Louise A. Traore Guindo
As a certified professional coach, trainer, and HR consultant, Louise A. Traore Guindo has 24 years of experience working for multinationals. Thanks to her varied background, she is able to help managers get to know their teams better, ensuring that everyone is focused on excellence. This helps align the company, drive sales growth, and encourage employee retention.
Hayden Humphrey
Hayden Humphrey is an Uplifter, out to help individuals and organizations break out of the script, so they can create differently. Hayden is a highly experienced trainer and facilitator, having designed and delivered hundreds of learning and collaboration experiences over the last ten years with organizations like Whirlpool, GrubHub, HomeChef, and General Assembly. He is especially adept at team-building events, off-site and retreat facilitation, and leadership development programs for new managers. He’s also a highly trained mindset coach, having worked with hundreds of individuals over the last six years on breaking out of their limiting beliefs and reaching their full potential. Hayden is an ACC accredited coach through the International Coach Federation. He currently lives in Columbus, Ohio, where he likes to stay active, read non-fiction, and spend time with his family.
Micheline Ntiru
Micheline Ntiru is an impact leader with over 20 years of professional experience across Africa, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and the United States. She has held leadership positions with multinationals and leading NGOs such as Nokia and Care International respectively, as well as with startups and academia. Fluent in nine languages—including Swahili, French, Spanish, and Portuguese—Micheline considers herself a global citizen and delights in working across diverse cultures. Micheline currently serves as a senior facilitator, leading strategic workshops for senior C suite founders and leaders as well as managers of non for profit organisations globally. As facilitator with Stanford Unversity, she led over 90 workshops for founders and C-suite leaders across 20 countries in Africa and India. Workshop topics included strategic leadership development, change management, crosscultural communication, human centric design, corporate governance, innovative finance approaches and impact investment, among others. Furthermore, Micheline is a certified executive coach, offering executive coaching to corporates, small businesses, and non-profit professionals from Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America. Most of her coaching relates to helping leaders cultivate confidence and authority to enhance their impact within their organizations as well as improving self-awareness, empathy and wellness. Key clients for her coaching include Yale University, Stanford University, One Acre Fund, Care International KCB Bank as well as The Gates Foundation. Micheline is also a public health specialist and has deep technical expertise as an operator in the healthcare and agribusiness sectors with UNICEF and in development finance and impact finance with the International Finance Corporation (IFC). She has led this work across 40 countries in Africa and 15 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Additionally, Micheline serves as a keynote speaker and moderator at prominent forums such as the UN General Assembly, COP, Africa Tech Summit and Women Who Build Africa among others. Micheline is a Venture Partner with the impact funds Delta 40 and eHA Impact Ventures (EIV), where she focuses on advising startups in the agricultural, green energy and health sectors. Driven by her entrepreneurial spirit, Micheline co-founded “We Three Queens of Africa,” a women’s social enterprise and multimedia platform dedicated to empowering and mentoring women while showcasing African narratives. Her insights into social enterprise and business have been featured in BBC Africa, New Vision, and the Stanford Review. She is also an experienced board member andserves as a non-executive director of E Health Group, I&M Bank Uganda, among other organizations. Micheline holds an MBA from the University of Cambridge, UK and a BSc from Mt Holyoke College and is passionate about education, south-south partnerships, wellness and empowering young girls and women.
