Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka

Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is a leading wildlife veterinarian, conservationist, and scientist working to save the critically endangered mountain gorillas of East Africa. She is the Founder and CEO of Conservation Through Public Health, a Ugandan NGO that promotes conservation by improving the health and well-being of people and wildlife, enabling both groups to safely coexist on the edges of protected areas. 

Dr. Karen Hardee

A social demographer for over 30 years, Dr. Hardee, President of Hardee Associates, has extensive technical and leadership experience working with a range of development agencies and NGOs and as a consultant on family planning and reproductive health; rights-based programming; gender equity; global development and climate change; policy and program development; research; and evaluation. 

Margaret Edison

Margaret Edison is the Director of the Population Management and Development Department of Nigeria’s National Population Commission. She coordinates the formulation and implementation of the National Policy on Population for Sustainable Development, including the implementation of the demographic dividend agenda. Ms. Edison is also Chair of the National Population Councils of the Regional Collaboration Platform for Africa.