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International

Developing world health

• Action Against Hunger (ACF) (more information)
  • Geoffrey Glick, Director of External Relations on August 15, 2011.
• Against Malaria Foundation (charity review)
  • Rob Mather, Founder on February 11, 2011.
  • Rob Mather, Founder on March 16, 2011.
• ALMA
  • Melanie Renshaw, Chief Technical Advisor on October 16, 2012.
• APOC (charity review)
  • Dr. Paul Lusamba-Dikassa, Director of APOC, Dr. Grace Fobi, Head of Sustainable Drug Distribution unit at APOC, and Dr. Laurent Yameogo, Coordinator, Office of Programme Director, APOC on April 30, 2012.
  • Donald Bundy, World Bank APOC Coordinator and Bilkiss Dhomun, World Bank APOC Financial Analyst on May 1, 2012.
• Aprovecho Research Center
  • Mike Hatfield, International Projects Coordinator, and Fred Colgan, Institutional Stoves Program Director on August 31, 2011.
• Aravind Eye Foundation (review)
  • Donna Campbell, Executive Director, Aravind Eye Foundation on February 10, 2012.
• Blood:Water Mission (more information)
  • Katherine Andrews, Development Manager and Barak Bruerd, Africa Programs Director on September 14, 2011.
• Centre for Global Health Research
  • Prabat Jha, Director, on September 30, 2008.
• Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases
  • Moses Bockarie, Director on March 26, 2012.
• Charity: Water
  • Scott Harrison (CEO), Nat Paynter (Director of Water Programs), and Michael Letta (Director of Finance), on April 13, 2012.
  • Scott Harrison (CEO), Nat Paynter (Director of Water Programs), and Michael Letta (Director of Finance), on July 17th, 2012. Additional information in Appendix A.
• Development Media International
  • Roy Head, CEO of Development Media International (DMI), Will Snell, Head of Public Engagement & Development at DMI, and Cathryn Wood, Public Engagement and Innovation Manager on April 17, 2012.
• Deworm the World (charity review)
  • Alissa Fishbane, Deputy Director on June 17, 2010.
  • Alissa Fishbane, Managing Director on April 23, 2012.
  • Alissa Fishbane, Managing Director on November 2, 2012.
  • Alix Zwane, Executive Director, Evidence Action, and Karen Levy, Regional Director, Africa on May 14, 2013.
  • Alix Zwane, Executive Director, Evidence Action, Deworm the World on June 4, 2013.
• Dispensers for Safe Water (DSW) (more information)
  • Eric Kouskalis, Program Director; Evan Green-Lowe, Research and Evaluations Manager; Peter Mwaura, Program Operations Manager from November 8-9, 2012.
• Doctors Without Borders (MSF) (charity review)
  • Jennifer Tierney, Development Director, and Jason Cone, Communications Director on September 26, 2011.
  • Jennifer Tierney, Development Director on March 8, 2012.
• Durham University, School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
  • Steve Lindsay, Professor on November 2, 2012.
• Edesia Global Nutrition Solutions
  • Marie Wisecup, Communications Manager on August 9, 2011.
• GAVI Alliance (charity review)
  • Seth Berkley, CEO on January 12, 2012.
  • David Ferreira and Alex Palacios, Managing Director for Innovative Finance and Special Representative on February 2, 2012.
  • Alex Palacios, Special Representative on February 14, 2012.
  • Mercy Ahun, Special Representative, GAVI Eligible Countries, and Alex Palacios, Special Representative on March 30, 2012.
  • Alan Brooks, Senior Policy Specialist on August 13, 2012.
• Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
  • Marc Van Ameringen, Executive Director, Greg S. Garrett, Director of Large-Scale Food Fortification, and Matt Freeman, Senior Manager - Investment and Partnerships on June 5, 2012.
  • Greg S. Garrett, Director of Large-Scale Food Fortification, and Matt Freeman, Senior Manager - Investment and Partnerships on July 18, 2012.
• Global Malaria Programme
  • Robert Newman, Director on October 18, 2012.
• Global Health Group at UCSF
  • Allison Phillips and Sir Richard Feachem in June 2012.
• International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders
  • Michael Zimmermann, Executive Director on May 9, 2012.
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
  • Amy Dietterich, GAVI Civil Society Organization Constituency Officer on June 29, 2012.
• Living Goods
  • Chuck Slaughter, Founder and CEO, and Chris Murphy, Director of Marketing and Development on July 20, 2012.
• Malaria Consortium
  • Diana Thomas, Senior Communications Manager on May 31, 2012.
• MANA Nutritive Aid Products