Emefa Modey
Dr. Emefa Modey is a public health professional and academic with focus on Maternal and child health, specifically, Family planning, Sexual and Reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and cardiovascular diseases in pregnancy. Her research spans several critical areas, including Maternal and Child Health, Family Planning, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, and cardiovascular diseases during pregnancy. Emefa is currently a lecturer at the University of Ghana, School of Public Health in the department of Population family and reproductive health (PFRH). She is also an honorary assistant Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) in the faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health and a team member of the LSHTM Communications and Student Experiences workstream, as part of the joint Online MSc in Sexual Reproductive Health Policy and Programming (SRHPP). In addition to her teaching roles, she is a faculty member of the World Health Organisation Human Reproduction Programme (WHO HRP) Alliance for research capacity building scholarship scheme, where she mentors students. She is actively engaged with the Policy Imperatives Working Group (PIWG),of the Africa Research, Implementation Science, and Education Network (ARISE). As a passionate advocate for equitable access to health care and minimizing health disparities, she has a deep sense of empathy and cultural competence. She actively engages in initiatives focused on her mission of transforming and advancing development and healthier societies in Africa, with a commitment to reducing disparities, enhancing health outcomes for women and children, and building local capacity. Emefa holds a PhD in Public Health from the University of Ghana School of public health, department of Population, Family & Reproductive Health. Her academic journey includes a Master of Science in International Health from the University of Leeds Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Ghana.
Sabrina Prioli
Sabrina Prioli began her career in academia as a sociologist researcher, which led her to diverse locations beyond Italy, including the Latin American barriadas, the hidden malocas of the Amazon rainforest, the yellowed rancherìas of the La Guajira desert in Colombia, and the low enkang of East Africa. Throughout her career, she has played a pivotal role in developing PM&E plans for various self-implementing and partner projects while working for NGOs and governments across Latin America, Africa, and Europe. In Colombia, Sabrina founded “Hilo Sagrado,” an organization dedicated to preserving the culture and traditions of the indigenous people of Guajira, with a focus on strengthening the identity and social role of women. She possesses extensive experience and knowledge in areas such as protection, education, economic empowerment, and gender equality, which enable her to create appropriate indicators and PM&E tools. Sabrina takes great pleasure in training field staff on utilizing PM&E tools to gather evidence that supports social change and promotes greater transparency and accountability. In 2016, during a mission in Juba, South Sudan, she was among the victims of the “Terrain incident,” where she suffered multiple rapes and torture by government soldiers during a sudden outbreak of civil conflict. Following this traumatic experience, Sabrina faced significant challenges, including a lack of medical and psychosocial support, financial resources for healing, and legal assistance for justice. Struggling with the effects of PTSD, she found healing through EMDR therapy and coaching, which inspired her to become a professional coach herself. Sabrina’s approach, grounded in Co-Active and Positive Intelligence methodologies, empowers her clients—especially victims and survivors of sexual violence—to build strengths, foster healthy beliefs, and develop positive coping strategies, rather than merely addressing “negative” behaviors and beliefs. Her personal and professional experiences, along with her deep empathy for issues related to sexual violence and abuse, fuel her commitment to enhancing prevention measures, policies, procedures, and responses within NGOs and organizations dealing with incidents of sexual violence. In 2020, Sabrina published her first book, “Il viaggio della fenice,” with the English version titled “Rise up phoenix.” In 2024, she released her second book, “Non finisce mai,” which addresses the theme of permanent victimization after rape. For her dedicated advocacy on behalf of women victims of violence and abuse, she has received several accolades in Italy, including the “Woman Award 2021,” the “Solidarity Award National Award 2022,” and the “Country of Women Award 2022.
Regina Solares
Regina Solares began facilitating trainings in 2014, from the position she held in one of the largest telecommunications companies in Guatemala. In 2016 she physically experienced the impact of stress in her life, which led her after ten years in the corporate world to seek balance again. Today Regina facilitates innovative and disruptive programs that generate positive social changes through the development of Emotional Intelligence & Conscious Leadership, based on studies and techniques of Neuroscience and Mindfulness, which help strengthen emotional and mental resilience in individuals, thus achieving teams interact in a more conscious, connected and compassionate way, so that they can contribute with their maximum potential to the well-being and productivity sustainability of organizations. She is a certified teacher from the “SIY Leadership Institute” born in Google, Berkeley, and a certified facilitator from the Organization “The Global Minds Collective”, Canada, organizations focused on the development of Socio-Emotional learning, Mindfulness and Neuroscience. Regina got certified as a Master Practitioner in NLP, and Business, Executive & Life Coaching. She has a Masters in International Business, graduated from –EAE-, Spain, and has a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations and Foreign Trade (UFM). Regina is part of the first class of the “Inner MBA on Conscious Business and Leadership” at NYU, where she had the privilege and honor of being able to train with leading mentors in their areas such as Daniel Goleman, Scott Shute (former Director of Mindfulness Programs at LinkedIn ) and Jeremy Hunter, among others. Being able to contribute to creating a more conscious and compassionate world, through organizations and individuals, is the engine that drives her life and her work. Regina is a passionate compassion advocate, autoimmune disease survivor, and loves nature and meditation.
