World Health Organization (WHO) | Icebreaker

World Health Organization (WHO) | Icebreaker

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Hi! I help people build products that customers love AND that do well for the business. I am fascinated by figuring out what it is customers really want and turning that into reality. I also have a business background so I am always looking at how to build the company or startup or initiative.

Claire Whitfield

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Data Protection Officer

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Over 30 years of experience in international affairs. Special expertise in sustainable development, humanitarian provision, global health, social service delivery, peace and security promotion, and human rights advancement including especially the prevention of genocide and crimes against humanity. Senior positions in government, UN multilateral agencies, International Red Cross and Red Crescent, civil society and NGOs, at both headquarters and in the field, and in academia. Functions have included policy development, strategy formulation, programme planning and delivery, knowledge and innovation management; mentoring and teaching, accountability and performance evaluation, communications, diplomacy and representation, orchestrating partnerships, resource mobilisation, capacity building, advocacy, negotiation and mediation, and organisational change management. Experience from both donor and receiving agency side, and in developing and developed countries, has been instrumental in achieving successful collaborations and outcomes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Author of "No Stranger to Kindness" and “Against a Tide of Evil” Available via www.amazon.co.uk or www.amazon.com

Margherita Cinà

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Associate, O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law; Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law Center

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I am an entrepreneur, designer, and occasional investor and advisor. I enjoy making fun things on the Internet. You need not congratulate me on any work anniversaries. * I am working on Sudowrite.com, an AI-powered creative writing tool. * I founded Photojojo, a brand devoted to the intersection of photography and fun. I bootstrapped the company in 2006, grew it profitably to over $10 million in annual revenue, and sold it in 2014. We have been featured several times on Good Morning America, The CBS Early Show, Martha Stewart, The New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal, have published a book with Random House, and grown a large and fanatical customer base around the world. * I also started Jelly in 2006, a casual coworking event that brings together tech workers and freelancers in over a hundred cities around the world. In the past.. * I helped create ChangeThis with Seth Godin, and served as Managing Editor. * I organized tech industry and art events in NYC, like BarCamp, Facebook developer meetups, and bARTer. * I founded The Daily Jolt while in college, a profitable online campus-specific community site that operated at over 100 college campuses.

Jean-Marc Tassetto

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Google; Co-Founder, Coorpacademy; Board member French and Swiss Tech

Jean Paul Laurent

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Jean Paul Laurent is a social entrepreneur, author, speaker, and one of the leading global oral health experts of his generation. He is the Founder and Chief Smiling Officer of UNSPOKEN SMILES, a nonprofit organization that promotes oral health and economic security in the world's most disadvantaged regions. He is also a doctoral candidate in education at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is researching the impact of oral health interventions on academic outcomes and well-being. With a consultative status with both the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the United Nations Department of Global Communications (UN DGC), Jean Paul leverages his expertise and network to advocate for oral health as a human right and a key component of the Sustainable Development Goals. He has improved the oral health status of over 7,000 children in 8 countries across 4 continents, and has received multiple awards and recognition for his visionary leadership and unshakable optimism. He is also a prolific writer and speaker, who shares his insights and stories on various platforms, including TEDx, Forbes, and Thrive Global.

Yuliya Mykhaylovska

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Early Career Talent @ Clay | Talent Advisor & Career Coach

Peter Preziosi, PhD, RN, CAE

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Building highly responsive, customer-centric, technology enabled organizations is my passion. My specialty is creating and executing forward-thinking, data-driven strategies that transform and empower teams, and their companies, to succeed. With an extensive career leading significant change initiatives across the healthcare spectrum, particularly in complex, politically charged environments, I have built a reputation for redefining and realigning corporate cultures, and their people, to deliver extraordinary results. Noted for: Digital and Hybrid Learning Academy – World Health Organization Brought in by the WHO in 2019 to consult on the development of a global learning academy to upskill 10 million health workers worldwide by 2023. Leading the Quality and Standards workstream, 1 of 8 multinational development teams, to establish quality management framework and learning achievement recognition system by deploying interoperable learning records and digital credentialing. Digital Transformation – CGFNS Launched a digital and IT transformation, and website optimization initiative, that improved customer experience, enhanced service delivery, and positioned company as global thought leader in credentials evaluation, health professions mobility and workforce deployment. Rebranding and Reenergizing Organizations from the Ground Up – AHDI and CDIA Completely transformed two newly named distinct entities, AHDI and CDIA. Initiated consortium to address standardized electronic clinical narrative exchange to ensure patient story remained intact within EHR systems. Rebuilt infrastructure; reduced costs by 30% while doubling the bottom-line. Raised $1.15M to support change. Medicaid Program Privatization – City of New York Actualized critical leadership in privatizing the NYC’s Medicaid program which delivered government healthcare services to 1.4 million Medicaid beneficiaries, reducing administrative overhead. Change Leadership – Planned Parenthood Assisted CEO in turnaround and regeneration of Planned Parenthood during a climate of disruption and discontent. Managed national reinvention team in developing and launching roadmap to reposition its 1,000 clinics nationwide. Executive Competencies o Strategic Planning and Tactical Execution o Organizational Vision o Collaborative Alliance Building o Leading Diverse, High-Performance Teams o Broad Healthcare Policy Experience o Board Relations and Reporting o Trust-Based Stakeholder Relationships o Operational Turnaround | Management

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WRITER: I am the author of four novels, 10 non-fiction books, and hundreds of articles and blogs as a science writer, a business writer, and a sales and marketing writer. PUBLISHER: In 2007, I founded a publishing company with a fiction and a non-fiction imprint, selling thousands of copies for authors across America. I sold the company in 2012. BUSINESS CONSULTANT: In 2013, I worked as a business consultant with the Crankset Group. As such, I offered consulting services for business owners, helping them make more money in less time, get off the treadmill, and get back to the passion that brought them into business in the first place. SOLOPRENEUR: I’ve founded, grown, and sold two businesses. Most recently, I co-founded with my wife an online school for children in Latin America to teach them about technology, entrepreneurship, arts, and mindfulness.