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Challenge Judges

We gathered prominent industry experts on community-driven AI solutions and economic growth to review Challenge applications.

Heather Alford

Senior Research Manager – Climate Mitigation and Health Team

Wellcome

Heather is a Senior Research Manager in the Climate and Health Team at the Wellcome Trust, based in the UK.

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Dhun Davar

Chief of Programmes and Deputy CEO

AVPN

Dhun Davar is Chief of Programmes and Deputy CEO at AVPN, where she leads Thematic Platforms (Climate, Gender, Health and Nutrition) and Capital Mobilisation.

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Perry Hewitt

Chief Strategy Officer

data.org

Chief Strategy Officer Perry Hewitt joined data.org in 2020 with deep experience in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. She oversees the global data.org brand and how it connects to partners and funders around the world.

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Mary Ellen Iskenderian

President and CEO

Women’s World Banking

Mary Ellen Iskenderian is the President and CEO of Women’s World Banking, the global nonprofit devoted to giving low-income women in the developing world access to the financial tools and resources they require to achieve security and prosperity.

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Tilly Josephson

Zoom Cares Team Lead

Zoom

Tilly Josephson is a leader at the intersection of business, technology, and social good, with 15 years of experience learning from and directing resources to communities, supporting nonprofits in their use of technology, and helping teams and companies drive positive societal impact through cross-sector collaboration.

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Josh Kallmer 

Chief Global Affairs Officer

Zoom

Josh Kallmer is Chief Global Affairs Officer for Zoom Communications, Inc. (Zoom). In this capacity, he oversees the development and execution of Zoom’s global public policy and government relations strategy and serves as the company’s chief representative before governments around the world. 

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Uyi Stewart, Ph.D.

Vice President of Inclusive Innovation and Analytics

Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

Dr. Uyi Stewart is the Vice President of Inclusive Innovation and Analytics at the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, where he builds and oversees a portfolio of initiatives and partnerships to ensure that new technologies, such as AI and data innovation, enable inclusive growth.

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Daniel Uribe

Executive Director

Fundación Corona

Daniel Uribe is the Executive Director of Fundación Corona, a family foundation dedicated to social development in Colombia for the past 62 years.

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Cormekki Whitley, Ph.D.

Interim President and CEO

data.org

Cormekki Whitley is the Chief Operating Officer at data.org. As a member of the Executive team, Cormekki provides high-level fiscal oversight, oversees contract administration, and streamlines both in-house personnel and resource systems.

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Challenge Reviewers

Members from our global data and AI for social impact community are lending their expertise to evaluate the first round of Challenge proposals.

NameOrganizationCountry
Aarthi RajivState of CaliforniaUnited States
Abideen OlasupoFusiontechNigeria
Abiodun EesuolaShield AINigeria
Aiman khurramIBMUnited States
Aldrin LambonSecurity Bank CorporationPhilippines
Aleksandra AloricMicrosoftSerbia
Allyson CampbellZoomUnited States
Amanda BizzinottoOmbuLabsUnited States
Amy RussPrecision.AIUnited States
Anand GourishankarChildren’s National HospitalUnited States
Asmaa Rashedهيا لنقرأFrance
Bhagyashree WaghaleOmdenaUnited States
Bo YoonBP DATAUnited States
Brandon WilsonMoEdUnited States
Brendan IttelsonZoomUnited States
Cesar MoreiraAga Khan FoundationPortugal
Chizaram Richard OnukwuforStocks ClinicNigeria
Christine KirchhoffPenn StateUnited States
Christopher ChitimbwaZambia
Christy RajanData for Good SaskCanada
Cristine Calil KoresAustria
Daniel ShinKingsbay CapitalUnited States
Debajyoti DebnathUC BerkeleyUnited States
Divya ChallaSiftUnited States
Eddna ChandeuTanzania Child Welfare TCWTanzania, the United Republic of
Edmond WanWintech MalaysiaMalaysia
Elizabeth NashAnnie E. Casey FoundationUnited States
Eric OulsterNostica EnterprisesCanada
Erika RussiIBMUnited States
Exauce Luweh Ajim NgartiInriaFrance
Fabio Perale de AraujoIBMBrazil
Gemma PicotSamvid VenturesUnited States
Geoffrey OrinaKenya
Gurpratap SinghJPMorgan ChaseIndia
Hanisha UdhaniColumbia UniversityUnited States
Hyunwoo KimGAFSJapan
Indu MukundanAppleUnited States
Irtiza KaleemCo-operatorsCanada
Ivana Tomovska EfremovTechSoupGermany
Janetoms AmondiZilla ClinicalsKenya
Jay Prakash ThakurMicrosoftUnited States
Jill GintherZoomUnited States
John GunalanTalentNeuronCanada
Lance Ernest VialpandoIBMUnited States
Lasha GochiashviliIngersoll RandUnited States
LJ PerchittiDatadogUnited States
Lucas HernandezMicrosoft ElevateUnited States
Maria AlparazZoomUnited States
Marit VangrowDuke UniversityUnited States
Marlene AmorimUniversity of AveiroPortugal
Oluwafunmito OdefemiOne Acre FundNigeria
Prashath RamasamyZoomUnited States
Prem DurairajData ElevatesUnited States
Priscilla BlumIBMUnited States
Radha GulhaneZoomUnited States
Rhoderick MachekanoPrecision Health AnalyticsUnited States
Robert SeganData ElevatesChile
Sai Poojitha BattulaAsian Pacific Health Care Venture (APHCV)United States
Sarah EmeManchester Refugee Support Network (MRSN)United Kingdom
Sef-Edine MsamlivaPan African Consortium of Experts (PACE)Senegal
Shanti AgungUnited States
Sharadwata GanguliMSD PharmaceuticalsIndia
Sivakumar GanesaFidelity InvestmentsUnited States
Sridhar GanapathyArtha GlobalIndia
Stanley KipkelwonMoi UniversityKenya
Timothy KavumaInternational Foundation for Recovery and Development (IFRAD)Uganda
Tolga CaglarUniversity of California, San DiegoUnited States
Tom WilseckKyon ConsultingUnited States
Vana KhuranaZoomUnited States
Veibha SubramaniamPonderQuantCanada
Vincent PedemonteHERALBONYFrance
Virginia JohnsonZoomUnited States
Zakia MustafaSomo AfricaKenya
Zulykha ZainalIFRCSwitzerland