Investing in Kenyan Youth and Women
In 2010, the MasterCard Foundation, the Equity Group Foundation, Equity Bank and the Government of Kenya committed to …
September 19-20, 2022
The CGI community is united in its commitment to taking action together. Over the course of the year ahead, there is an opportunity for our actions to not only help address the global challenges we face today, such as rising health and economic disparities, but also to lay the groundwork for a reimagined spirit of partnership and action that is more diverse, equitable, and inclusive than ever before. If the challenges of the past and the last several years of the COVID-19 pandemic have taught us anything, it’s that we are better when we work together, we are more resilient when we support all our community members, and we are most effective when we coordinate and disburse our shared resources. As we go forward to take action, the question becomes: how do we affirm our common humanity, develop deep and cross-cutting partnerships, and center the lived experiences of those on the frontlines of our global challenges at the heart of our collective work?
Nazanin Ash - CEO, Welcome.US
Ana Marie Argilagos - President, Hispanics in Philanthropy
Donnel Baird - CEO, BlocPower
Bono - Lead Singer, U2 and Co-Founder, ONE and (RED)
President Bill Clinton - Founder and Board Chair, Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States
Chelsea Clinton, DPhil, MPH - Vice Chair, Clinton Foundation
Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton - 67th Secretary of State of the United States
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus - Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO)
Dolores Huerta - President, Dolores Huerta Foundation
Dr. Karen Miga - Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz
Lin-Manuel Miranda - Award-Winning Songwriter, Actor, Director
Since CGI last convened in 2016, the world has dramatically changed. More frequent natural disasters caused by climate change, the largest number of refugees since World War II, and rising inequality in our health and economic systems are just some of the urgent challenges we face as an international community. Even worse, as challenges continue to mount, it feels increasingly harder to break through the gridlock and realize solutions nationally or globally. But for community-based organizations, entrepreneurs, and a new generation of leaders from the frontlines of these challenges, they’ve had no choice but to rise to the moment to creatively forge solutions and demonstrate that progress is possible. As the public sector, private sector and civil society convene in New York City in person again for the first time in years, the question becomes: how do we break through the challenges and gridlock to make a difference in lives around the world?
José Andrés – 2024 - Founder and Executive Chairman, José Andrés Group
President Bill Clinton - Founder and Board Chair, Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States
Dr. David Fajgenbaum - Co-Founder, Every Cure
Larry Fink - Chairman and CEO, BlackRock
Laurene Powell Jobs - Founder and President, Emerson Collective & XQ Institute
Alan Jope - CEO, Unilever
Mia Mottley - Prime Minister, Government of Barbados
Kennedy Odede - Co-Founder and CEO, Shining Hope for Communities
Damilola Ogunbiyi - CEO and Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All, and Co-Chair of UN-Energy
Fareed Zakaria - CNN Host and Washington Post Columnist
Young children are among the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. According to UNICEF, about one billion children around the world, nearly half of the world’s children, are at an extremely high risk of experiencing negative effects from climate change, with significant implications for their health, nutrition, education, development, survival, and future. While the challenge is formidable and more research is needed to ascertain climate change’s specific impacts on young children’s developing brains and bodies, there are promising solutions that communities, corporations, and philanthropy are pursuing today. This session will highlight the disproportionate impact climate change is having on young children and families, identify market gaps, and lift up multi-sectoral solutions being explored to address them.
This session will explore:
Adrián Cerezo - Visiting Researcher, CHILD Fellow, Yale Child Study Center
Laurence Chandy - Director of Global Insight and Policy, UNICEF
Chelsea Clinton, DPhil, MPH - Vice Chair, Clinton Foundation
Joan Lombardi, PhD - Visiting Scholar, Stanford Center on Early Childhood, Graduate School of Education
Rebecca Marmot - Chief Sustainability Officer, Unilever
Dr. Meera Mani - Vice President, Families and Communities, Packard Foundation
Frederica Perera, PhD - Professor of Public Health, Founding Director, Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health, Mailman School of Public Health
The pandemic has made it more difficult for many around the globe to access learning – from restrictions in schools to families confronting urgent needs at home. However, the recent transition to online learning has also presented us with tools to reimagine the future of learning. Teaching and learning are increasingly happening on the move and outside of physical classrooms – whether due to COVID-19, forced migration, climate disasters, or other crises. Innovative approaches have brought remote learning to refugee camps via text message and radio, expanded access to education technology in rural America, and brought reading materials to everyday environments to encourage parents of young children to talk, read, and sing to promote brain development. The last several years have demonstrated that education does not exist in a vacuum but within a broader context informed by the trauma and disruption of the past few years.
