Global Head, Center of Excellence for International Development Assistance Services, KPMG
Trevor Davies has more than 23 years of experience working with Governments and development agencies. He leads KPMG's International Development Assistance Services Global Center of Excellence and works across the firm's global network of member firms. Trevor has worked closely with both the public and private sectors and has extensive experience working in developing countries, as well as being a member of KPMG's International Development Assistance Services Global Steering Committee.
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Timothy Docking
Lead, Emerging Markets Funding Group, IBM
Tim Docking is based in Washington, D.C. where he leads IBM's Emerging Markets Funding Group, a Public Sector business unit focused on the international development market in emerging economies worldwide. Before joining IBM Tim was the Executive Secretary and later, Senior Advisor to the CEO, at the Millennium Challenge Corporation (2004 – 08). Tim served as a White House Fellow, (2003 – 04) and has worked in the fields of U.S. foreign policy, international development and African affairs since 1989.
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Julie Felgar
Managing Director, Environment and Aviation Policy, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Julie Felgar is the managing director of Environment and Aviation Policy at Boeing Commercial Airlines. Prior to her current role Julie served as the Director of International Operations in Washington, DC., where she represented Boeing Company interests promoting commercial aircraft programs in the Americas and Asia. Previously, Julie was the senior manager of Government Relations and Licensing in Global Trade Controls. As such, she aided in shaping the export control regulatory environment.
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Laura Kelly
Lead, Business Engagement Hub, DFID
Laura is currently the Head of the UK Government's Department for International Development Business Engagement Hub. Her expertise is in trade and development and she has held a number of senior posts in government and non-government sectors covering a range of development issues. These include: leading the development of DFID's work on Emerging Powers; Cross-UK Government Afghanistan strategy development, and time as European Policy Director at ONE, the development advocacy and campaign organisation.
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Cate O'Kane
Director, Corporate Partnerships & Philanthropy, PSI
Cate O'Kane is the Director of Corporate Partnerships & Philanthropy at PSI, headquartered in Washington DC. At PSI she leads the development of philanthropic, CSR and shared value partnerships, integrating the worlds of both purpose and profit to deliver win-win opportunities across sectors. Using a model focused on private sector efficiencies, PSI works across 70 countries to make it easier for women and their families to access the health care and services they need.
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Donald Peele
Vice President, International Operations, Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting
Donald Peele is Vice President of International Operations for the Government business of Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting. With Thomson Reuters since 2005 and based in Washington, DC, he is responsible for the group that develops and markets land management, valuation, and tax solutions to international governments. Prior to this role, he ran the Risk & Compliance business for Thomson Reuters Latin America as well as Corporate Development for Thomson Reuters Latin America and Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting.
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Jonathan Papoulidis
Executive Advisor on Fragile States World Vision United States
Jonathan Papoulidis is World Vision’s Executive Advisor on Fragile States. In this role, he provides leadership on World Vision’s policy, programming and partnerships in fragile states, building collaborative relationships with leaders in the United States government, multilaterals, foundations, universities and corporations. Jonathan previously served with the United Nations, including as UN Special Advisor for Aceh, Indonesia. He worked for the UN Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Liberia, and was senior UNOCHA representative in Turkey.
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Caroline T. Roan
Vice President, Corporate Responsibility, Pfizer Inc
Caroline Roan is Vice President of Corporate Responsibility at Pfizer Inc, headquartered in New York. She is also President of The Pfizer Foundation. Caroline has direct oversight of Pfizer's Corporate Responsibility (CR) function, including stakeholder engagement, reporting, and the design of social investment strategies. During her tenure, Pfizer has refined its CR strategy to better support the company's evolving business priorities and communicate more effectively with investors and other stakeholders about how Pfizer integrates CR issues into its business practices.
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Jeffrey Rowland
Director, Private Sector Partnerships, GAVI
Jeffrey Rowland is Director of Private Sector Partnerships at GAVI. In this capacity, he leads corporate and foundation relationships for GAVI, a public-private partnership focused on providing life-saving vaccines to the world's poorest children. He draws on extensive experience from a career in public-private partnerships, sustainability, corporate social responsibility, communications, and new business development.
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Adrian Thomas
Vice President, Head of Market Access and Global Public Health, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
Dr. Thomas leads the Market Access, Commercial Strategy Operations and Global Public Health groups within the Global Commercial Strategy Organization that supports Janssen, the pharmaceutical companies of Johnson & Johnson. Adrian has functional responsibility for Health Economics, Pharmaceutical Global Pricing, Patient Reported Outcomes, Global Medical Affairs, Public Health & Access Policy and Strategic Analytics & Commercial Insights. He has held numerous roles including Global Head of Benefit Risk Management and Chief Safety Officer for the pharmaceutical companies of Johnson & Johnson, Global Safety Officer for Biologics and Head of Safety Surveillance & Epidemiology.
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Dr. Jane Thomason
Senior Global Advisor, International Social Policy, Abt Associates
Jane Thomason, CEO of Abt JTA and senior advisor, international social policy, Abt Associates, has extensive experience in the Asia-Pacific region, working in several countries and with the Asian Development Bank. She has led multi-country research studies, including Health Sector Reform in Asia and Private Sector Growth in the Health Sector in Asia, as well as a number of health impact assessments and PPP designs for resource-sector clients. She is frequently invited to assist global organizations to develop future strategies.
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Thomas Wise
Manager, Global Issues and Policy, Chevron
Thomas currently has responsibility for the management of the Global Issues and Policy group. In this role he manages employees in California, Washington DC, and Brussels, Belgium overseeing the management of emerging issues and external engagement with stakeholders in the policy arena. Before joining Chevron, Thomas was employed by the U.S. Department of State where he worked on international policy and development issues both in Washington, DC and via overseas assignments in the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Central America.
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