The Role of Science, Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships in the Future of USAID (2017)
Chapter: Appendix D: Speakers and Presenters
Appendix D
Speakers and Presenters
May 19, 2016 - Committee Meeting Presenters
Michele Sumilas, Chief of Staff, USAID
Charlotte Watts, Chief Scientific Advisor and Director of Research and Evidence, Department for International Development (DfID), UK
Eileen Herrera, Deputy Director, Agricultural Research Service (ARS), U.S. Department of Agriculture
Gray Handley, Associate Director for International Research Affairs, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institute of Health
Jordan Tappero, Director of the Division of Global Health Protection (DGHP), Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control
Jared Entin, Program Officer, Energy and Water Cycle Study, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Jessica Robin, Senior Staff Associate, Office of International Science and Engineering, National Science Foundation
Vaughan Turekian, Science and Technology Advisor to the Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State
Heather Huntington, Impact Evaluation Specialist, Land Tenure and Natural Resource Management, Cloudburst Group
Steve Davis, President and Chief Executive Officer, PATH
Willem Janssen, Lead Agriculturist, Agriculture and Rural Development Department, World Bank
May 20 - Committee Meeting Presenters
Ann Mei Chang, Chief Innovation Officer and Executive Director, U.S. Global Development Lab, USAID
Jim Verdin, Physical scientist, U.S. Geological Survey
Rufino Perez, Senior Food Technology Advisor, Food for Peace (FFP), USAID
Ayse “Sezin” Tokar, Senior Hydrometeorological Hazard Advisor, Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, USAID
Neal Brandes, Senior Health Research Advisor, Global Health Bureau, USAID
Wendy Taylor, Director, Center for Accelerating Innovation and Impact, Global Health Bureau, USAID
Saharah Moon Chapotin, Deputy Assistant Administrator, USAID Bureau for Food Security
Additional Perspectives Presented on USAID Science, Technology, Innovation, and Partnership Programs
Alex Dehgan, Former Chief Scientist, USAID
May 19, 2016
Pretoria Teleconference
Robert Rhodes, Director of the Regional Office of Environment, Education, and Democracy, Southern Africa
John Harris, Environmental Officer, Southern Africa
John Wilson, Bureau for the Middle East
May 25, 2016
Barbara Schneeman, Higher Education Coordinator, USAID
June 22, 2016
Maura O’Neill, Former Chief Innovation Officer and Senior Counselor to the Administrator at USAID
July 17, 2016
Ann Mei Chang, Chief Innovation Officer and the Executive Director of the U.S. Global Development Lab at USAID
August 3, 2016
Anthony Clayton, Alcan Professor of Caribbean Sustainable Development at the University of the West Indies
August 3, 2016
Rajiv Shah, Former Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
August 10, 2016
Michael Kremer, Gates Professor of Developing Societies in the Department of Economics, Harvard University and Scientific Director of Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) at USAID
August 10, 2016
Maurício Antônio Lopes, President, Embrapa
August 17, 2016
Neil Turok, Former President, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences
August 17, 2016
Thierry Zomahoun, President, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences
August 17, 2016