This session will explore:
Shoriwa Shaun Benjamin - Founder and Chief Technology Officer, It's Learnable
Dr. Celine Coggins - Executive Director, Grantmakers for Education
Jaime Saavedra - Global Director of Education, The World Bank
Maia Sandu - President, Republic of Moldova
Yasmine Sherif - Director, Education Cannot Wait
Sherrie Westin - CEO, Sesame Workshop
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated an existing mental health crisis, particularly among children and young people. The emergence of “climate anxiety,” new and ongoing international conflicts, and widespread use of technology have added to the stressors impacting our youth across the globe. A study last year estimated that one in seven children and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa have experienced significant psychological challenges, and almost 10 percent qualify for a psychiatric diagnosis. Overdose rates among teens in the United States are on the rise. Youth are facing cultural and infrastructural challenges – from stigma in seeking help to barriers in accessing support – in finding the tools and treatment they need.
This session will explore:
Dr. Tia Dole - Executive Director, The Steve Fund
Tristan Harris - President and Co-Founder, Center for Humane Technology
Mahmoud Khedr - Founder and CEO, FloraMind
Vivek Murthy - U.S. Surgeon General
Chris McCarthy - President & CEO, Paramount Media Networks and MTV Entertainment Studios
Dometi Pongo - Journalist, MTV News
Heather White - Author and Founder, OneGreenThing
Through Culture and Ingenuity we have the power to transcend stalemate and gridlock by changing the way we see the world one subtle perception at a time. They challenge the given and can crack open cemented opinions, questioning problematic views and exposing what is often hidden. In this segment of Story Studio, audiences will hear short stories from a diverse group of innovators and trailblazers that illuminate how through ingenuity and culture we can help bridge gaps, inspire us to embrace our differences, and expand our horizons.
Arielle Duhaime-Ross - Correspondent & Podcast Host, VICE News
Silvia Vasquez-Lavado - Author, Explorer, Social Entrepreneur, Courageous Girls
L Morgan Lee - Tony Nominated Actress
Raj Kamal Saxena - President, Ramrati Education Complex, Vinod Gupta Charitable Foundation
Tanaya Sharma - Board Member, Vinod Gupta Charitable Foundation (VGCF) / Global Education Foundation
Trust is the basis of connection; it is the speed of impact; and it is one of our most basic and increasingly precious human needs. Trust builds friendships, families, communities, institutions, and societies; and it is the connective tissue between them. Its absence – or fracture- can change everything. Join us as we hear from four storytellers, innovators, and changemakers whose stories of tapping into and forging trust have broken down barriers and created new pathways toward connection and impact.
Amanda Chen - SVP of Impact and Engagement, Participant Media
Rodney Foxworth - CEO, Common Future
Rahul Jain - Director, Participant Media
Lou Louis Koboji - Executive Director, Kajo Keji Health Training Institute
Cara Mertes - Founding Director, IRIS (International Resource for Impact and Storytelling)
Alessandra Orofino - Executive Director, NOSSAS
Science and technology allow us to overcome our human limitations and enhance our capacity to survive and thrive in the world. In the last decades, science and technology have become central to the solutions to many of our global challenges, including the potential to connect people and access information in ways that were unimaginable before. This session will feature stories of people who have used science and technology to improve the human condition, overcoming personal barriers and societal obstacles in the process.
Sumak Helena Sirén Gualinga - Advisor, Daughters for Earth
Ashley Judd - Author and Goodwill Ambassador, UNFPA
Martin Surbeck - Assistant Professor, Human Evolutionary Biology
Sara Wahedi - Founder and CEO, Ehtesab
Join six-time Peabody Award and MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship recipient, Dave Isay for a conversation discussing the unique power stories hold in the pursuit of breaking gridlock.
Dave Isay - Founder and President, StoryCorps
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards have become a critical tool for investors, employees, and customers to hold companies accountable for sustainability and social responsibility. They indicate the strength of a company’s management and probability of long-term financial success, and companies have an incentive to bolster their performance on these metrics. However, there is often uncertainty around how, in practice, we measure corporate social responsibility – the ‘S’ in ESG. Amid this uncertainty, organizations continue to look for opportunities to strengthen their practices and improve their social impact using whatever tools or measures are accessible to them.
This session will explore:
Aron Cramer - President and CEO, BSR
Elizabeth A. Vazquez - Co-Founder and CEO, WEConnect International
Matthew Richard Bishop - Visiting Senior Fellow, Brookings Institute
Priscilla Sims Brown - CEO, Amalgamated Bank
Meg Garlinghouse - Vice President, Social Impact, LinkedIn
Dr. Diane Osgood - Founder, Osgood Consulting & Carbon Almanac
Ben Skinner - President, Transparentem
More than half of the world’s population currently lives in cities and urban centers, including more than 60 percent of the global refugee population and 80 percent of internally displaced persons. These numbers have increased considerably in recent years, in what the United Nations Population Fund describes as the largest wave of urban growth in history. This growth is expected to continue with greater access to good jobs and innovations in urban living; as well as the effects of climate change, global conflicts and violence. This poses significant challenges, but has also prompted city leaders around the world to pioneer innovative solutions through more affordable housing, efforts to abate air pollution and create low emission zones, and further investments in renewable energy and public transit. The need for inclusive, equitable, and resilient cities is greater than ever.