  • David Todd Harmon, Chief of Staff and Jennifer Humphrey, Finance Director on August 9, 2011.
• Measles Initiative
  • Peter Strebel, World Health Organization Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals; Andrea Gay, United Nations Foundation Executive Director of Children's Health; and Steve Cochi, CDC Center for Global Health Senior Advisor to the Director on April 18, 2012.
  • Andrea Gay, United Nations Foundation Executive Director of Children's Health and Steve Cochi, CDC Center for Global Health Senior Advisor to the Director on May 22, 2012.
• Media Impact
  • Sean Southey, Executive Director and Lindsey Wahlstrom, Communications Officer on July 28, 2011.
• MicroNutrient Initiative
  • Venkatesh Mannar, President and Chris Dendys, Director of External Relations on September 15, 2011.
• Nothing But Nets (charity review)
  • Amy Jensen, Senior Associate on August 22, 2011.
• Nyaya Health (charity review)
  • Ryan Schwarz, Director of Operations on February 17, 2011.
  • Duncan Maru, Co-Founder and President on March 17, 2011.
• Operation ASHA (charity review)
  • Shelly Batra, President on February 28, 2011.
  • Shelly Batra, President and Sandeep Ahuja, CEO on March 17, 2011.
• Partners in Health (PIH) (charity review)
  • Paul Zintl, Chief Operating Officer; Lisa Hirschhorn, Director of Monitoring Evaluation and Quality; Susan Sayers, Chief Development Officer; and Angela Letizia, Senior Manager, Corporate and Foundation Relations on July 12, 2012.
• PATH (charity review)
  • Sally Ethelston, Director, Communications and Advocacy on April 14, 2011.
  • Notes from visit to PATH's offices in Seattle, September 21, 2011.
• Population Media Center
  • Bill Rider, Finance Director, and Paul Ugalde, Director of Development on July 19, 2011.
• PSI (charity review)
  • Dana Ward, PSI India Managing Director on October 21, 2010.
  • Angus Spiers, Deputy Director Malaria Control (in Nairobi) joined by Tom Kanyok, Senior Program Officer, Field Studies at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Jenna Brereton, Consultant to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Geneva Global) on May 31, 2012.
  • Christopher White, Malaria Technical Advisor, PSI/Myanmar, joined by Tom Kanyok, Senior Program Officer, Field Studies at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Jenna Brereton, Consultant to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Geneva Global) on June 18, 2012.
  • Christopher White, Malaria Technical Advisor, PSI/Myanmar on September 12, 2012.
• ReSurge International (formerly Interplast) (charity review)
  • Scott Corlew, Chief Medical Officer on June 2, 2009.
• Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI) (charity review)
  • Alan Fenwick, Director on June 17, 2010.
• Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
  • Christian Lengeler, August 21, 2012.
• Task Force for Global Health, Lymphatic Filariasis Support Center
  • Eric Ottesen, Director of the Lymphatic Filariasis Support Center on April 24, 2012.
• TB REACH
  • Suvanand Sahu, Team Leader, and Jacob Creswell, Technical Officer on March 5, 2012.
• World Health Organization
  • Richard Cibulskis, World Malaria Report co-author on January 10, 2012.
  • Manuel Novela, World Health Organization EPI Specialist, Mozambique on March 19, 2012 (regarding VillageReach's pilot project in Cabo Delgado).
• UNICEF
  • Jos Vandelaer, Chief of Immunization on May 25, 2012.
  • Rownak Khan, Senior Health Specialist on June 22, 2012 regarding maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination
  • Arnold Timmer, Senior Advisor, Micronutrients on June 15, 2012.
  • Renee Van de Weerdt, Chief Child Health and Emergency Response, and Valentina Buj, Malaria Specialist on June 29, 2012.
  • Vilma Tyler, Nutrition Specialist, Health & Nutrition, UNICEF Regional Office for CEE/CIS on July 17, 2012.
  • Valentina Buj, Malaria Health Specialist, and Bette Scott, Partnerships Manager on August 15, 2012.
  • Arnold Timmer, Senior Adviser Micronutrients on October 12, 2012.
  • Linda Naugle, Director, Northwest Region, U.S. Fund for UNICEF on May 29, 2013 (attachment).
• U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of TB Eliminiation
  • Peter Cegielski, MD, MPH on November 2, 2011.
• USAID Mozambique
  • Karin Turner, Deputy Director Health Systems on April 12, 2012 regarding vaccination in northern Mozambique.
• Vitamin Angels
  • Amy Steets, Senior Program Manager on May 24, 2013.
• Other
  • Anil Soni, former CEO of Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) on October 18, 2012.

