The Impact Jackpot: Service Delivery Innovation For The Very Poor
Speakers
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Andrew Youn started One Acre Fund in 2006. One Acre Fund only serves smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa – and provides farm inputs, finance, and training that helps farmers to succeed. One Acre Fund has 8,000 staff who serve 1.2m families per year, plus 1.5 million more families via partnership. The organization will double in size in the next five years, and aims to be the most impactful distribution network for life-improving goods in rural Sub-Saharan Africa. Andrew graduated from Yale, is a former management consultant at Oliver Wyman, and received his MBA from Kellogg School of Management.
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First Lady, Republic of Zambia
The First Lady of Zambia is a Obstetrician and Gynecologist who has passionately, wholeheartedly and selflessly offered her professional services in the public health sector of the Republic of Zambia for close to 30 years. Her vast experience in maternal and new born health spans many years during which she has coordinated and led various national programs in safe motherhood, family planning, comprehensive abortion care, emergency obstetrics and newborn care, as well as maternal death reviews and other programs related to maternal health. In her passion to improve the well being of women and children, Dr Kaseba as First Lady, has used her role to champion the fight against HIV/AIDS, Cancer, Gender Based Violence, Girl education and other injustices affecting women and children. She is the current Vice-President of the Organization of African First Ladies against HIV and AIDS (OAFLA) Southern-Region and is also the WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Gender Based Violence.
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Senior Investment Partner, Mulago Foundation
Kristin grows and supports Mulago’s portfolio of social investments – grants, debt and equity – in high-impact organizations with a scalable model to meet the basic needs of the poor. Her background spans the private, public and nonprofit sectors, including stints in investment banking, the US Peace Corps, the US National Park Service, and organizations focused on early childhood development and immigrant job placement. Kristin has brought these varied experiences to philanthropy since 2008. Prior to Mulago, she was a Principal at the Skoll Foundation, where she worked with social entrepreneurs, and Program Finance Officer at the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation, where she focused on environmental conservation. Conservation is a personal and professional passion. In addition to Mulago's Rainer Arnhold Fellows Program focused on scalable solutions to poverty, Mulago recently established the Henry Arnhold Fellows Program to find and fund social entrepreneurs with scalable conservation and climate solutions. In both programs, Mulago equips fellows with the right tools to achieve bigger, better, and faster impact.
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CEO, Mercy Corps
Neal Keny-Guyer is a social entrepreneur driven by the belief that a better future is possible.
Since 1994, Neal has served as Chief Executive Officer of the global humanitarian organization Mercy Corps. Under his leadership, Mercy Corps has grown into one of the most respected international relief and development agencies in the world, with ongoing operations in more than 40 countries, a staff of 5,000, and global revenue of over $450 million. Fast Company ranked Mercy Corps one of the most innovative social-change organizations in the world and New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof calls Mercy Corps “a first-rate aid group.”
A native of Tennessee, Neal started his career working with at-risk youth in Washington, D.C. and Atlanta. After attending business school, he moved to Thailand to aid Cambodian refugees with CARE and UNICEF.
In 1982, Neal began his tenure with Save the Children, rising to become Director of Middle East, North Africa, and Europe. He designed and implemented high-impact relief and development programs in some of the most war-torn and politically sensitive regions in the world.
Neal holds a B.A. in Public Policy and Religion from Duke University, a master’s degree in Public and Private Management (M.P.P.M.) from Yale University, and an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Portland State University.
A former trustee of the Yale Corporation, Neal remains very involved with the University, serving on the Yale President’s Council on International Affairs and the Board of Advisers of the Yale School of Management (SOM). Neal is as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on the Humanitarian System.
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President and CEO, PATH
Steve Davis, president and CEO of PATH, combines extensive experience as a technology business leader, global health advocate, and social innovator to accelerate great ideas and bring lifesaving solutions to scale.
Prior to joining PATH in 2012, he served as director of Social Innovation at McKinsey & Company, CEO of Internet pioneer and global digital media firm Corbis, and interim director of Infectious Disease Research Institute, and he practiced law at the international law firm K&L Gates. Earlier, he worked extensively on refugee programs and policies, and Chinese politics and law.
Mr. Davis is a lecturer on social innovation at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He currently is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, serves on the board of InterAction, Challenge Seattle and sits on several advisory groups, including as a trustee of the World Economic Forum’s Global Health Challenge, on the stakeholder advisory panel for the global insurance and asset management firm AXA, and on the advisory board for Medtronics Labs. His former board memberships include Crucell, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Chair), Intrepid Learning Solutions, NPower (Chair), The Seattle Foundation, United Way of King County (Chair) and United Way International, and the Washington State Technology Alliance (Chair).
Mr. Davis earned his BA from Princeton University, his MA in Chinese studies from the University of Washington, and his law degree from Columbia University. He also studied at Beijing University.