This session will explore:
Eric Adams - Mayor, New York City
José Francisco Aguirre - Executive Director, Santo Domingo Foundation
Nazanin Ash - CEO, Welcome.US
Jody Barnett - Head of Global Cities & Transit and Mobility, Mastercard
Risa Berrin - Founder and CEO, Health Information Project (HIP)
Majora Carter - Real Estate Developer and Consultant, Majora Carter Group
Katherine Lugar - President and CEO, American Beverage Association
Roman Mars - Host and Creator, 99% Invisible
Jaime Pumarejo - Mayor, Barranquilla, Colombia
Denise Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr - Mayor, Freetown City Council
Frank Scott, Jr. - Mayor, Little Rock
António Vitorino - Director General, International Organization for Migration (IOM)
There has never been a more critical moment for local development in public health, as the COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the importance of a strong local health care workforce, investment in local manufacturing, research and development, and production of medicines and vaccines. According to the Foresight Africa 2022 report, less than 1 percent of all vaccines used in Africa are locally produced, demonstrating the continent’s vulnerability and dependence on foreign supplies. However, governments and allies are beginning to rally around regional initiatives that provide critical local investment and revert control of these health systems to the communities themselves.
This session will explore:
Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi - Associate Dean and Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
Chelsea Clinton, DPhil, MPH - Vice Chair, Clinton Foundation
Priti Krishtel - Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director, I-MAK (Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge)
Kennedy Odede - Co-Founder and CEO, Shining Hope for Communities
The COVID-19 pandemic magnified existing gender inequalities at work and at home. Women were especially vulnerable to employment and income losses and the increasing burden of unpaid work, threatening to reverse decades of progress expanding women’s economic opportunity. The digital gender gap, which has barely improved over the last decade, has further hindered women’s ability to acquire skills and access online employment and financial services. Closing the gaps between men and women in the workplace could increase the global GDP by 26 percent, benefiting both advanced and developing countries, and many of the tools needed to build inclusive economies exist. This session will discuss actions to support gender parity, including policies and programs that support women’s employment, leadership opportunities, recognition of unpaid work, and efforts to close the digital gender divide.
This session will explore:
Cherie Blair - Founder, Cherie Blair Foundation for Women
Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton - 67th Secretary of State of the United States
Temie Giwa-Tubosun - CEO and Founder, LifeBank
Kathy Hochul - Governor of New York
Maria Teresa Kumar - Founding President and CEO, Voto Latino
Vanessa Roanhorse - CEO, Roanhorse Consulting
Olivia Walton - Founder & Managing Partner, Ingeborg Investments
Robin Wright - Actor, Co-Founder Pour Les Femmes Foundation
The pandemic has had a devastating impact on small businesses, especially in underserved and underrepresented communities. These populations are already constrained by limited access to capital, lower digital connectivity, and weaker entrepreneurial infrastructure. According to a recent Global Entrepreneurship Monitor survey, women-owned businesses around the world were 20 percent more likely to report a closure due to the pandemic. In the United States, minority-owned businesses also suffered temporary or permanent closures at disproportionately higher rates. However, there are promising signs of entrepreneurial vitality and innovation. The pandemic accelerated the adoption of digital technologies by small businesses, and new business formation is surging, particularly in the United States, where online microbusinesses are booming, fueled by women and people of color.
Melissa Bradley - Managing Partner, 1863 Ventures
Steve Case - Chairman and CEO, Revolution
Philip Gaskin - Vice President of Entrepreneurship, Kauffman Foundation
David Holt - Mayor, Oklahoma City
Shamina Singh - Executive Vice President, Sustainability & President, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth
After decades of progress for women around the globe, there has been a stark reversal of this trend in recent years. Governments around the globe are rolling back rights once taken for granted. Global crises – from the COVID-19 pandemic to climate change – are landing disproportionately on women, in particular women of color and LGBTQ+ communities, and jeopardizing shared gains in economic prosperity and social stability.
Although these setbacks are real, collective action can prevent them from becoming permanent. There are more tools and opportunities than ever before for women across the globe to access education. Studies show women are outperforming men in the classroom, and businesses recognize that their talent pool is increasingly female. Women are gaining roles in leadership positions, while women-owned businesses receive more investment than ever before. Yet critical work remains to restore and advance this progress, with actions for all to contribute. This session will explore how a new wave of female leadership is poised to fight these threats to everyone’s rights and prosperity, and, once and for all, codify a world where women’s rights are human rights.
Agnes Binagwaho - Vice Chancellor, University of Global Health Equity
Peggy Clark - CEO and President, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
President Bill Clinton - Founder and Board Chair, Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States
Chelsea Clinton, DPhil, MPH - Vice Chair, Clinton Foundation
Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton - 67th Secretary of State of the United States
Melinda French Gates - Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Founder, Pivotal Ventures
Dorothy McAuliffe - United States Special Representative for Global Partnerships, U.S. Department of State
Dr. Rajiv Shah - President, The Rockefeller Foundation
Marinel Sumook Ubaldo - Advocacy Officer for Ecological Justice and Youth Engagement, Living Laudato Si’ Philippines
Since 2020, the global philanthropic community has faced urgent, intersecting needs at a level never before seen. An ongoing pandemic, increasing health and wealth disparities, an urgent reckoning of racial injustices, a worsening global refugee crisis, and worldwide conflicts have all demanded bolder action from funders and forced the philanthropic sector to reckon with questions of its effectiveness, legitimacy, and role in reinforcing structural inequalities. Grantmaking models centered on justice, participation, and trust can help address the inherent power imbalance in the donor-grantee relationship and shift agency to the communities served.
Dr. Elizabeth Alexander - President, Mellon Foundation
Michaelyn Anne Baur - Managing Director, Solidaridad
Jim Bildner - CEO, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Marla Blow - President and COO, Skoll Foundation
Dr. Sarah Beth Gehl - Executive Director, Southern Economic Advancement Project (SEAP)
Charmaine Mercer - Chief of Equity and Culture, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Wawira Njiru - Founder & Executive Director, Food For Education
Dr. Carmen Rojas - President and CEO, Marguerite Casey Foundation
Sigrid van Aken - CEO, Novamedia/Postcode Lottery Group
Karundi Williams - Executive Director, re:power
To reach net zero global emissions by 2050 and avert the worst impacts of climate change, the world will need to deploy clean energy technologies much more rapidly. This will require a massive surge in public and private investment across mature, clean technologies and early-stage and breakthrough solutions. Support for clean energy innovation and transition is especially critical for emerging and developing economies as they try to reconcile poverty alleviation and economic growth with global decarbonization goals. Proven strategies – from investment in local research and innovation to knowledge and technology transfer – can help countries advance cleantech solutions tailored to their specific needs and take the lead in determining their own energy future.
This session will explore:
Mauricio Claver-Carone - President, Inter-American Development Bank
Ani Dasgupta - President and CEO, World Resources Institute
Patricia Espinosa - Ambassador, Former Executive Secretary, U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
Rolando Gonzalez-Bunster – 2024 - Founder, President and CEO, InterEnergy
Guillermo Lasso - President, Republic of Ecuador
Salma Okonkwo - Founder, Blue Power Energy
Katie Rae - CEO and Managing Partner, The Engine
Chris Sacca - Founder, Lowercarbon Capital
Sumant Sinha - Chairman and CEO, Renew Energy Global Plc
Hemant Taneja - CEO, General Catalyst
This is a critical moment for reproductive and maternal health around the world. In recent years, preventable maternal deaths have increased; global resources devoted to comprehensive reproductive and maternal health have remained woefully inadequate; and access to these critical services is increasingly being threatened and outright curtailed. The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision was a massive setback to reproductive rights and the world is watching to see what will happen next. The pandemic, climate change, and humanitarian crises are worsening already massive inequities that threaten the health and well-being of people around the world. Despite the challenges, partnerships across the private sector, civil society, government, and the advocacy community can lead the vanguard with solutions centered on clinical innovation, policy change, and shifting culture.
This session will explore:
Xavier Bacerra - Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
Christy Turlington Burns - Founder, Every Mother Counts
Rt. Hon. Helen Clark - PMNCH Board Chair, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand
Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton - 67th Secretary of State of the United States
Dr. Mary-Ann Etiebet - AVP, Health Equity and Lead, Merck for Mothers, Merck
Dr. Aparna Hegde - Founder and Managing Trustee, ARMMAN
Molly Jong-Fast - Contributing Writer, The Atlantic
Dr. Natalia Kanem - Executive Director, U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA)
Enid Muthoni Ndiga - Chief Programs Officer, Center for Reproductive Rights
The Clinton Global Initiative has a long history of supporting innovators and entrepreneurs from around the world aiming to make a positive difference. In its early days, CGI was one of the first promoters of the role of the private sector in developing innovative solutions that could be brought to scale. At CGI’s 2022 Meeting, we are launching the CGI Greenhouse, programming designed to support socially-minded entrepreneurs and innovators.
