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Appendix C: Biographies of Workshop Speakers
Appendix C: Biographies of Workshop Speakers
Pages 101-116
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Prior to launching Grow Well, she led Food Systems R&D and then Food Procurement at Blue Apron, overseeing food sourcing and procurement and implementing a national program to increase employee access to surplus product, as well as local communities through partnerships with Feeding America. There, she also served on the National Academies' Ad Hoc Reducing Food Loss and Waste Committee.
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High Level Expert Group on the Measurement of Economic Performance, President of the Human Development and Capability Association, President of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality, member of the High Level Advisory Council of the Climate Justice Dialogue, Co-Chair of the Scientific Council of the International Panel on Social Progress, and member of the Core Group of the Commission on Global Poverty. EDUARD MÜLLER CASTRO is the Founder and President of the University for International Cooperation and Chair-holder for the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
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Relocating from North America to Central Europe to pursue international collaboration and engagement opportunities, he assisted in the launch of the Institute for Sustainable Development in Budapest and has consulted with Climate-KIC, the largest EU public-private partnership focused on climate solutions, and various UN organizations, such as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and UNCC: Learn. He has previously served as Programs and Policy Director at the National Center for Science Education (NCSE)
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from 2010 to 2014 where she was the Agency lead on democracy, human rights, and governance. A long-time policy entrepreneur, she has spent more than two decades working on development and human rights as a scholar and practitioner including in Moscow with the National Democratic Institute, on the faculty of the Fletcher School at Tufts University, and over a decade as senior adviser and inaugural Director of the Human Rights Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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She has spearheaded launching a Regional Center of Expertise for Education in Sustainable Development Goals in North Texas, a program of the UN University, and the Institute for Sustainability and Global Impact at UTA. She is a Tedx speaker, was featured as the Women in CSR by Triple Pundit, and was awarded Women of the Decade in Corporate Social Responsibility by the Women Economic Forum and 2020 Women in Sustainability -- Transformational Leader by Wells Fargo.
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She has been actively involved in local, national, and global urban policy debates around the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and is an advocate for better science policy engagement on cities.
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He is author or co-author of many books, articles, and reports, including The Rise of the Community Builders and Real Estate Development Principles and Process. He has been a senior adviser on metropolitan economic strategy, sustainable innovation, and inclusive prosperity for cities, counties, regions, and states/provinces throughout the world, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Germany, India, Italy, Morocco, Panama, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, UK, United States, and Virgin Islands.
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delegation at the UN to negotiate and adopt the SDGs. Prior to his government service, he directed the nongovernmental organization Leaders Forum at Harvard University and was the founding CEO of the Warner Foundation, a family foundation in North Carolina focused on improving economic opportunity and race relations.
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INFORMATION GATHERING WORKSHOP 2: GLOBAL STRATEGIES Panel I: Science and Technology Cooperation (STI Forum Side Event) JEAN-PAUL ADAM is the Director for Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resources Management in the UN Economic Commission for Africa (since January 2020)
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He is also Director of the SciREX center and Executive Advisor to the President at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies and Guest Professor at the Research Organization for Nano & Life Innovation at Waseda University. He is currently serving as a member of the Basic Policy Group under the Committee on National Space Policy in the Cabinet Office, and as Chair of the Space Utilization Promotion Round-table under the Minister for Space Policy in the Cabinet Office.
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Tilmes has provided policy advice to international organization, governments, and private-sector companies on economic trends, human development, data policies, and technology strategies. As senior expert, he works closely with the African Center for Economic Transformation and the UN organizations on science, technology, and innovation.
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Mr. Bumb is skilled in areas such as gas, sustainable development, environmental issues, the Clean Development Mechanism, and environmental awareness.
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Ms. Basnyat holds a masters in development studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science and an undergraduate degree in international relations from Tufts University.
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Locke served as Senior Policy Advisor with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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She served as the senior advisor to the Commissioner of NYC Environmental Protection, building green infrastructure policy and partnerships in a $2.4 billion stormwater management program. She created the first NRDC-DEP partnership to develop a private market for green infrastructure, a project that she later managed from the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business, which produced an influential report, Catalyzing Green Infrastructure on Private Property: Recommendations for a Green, Equitable, and Sustainable New York City.
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