Borany Penh
Borany Penh is the founder and CEO of Dev-Analytics, a research and data science firm helping international non-profits, private sector, and government clients improve their economic and social impact.
Prior to leading Dev-Analytics, Ms. Penh held several notable positions in international development. She served as a director at the National Security Council (NSC), a senior advisor at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and a team leader at an international non-profit. She has also appeared on many public panels and written on international development issues for publications such as the HuffPost. Ms. Penh has traveled and worked in countries around the world but equally enjoys spending time at home with her family.
She credits her professional achievements to an appreciation for life-long learning and champions throughout her life who have supported and mentored her. Ms. Penh has an undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and a Masters from the London School of Economics.
Lara Alsoudani Weeks
Lara is an eclectic and vibrant designer who brings intense passion to every project she pursues. Understanding the need for more purposeful and relatable design, Lara has shown a particular interest in projects aimed toward the greater good. She is the Partner & Art Director at FRINGE22, a design and creative strategy studio with the passion for social impact serving clients like ViacomCBS, We Make the Future race class narrative campaign, and The Women's Fund of Central Ohio.
Prior to committing to her entrepreneurial journey, Lara’s career ranged from Senior Web Designer at Lane Bryant to Senior Graphic Designer at PNM, a boutique agency specializing in political strategy and design. Lara takes a sincere approach when using her experience as an Arab-American to encourage the support of stronger communities by organizing fundraisers for art programs, joining the Creative Babes’ board as an advisor, the Midwest Muslim Student Association Board as the marketing head, and advocating for a more inclusive world.
Micheline Ntiru
Micheline Ntiru has over 20 years of global experience, focusing on public health, impact investing, development finance and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Africa, Europe, Latin America and the United States. She is fluent in French, Spanish, Portuguese and Swahili among other languages and has had senior leadership positions with Nokia, Care International and the International Finance Corporation.
Currently, Micheline is a Business Advisor to Stanford Seed, a high-touch accelerator for growth-stage business leaders in Africa and India. She also serves as a Director on several boards and investment committees globally, including Oxford Policy Management (OPM), a leading research and policy enterprise in the UK; e -health Africa, a public health organization as well as investment funds Kenya Climate Ventures and Samata Capital. Further, Micheline is an executive coach, working with professionals in Africa and Latin America.
Micheline holds an MBA from University of Cambridge, UK, an MSc in Nutrition and Public Health from Tufts University, US and a BS in Biology from Mount Holyoke College, US.
Micheline co founded and curates a media platform – a YouTube channel on African narratives — wethreequeensafrica.com and is passionate about African literature as well as socio cultural and economic links between Africa and North and South America.
Tamara Mihalap
Tamara Mihalap has over 30 years of experience in international training and education that includes teaching English in Thailand, Portugal and Italy, developing participative health education programs for CARE-Ecuador, implementing and supporting USAID training programs in El Salvador and India and conducting cross-cultural training in Vietnam.
She has a Bachelor’s degree in Art History from Vassar College and a Master’s in International Education and Training from American University. Having lived in eight countries throughout Europe, Asia and Latin America, Tamara is currently in Chicago with her husband and two children, where she develops and promotes study abroad programs for Accademia Italiana, an art and design university in Italy. She is actively engaged in her community as a leader in her local chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and a regular volunteer at a local food pantry.
Deanna Kerrigan
Dr. Kerrigan is Professor and Chair of the Department of Prevention and Community Health at the Milken Institute for Global Health at George Washington University. Her research focuses on understanding and addressing structural factors affecting the health of underserved populations, including the development and evaluation of community-based HIV prevention interventions among female sex workers in Latin America and Africa, funded through the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), as well as the introduction of long-acting injectable forms of HIV prevention and treatment. She is also an adjunct professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH).
Dr. Kerrigan has contributed to multiple UN initiatives such as WHO’s Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV and STI among Sex Workers and led the World Bank/UNFPA-sponsored book, The Global Epidemics of HIV among Sex Workers. Most recently, she was a professor of sociology and the director of the Center on Health, Risk, and Society at American University. She has served as the co-director of the Prevention Core of the NIH-funded Johns Hopkins Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), and now serves on the executive committee of the DC CFAR. She previously directed the USAID-funded Research to Prevention, a global HIV prevention implementation science project.