More than 100 non-profit and for-profit social impact enterprises applied to be a part of this first-ever CGI Entrepreneurship Greenhouse. At CGI’s 2022 Meeting, the 19 finalists will present to an audience of potential partners and funders including Fortune 500 companies, large private and corporate foundations, family offices, and impact investors ready to implement their products and services. The CGI Entrepreneurship Greenhouse will not only identify opportunities to build out these social impact programs, but also provide operational support and opportunities to showcase their work throughout the meeting.
Chelsea Clinton, DPhil, MPH - Vice Chair, Clinton Foundation
Felecia Hatcher - CEO, Black Ambition Opportunity Inc.
Brad Keywell - Founder and Executive Chairman, Uptake Technologies
Nancy Twine - Founder and CEO, Briogeo
The continuing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, rising inflation, and the war in Ukraine have exacerbated global poverty levels. According to the World Bank, between 75 and 95 million people are likely to be pushed into extreme poverty this year, reversing decades of progress on global poverty alleviation. In the face of severe loss of income, social protection measures like direct cash transfers, poverty graduation, and cash plus programs have proven extremely effective in providing fast relief to those facing disruption. Strengthening the social protection infrastructure, and pairing immediate poverty relief with long-term strategies, is key to helping the most affected communities rebound and withstand future shocks.
This session will explore:
Alice Patterson Albright - CEO, Millennium Challenge Corporation
Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee - Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gargee Ghosh - President, Global Policy and Advocacy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Cina Lawson - Minister of Digital Economy and Transformation, Government of Togo
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala - Director-General - World Trade Organization (WTO)
With increasingly dire forecasts on climate change, companies across the globe have rushed to commit to net zero carbon emissions. However, pledges are not plans, and – despite this wave of good faith – significant obstacles exist for most organizations to reach their targets, including the limits of re-engineering and the pace of implementation of new technologies. The challenges are made more complex – but also more urgent – with the emergence of new laws and regulations under consideration in Europe and the United States.
This session will explore:
Henadi Al Saleh - Chairperson of the Board, Agility
Charles Baker - Governor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
André Esteves - Chairman and Senior Partner, BTG Pactual
Nili Gilbert - Vice Chairwoman, Carbon Direct
Dr. M. Sanjayan - CEO, Conservation International
Kristen Siemen - Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, General Motors
Frans Timmermans - Vice-President of the European Commission
In the United States, centuries of systemic racial discrimination have locked communities of color out of the tools and opportunities to build generational wealth. These persistent inequities are evident in the country’s entrepreneurial and financial landscape – only 2 percent of businesses with employees are Black-owned, and only 6 percent are Latino-owned. Of all U.S. asset management firms – key wealth creators and allocators – those owned by persons of color control just 0.7 percent of U.S.-based assets under management. Despite heightened awareness of bias and calls for equity and justice, the focus has often been on increasing representation in leadership positions instead of enabling more diverse ownership of the businesses and capital that drive the nation’s economy.
This session will explore:
Margaret Anadu - Senior Partner, The Vistria Group
Patty Arvielo - Co-Founder and President, New American Funding
Dr. Amani Ballour - Advocacy Officer, Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS)
Janis Bowdler - Counselor for Racial Equity, U.S. Department of Treasury
James Casselberry - CEO, Known Holdings LLC
Thasunda Brown Duckett - President and CEO, TIAA
Alicia Menendez - Host of “American Voices with Alicia Menendez,” MSNBC
Nathalie Molina Niño - Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Known Holdings
The COVID-19 pandemic put immense strain on an already fragile global health system, and new variants show continued gaps in preparation and containment of infectious diseases. The future of health will be marked by a wide range of challenges, including further infectious disease outbreaks and pandemics; increased disability and death from non-communicable diseases; rising hunger and starvation; inequality and lack of equitable access to health care; and environmental effects and lasting conflicts that impact the health of millions of people. Now is the time to focus on how to better prepare for future disease outbreaks and threats to global health.
This session will explore:
Jeremy Farrar - Director, Wellcome Trust
Felicia Marie Knaul - Director, Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas, University of Miami
Margaret-Mary Wilson - Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President, UnitedHealth Group
The Caribbean faces multiple threats: the region is on the frontlines of climate change, reeling from the devastating health and economic impacts of the pandemic, and under the immense pressure of rising inflation and debt.
Investing in the revitalization and diversification of the Caribbean’s economic fabric, strengthening local and regional health systems, and building climate adaptation capacity and resilience to future disasters will be critical to move the region from vulnerability to opportunity.