Saima Nasim
Saima Nasim is a trainer, mediator and facilitator. She owns her own practice, Moeen, that focuses on cultural,religious sensitivities and values in the field of conflict resolution. Saima also works at The National Conflict Resolution Center leading sessions for a variety of clients from HR executives, organizational leads, staff, landlords, students and more. Saima’s focus is on working to resolve cultural and religious conflict, facilitating dialogue and reconciliation across differences in times of conflict and navigating polarized relationships. Saima’s passion for this work stems from being an active community organizer, sitting on several non-profit boards, leading initiatives and programs in her community and witnessing how conflict was a hurdle to growth. Therein Saima received her Master of Science in Conflict Management and Resolution from The University of San Diego. Saima’s focus is to facilitate the process of empowerment that leads to resolution. Her passion for this work is evident with her focus on building relationships between those embroiled in conflict at both the interpersonal and organizational levels. With her education and experience in this field she is able to support this impactful change.
Nate Stephens
Nate Stephens is an organizational change facilitator and systems convener with a passion for challenging power dynamics and bringing diverse groups together. Nate has worked in diverse sectors and communities to develop participatory and iterative processes, with experience working with teams, offices, multinational organizations, and international networks. Nate currently manages the Anchor Collaborative Network at The Democracy Collaborative, consisting of more than 25 cities and communities convening spaces for local anchor institutions to contribute capital to equitable and inclusive economic development. These place-based collaboratives made up of communities, anchor institutions, governments, and backbone organizations are exploring diverse approaches to build community wealth and democratize their local economies. Prior to joining The Democracy Collaborative, Nate was a senior technical officer at Root Change, a DC-based NGO working to build systems change capacity and test community-led approaches in the international development sector. In managing programs with organizations and networks in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia, Nate designed and facilitated more than three dozen workshops and trainings in English, Spanish, and French. As a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon, Nate co-founded a rural entrepreneurship training center and rabbit-raising cooperative with 150 members, more than 300 people trained in micro-enterprise development, and four satellite campuses. Nate has an MPA with a concentration in Power in Development Systems from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and a BA in Anthropology/Sociology with a concentration in Educational Studies from Carleton College in Minnesota. He grew up on a cattle ranch in the Black Hills of South Dakota where his passion for creative problem solving began.
Rizwaan Akhtar
Rizwaan Akhtar is a facilitator, trainer, and civic leadership development professional with over fifteen years of experience helping individuals unlock their potential to create positive social change and foster inclusive communities. He is the Senior Director of Learning, Development, & Inclusion at Leadership for Educational Equity (LEE) where he designs experiences that support leaders to engage politically and build more just and liberatory systems. Based in Chicago, Rizwaan is a Board Member of the Chicago Community Bond Fund and a former Local School Council member of Reilly Elementary School. Before LEE, he led an international team at World Learning, overseeing an initiative that trained over 2,500 young people in civic leadership and peacebuilding efforts in Iraq and the U.S. His expertise includes dialogue facilitation, conflict resolution, cross-cultural communication, and people management. Rizwaan is a Fellow of the American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute, is proficient in Arabic, Spanish, and Urdu, and holds an Executive Nonprofit Management Certificate from Georgetown University, an M.A. in International Education from the SIT Graduate Institute, and a B.A. in Psychology and Middle East Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.