Meet the 2025 GlobalWA Annual Conference Speakers

Additional speakers are being confirmed every day, so check back soon!

Naria Santa Lucia
General Manager, Microsoft Elevate
Microsoft
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Akhtar Badshah
Co-Founder
Purpose Mindset
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Dr. Heidi van Rooyen
Chair of the Department of Global Health
University of Washington
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Jill Nishi
CEO
Philanthropy Northwest
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Kammerle Schneider
Chief of Global Health Programs
PATH
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Nancy Dalton
Director, Amazon Success, External Affairs, Marketing & Social Impact
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Aaron Milner
Lead Strategist
Intentional Futures
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Arlene Mitchell
Executive Director
Global Child Nutrition Foundation
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Elizabeth Stokely
Executive Director
Global Washington
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Javoen Byrd
Executive Director
The Hawk Foundation for Research & Education in African Culture
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Natalie Davis
Senior Customer Success Manager
Carbon Direct
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Dr. Pilar Fernandez
Assistant Professor
Washington State University Paul G. Allen School of Global Health
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Rebecca Muston
Development Director
Ecologists Without Borders
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Andrea Chartock
Assistant Director, Leading the Office of Economic Development & Competitiveness (OEDC)
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Ann Sonnen
Senior Principal, Finance Strategy, Slalom
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Atul Tandon
CEO
Opportunity International
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Cameron Birge
Senior Program Manager, Disaster Response
Microsoft
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Carlos Alberto Yanez Navarro
Board Member
Global Rights Advocacy
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Carolyn Cole
Strategic Initiatives Access Advisor
Washington State Office of Equity
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Casey Cline
Managing Director, US
myAgro
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Cindil Redick-Ponte
Section Manager,
Community Healthcare Improvement and Linkages
WA State Dept. of Health
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Cole Hoover
 Learning Multiplier, Empire
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David Ballif
Founder & CEO
Cascadia Foreign Policy
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Emma Kallaway
Partner
Kinetic West
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Greg Snyders
Partner
Dalberg
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Heather Hwalek
Senior Program Officer
Gates Foundation
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Jenna Fritz
Associate
Linksbridge SPC
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Julia Walker
Independent Consultant
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Kim Rakow Bernier
Senior Faculty
Global Leadership Forum
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Lane Polozola
Assistant Attorney General, Wing Luke Civil Rights Division
Washington State Office of the Attorney General
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Laura Baerwolf
Managing Director
Mona Foundation
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Linda Oseso
Co-Chair
Women in Global Health Seattle Chapter
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Luke Wenz
Deputy National Outreach Director, West and Military
U.S. Global Leadership Coalition
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Mary Stata
Chief Development Officer
Mercy Corps
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Mary Williams
Learning & Development Leader
Williams Learning Services
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Melissa Merritt
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Good Citizen
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Michael Tjalve
Spreeha Foundation Board Chair, Founder
Independent Humanitarian AI Advisor
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Michele Frix
Executive Vice President
Seattle Foundation
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My-Lan Dodd
Attorney & Senior Land Tenure Specialist, Gender
Landesa
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Nicky Smith
Regional Director International Rescue Committee
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Pallabi Deb
Co-Chair
Women in Global Health Seattle Chapter
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Paul Essene
Head of Product & Technical Innovation
Opportunity International
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Rebecca Lovell
Chief Operating Officer
Greater Seattle Partners
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Samara Andrade
UNDP & VP Board Global Leadership Forum
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Sital Kalantry
Professor of Law & Executive Director of the Roundglass India Center
Seattle University
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Thomas Antkowiak
Professor of Law
Seattle University School of Law
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Tylie Cramer
Pro-Bono Attorney
Global Rights Advocacy
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