Microfinance

• Al Majmoua (charity review)
  • Alia Farhat, Business Development Manager on July 13, 2010.
• CEPRODEL (charity review)
  • Rigoberto Hernandez, Senior Analyst on July 20, 2010.
• Chamroeun (charity review)
  • Grégoire Héaulme, Chairman of the Board of Directors on June 1, 2010.
• Center for Global Development
  • David Roodman on August 27, 2009.
• CUMO (charity review)
  • Samson Hailu, Chair of the Board of Directors on June 1, 2010.
  • Ezikiel Phiri, CEO on August 5, 2010.
• Enda Inter-Arabe (Mix Market profile at http://www.mixmarket.org/mfi/enda)
  • Michael Cracknell, General Secretary on July 27, 2010.
• First MicroFinanceBank (FMFB) (charity review)
  • Amir Hussain, Head of Social Performance Research and Special Projects on June 7, 2010.
• Fonkoze (Mix Market profile at http://www.mixmarket.org/mfi/fonkoze)
  • Anne Hastings, CEO on April 27, 2010.
  • James Kurz, Financial Analyst on May 12, 2010.
  • Natalie Domond, Director of Social Impact Monitoring on May 25, 2010.
• Freedom from Hunger (charity review)
  • Chris Dunford, CEO on February 22, 2011.
• Fundación Paraguaya (charity review)
  • Luis Fernando Sanabria, General Manager on June 8, 2010.
• Grameen Foundation (charity review)
  • Rachelle Jacobson, Development Associate and Jill Chen, Acting Director, Capital Management and Advisory Center on October 7, 2009.
• MicroDreams (charity review)
  • Greg Casagrande, Managing Director on June 18, 2010.
• Spark MicroGrants
  • Sasha Fisher, Executive Director on February 19, 2013.

Other developing world economic empowerment

• COMACO (charity review)
  • Dale Lewis, CEO on May 25, 2010.
• GiveDirectly (charity review)
  • Paul Niehaus and Michael Faye, Directors on October 6, 2012.
• International Development Enterprises (IDE) (charity review)
  • Stuart Taylor, Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator on June 16, 2011.
• IDE India (charity review)
  • Suresh Subramanian, COO on March 11, 2011.
• KickStart
  • Genevieve Porter, Development Associate/Assistant to the CEO on July 21, 2011.
• Migration Scholars
  • Lant Pritchett on June 18, 2012.
  • Mushfiq Mobarak on November 8, 2012.
  • Michael Clemens on February 20, 2013.
• New Incentives
  • Svetha Janumpalli, Founder and CEO on December 13, 2012.
• Root Capital (charity review)
  • Willy Foote, CEO on September 16, 2011.
• TechnoServe (charity review)
  • TechnoServe representative in April 2009.
• Trickle Up
  • Bill Abrams, President, and Jo Sanson, Director of Monitoring and Evaluation on March 7, 2011.
• Village Enterprise
  • Jennifer Nixon, Senior Director of Development on August 10, 2011.
• Vipani (charity review)
  • Thomas George, President and Founder on October 29, 2009.
• VisionSpring (charity review)
  • VisionSpring representative in May 2009.
  • Jordan Kassalow, Founder and CEO, Liz Smith, Director of Business Development, and Jessica Schwartz, Business Development Associate on July 19, 2012.
• The World Bank
  • David McKenzie on October 25, 2012.

