Vilas Dhar is an artificial intelligence (AI) policy expert, technology and philanthropic executive, and a champion for equity in a tech-enabled world. He serves as President and Trustee of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, a 21st-century $1.5 billion philanthropy advancing AI and data solutions to create a thriving and sustainable future for all.
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Challenge Judges
We gathered prominent industry experts on inclusive growth, economic empowerment, and the impact of new AI solutions, to review Challenge applications.
Raghu Dharmaraju, CEO of ARTPARK at IISc, has over two decades of experience in building and scaling innovations and institutions for impact. He is a Fellow of the Lancet Commission for Reimagining India’s Health Systems. ARTPARK, a double winner of the Global Grand Challenge for Catalyzing Equitable AI by BMGF,…
Read moreIvana Feldfeber is a feminist activist from Bariloche, Argentina. She is the co-founder and Executive Directress of the first Gender Data Observatory in Latin America, “DataGénero.”
Read moreAngela Oduor Lungati is a technologist, community builder, and open-source software advocate who is passionate about building and using appropriate technology tools to create an impact in the lives of marginalized groups.
Read moreAnna Makanju is OpenAI’s Vice President of Global Affairs, leading the company’s policy and engagement strategy.
Read moreDr. Amen Ra Mashariki is the Director of AI and Data Strategies at the Bezos Earth Fund, where he works to identify strategies and solutions that will help innovative organizations use AI efectively for on-the-ground impact.
Read moreWidely known for scholarship and policy research at the intersection of science, technology, and society, Alondra Nelson is the Harold F. Linder Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Read moreNeera Nundy is a Partner and Co-Founder of Dasra India, which started in 1999. As co-founder, Neera leads eco-system building initiatives and facilitates key partnerships with global leaders like Harvard University, Stanford University, and USAID to accelerate social impact.
Read moreNavrina Singh is the Founder and CEO of Credo AI, an AI governance platform that empowers organizations to deliver and embed artificial intelligence responsibly by proactively measuring, monitoring, and managing AI risks.
Read moreAs Chief Data and Technology Officer, Uyi Stewart oversees all of data.org’s programmatic initiatives which today include the Generative AI Skills Challenge, Inclusive Growth and Recovery Challenge, the Capacity Accelerator Network, and Epiverse.
Read moreGreg Ulrich is the chief AI and data officer at Mastercard and a member of the company’s Management Committee.
Read moreChallenge Reviewers
Members from our global data for social impact community are lending their expertise to evaluate the first round of Challenge proposals.
Name | Organization | Country |
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Abiodun Eesuola | DataCamp | Nigeria |
Abraham Igho | Independent | Nigeria |
Adah Parris | The House of Griots | United Kingdom |
Aditi Kidambi | Independent | Australia |
Aditya Patrick Moses | DePaul University | United States |
Agnes McFarlin | Independent | United States |
Aldrin Lambon | Security Bank Corporation | Philippines |
Aleksandra Aloric | Microsoft Development Center | Serbia |
Alexandro Pyka | DataKind | Italy |
Alonna Williams | IntuWork | United States |
Amanda Bizzinotto | OmbuLabs | Brazil |
Amanda Brown | University of Texas at San Antonio | United States |
Amen Divine Ikamba | Pitzer College | United States |
Amy Russ | Synchrony Financial | United States |
Anant Khurana | Mastercard | India |
Anastasya Suharto | Mastercard | Indonesia |
Anchit Vijayakumar | University of Toronto | Canada |
Andrea Castro | Mexico | |
Andreas Tzekas | Mastercard | Greece |
Angeline Akinyi | Kenya Coast National Polytechnic | Kenya |
Antara Vats | Wadhwani AI | India |