Alseta Gholston
Alseta Gholston is an education and workforce development professional whose passion is cocreating strategies that result in opportunities for marginalized communities to thrive from educational and economic development and advancement. Her experience includes the coordination and management of both domestic and international education projects, as well as workforce policy and programing. She currently works at AARP where she contributes to program management, development, and strategy for a collaborative learning initiative for industry leaders to understand the business case for age-inclusivity in DE&I policies that are supportive to older workers.
Previously, she has worked for A Wider Circle, a local community-based organization, where she coordinated direct-service job search training and assistance programs that served unemployed and underemployed job seekers with barriers to employment. Prior to that, she worked for DC’s Workforce Investment Council with the responsibility of approving, evaluating, and assessing eligibility for the District’s list of Eligible Training Providers offering federally funded occupational training for job seekers. She has also worked on school health and advocacy for K-12 education policy at ASCD and at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE), and the Academy for Educational Development (AED) in the areas of teacher training and international education.
Alseta received a master's degree in International Training and Education and bachelor's degree in Spanish and Latin American Area Studies from American University in Washington, D.C. Her professional interests are in adult education and training, the Future of Work, community development, and implementing human rights education as a tool for social transformation.
Heena Brahmbhatt
Dr. Heena Brahmbhatt has trained as a clinical infectious disease epidemiologist and was an Associate Professor with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHBSPH) for over 18 years before joining USAID-South Africa. While at JHBSPH, Heena was the co-Deputy Director for the Research to Prevention (R2P) Program, a USAID-funded task order under the Project SEARCH IQC which oversaw over 30 HIV-applied research programs in 18 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe, and she was the co-Director of the International Core of the Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) at Johns Hopkins University.
Heena has over 20+ years’ experience working on HIV/TB and malaria prevention studies in sub-Saharan Africa both as a researcher as well as an international consultant with UNAIDS/UNFPA and has been the principle investigator on several HIV and TB prevention trials in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Heena continues to be an adjunct Professor at JHBSP where she teaches an online course to graduate students on HIV prevention in children, adolescents and women. Heena has authored over 70 peer reviewed scientific publications, 6 reports (UNAIDS/UNFPA), 2 book chapters and has presented over 120 abstracts to scientific meetings.
Tracey Barbour-Gillett
Tracey Barbour-Gillett is a Baltimore-based philanthropy professional, strategic grantmaker, and nonprofit sector champion. Driven by the belief that the people living in communities have the best solutions to the challenges they face, she supports the sustainability of nonprofit organizations and their implementation of community change initiatives.
As a program officer for community development at the Abell Foundation. She manages a grants portfolio focused on increasing investment in Baltimore city’s communities, businesses and individuals. Her goals include advancing equitable resource allocation and investment in support of critical organizations serving Baltimore communities. Her subject area focus includes: neighborhood stabilization and revitalization, social entrepreneurship, economic mobility and financial asset development.
Tracey is a two time Maryland Daily Record Top 100 Women winner in recognition of her professional accomplishments, community leadership and mentoring. She has served in leadership positions on various boards and advisory committees and is the immediate past board chair of the Maryland Philanthropy Network and is the Board Secretary for Baltimore Corps. Tracey holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from American University and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Baltimore.
Sabine Champagne
Sabine Champagne is a hands-on professional with experience in human resources, strategic communications, and educational management. She is a results-oriented cultural leader and coach committed to excellence in strategic planning, program design and execution, and relationship management.
She is passionate about using her skills to help individuals achieve academic, economic, social, and personal development and helping organizations exceed their strategic benchmarks and achieve their mission. Recognized for her versatility, Sabine has demonstrated experience in recruitment and selection, strategic advising, consulting and coaching, program design and execution, marketing communications, process improvement, change management, team building, staff development, relationship management, and community/customer relations.
Sabine holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and a Master’s degree in Integrated Marketing Communications from Northwestern University and a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership from Northeastern Illinois University.