This session will explore:
Dr. Carla Barnett - Secretary-General, Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Dr. Cheryl Joy St. John - Executive Director, Caribbean Public Health Agency
Dr. Ralph Gonsalves - Prime Minister, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Luis Miranda Jr. - Activist, Philanthropist, Strategist
President Bill Clinton - Founder and Board Chair, Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States
Volodymyr Zelenskyy - President of Ukraine
Today, 1 in every 78 people on earth has been forced to leave their homes– the highest number on record – due to political persecution, conflict, violence, and climate change. For many others, natural disasters and a lack of housing and public services threaten their ability to stay rooted in their communities. While these trends present both short- and long-term challenges, it prompts an important question – what does it mean to be at “home”?
In this plenary session, speakers will explore how to foster community and belonging in an increasingly unstable world.
Noubar Afeyan - Founder and CEO, Flagship Pioneering; Co-Founder and Chairman, Moderna
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah - Queen of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Jesper Brodin - CEO, Ingka Group | IKEA
Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton - 67th Secretary of State of the United States
David Miliband - President and CEO, International Rescue Committee
Polina Frishko - Executive Director, Carolinas for Ukraine
Filippo Grandi - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Muhidin Libah - Executive Director, Somali Bantu Community Association
Hamdi Ulukaya – 2024 - CEO and Founder, Chobani; and Founder, Tent Partnership for Refugees
Malala Yousafzai - Activist
Volodymyr Zelenskyy - President of Ukraine
As the impacts of climate change worsen, accelerating climate adaptation strategies to the same levels of mitigation has become more urgent and will require increased investment. The Global Commission on Adaptation estimates that investing $1.8 trillion in climate adaptation from 2020 to 2030 could generate $7.1 trillion in total net benefits – in avoided losses, lower risks and improved economic benefits, and social and environmental benefits such as improved biodiversity and cleaner air and water. Climate adaptation measures protect the most vulnerable communities and ecosystems, and make companies more resilient to climate-related environmental and economic shocks.
This session will explore:
Manish Bapna - President and CEO, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Xiye Bastida - Climate Justice Activist
Matt Damon - Co-Founder - Water.org
Jennifer Granholm - U.S. Secretary of Energy
Kara Hurst - Vice President of Worldwide Sustainability, Amazon
Alvaro Lario - President, International Fund of Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Ann Mukherjee - Chairwoman and CEO of Pernod Ricard North America
Gavin Newsom - Governor, California
Jacqueline Novogratz - Founder and CEO, Acumen
Tom Rivett-Carnac - Founding Partner, Global Optimism
Amanda Nusz - Senior Vice President, Corporate Responsibility, Target and President, Target Foundation
Gary White - Co-Founder, Water.org
Established in 2005 by President Bill Clinton, the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) convenes global leaders to create and implement solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. To date, members of the CGI community have made more than 3,700 Commitments to Action that have made a difference in the lives of more than 435 million people in more than 180 countries.
This September, for the first time since 2016, CGI will convene alongside the United Nations General Assembly. During this meeting, more than 1,000 attendees will come together to drive action on climate change, inclusive economic growth, health equity, the refugee crisis, and more.
Founder and CEO, Flagship Pioneering; Co-Founder and Chairman, Moderna
Queen of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Founder and Executive Chairman, José Andrés Group
Founder, Cherie Blair Foundation for Women
Lead Singer, U2 and Co-Founder, ONE and (RED)
Founder and Board Chair, Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States
William Jefferson Clinton, the first Democratic president in six decades to be elected twice, led the U.S. to the longest economic expansion in American history, including the creation of more than 22 million jobs.
After leaving the White House, President Clinton established the William J. Clinton Foundation, and today, the renamed Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, works to improve global health and wellness, increase opportunity for girls and women, reduce childhood obesity, create economic opportunity and growth, and help communities address the effects of climate change.
Today the Foundation has staff and volunteers around the world working to improve lives through several initiatives, including the independent Clinton Health Access Initiative, through which over 11.5 million people in more than 70 countries have access to CHAI-negotiated prices for HIV/AIDS medications. The Clinton Climate Initiative, the Clinton Development Initiative, and the Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership are applying a business-oriented approach to promote sustainable economic growth and to fight climate change worldwide and in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. In the U.S., the Foundation is working to combat the alarming rise in childhood obesity and preventable disease through the Alliance for a Healthier Generation and the Clinton Health Matters Initiative. Established in 2005, the Clinton Global Initiative brings together global leaders to devise and implement innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing issues. So far, more than 3,600 Clinton Global Initiative commitments have improved the lives of over 435 million people in more than 180 countries.
In addition to his Foundation work, President Clinton has joined with former President George H.W. Bush three times – after the 2004 tsunami in South Asia, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and Hurricane Ike in 2008, and with President George W. Bush in Haiti in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake. Today the Clinton Foundation supports economic growth, job creation, and sustainability in Haiti.
President Clinton was born on August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas. He and his wife Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton have one daughter, Chelsea, and live in Chappaqua, New York.
Vice Chair, Clinton Foundation
As vice chair of the Clinton Foundation, Chelsea Clinton works alongside the Foundation’s leadership and partners to improve lives and inspire emerging leaders across the United States and around the world. This includes the Foundation’s early child initiative Too Small to Fail, which supports families with the resources they need to promote early brain and language development; and the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U), a global program that empowers student leaders to turn their ideas into action. A longtime public health advocate, Chelsea also serves as vice chair of the Clinton Health Access Initiative and uses her platform to increase awareness around issues such as vaccine hesitancy, childhood obesity, and health equity.
In addition to her Foundation work, Chelsea teaches at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and has written several books for young readers, including the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World as well as She Persisted Around the World, She Persisted in Sports, She Persisted in Science, Start Now! You Can Make a Difference; Don’t Let Them Disappear; It’s Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going; and Welcome to the Big Kids Club. She is also the co-author of The Book of Gutsy Women and Grandma’s Gardens with Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton and of Governing Global Health: Who Runs the World and Why? with Devi Sridhar. Chelsea’s podcast, In Fact with Chelsea Clinton, premiered in 2021 and she is the co-founder of HiddenLight Productions.
Chelsea holds a Bachelor of Arts from Stanford, a Master of Public Health from Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health, and both a Master of Philosophy and a Doctorate in international relations from Oxford University. She lives with her husband Marc, and their children Charlotte, Aidan, and Jasper, in New York City.
67th Secretary of State of the United States
Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
President and CEO, TIAA
Chairman and Senior Partner, BTG Pactual
Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Founder, Pivotal Ventures
Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO)
U.S. Secretary of Energy
President, Dolores Huerta Foundation
Founder and President, Emerson Collective & XQ Institute
Award-Winning Songwriter, Actor, Director
Prime Minister, Government of Barbados
CEO and Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All, and Co-Chair of UN-Energy
Director-General - World Trade Organization (WTO)
U.S. Secretary of Commerce
President, Republic of Moldova
Vice-President of the European Commission
CEO and Founder, Chobani; and Founder, Tent Partnership for Refugees
Actor, Co-Founder Pour Les Femmes Foundation
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In 2010, the MasterCard Foundation, the Equity Group Foundation, Equity Bank and the Government of Kenya committed to …
In 2011, the Carnegie Corporation, along with a wide range of partners, committed to identifying and funding programs …
In 2013, Last Mile Health committed to scale their innovative, high-impact Frontline Health Worker (FHW) model to bring …
In 2014, Direct Relief committed to support the governments of Liberia and Sierra Leone in their efforts to …
In 2015, Too Small to Fail, the Coin Laundry Association (CLA) and their partners committed to engage parents …
In 2018, Direct Relief, the Hispanic Federation, The Solar Foundation, and New Energy PR committed to install solar …
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President, African Development Bank Group
Senior Partner, The Vistria Group
Managing Director, Solidaridad
Co-Founder and CEO, WEConnect International
Founder and CEO, Flagship Pioneering; Co-Founder and Chairman, Moderna
Executive Director, Santo Domingo Foundation
Queen of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
CEO, Millennium Challenge Corporation
Chairperson of the Board, Agility
President, Mellon Foundation
Secretary General, Organization of American States
Founder and Executive Chairman, José Andrés Group
President, Hispanics in Philanthropy
Co-Founder and President, New American Funding
Advocacy Officer, Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS)
President and CEO, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Co-Founder and CEO, FTX
Secretary-General, Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Head of Global Cities & Transit and Mobility, Mastercard
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
Founder and Chief Technology Officer, It's Learnable
Founder and CEO, Health Information Project (HIP)
CEO, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Vice Chancellor, University of Global Health Equity
Visiting Senior Fellow, Brookings Institute
Founder, Cherie Blair Foundation for Women
President and COO, Skoll Foundation
Lead Singer, U2 and Co-Founder, ONE and (RED)
Associate Dean and Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
Counselor for Racial Equity, U.S. Department of Treasury
Managing Partner, 1863 Ventures
CEO, Amalgamated Bank
Executive Director, Oxfam International
Founder, Every Mother Counts
Leader, Understanding US
Real Estate Developer and Consultant, Majora Carter Group
CEO, Known Holdings LLC
Visiting Researcher, CHILD Fellow, Yale Child Study Center
Director of Global Insight and Policy, UNICEF
SVP of Impact and Engagement, Participant Media
Former Prime Minister of New Zealand and Board Chair, Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH)
CEO and President, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
President, Inter-American Development Bank
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Executive Director, Grantmakers for Education
President and CEO, World Resources Institute
Director, National Economic Council
Co-Founder/President, Domuschiev Impact/Huvepharma
Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Correspondent & Podcast Host, VICE News
President and CEO, TIAA
Founder and Chair, The Tony Elumelu Foundation
Ambassador, Former Executive Secretary, U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
Chairman and Senior Partner, BTG Pactual
AVP, Health Equity and Lead, Merck for Mothers, Merck
Co-Founder, Every Cure
Executive Director, Carolinas for Ukraine
Vice President of Social Impact, LinkedIn
Vice President of Entrepreneurship, Kauffman Foundation
Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Founder, Pivotal Ventures
Executive Director, Southern Economic Advancement Project (SEAP)
Chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Outreach Program Manager, Serve You Rx
Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO)
President, Global Policy and Advocacy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Vice Chairwoman, Carbon Direct
Prime Minister, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Founder, President and CEO, InterEnergy
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
U.S. Secretary of Energy
Secretary-General, U.N. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Founder, Mobilize Recovery and The Voices Project
President and Co-Founder, Center for Humane Technology
CEO, Black Ambition Opportunity Inc.
Founder and Managing Trustee, ARMMAN
Founder and CEO, ActOne Group
President, Dolores Huerta Foundation
Vice President of Worldwide Sustainability, Amazon
Founder and President, StoryCorps
Senior Clinical Director, Caron Florida Ocean Drive
Founder and President, Emerson Collective & XQ Institute
Contributing Writer, The Atlantic
Executive Director, Caribbean Public Health Agency
Author and Goodwill Ambassador, UNFPA
Executive Director, U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA)
Chief Impact Officer, Pathstone
Founder, The Kennedy Forum
Founder and Executive Chairman, Uptake Technologies
Founder and CEO, FloraMind
Content Manager for Public Programs, The Nobel Prize Museum
Musician, Poet, and Filmmaker
Director, Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas, University of Miami
Executive Director, Kajo Keji Health Training Institute
Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director, I-MAK (Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge)
Founding President and CEO, Voto Latino
President, International Fund of Agricultural Development (IFAD)
President, Republic of Ecuador
Minister of Digital Economy and Transformation, Government of Togo
Executive Director, Somali Bantu Community Association
Visiting Scholar, Stanford Center on Early Childhood, Graduate School of Education
President and CEO, American Beverage Association
Vice President, Families and Communities, Packard Foundation
Dr. Meera Mani is the Vice President of Families and Communities. She joined the Foundation in February 2009.
As a leader Meera is known for bringing together diverse perspectives and building consensus to co-create solutions for complex social challenges. As a manager she has assembled high functioning teams, created inclusive organizational culture, and worked collaboratively with Trustees, staff, and external stakeholders to achieve success.
Prior to joining the Foundation, Meera served as the president of The Clayton Foundation in Denver, Colorado. Under her direction, the foundation focused on operating high-quality programs for children from birth to five-years-old and providing education and professional development opportunities for the early childhood education workforce. Between 1999-2001, Meera co-founded and led Qualistar Early Learning, a statewide initiative dedicated to improving children’s early learning experiences through the implementation of a quality rating and improvement system.
Chief Sustainability Officer, Unilever
Host and Creator, 99% Invisible
United States Special Representative for Global Partnerships, U.S. Department of State
Executive Director, World Food Programme
President & CEO, Paramount Media Networks and MTV Entertainment Studios
Host of “American Voices with Alicia Menendez,” MSNBC
Chief of Equity and Culture, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Founding Director, IRIS (International Resource for Impact and Storytelling)
Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz
President and CEO, International Rescue Committee
Award-Winning Songwriter, Actor, Director
Activist, Philanthropist, Strategist
Prime Minister, Government of Barbados
Chairwoman and CEO of Pernod Ricard North America
Founder and Executive Director, Yoga of 12 Step Recovery (Y12SR)
Chief Programs Officer, Center for Reproductive Rights
Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Known Holdings
Founder & Executive Director, Food For Education
Founder and CEO, Acumen
Senior Vice President, Corporate Responsibility, Target and President, Target Foundation
Co-Founder and CEO, Shining Hope for Communities
CEO and Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All, and Co-Chair of UN-Energy
Director-General - World Trade Organization (WTO)
Founder, Blue Power Energy
Executive Director, NOSSAS
Founder, Osgood Consulting & Carbon Almanac
Professor of Public Health, Founding Director, Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health, Mailman School of Public Health
Founder, Operation Save Our City and Lead Educator, Prevention Point
Mayor, Barranquilla, Colombia
CEO and Managing Partner, The Engine
U.S. Secretary of Commerce
Founding Partner, Global Optimism
CEO, Roanhorse Consulting