Global Association Board

The Global Association Board (GAB), is the mission and vision setting, policy-making, strategic planning body of the Global Association of the Master's in Development Practice program.  It is comprised of six (6) members of the Academic Steering Committee, representing six geographical regions where there are MDP programs; three (3) co-chairs; and at least five (5) external members that will be nominated in the near future.  In order to function effectively as the Global Association Board, the Board will be guided by the Global Association bylaws that define its purpose and responsibilities. 

The Academic Steering Committee (ASC) members include,

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       Zhilin Liu,  Tsinghua University, China

     

     

      

     

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       Rodrigo Medeiros,  Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

     

     

     

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       Mala Narang Reddy, TERI University, India

     

     

     

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       David Nugent,  Emory University, USA

     

     

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       Labode Popoola,  U of Ibadan, Nigeria

     

     

      

     

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       Patrick Paul Walsh, ASC Chair, Trinity College Dublin & University College Dublin, Ireland

     

     

     

     

 

 

The Co-chairs include,

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         John W. McArthur, Senior Fellow, Fung Global Institute and UN Foundation; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

     

     

     

     

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         Milena Novy-Marx, Program Officer, MacArthur Foundation

     

     

     

     

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         Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University