Other

• Blood & Milk
  • Alanna Shaikh, Author on March 10, 2009. Full audio available here.
• Center for Global Development
  • Amanda Glassman, Director of Global Health Policy and Senior Fellow, and Kate McQueston, Program Coordinator on April 10, 2013.
  • Todd Moss, Vice President for Programs and Senior Fellow on May 7, 2013.
• Millions Saved
  • Jessica Gottlieb, Staff Member on May 9, 2009. Full audio available here.
• Open Society Foundations
  • Richard Mugisha, Program Officer/Country Manager, Uganda, Open
    Society Initiative for Eastern Africa on January 29, 2013.
• Scholars
  • Matthew Bond, Research Associate, Harvard School of Public Health on April 6, 2009. Full audio available here.
  • William Easterly, Professor of Economics, New York University on May 12, 2009.
  • Michael Klein, former Vice President for Financial and Private Sector Development for the World Bank Group on May 9, 2013.
  • Tobias Pfutze, Visiting Assistant Professor, Georgetown Public Policy Institute and former Research Assistant for Prof. William Easterly on April 30, 2009. Full audio available here.
  • Peter Singer, Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, Princeton University on April 27, 2009 Full audio available here.

United States equality of opportunity

• The Children's Agenda (charity review)
  • Carolyn Lee-Davis, Policy Analyst on September 2, 2010.
  • Danforth R. Ross, Member of the Board of Directors on September 24, 2010.
  • Carolyn Lee-Davis, Policy Analyst on October 26, 2010.
• DC Central Kitchen
  • Michael Curtin, CEO on August 30, 2010.
• Harlem Children's Zone (charity review)
  • Harlem Children's Zone representatives on January 18, 2011.
• Invest in Kids (charity review)
  • Lisa Merlino, Executive Director on July 16, 2010.
  • Lisa Merlino, Executive Director on August 5, 2010.
  • Lisa Merlino, Executive Director on October 19, 2010.
• National Academy Foundation (charity review)
  • Jessica Stepman, Alumni and Corporate Relations Manager, and Rebecca L. Batterman, Development Assistant on August 10, 2010.
  • Colleen Devery, Assistant Vice President, Strategic Initiatives and Administration on August 26, 2010.
  • Colleen Devery, Assistant Vice President, Strategic Initiatives and Administration on October 26, 2010.
• Nurse-Family Partnership (charity review)
  • Michelle Stapleton, Fund Development Associate on July 21, 2010.
• Reach Out and Read
  • Alan Mendelsohn, Researcher on March 30, 2011.

Metaresearch

• The Cochrane Collaboration
  • Cochrane Collaboration representatives on May 8, 2012.
  • Kay Dickersin, Director of the U.S. Cochrane Center and the Eyes and Vision Review Group, U.S. Satellite on July 9, 2012.
  • Paul Garner, Coordinating Editor of the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Review Group on August 13, 2012.
  • David Tovey, Editor-in-Chief of the Cochrane Collaboration on August 14, 2012.
  • Jimmy Volmink, Director of the South African Cochrane Center on August 17, 2012.
  • Sally Green, Co-Director of the Australasian Cochrane Center on August 23, 2012.
  • Martin Burton, Director of the UK Cochrane Center on September 6, 2012.
  • David Tovey, Editor-in-Chief of the Cochrane Collaboration on September 10, 2012.
  • Kay Dickersin, Director of the U.S. Cochrane Center and the Eyes and Vision Review Group, U.S. Satellite on September 14, 2012.
  • Mike Clarke, Co-Founder of the Evidence Aid project on October 26, 2012.
  • Kay Dickersin, Director of the U.S. Cochrane Center on February 19, 2013.
  • Mark Wilson, David Tovey and Kay Dickersin on March 5, 2013. The conversation was centered around a document describing possible areas of support, which Cochrane prepared for GiveWell during February 2013.
• Cochrane Collaboration-related conversations
  • Steven Goodman, Associate Dean of Clinical and Translational Medicine at Stanford University on May 31, 2012.
  • Sue Kinn, Team Leader and Research Manager at the Department for International Development (DFID) on August 21, 2012.
• Conversations on natural science metaresearch
  • John Ioannidis on June 11, 2012.
  • David Carr (Wellcome Trust) on June 19, 2012.
  • Ivan Oransky on February 21, 2013.
  • Elizabeth Iorns on February 26, 2013.
  • Ken Witwer on February 28, 2013.
  • Ferric Fang on March 1, 2013.
  • David Madigan on March 7, 2013.
  • Doug Altman and David Moher on March 8, 2013.
  • Joshua Greenberg on March 13, 2013.
  • Jason Priem on March 13, 2013.
  • David Jay on March 14, 2013.
  • Jane Hunter and Rebecca Lawrence on March 15, 2013.
  • Stanley Young on March 18, 2013. Two sets of slides [1], [2] about multiple testing, by Stanley Young.
  • Tom Kenny on March 22, 2013.
  • John Wilbanks on March 25, 2013.
  • Cameron Neylon on March 26, 2013.
  • William Gunn on April 5, 2013.
  • Kaitlin Thaney on April 10, 2013.
  • Heather Joseph on May 23, 2013.
  • Elizabeth West on May 24, 2013.
• Conversations on social science metaresearch
  • Donald Green on June 8, 2012.
  • Lant Pritchett on June 18, 2012.
  • William Easterly on July 18, 2012.
  • Michael Rosenfeld on August 21, 2012.
  • Brian Nosek on October 9, 2012.
• Vannevar science meta-research group
  • Dario Amodei, Paul Christiano, Nick Conley, David Dalrymple, Yoni Donner, Kristen Fortney, Jacob Steinhardt and Jade Q Wang on December 2, 2012.
• Other
  • Dan Whaley, Founder, Hypothes.is, on May 8, 2013. [Slides]
  • Maryann Martone, Executive Director, Force11, on May 30, 2013.