Antonio Black | Montana Gold Management Inc | United States |
Ariadne Latorre | The Mediation Associates | United States |
Ashley Somereville | Extern Externships | United States |
Atshaya Srinivasan | University of Liverpool | United Kingdom |
Avijeet Ranawat | Georgia Tech | United States |
Ayush Oza | Anmut Consulting | United Kingdom |
Ayush Jaiswal | University of Birmingham | United Kingdom |
Babak Sigaroudi | Independent | United States |
Benjamin Senst | Independent | Germany |
Bhagyashree Waghale | United States | |
Blake Fleischer | East West Hospitality | United States |
Bo Yoon | Independent | United States |
Brandon Wilson | Maryland New Directions | United States |
Brashon Ford | National University | United States |
Brian Hua | Gritstone Bio | United States |
Bridget Moynihan | Mastercard | Canada |
Brock Sauvage | Concord USA | United States |
Buket Mat | Mastercard | Türkiye |
Caiwei Tan | Hong Kong | |
Carlos Lima | Brazil | |
Chetna Khandelwal | Independent | Canada |
Chisom Chinedu-Onuoha | Integrated Africa Power | Nigeria |
Chizaram Richard Onukwufor | Stocks Clinic | Nigeria |
Christian Araya | Centro de Apoyo Educativo | Costa Rica |
Christopher Chitimbwa | Independent | Zambia |
Christy Rajan | Federated Co-operatives Limited | Canada |
Christy Lin | Mastercard | United States |
Cosmus Mutuku | Gridir | Kenya |
Cristian Baez | Uniminuto | Colombia |
Cristine Calil Kores | DataKind | Austria |
Dana Kathleen Redeña | Thinking Machines Data Science | Philippines |
Daniel Silva | National League of Cities | Brazil |
Daniel Kim | Op.data | United States |
Daniel Cooper | Mastercard | United States |
David Cunningham | WorkSafe Victoria | Australia |
David Furlow | ACS International Schools | United Kingdom |
Debajyoti Debnath | Siemens Industry Inc. | United States |
Derek Stringfellow | Another Place | United States |
Dhruv Khatri | Symbiosis Institute of Technology | India |
Divya Challa | Sift | United States |
Doug Dahl | ProUnitas | United States |
Dustin Marshall | Innovation Lab, Consumer Reports | United States |
Edmond Wan | Independent | Malaysia |
Elham Ali | Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation | United States |
Ellwood Miller | Merit America | United States |
Emeri Zhang | CVS Health | United States |
Emma Mckinley | NatWest | United Kingdom |
Enock Mwesigwa | Eloquent Data | Uganda |
Eric Oulster | Farm Credit Canada | Canada |
Erik Anderson | Environmental Incentives, LLC | United States |
Esha Padmawar | Mastercard | United States |
Esther Fernandes | Fields Data | India |
Evgeniy Riabenko | The Trade Desk | United Kingdom |
Exaucé Luweh Adjim Ngarti | Inria | France |
Ezinne Nnoli | Independent | Nigeria |
Fahmina Parvej | Islamic Relief Worldwide | United Kingdom |
Federica Mengo | Accenture | Italy |
Federico Scenna | AES | Argentina |
Felipe Mantilla | Independent | Canada |
Fnu Aliya | Northeastern university | United States |
Fotis Zapantis | Operational Research Society | Greece |
Fredrick Omondi | Independent | Kenya |
Funmito Odefemi | One Acre Fund | Nigeria |
Gaël Linkeu | UQO | Cameroon |
Garrett Immanuel | National Heritage Academies | United States |
Gemma Miranda | World Bank | United States |
Gemma Lenowitz | Samvid Ventures | United States |
Geoffrey Orina | OSM Kenya | Kenya |
Gildardo Cerna | Department of Veteran Affairs | United States |
Govind Patwari | ZX Ventures | United Kingdom |
Grace Wanjiku | Azubi Africa | Kenya |
Gurpratap Singh | JPMC | United States |
Guzman Vitar | Uruguay | |
Haiping Yuan | Telus | United States |
Hanisha Udhani | Columbia University Medical Center | United States |
Harel Wilner | Menthoda | Israel |
Harwinder Singh | Mastercard Advisors | United States |
Hassan Ajulo | African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Rwanda | Australia |
Hayden Outlaw | North Carolina State University | United States |
Hien Vo | GSK | United States |
Hisham Sharaf | Independent | Egypt |
Holmes Finch | Ball State University | United States |
