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Lizzie Collins

Vice President of Engineering, Build Change

Lizzie Blaisdell Collins is the Vice President of Engineering for Build Change, a non-profit social enterprise with a critical mission of preventing housing losses caused by disasters. After working early in her career with a private sector earthquake engineering firm in San Francisco, USA, Lizzie…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Social Development and Protection, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Loveelen Kacker

Former CEO , Tech Mahindra Foundation

Loveleen is a published writer, a Civil Servant, and Podcaster. Her career spans over forty years. I worked for the Indian government for over thirty years and in Corporate Social Responsibility for another seven years.  Simultaneously, she has been writing children's fiction and adult…

   Topic(s): ICT, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Maria Cecilia Alcantara

President, Coca Cola Foundation Philippines, Inc.

Maria Cecilia Alcantara is Vice-Chair of League of Corporate Foundations and President of Coca-Cola Foundation Philippines. She is a trustee of the Association of Foundations, Philippine Council for NGO Certification, and the Associate Missionaries of the Assumption Foundation. She holds a degree…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Marina Best

Senior Social Development Specialist, ADB

Marina is a Senior Social Development Specialist in the NGOC and Civil Society Center at ADB where she focuses on local and community-based development.  Prior to ADB, she served as Associate Vice President of Sector Operations at the Millennium Challenge Corporation and Senior Policy Advisor…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Civil Society, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Mark Holmes

Head of Membership and Development, National Skills Academy for Rail (NSAR), UK

Mark has worked in the public and private sectors for more than 40 years, including 10 years in the Middle East and Asia, with experience across a wide range of sectors including transport, manufacturing, finance and health managing large workforces and complex contracts. Mark’s expertise is in…

   Topic(s): Regional Cooperation and Integration, Social Development and Protection, Transport
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Marlowe Popes

Senior Field Manager, BRAC-UPGI

When one of the world’s longest running lockdowns began in the Philippines due to COVID-19, Marlowe’s team was tasked with ensuring the project’s 1,800 participants developed sustainable livelihoods and carved pathways out of extreme poverty when the project ended amidst one of our lifetime’s…

   Topic(s): Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Michael Beauchamp

Principal Social Development Specialist (Safeguards), ADB

Mike Beauchamp is ADB's Principal Social Development Specialist (Safeguards). Prior, he worked as the Project Team Leader (Designate) of Small Towns Water Supply and Sanitation (Designate) Small Towns Water Supply and Sanitation Project LCG - Lao Consulting Group.  He got his Bachelor and…

   Topic(s): Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Monina Josefina H Romualdez

Undersecretary for Operations Group, Department of Social Welfare and Development, The Philippines

Former Regional Director of DSWD National Capital Region , A realtor by profession; a businesswoman; former President of Junior Chamber International (JCI) Makati Princess Urduja; former head of Mindanao Parallel Groups. Undersecretary Romualdez spent most of her career in the private sector but…

   Topic(s): Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Mukhtar Ahmad

TA Team Leader and Social Protection and Cash Transfer Specialist, ADB

An ex-civil servant with over 30 years of experience in public policy formulation and implementation with focus on public sector management, social protection, public health and economic diplomacy; within that, well-honed skills in institutional development, administration, development planning,…

   Topic(s): Health, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

N Varaprasad

Founder and Partner, Singapore Education Consulting Group

Dr. N Varaprasad has been dedicated to the field of education and leadership for 40 years and has made many significant contributions to public service and education in Singapore. He started his career as a lecturer in Industrial and Systems Engineering, with his Ph.D. in Urban Transport modeling.…

   Topic(s): Education, Regional Cooperation and Integration, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals