We are delighted to introduce the independent judging panel for the GSL Global Goals competition. Each has been specially selected on the basis of their global experiences and a knowledge of sustainable development both at high level and grass roots. They represent a wide range of specialisms and bring a wealth of personal and professional experience to the panel.
Pamela Collins leads Conservation International’s work on Nature and the Global Sustainability Agenda, where she seeks to bridge the gap between what we know about connections between nature and human well-being and what we do when we implement sustainable development projects on the ground. Before that she was a AAAS Fellow at the Institute for Water Resources of the US Army Corps of Engineers, where she advised leadership on topics from ecosystem restoration to green infrastructure.
Daniel is a geographer and Vice President at the Moore Center for Science Division of Conservation International (CI). He directs strategic and applied research to achieve Conservation International science objectives to understand ecological, social-cultural and economic values, and how people benefit from and use ecosystem services. He also leads the Nature’s Values and Priorities team (NVP), supporting governments, businesses and communities in their efforts to achieve their development and sustainability goals by incorporating nature’s values into their planning, decision making, and balance sheets.
Priyanka leads the design and delivery of Dasra’s structured capacity building programs that are designed to help non-profit organisations strengthen their institutional abilities, and scale more effectively, with more than 8 years’ experience in the development space. She believe strongly in the power of networks and the need to work collectively to solve India’s biggest social challenges.
Anna has nearly 20 years experience working internationally with NGOs and donors implementing and advising on programme development and delivery. Her expertise includes strategy development and implementation, desk and field based research, due diligence, impact assessment, capacity building and crisis response. She has worked throughout Europe, Africa, Asia & the Middle East and have a strong network of international contacts.
Cara is Global Coordinator for the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network comprising over 2000 organisations and a 39 country coalitions. She is a Senior Hunger and Nutrition Advisor at Save The Children UK where the network is currently hosted. As a former humanitarian aid worker and policy advisor she enjoys trying to link grassroots activism with global initiatives and vice-versa. She enjoys the challenge of trying to understand how people can work better together despite their differences.
Alexander is an advocacy, communications and campaigns consultant with over a decade of experience in Foundations, NGOs, international organisations and political parties. He has worked for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bono’s ONE Campaign, Oxfam, Peace Child International and a range of smaller NGOs and high profile individuals from David Cameron to will.i.am.
Tamzin has worked across the public, private and civil society sector providing advisory services and training in high impact solutions for sustainable development. As founder of GreaterCapital and GreaterGood SA (voted one of the Top Ten most trusted NGOs in South Africa), she led the creation of the world’s first social stock exchange, promoting social finance globally. Tamzin won the GIBS Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2007, was appointed an Ashoka Fellow in 2008 and won the Thomson Reuters 2012 Trust Law Innovation Award.
Anna has nearly 20 years experience working internationally with NGOs and donors implementing and advising on programme development and delivery. Her expertise includes strategy development and implementation, desk and field based research, due diligence, impact assessment, capacity building and crisis response. She has worked throughout Europe, Africa, Asia & the Middle East and have a strong network of international contacts.
‘Reluctant Futurist’ Mark Stevenson is one of the world’s most in-demand thinkers on the interplay of technology and society, helping a diverse mix of organisations become literate about the future the questions is asking them and then adapt their cultures to answer those questions in the service of making the world more sustainable, equitable, humane and just. He is the award-winning author or two bestsellers: An Optimist’s Tour for the Future and We Do Things Differently. His many advisory roles include The Virgin Earth Challenge and being resident futurist at the National Theatre of Scotland.