Emilia Reyes has specialised in gender responsive public policies and budgets linked to sustainable development, including comprehensive disaster risk management and climate change; in those fields she has trained governmental officers from the Legislative, Judiciary and Executive Branch, as well as officers from United Nations agencies at national and regional

Celeste Mergens is the founder and CEO of Days for Girls, an organisation many Soroptimists around the world are aware of, or have worked with over the years. She has led the organisation since its beginning in 2008, driven by twenty years of nonprofit and business management experience. She holds

Detective Kim Bogucki is the co-founder of The IF Project, an innovative partnership between law-enforcement, currently and previously incarcerated adults, and community leaders to build commonality, reduce misperceptions and serve as a deterrent to recidivism and future incarceration.  A 33-year veteran of the Seattle Police Department (SPD), Kim has developed