Rajeeb Dey

INNOVATOR

• Organization: Enternships.com
• Department: Management
• Title: Founder

Rajeeb Dey is the Founder/CEO of Enternships.com – a portal that connects students and graduates to work placements in start-ups & SMEs – for which he was named the “02 X Young Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2009 and the world’s youngest Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2012. He is also the Co-Founder of StartUp Britain – a national entrepreneurship campaign launched by Prime Minister David Cameron in March 2011. Rajeeb's first venture was the English Secondary Students' Association (ESSA) now known as Student Voice aged 17 – an organisation which empowers school students by giving them a voice in their education – for which he was awarded the Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Award and YouthActionNet Global Fellowship.

Rajeeb is a Trustee of UnLtd – the Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs, an Advisory Board Member of Channel 4 (Education), and the UKTI Sub-Saharan Africa Taskforce. Rajeeb graduated with First Class Honours in Economics & Management from the University of Oxford.

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Daniella Foster

INNOVATOR

• Organization: U.S. Department of State
• Department: Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
• Title: Director of Public Private Partnerships

Daniella Foster serves as Director of Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) at the U.S. Department of State, where she oversees the establishment of partnerships which commit skills and capital to enhance diplomatic, economic, and social outcomes in over 165 countries. A respected authority on PPP strategy and formulation, she spearheaded over 95 percent growth in agreements with the private sector, authored, and conducted PPP trainings, and was selected as a Next Generation Fellow. She co-founded the Emergent Leaders Network, a non-profit that provides scholarships and mentoring to community college students.

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Dan Futrell

INNOVATOR

• Organization: Blackwell Timepieces
• Department: Executive
• Title: Co-Founder & CEO

Dan Futrell is currently working to start a business that helps provide service dogs to wounded veterans, having recently completed a Masters in Public Policy at Harvard University.

Prior to this, Dan served five years' in the U.S. Army as a Stryker Platoon Leader, Company Commander, and an Aide with 27 months deployed to Iraq. His most significant work includes partnering with the emerging “Sons of Iraq” movement as they dismantled a violent al Qaeda cell and restored peace to a small Baghdad neighborhood. During his service, Dan was awarded the Ranger tab, Combat Infantryman's Badge, and two Bronze Star Medals.

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Blair Glencorse

INNOVATOR

• Organization: Accountability Lab
• Department: Executive
• Title: Founder & Executive Director

Blair Glencorse is Founder and Executive Director of the Accountability Lab, a new organization that works to make power-holders more responsible to citizens in the developing world. Previously, Blair worked on issues of state and market-building in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East across a variety of organizations including the World Bank. He is a frequent commentator on international development around the world, and during the Arab Awakenings was chosen as a UN Fellow for the Middle East and North Africa. In 2012, he was awarded the Johns Hopkins Outstanding Recent Graduate Award for his work on governance and accountability.

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Hassanatu Blake

INNOVATOR

• Organization: Focal Point Global (FPG)
• Department: Non-profit
• Title: Founder/Executive Director

Hassanatu Blake is Co-Founder of Focal Point Global (FPG), a 501c3 nonprofit organization that empowers the world’s youth to tackle social issues through global education and technology. Since 2010, FPG has mobilized nearly 50 youth in the U.S., Namibia, and Cameroon to address HIV and child trafficking.

She is also focused on improving global health. She has worked with NIH, CDC, and USAID; and written for Blackdoctor.org and Bushfaller Magazine. Recently, she worked with BroadReach Healthcare to strengthen management and leadership skills of health professionals in Zambia.

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Anahi Ayala Iacucci

INNOVATOR

• Organization: Internews/Standby Task Force
• Department: Africa Region
• Title: Media Innovation Advisor/Co-Founder

Anahi Ayala Iacucci is the Media Innovation Advisor for Internews in the Africa Region, covering the Central African Republic, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, and the Republic of South Sudan. Anahi is currently also Crowdsourcing and Information Specialist for the World Bank in Zambia.

Anahi has consulted for NGOs and international organizations on the use of the ICT4D, new technologies and crisis mapping for the past 3 years: she advised the UNOCHA Iraq Inter-Agency Information and Analysis Unit, the NGO Alliance Guinea, Freedom House in Egypt, the World Bank in Zambia, Ushahidi Inc. in China, and NDI in Iran.

Anahi is also the Co-Founder of the Standby Task Force, an Online Volunteer Community for Live Mapping which was behind the LibyaCrisisMap project in collaboration with UNOCHA in March 2011, a project that used Social Media and online sources to monitor the situation in Libya and feed information to the humanitarian community; and she is also a member of the International Network of Crisis Mappers and Crisis Commons, and part of the online community of Open Street Map.

Anahi is the author of the official Ushahidi Guide and blogs at Diary of a Crisis Mapper. She is also co-author of several articles and publications on PLoS Medicine, ACSM Bulletin and Geospatial World on Crisis Mapping and Disaster response, crowdsourcing applied to health issues and the role of social networks in today's media world.

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Molly Kinder

INNOVATOR

• Organization: ONE Campaign
• Department: Agriculture and Europe Policy
• Title: Director

Molly Kinder is ONE's Director for Agriculture and Europe policy. Previously, she served in the Obama administration as USAID's Director of Special Programs for Development Innovation Ventures. She was a Senior Policy Analyst at the Center for Global Development and Director of the "U.S. Development Strategy in Pakistan" initiative, and co-authored the center’s best-selling book, Millions Saved: Proven Successes in Global Health. She has worked in India, Pakistan, and Liberia with the World Bank and the U.N. and served as a CFR term member and a Truman Fellow. Molly has a master’s from Harvard's Kennedy School and a BA from Notre Dame.

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Anna Kolesnichenko

INNOVATOR

• Organization: Mind Candy Ltd.
• Department: Community & Safety team
• Title: Online Public Safety Research Assistant

Since 2008 Anna Kolesnichenko received two Master’s degrees from St. Petersburg State University in psychology and social sciences. She has put her degrees to good use in the non profit sector in Russia and abroad, starting with the NGO ‘Stellit’ in St. Petersburg and Italian NGO ‘Bambini nel Tempo’ dealing with protection of children’s rights. In 2010 the Centre for German and European Studies published Anna’s research study on social policy against commercial sexual exploitation of children. In 2011 Anna worked at ‘Create Game Studio Inc.’ and was honoured to be selected by the international network of non profit leaders, the Atlas Service Corps, Inc., to serve at the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children in Washington DC.

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