Hyunwoo Kim | GAFS Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Ifenna Muonagolum | Terra Academy for the Arts | Nigeria |
io flament | JnJ, R&D Data Science | United States |
Irtiza Kaleem | Teamup / Great Learning | Canada |
Iva Tomovska | TechSoup | Germany |
Jafar Ahmadi | McGill University | Canada |
Jagjot Bhardwaj | Unitedhealth Group | United States |
James McGrath | Mastercard | United States |
Janak Makwana | Mastercard | Afghanistan |
Janetoms Amondi | Zilla Clinicals | Kenya |
Jasmine Zyp | Pace university | Canada |
Jasmine Nguyen | Le Wagon | United States |
Jelena Popovic | Mastercard Data & Services | Serbia |
Jeniffer Mariga | Prospect 33 | Kenya |
Jeremy Barclay | US Department of Agriculture | United States |
Jia Jun Goh | HTX | Singapore |
Joaquin Arretx | Melmacia Lab | Spain |
John Lenz | MilliporeSigma | United States |
John O’Malley | International Fellowship of Christians and Jews | United States |
John Toczek | Independent | United States |
Jord Hanus | MICROPOLE BELGIUM | Belgium |
Josephat Serembe | Zetech University | Kenya |
Judit Lopez Clemente | ITENE | Spain |
Julia Stamm | The Futures Project; WSFR.AI | France |
Kara Jia | RAND Corporation | United States |
Karl Jaehnig | DataKind | United States |
Kat Chua | Warner Bros. Discovery | United States |
Keerthi Koppolu | Independent | United States |
Kevin Englert | Trusted Media Brands | United States |
Khushi Chauhan | Lloyd Institute of Engineering and Technology | India |
Kimberly Wilson | Mastercard | United States |
Kiranjot Bhatia | E-health Africa | United States |
Kristin Porter | MDRC | United States |
Kyla Langotsky | riskthinking.AI | Canada |
Lasha Gochiashvili | Ingersoll Rand | United States |
Laura Giulietti | Blue Cross NC | Switzerland |
Leonard Siegert | Germany | |
Lidianne Hamaguti Jardim | Mastercard | United States |
Lindsay Eziashi | United States | |
Lindsey Washburn | AI Governance Group | United States |
Lindsey Yu | Bank of America | United States |
LJ Perchitti | Datadog | United States |
Luca Reali | Johns Hopkins University | United States |
Lucas Peinado Bruscato | Tinka | Sweden |
Luke Milner | Moonpig | United Kingdom |
Manju Mani | Mastercard | United States |
Marlene Amorim | University of Aveiro | Portugal |
Martha Klenam Tsagli | Women In AI | Ghana |
Martin Terzano | Delve | Spain |
Matthew Osadebamwen | Resolute Healthcare | United Kingdom |
Mauli Dalal | Virginia Commonwealth University | United States |
Max Ashton-Lelliott | RegGenome | United Kingdom |
Miguel Ángel Cuéllar | Despacio | Colombia |
Miruna Cotet | Ohio State University | United States |
Mohamed Elashmony | Khalifa University | United Arab Emirates |
Mohammad Faiz | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | Canada |
Mohammed Shaker Maraghy | Virginia Tech | Egypt |
Mohammed Alrezq | Ministry of Health | United States |
Monisha | Mastercard | India |
Mufid Alkhamami | Tradinos.com / Lemonilab.com | Syria Arab Republic |
Muhammad Amaan | The Light Academy | Pakistan |
Muhammad Izhar | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Board of Technical Education (KP BTE) | Pakistan |
Muhammad Raees | Mirpur University of Science and Technology | Pakistan |
Musonda Katongo | ZESCO | Zambia |
Myles Walker | MWFW Solutions LLC | United States |
Natalie An | PHD media | United Kingdom |
Nayelly Zurita | ENSIGN College | United States |
Ncumisa Ngxafane | Mastercard | South Africa |
Neal Fultz | E-health Africa | United States |
Negar Ebrahimi | Independent | Iran |
Nehal Desai | CivicActions | United States |
Nethmi de Silva | University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka |
Nikhar Shah | LPL Financial | United States |
Nikitha Narendra | Georgia Institute of Technology | United States |
Niveatha Manickavasagam | Independent | India |
Novera Nasa | Potsdam Univesität | Afghanistan |
Olufunke Igbede | Queen’s University | Canada |
Olusola Afuwape | unilag | Nigeria |
Özgenur Korlu | Solidatarite | Türkiye |
Paaras Kantaria | Mastercard | United Kingdom |
