2015 Global Development Forum
GDF will feature keynote addresses by The Honorable Ander Crenshaw, U.S. Representative, R-FL; and Dr. Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Managing Director of the World Bank Group. Breakout panel discussions will foster dialogue on topics including private sector partnerships, capacity building and workforce development, innovative finance, the post-2015 global development agenda, Ebola recovery in West Africa, and the strategic role of development in overall U.S. foreign policy. GDF will feature over 40 speakers, including key stakeholders from U.S. government agencies, leading multilateral and non-governmental organizations, foreign governments, and the private sector.
With a significant reduction in extreme poverty and an increase in private financial flows to the developing world over the past two decades, the face of development is rapidly changing. Meeting today’s challenges calls for innovation and effective partnerships across sectors, with an emphasis on improving governance and leveraging the role of the private sector.
The 2015 Global Development Forum will be held on Thursday, April 23, from 8:00AM – 3:45PM at the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ headquarters.
Please find speaker biographies here.
8:00 AM
Registration opens
A light breakfast will be available.
8:50 AM
Opening Remarks
Mr. Daniel F. Runde
William A. Schreyer Chair in Global Analysis and Director, Project on U.S. Leadership in Development, Center for Strategic and International Studies
8:55 AM
Welcome to the Global Development Forum Video Presentation
9:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks
Dr. John J. Hamre
President and CEO, and the Pritzker Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Mr. Stephen W. Green
Vice President, Policy, Government, and Public Affairs, Chevron
9:10 AM
Opening Keynote
The Honorable Ander Crenshaw
U.S. Representative, R-FL
9:30 AM
Opening Plenary Panel: Future of U.S. Foreign Assistance and its Role in U.S. Foreign Policy
The Honorable Thomas Daschle
Founder and Chairman, the Daschle Group
Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader, D-SD
Dr. John J. Hamre
President and CEO, and the Pritzker Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies
General John F. Kelly
Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command
Ambassador Alfonso E. Lenhardt
Acting Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development
Mr. Daniel F. Runde
William A. Schreyer Chair in Global Analysis and Director, Project on U.S. Leadership in Development, Center for Strategic and International Studies
10:35 AM
11:00 AM Breakout Session 1
Innovative Financing Mechanisms
Ms. Mildred Callear
Vice President for Financial and Portfolio Management, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Ms. Julie T. Katzman
Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer, Inter-American Development Bank
Mr. Charles Moser
Managing Director, Latin America Capital Markets, Morgan Stanley
Ms. Edith P. Quintrell
Director, Operations Group, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, World Bank Group
Moderated by
Mr. Conor M. Savoy
Deputy Director and Fellow, Project on U.S. Leadership in Development, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Director, Office of Health Systems, U.S. Agency for International Development
Director, Africa Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Dr. J. Stephen Morrison
Senior Vice President
Director, Global Health Policy Center, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Moving Past Conflict: Paving the Way for Economic Growth
Former Mission Director, Democratic Republic of Congo, U.S. Agency for International Development
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Security Cooperation, U.S. Department of Defense
Vice President, International Affairs, Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
Dr. Kathleen H. Hicks
Senior Vice President, Henry A. Kissinger Chair and Director, International Security Program,
Center for Strategic and International Studies
12:10 PM
12:35 PM Breakout Session 2
Global Priorities for the Sustainable Development Goal Agenda
Chairman and CEO, Daboub Partnership
Former Managing Director, World Bank Group
Former Finance Minister of El Salvador
Former Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister, Republic of Haiti
Secretary-General’s Special Advisor on Post-2015 Development Planning, United Nations
Mr. Asif M. Shaikh
Senior Associate, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Breaking Down the 150 Account: U.S. Government Resources in a New Era of Development
Ms. Thelma J. Askey
President, the Rockhardt Group Global Strategies
The Honorable Howard Berman
Senior Advisor, Covington & Burling, LLP
Former U.S. Representative, D-CA
Mr. Clay Lowery
Vice President, Rock Creek Global Advisors
Former Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Ambassador Donald Steinberg
President and Chief Executive Officer, World Learning, Inc.
Former Deputy Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development
Moderated by
Mr. Rodney Bent
Former Director, United Nations Information Office
Former Appropriations Staff, U.S. House of Representatives
Education and Capacity Building for a Growing Global Workforce
Dr. Luis A. Crouch
Chief Technical Officer, International Development Group, RTI International
Dr. Nicole Goldin
Senior Associate, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Mr. Luis Maes
Senior Manager, Walmart Foundation
Ambassador Anne Lugon-Moulin
Head of sub-Saharan Africa Division, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland
Mr. Robb Webb
Chief Human Resources Officer, Hyatt
Ms. Ritu Sharma
Visiting Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies
1:45 PM
2:00 PM Plenary Panel
Leveraging Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships for Effective and Sustainable Development
Chief Executive Officer, FHI 360
Former Vice President for Compact Operations, Millennium Challenge Corporation
Dr. Helene D. Gayle
Trustee, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Vice President, Policy, Government, and Public Affairs, Chevron
Ms. Kathy Pickus
Divisional Vice President, Global Citizenship and Policy, Abbott and Vice President, Abbott Fund
Partner, Mercury
Former U.S. Representative, R-MN
Mr. Daniel F. Runde
William A. Schreyer Chair in Global Analysis and Director, Project on U.S. Leadership in Development, Center for Strategic and International Studies
3:15 PM
Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, World Bank Group
3:45 PM Adjournment


Conor M. Savoy

Nicole Goldin
