Abraham Ologundudu • Nigeria

Abraham Ologundudu is the co-founder and executive director of Social Good Lagos, a local chapter of +SocialGood that brings together professionals and thought leaders who are dedicated to using new media and digital technologies to enhance social good initiatives through partnerships, collaborations, and innovation. He passionately creates platforms to inspire local action and innovation towards the SDGs.

Alejandra Acosta • Spain

Alejandra Acosta is a social worker and entrepreneur who specializes in gender equity. She is the founder of Break The Silence, a non-profit that fights against human trafficking in Spain. She is a past TEDx speaker and is passionate about social justice and sustainability.

Ashley Bass • United States

Ashley Bass is a design and technology advocate who supports and develops K-16 education and city-wide programs for underserved communities. Her mission is to work in the area of education within urban public sectors: to help create, develop, and maintain programs and initiatives for social good.

Clarisse Joy Mañabat • Philippines

Clary loves to listen and create deep and powerful conversations, especially in the social good context. As a youth volunteer, she mentors and creates opportunities for the youth to highlight and develop their leadership. She is also the Storyteller of Conversations to the World and Founder of Online Ukay Redesigned for SDGs, a closet passion project created to raise awareness about SDGs and help marginalized communities.

David Connor • United Kingdom

David Connor is the Founder of 2030hub, the world’s first recognized UN Local2030 Hub. His mission is to stimulate business and city-level social good through entrepreneurship, communications and collaboration. Other successes include the creation of the charitable foundation at Everton Football Club and managing the England amputee football squad. David is also a UK B Leader, supporting B Corp growth and certification to encourage businesses to measure what matters.

Federico Restrepo Sierra • Colombia

Founder of Energía Vectorial, StartUp focused on the decarbonizing mobility by accelerating the adoption of electric vehicles; and of Impact Hub Medellín, innovation laboratory focused in Entrepreneurship and Sustainability. He currently leads Impacto2030, an Incubation and Acceleration program for businesses with Impact on SDG.

Henriette Weber • Denmark

Henriette Weber is an award winning entrepreneur, author, communicator, and movement builder. Currently building her own NGO called ‘Shout Your Impact’ where she empowers women to be the change they want to see in the world. She’s also implementing the SDGs on a daily basis through her work advising global impact startups.

James Da Costa • United Kingdom

James Da Costa is a social entrepreneur, the co-founder of Mandala Group, which builds mobile applications in rural India and Kenya for underserved communities, and a Regional Director at the Hult Prize Foundation, the world’s largest student impact entrepreneurship platform.

Nashilongo Gervasius • Namibia

Nashilongo Gervasius is a digital consultant, a knowledge society specialist, media lecturer, communication specialist, and ICT4Dev analyst who is invested in the development narrative of Africa.

She is committed to upholding Africa’s position as the new frontier for digital media, technology and innovation. She is a founder of NamTshuwe Digital a social enterprise and she is also a co-founder of the Internet Society Namibia Chapter and the Digital Foundation of Namibia.

Neeshad Shafi • Qatar

Neeshad Shafi is an environmentalist, educator, and social change advocate based in Doha, Qatar. He is the Co-Founder & Executive Director of Arab Youth Climate Movement Qatar (AYCMQ), the first and only registered, independent, non-profit, youth-led environmental association in the State of Qatar. Neeshad was named in the Apolitical’s List of World’s 100 Most Influential People in Climate Policy 2019 and he is also a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers community, CoalitionWILD, and Youth Climate Lab.

Philip Ogola • Kenya

Philip Ogola is an online networker known as “The Digital Humanitarian.” Using his platform, he works to raise awareness about local disasters and the need for mental health support.

Priyanka Jaisinghani • United States

Priyanka Jaisinghani is a social entrepreneur, journalist, and advocate with a passion for making an impact. As the co-founder of a global mentorship program, GirlzFTW, she works to connect high school and college girls to inspiring mentors. She is also driving impact through her work as Managing Editor of Conscious Magazine and as a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shaper community.

Swarnima Shrestha • Nepal

Swarnima Shrestha is a communication and development Specialist with experience of working at the grassroots as well as strategic level with organizations like UNICEF, UNCDF, IANGEL, and Practical Action among others. She has a master’s degree in Development Communications and English Literature. Passionate about women’s empowerment and quality education, she has co-founded an NGO to support the education of marginalized children in the remote part of Nepal. Currently, she is a Communication and Knowledge Management Specialist at Swisscontact Nepal.