Amrita Varadarajan

Amrita Varadarajan

Amrita Varadarajan has 15+ years of education + work experience related to the development sector – working on capacity building/ L&D, organization design & development, program design, assessment design and systems change in sectors like education, panchayati raj, election management and health. She also has worked with a range of stakeholders such as large and…

Birgit Hermann

Birgit Hermann

Birgit Hermann is a social impact professional who has navigated international landscapes, leading organizations and teams through complex challenges and transformations. She is a senior leader and former country director with over 20 years of experience spanning 20+ countries, bringing a unique blend of strategic insight, cultural fluency, and leadership acumen to every endeavor. Since…

Armando X. Orduña

Armando X. Orduña

Armando X. Orduña, Ed.D. is an educational strategist. Most recently, he led the Texas branch of the national educational nonprofit, Latinos for Education as executive director coordinating organizational fundraising and overseeing programming impacting the adults who make up the ecosystem of PK–12 education including parents, teachers, district officials, and board members. His background is anchored…

Jake Wild Crea

Jake Wild Crea

Jake Wild Crea brings conflict management practices from the peacebuilding field to improve how organizations do good in the world. He is an independent conflict resolution practitioner with local, national, and international experience. Fueled by the belief that conflict is inherent to change, Jake helps organizations and individuals lean into productive conflict and address barriers…

Tes Cohen

Tes Cohen

Tes Cohen’s life purpose is to create meaningful opportunities that foster curiosity and community in order to cultivate interconnectedness and continuous learning. She delights in doing exactly that by co-creating transformative gatherings that are infused with intentionality and lead to long-term impact with purpose-driven organizations. Her career began serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in…

Camille Lemouchoux-Heffer

Camille Lemouchoux-Heffer

Camille Lemouchoux-Heffer is a freelance professional coach, trainer and consultant and the founder of Mind Your Mind and Cofounder of the collective Perspectives Coaching. She works part-time with the Centre of Humanitarian Leadership (CHL, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia) since 2019 and is responsible for the coaching and mentoring component of the Graduate Course in Humanitarian…

Nellie Cabane

Nellie Cabane

Nellie Cabane is a Registered Facilitator with ETDP and SETA as a Constituent Assessor and SDF, Coach and Mentor, that specializes in facilitation of learning, Job coaching, assessment of learning, training and development, project management, team and business change processes, Coaching and Mentoring Entrepreneurs. Nellie has been involved in learnership programmes for over 10 years…

Lesley-Ann Welsh

Lesley-Ann Welsh

Lesley-Ann is a storyteller, educator and project manager with 15 years of experience in the sustainable development, cultural and creative sectors. Her diverse portfolio comprises multinational projects in the agriculture, climate justice, education, entertainment, and youth development sectors. Her “superpower” is breathing life into audacious ideas that drive culture and communities forward. Her media production…

Lesley Donna Williams

Lesley Donna Williams

Lesley is a practitioner of inclusive innovation. She facilitates participatory leadership dialogues and processes for collaborative action across multi-stakeholder innovation ecosystems. She has worked across diverse industries including academia, mining, banking, animation and energy. Lesley was the founding CEO of Wits University’s Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct and founded Impact Hub Johannesburg in 2010 to advance…