Parvez Khan | Mastercard | India |
Patricia Gestoso | Gestoso Consulting | United Kingdom |
Paul Pankraz | Amazon | United States |
Paul Lhito Llanos | Paul Llanos | Philippines |
Peter Kamau | DataKind | Kenya |
Philipp Brinckmann | Mastercard | Germany |
Prabhakar Krishnamurthy | Independent | United States |
Pranav Shukla | MasterCard (ACS) | India |
Rahila Hashim | E health Africa | Nigeria |
Rajesh Bojja | Scale | Singapore |
Ram Prayaga | Atalan Tech, Inc. | United States |
Ramona Liberoff | World Resources Institute | Germany |
Ravi Kumar | World Bank | United States |
Richa Jain | Independent | Canada |
Ritu Kukreja | Drexel University | United States |
Robin Kiplangat | Fourbic | Kenya |
Rodrigo Blaudt | GFT Technologies | Brazil |
Ronald Ainebyona | Stanbic | Uganda |
Ruchira Singh | Mastercard | India |
Rupam Priya | Wynn Las Vegas | United States |
Rusdianto Mahmud | First Point Group | United States |
Rut Vyas | University of Pennsylvania | United States |
Ryan Gehl | Independent | United States |
Ryan Wilson | Hanover Research | United States |
Saaondo Nyaga | New Vision Institute of Technology | Nigeria |
Sahana Krishnaraj | University of Virginia | United States |
Sai Poojitha Battula | California State University, Northridge | United States |
Samran Ahmed | Virtual University of Pakistan | Pakistan |
Samta Jain | Mastercard Advisors | India |
Saomya Srishti Horo | Cargill Business Services | India |
Sara Roldan | United States | |
Sarah Eme | University of Salford | United Kingdom |
Shanti Agung | DataKind | United States |
Sharadwata Ganguli | MSD | India |
Sharon Ying Man Chan | Mastercard D&S Marketing Services | United States |
Shayantu Sinha Roy | Mastercard | India |
Shonelle Price | Mastercard | United States |
Shota Furukawa | Keio University | Japan |
Sneha Baranwal | Axtria | United States |
Sofia Mobley | AGCO | United States |
Sophia Root | UCSF | United States |
Spurthi Tallam | Good Inside | United States |
Sri Siri Jami | Zidio Development | India |
Sridhar Ganapathy | Artha Global | India |
Sriram Penumatcha | University of Michigan | United States |
Stacey Kipruto | Consolidated Bank | Kenya |
Stanley Kipkelwon | Moi University | Kenya |
Sujithra Kathiravan | UT Dallas | United States |
Susana Contreras | GmbH | Germany |
Sushminder Singh | Independent | Canada |
Swathi Annamalai | Mortar Learning | United States |
Sylvia Onyango | JKUAT | Kenya |
Tania Agrawal | Mastercard Advisors | India |
Teodora Niculae | Mastercard Canada | Canada |
Thirumal Sethusivaram | Miebach Consulting | India |
Thomas Koutsidis | DataKind | United States |
Thomas Wilseck | The Aspen Group | United States |
Timothy Kavuma | Partners in Health | Uganda |
Tolga Caglar | University of California, San Diego | United States |
Toni Chan | Resony | United Kingdom |
Tridib Dutta | Absolute Security | United States |
Tyler Valentine | Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory | United States |
Utkarsh Mehrotra | Mastercard | India |
Vanessa Dewey | The Royal College of Art | United Kingdom |
Vardhini Sirla | Centurion University | India |
Vasundhra Dahiya | Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur | India |
Vats Shah | ASVA AI | India |
Veibha Subramaniam | Independent | Canada |
Victoria Truong | University of Toronto | Canada |
Vignesh Dhanabal | Fedex | United States |
Vishal Singh Thakur | CIBC | Canada |
William Dwyer | DataKind | United States |
William Luse | University of La Verne | United States |
Winnie Mak | Workiva | United States |
Woon Kim | Publicis | United States |
Wyatte Hooper | Rawson Saunders | United States |
Yatharth Y | The Center for Internet & Society | India |
Yingying Sun | Sing Tao Daily Western Edition | United States |
Yvonne Makena | McKinsey & Company | Kenya |
Zachary Esakof | Carnegie Mellon University | United States |
Zara Khan | New York Jobs CEO Council | United States |
Ze Yao Khor | King’s College London | Malaysia |
Zhe Chen | University of Rochester | United States |