As a behavioral science professional, Laura's commitment to social innovation is rooted in a comprehensive understanding of human behavior, achieved through a blend of ethnographic research, human-centered design, behavioral science, and trends studies. Her experience spans 14 countries, designing innovative solutions for complex challenges in areas such as learning and education, gender norms, climate change etc. Laura has worked with leading organizations such as Mozilla, the International Rescue Committee, the World Bank, the UN and holds a master's degree in International Business from PSB and a Masters of Behavioral Science from LSE.

Floriza is a multilingual (Portuguese/French/Spanish) behavioral scientist with over 15 years of experience integrating social and behavioral sciences into global development work. Her experience includes translating evidence and practice from behavioral insights and human-centred design to inform program design, implementation, and evaluation, and employing a gender-transformative and intersectional lens throughout.

Abigail designs and tests health systems and community-level innovations. Her portfolio targets social determinants of violence, poverty and food insecurity with an emphasis on maternal and adolescent health. Hatcher leads interdisciplinary teams who employ trials, implementation science, qualitative research, systematic reviews, and policy guidance.

Khwezi is a digital strategy professional based in New York City. She has worked in digital and content strategy, as well as product development for social impact for over ten years with a particular interest in gender and youth development including as the Director of Digital and Content Strategy for TED’s Audacious Project, Editorial Director at Girl Effect, and Content and Communities Manager at Praekelt.org. Before working in social impact and global development she was an editor in print and a producer for radio and TV for many years. As a Ford Foundation Fellow, she holds a master's degree in Journalism from New York University in the innovative specialization Studio 20.

Mark is an applied behavioral scientist specializing in experiments and child-centered programming. He currently serves as a behavioral science advisor to Save The Children. Previously, Mark served on the leadership team at the Busara Center for Behavioral Economics, where he led the child-centered portfolio and was responsible for technical excellence. He has led 30+ projects across Africa, Asia Pacific and South America helping clients apply behavioral science to their products and programming. Mark can both execute highly technical projects and coach others to do the same. He holds an MSc in Behavioral Science from the University of Warwick and a BSc in Economics and Politics from the University of Bath. Mark can run projects in Spanish and English.

Van addresses complex business ambitions through brand architecture, customer experience, behavioral insights and activation design. Van uses behavioral science to predict results, and to identify the overlooked and misunderstood. He uses them as resources to improve and transform businesses.

Ruth Schmidt is an associate professor at the Institute of Design (ID) at Illinois Tech, whose research sits at the intersection of behavioral science, humanity-centered design, and complex systems. Her work focuses on addressing private sector and public policy behavioral challenges more systematically and equitably through applied insights and conceptual models. Prior to joining ID, Ruth was a senior innovation leader at Doblin | Deloitte, where she developed strategic behavioral design approaches for healthcare and financial services contexts and helped clients embed innovation processes and capabilities more effectively within their organizations.