Members

GBEND members are senior leaders from their organizations working at the intersection of behavioral science and international development. They represent their organizations within the network, helping to shape its priorities and connect GBEND with their wider institution.

Current members

Rabih Abouchakra

Office of Development Affairs - Executive Director

Professor David Halpern

BIT - President Emeritus

Renos Vakis

World Bank - eMBeD Director

Rasha Attar

Behavioral Science Group - Director

Dr Shamma Almazrouei

Director, Global Health, Office of Development Affairs

HE Dr. Tareq Al Ameri

Director General, Office of Development Affairs, and Chair of UAE Aid

Dr Farida al Hosani

CEO, Global Institute for Disease Elimination (GLIDE)

Grace Hollister

Chief Engagement Officer, Evidence Action

Francis Meyo

CEO, Busara

James Tibenderana

Chief Executive, Malaria Consortium

Joseph Ssentongo

CEO, Global Innovation Fund

Rachel Coyle

Global Managing Director, BIT

Chiara Varazzani

Lead Behavioral Scientist, OECD

Neela Saldana

Executive Director, Yale Research Initiative on Innovation and Scale

Serene Koh

Director, BIT Singapore

Deborah Backus

CEO, Clean Rivers

Fahad Al Ameri

Director, Office of Development Affairs

Shekhar Menon

Senior Program Officer, Gates Foundation, India

Ali Jadbabaie

Associate Director, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, MIT

Faisal Naru

Director and Founder, Think Test Do

Dilip Soman

Academic Director, Evening MBA & EMBA Programs, University of Toronto

Allison Zelkowitz

Founder and Director, Center for Utilizing Behavioral Insights for Children (CUBIC), Save the Children

Shanon Bouton

CEO, Delterra

Jonquil Hackenberg

CEO, Elen MacArthur Foundation

Nour Shammout

Regional Director, The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab

Iqbal Daliwhal

Global Executive Director, The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab

Alexandra de Filipo

Director and Founder, Sistema Futura

Steven Wendel

Director and Founder, Sistema Futura

David Hall

Lead Behavioral Scientist, WRAP

Kash Ramli

Lead Behavioral Scientist, UNICEF

Shaun Seow

CEO, Asia Philanthropy Alliance

Naina Batra

CEO, AVPN

Anna Hakobian

Chief Impact Officer, Children's Investment Fund Foundation

Helen Hawkings

Behavior Change Lead, Malaria Consortium

Dr Ahmad Mukthar

Regional Director, Food and Agricultural Organisation

Molly Abruzzese

Behavioral Science Lead, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Elena Altieri

Behavior Change Lead, World Health Organisation

Britt Titus

Lead Behavioral Scientist, International Rescue Commitee

Alain Samson

Founder & Editor, Behavioral Economics

Jordan Flourish

Founder, Veruminate

Saad Al Rubaiaan

Managing Partner, Cylka

Akinyi Odera

Senior Executive Designer, ThinkPlace Africa

Laurenz Mahlanza-Langer

Executive Director, Pan-African Collective for Evidence

Yusuke Takagi

Advisor, Godot Inc

Ken Moriyama

CEO, Godot Inc

Johannes Heizer

Managing Director, Godot Inc

Ceren Koca

CEO, HumanTruths

Luigi de Angelis

Co-founder, HumanTruths

Alex Cooper

CEO, Electric Twin

Nirat Bhatnagar

Founder and Partner, Atlas of Behavior Change in Development

Marna Landman

Co-founder and Director, Beam

Prakash Krishnamurthi

Associate Director, Data Analytics and Performance Management, Madhi Foundation

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