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Zain Habboo is the Chief Marketing & Mobilization Officer at the + International Rescue Committee + where she manages an award winning large global communications and marketing team. + Previously, Zain served as the social change agency Fenton’s Chief Digital & + Creative Officer. Before joining Fenton, Zain was Senior Director of Digital and + Multimedia Strategy at the UN Foundation, where she coordinated digital, video, + photo, and mobile strategies across the organization. During her time at the UN + Foundation, there were many groundbreaking accomplishments, including helping + launching the now global phenomenon #GivingTuesday, creating viral memes (the #unselfie) + and social media innovations (#Instacorps), as well as global convergences such + as the Social Good Summit and digital surge days. Zain was born in Iraq, raised + in Jordan, and educated in the U.K., and brings a much-valued global approach and + cultural understanding to her work. Zain is conversational in Arabic and French + and has worked with organizations around the world on issues ranging from girls’ + and women’s empowerment to climate change. Zain serves as a member of the board + at the Mozilla Foundation and is a board member at PBS’s AmDoc POV series, she + formerly served on the UN Foundation’s “Girl Up” board as well as the non-profit + Too Young To Wed. Zain is a Global Human Development Fellow at Georgetown University + and was a top finalist for the Washington Women in PR “Woman of the Year” + award for 2020.
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Edwin Macharia is a co-Founder of Axum, + an Afrocentric impact firm dedicated to developing platforms and investments that deliver + climate-positive growth, inclusive socio-economic development and technological + advancement in Africa and the Middle East. In addition to leading the firm, he advises + governments, bi-lateral and multilateral donors, investors, foundations, NGOs and + corporations on a range of issues including strategy, operational efficiency and + programmatic implementation. Edwin has held several roles spanning many sectors. Most + recently, he served as the Global Managing Partner at Dalberg Advisors where he spent + 16 years building the firm’s footprint, talent and capabilities across the globe. Before + Dalberg, he was at the Clinton Foundation and McKinsey & Company. Edwin holds a BA from + Amherst College and currently serves on the Boards of + The Nature Conservancy, + Nabo Capital and + Prudential Kenya. + He is an Archbishop Desmond Tutu Fellow, was recognized as a Young Global Leader by + the World Economic Forum and named as one of the Top 10 African Leaders by Forbes + in 2015.
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Alondra Nelson is the Harold F. Linder Professor + at the Institute for Advanced Study. + Dr. Nelson served as deputy assistant to President Joe Biden and + acting director + of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. + As a distinguished senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and a science + and technology policy advisor, she has provided guidance to local, state, and federal + governments, legislators, civil society, multilateral and international organizations, + and others. She is the author of several books, most recently + The Social Life of DNA, + an award-winning exploration of the social implications of direct-to-consumer genetic + technologies. Dr. Nelson is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and + Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American + Philosophical Society, the National Academy of Medicine, and the Council on Foreign + Relations. In 2022, she was selected by Nature to its international list of ten people + who shaped science. She was included in the inaugural TIME100 list of the most + influential people in AI and appointed as the US-nominated representative to the + United Nations High-Level Advisory Body on AI in 2023. Dr. Nelson brings deep + technical and policy experience to the Mozilla Board, at a time when we’re investing + in both.
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