David Moinina Sengeh
Dr. David Moinina Sengeh serves as the Chief Minister and the Chief Innovation Officer of the Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone. As Chief Minister, his role is to serve as adviser to the President and Vice President, and to work with the other Ministries, Departments and Agencies to deliver on the Government’s agenda. […]
Dr. Madhav Chavan
Hailing from a background in chemistry, having acquired a PhD. in the US, Madhav worked in adult literacy from 1989-1994, inspired by the National Literacy Mission. In 1994, UNICEF in Mumbai charged him with creating a ‘societal mission’ to universalize primary education. As a result, he co-founded Pratham in 1994-95 in Mumbai, but is now […]
Vicky Colbert
Laureate of the first edition of the Yidan Prize for Education Development (2017) and the 2013 WISE Prize for Education, Vicky Colbert is the founder and director of Fundación Escuela Nueva. Colbert is a Sociologist from Javeriana University in Colombia and pursued her graduate studies in Sociology of Education at Stanford University in the United […]
Ann Cotton
Ann Cotton is Founder and President of Camfed, an international non-profit organisation tackling poverty and inequality in sub-Saharan Africa by supporting girls to go to school and succeed, and empowering young women to step up as leaders of change. Camfed’s goal is to replace the existing cycle of poverty and inequality with a new cycle […]
Dr. Sakena Yacoobi
Dr. Sakena Yacoobi founded AIL in 1995 in response to the lack of education and health care that the Afghan people were facing after decades of war and strife. Since its founding, AIL has impacted the lives of millions of Afghans. Under her leadership, AIL continues as an innovative organization working at the grassroots level […]
Patrick Gyimah Awuah Jr
Patrick is the Founder & President of Ashesi University, a private, not-for-profit institution in Ghana. He holds Bachelor’s degrees in Engineering and Economics from Swarthmore College; an MBA from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business; and honorary doctorates from Swarthmore College, Babson College, the University of Waterloo, and Connecticut College. Patrick has won many awards […]
Larry Rosenstock
Larry Rosenstock is the founder and CEO Emeritus of High Tech High and the HTH Graduate School of Education. Larry began his career in education teaching carpentry to inner-city high school students in Boston. He worked as a staff attorney at the Harvard Center for Law and Education. Rosenstock served as Executive Director of the […]
Wendy Kopp
Wendy Kopp is the CEO and Co-founder of Teach For All, a global network of independent organizations working to develop collective leadership to ensure all children have the opportunity to fulfill their potential. Prior to launching Teach For All in 2007, Wendy founded and led Teach For America and was the recipient of the 2021 […]
Rebecca Winthrop
Rebecca Winthrop is a senior fellow and director of the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution. Her research focuses on education globally, with special attention to the skills young people need to thrive in work, life, and as constructive citizens. Winthrop works to promote quality and relevant education, including exploring how education innovations […]
Gaurav Gupta
