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Dave Brunsdon

Director, Kestrel Group, New Zealand

Dave Brunsdon is a director of Kestrel Group, a small New Zealand consultancy that provides strategic advice on the resilience of buildings and infrastructure, and on emergency management issues. He is the principal engineering adviser to a range of national organizations and local …

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

David Cadman

President, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability

David Cadman is the president of ICLEI, and the Deputy Mayor of Vancouver. He is a three-term Vancouver City Councilor, who was first elected in 2002. A social and environmental activist, Cadman is a member of the Coalition of Progressive Electors.  ICLEI is a growing association of local…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

David Corbelli

Regional Manager for Asia Pacific, Met Office

Mr. David Corbelli is the Regional Manager of the United Kingdom Met Office, and is responsible for managing Met Office partnerships and relations across Asia and the Pacific.

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

David Dodman

Director, Human Settlements Group, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

David Dodman is the Director of the Human Settlements Group at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and a Lecturer in the Development Planning Unit, University College London (UCL). He holds a D.Phil. in Geography from the University of Oxford, and works in the fields…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

David Fairman

Managing Director, Consensus Building Institute

David Fairman is Managing Director at the Consensus Building Institute and Associate Director of the MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program. For 28 years, he has built consensus and enhanced collaboration capacity on complex public and organizational issues internationally and in the U.S. His primary…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Social Development and Protection, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

David Nguyen

Associate Professor, Tohoku University

Dr. David N. Nguyen is an Associate Professor of Tohoku University's International Research Institute for Disaster Science in Japan, as well as a researcher at Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention. Dr. Nguyen is originally from the United States and…

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

David Simmons

Senior Director, Disaster Risk Finance, WTW

David Simmons has over 40 year’s re/insurance experience focusing upon catastrophic hazards. He has a mathematics degree from the University of Bristol and is a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute and a Vice-President of the London Insurance Institute.  He was a pioneer in…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Finance
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Deanna Olney

Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute

Deanna Olney has a Ph.D. in Nutritional Biology from the University of California Davis with a designated emphasis in International Nutrition and minors in Statistics and Epidemiology. Currently, Deanna is a Senior Research Fellow and a theme co-leader for Nutrition-Sensitive Programs in IFPRI’s…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Debora Utami

Program Manager, YAKKUM Emergency Unit Indonesia

Debora Dian Utami or Amie is currently the Program Manager of YAKKUM Emergency Unit (YEU) Indonesia—an NGO that was established in 2001 and has mandates on inclusive emergency response, disaster risk reduction (DRR), and climate change adaptation. Amie graduated with a degree in communication…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Deepa Ahluwalia

Gender and Social Development Specialist, India Resident Mission, ADB

Deepa Ahluwalia is the Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) focal point at the ADB India Resident Mission. She is involved in the coordination, management, and operations of projects and programs for effective implementation of gender/GESI mainstreaming strategies in ADB operations in…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality