Fellows and Advisors
Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Reproductive Health
Alaka has published widely in the areas of reproductive health and family planning, gender and development, child health and mortality, and the context and politics of population policy.
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Senior Fellow, Women's Economic Empowerment
Mayra is an internationally recognized expert on gender and development and social development. She works with Data2X at the UN Foundation.
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Senior Advisor for Climate Solutions
Reid is Senior Advisor for Climate Solutions. He previously served as the Foundation’s Vice President for Energy and Climate Strategy from 2006 to 2017.
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Senior Fellow, Executive Office
Jeffrey Feltman is a senior fellow focusing on issues related to the United Nations’ peace and security work and participates in discussions and analysis on the future of multilateralism.
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Senior Fellow, Executive Office
Melinda offers policy advice on environmental issues, public health policy, and development finance. She serves on the High-Level Review Group for the 6th Global Environmental Outlook (UN Environment).
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Senior Fellow, Global Health Diplomacy
Ambassador John E. Lange serves as the UN Foundation’s primary focal point for global health diplomacy activities and its wide-ranging work with the World Health Organization. He chairs the Leadership Team of the Measles & Rubella Initiative and earlier served as Co-Chair of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s Polio Partners Group.
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Senior Advisor, Sustainable Development
John is a senior advisor on sustainable development to the UN Foundation. He is also senior fellow in the Brookings Institution’s Global Economy and Development Program.
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Non-Resident Senior Fellow
Thant Myint-U is an award-winning author, historian, conservationist, and international public servant.
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Senior Fellow
David Steven is a senior fellow at the UN Foundation, where he led a team of partners supporting the UN Secretary-General’s Our Common Agenda report. He supports the Foundation’s work on next and future generations and advises on the future of multilateralism.
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