Climate Change

• Conversations with climate change scholars
  • Michael MacCracken on May 18, 2012.
  • Philip Rasch on May 22, 2012.
  • Jane C.S. Long on June 1, 2012.
  • Kirsten Zickfeld on April 17, 2013.
  • Klaus Keller from Sustainable Climate Risk Management (SCRiM) on April 18, 2013.
  • Elmar Kriegler on April 18, 2013.
  • Andy Parker on May 20, 2013.

• The Hewlett Foundation
  • Tom Steinbach and other staff on April 19, 2013.

Funders

• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • A conversation about measles: Violaine Mitchell, Interim Director, Country Immunization Programs; Matt Hanson, Program Officer, Country Immunization Programs; Jenna Brereton, Consultant (Geneva Global) on April 27, 2012.
  • A conversation about meningitis A vaccination: Greg Widmyer, Senior Program Officer and Jennifer Alcorn, Program Officer, Global Policy and Advocacy on July 13, 2012.
  • A conversation about vaccination: Violaine Mitchell, Interim Director, Country Immunization Programs on August 20, 2012.
  • A conversation about water, hygiene and sanitation: Sara Rogge and Alix Zwane, Senior Program Officers, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene on September 18, 2012.
• Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)
  • Colin Buckley (Executive Director of Investments) and Faith Rose (Investments team) on May 30, 2012.
• Department for International Development (DFID) (website)
  • Multiple staff members on July 9, 2012.
  • Anna Taylor, Senior Nutrition Adviser (DFID) on July 30, 2012.
  • Jo Mulligan, Research and Evidence Division (DFID) on October 10, 2012.
• William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (website)
  • Paul Brest in March 2012.
  • Linda Frey on November 19, 2012.
• Lions Club International Foundation (LCIF)
  • Rebecca Daou, Divisions Manager on September 25, 2012.
• Omidyar Network (website)
  • Multiple staff members in May 16, 2012.

Policy Advocacy

• History
  • Jonathan Cohn, Dana Goldstein, Chris Hughes, Richard Kim, Mike Konczal, Dylan Matthews, Dayo Olopade, Andrew Revkin, Reihan Salam and Michael Waldman on May 2, 2013.

• Open Society Foundations (OSF), Campaign for a New Drug Policy
  • Andy Ko and Jamie Wood on November 19, 2012.

• Scholars
  • Frank Baumgartner on May 3, 2013.

• Wonkblog
  • Dylan Matthews on April 10, 2013.

Global Catastrophic Risks

• Large volcanic eruptions
  • Stephen Sparks on April 16, 2013.
  • Sean Brocklebank on April 18, 2013.
• Nuclear policy
  • George Perkovich on June 6, 2013.
• Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
  • Jasen Murray and others in February 2011.

History of Philanthropy

• Center for Global Development
  • Amanda Glassman on May 1, 2013.

Other

• Azimuth Project
  • John Baez in April 18, 2012.
• Biomedical research
  • Bhaven Sampat, Associate Professor, Columbia University, Department of Health Policy and Management on May 2, 2013.
  • Mark Lim, Program Manager, Medical Research Innovation, FasterCures on May 30, 2013.
• Novim
  • Michael Ditmore in July 2012.
• Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSi)
  • Peter Attia on July 31, 2012.
  • Also sent by NuSi: Introduction to NuSi and NuSi Overview.
• WebCite
  • Gunther Eysenbach on April 10, 2013.