Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong creates structure through story, most recently designing a storytelling program at IDEO's open innovation community platform, OpenIDEO. She has designed and implemented projects on four continents in conjunction with USAID, the Rockefeller Foundation, Stanford's d.school, DfID, the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MIT, and Harvard.
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Pamela Yates
Pamela Yates is the Co-Founder and Creative Director of Skylight, a company dedicated to creating feature length documentary films and digital media tools that advance awareness of human rights and the quest for justice by implementing multi-year outreach campaigns designed to engage, educate and activate social change.
Michael Premo
Michael Premo is an artist, journalist and documentary storyteller. In addition to his work as Executive Producer at Storyline Media, he has created, produced and presented original works of art and media with numerous companies including Hip-Hop Theater Festival, The Foundry Theater, The Civilians, Penny Arcade, Company One, EarSay, Inc., and the Peabody Award winning StoryCorps.
Nicole Newnham
Nicole Newnham is an Emmy-winning documentary producer and director, four-time Sundance Film Festival alumnus and five-time Emmy-nominee. She co-directed the upcoming documentary “Crip Camp” with Jim LeBrecht, which will premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
JANE ZELIKOVA, Ph.D
Jane is an ecologist interested in the impacts of environmental change on natural and managed ecosystems.
CATHERINE ZAVALA
A native of Peru, Katherine has been with the International Development Exchange (IDEX) team since 2005 specializing in building grassroots partnerships, learning alternative models for food sovereignty and advocating for social justice giving.
MARIT WILKERSON
Policy Fellow USAID Africa Bureau Dr. Marit Wilkerson is a second year AAAS S&T Policy Fellow serving at USAID as a Climate Change Advisor in the Africa Bureau.
CATHERINE YRISARRI
As a journalist and storyteller, Catherine Yrisarri has worked with some of the top visionaries, organizations and companies around the world where she’s editorially and creatively crafted documentaries and international series.
VALENTINA STACKL
Valentina holds a bachelor's degree in creative writing and political science and a master's degree in public health from the University of Michigan with a focus on health disparities, the health impacts of migration, and health communications.
