Georgia Arnold is Senior Vice President of Social Responsibility at MTV Networks International and is responsible for developing social initiatives for the company’s portfolio of over two hundred TV channels and websites.  Ms Arnold has initiated unprecedented partnerships and campaigns for MTV on HIV and AIDS awareness and for Nickelodeon on children’s rights.

Ms. Arnold has been overseeing The Staying Alive campaign since its launch in 1998, a partnership between MTV, the Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation, UNAIDS, UNICEF and UNFPA, among others.  The campaign has delivered award-winning HIV and AIDS awareness programming, concerts, events and public service messages involving spokespeople such as Nelson Mandela, Bill Clinton, Alicia Keys, Beyoncé and Mary J Blige. Ms Arnold was also the architect and Executive Producer of MTV’s first-ever made-for-television film on HIV and AIDS, Transit, which premiered on 1 December 2005.

Building on the success of the Staying Alive campaign, Ms. Arnold was instrumental in establishing the Staying Alive Foundation in 2004, and was appointed Executive Director of The Foundation in October 2007. The Foundation is a global charitable body that provides grassroots grants for supporting HIV and AIDS awareness education and prevention campaigns.

Ms. Arnold has also overseen Nickelodeon’s participation in the Say Yes for Children, a far-reaching children’s rights initiative spearheaded by the United Nations Children’s Fund, as well as Nick 2015.

In addition, Ms. Arnold orchestrated the company’s involvement as a founding member of the Global Business Coalition on HIV and AIDS, which encourages other businesses to become involved in the fight against HIV and AIDS. She has also been closely involved with MTV Networks International’s involvement in the UN-founded Global Media AIDS Initiative.

In addition to her influential work at MTV Networks International, Ms. Arnold has been on the board of The Burma Campaign UK since 2007, a global initiative campaigning for human rights and democracy in Burma. She is also on the Advisory Board for 'Rays of Sunshine', a charity which grants the wishes of terminally and seriously ill children between the ages of 3-18 who live in the United Kingdom. 

Karen Hoehn, German Foundation for World Population (DSW)

Director of International Affairs and Vice Executive Director working with the German Foundation for World Population (DSW) since 2005, has 20+ years experience in advocacy and resource mobilisation to improve health and well being of impoverished and special needs populations around the world. Based first in Washington, DC and then Brussels, Belgium, Ms. Hoehn has worked extensively with stakeholders to develop culturally responsive health and social service systems and programmes serving millions of people in poor communities. Previous positions include:  Director, Strategic Health Systems Development; Vice President, Public Programs, APS Healthcare; Director, Government Programs Development, CMG Health; EU Liaison Officer and Resource Mobilisation Officer, IPPF EN; Policy Associate, Federal Affairs, The Policy Resource Center.

Karen Hoehn has a Master's Degree in Public Management from the University of Maryland School of Public Affairs, and received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Philosophy from Texas Christian University.

Kate Harrison, Comic Relief

Kate Harrison has been working in international health and development for seventeen years, and has a Masters degree in Education and International Development with a focus on health promotion. Her work with international NGOs has given her experience in supporting partner NGOs in developing countries. At the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, the opportunity to develop the Alliance's technical support work on the issue of orphans and vulnerable children led to her writing Building Hope, a guide for community-based approaches to supporting children affected by HIV and AIDS, published in 2009. Since 2008 she has been a grants manager at Comic Relief in the UK, managing HIV and health related grants portfolios.

Peter McDermott, The Children's Investment Fund Foundation

Is the Managing Director of CIFF and serves as a member of the CIFF US Board of Trustees. Prior to assuming this role, he served as Chief of the HIV/AIDS section in the program division at UNICEF headquarters in New York. Before his appointment in 2004, he served as Principal Advisor for HIV/AIDS in the Africa Bureau of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), a post he held while on loan from UNICEF. Peter has a distinguished career with UNICEF, having held positions in Africa, Europe and the US over the last 21 years. These include: UNICEF representative to Lusaka, Zambia; Deputy Director of Emergency Programs in Geneva, Switzerland; and Senior Program Officer of Emergency Operations at the New York headquarters. Peter received his Bachelor of Arts from York University in England and a Master of Science degree from the London School of Economics. He also became a registered practical nurse (RPN) at St. George's Hospital in England.

Sevdalina Rukanova, European Foundation Centre 

Sevdalina Rukanova has been responsible for the development of the European Foundation Centre (EFC) International Programmes & EFC Interest Groups and Funder Networks since 2002. She has extensive knowledge on philanthropy in Europe and on practice and trends in international funding by European foundations.

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