Berkley Center

Andrea Kaufmann is director of external engagement for faith and development at World Vision International, where she previously served as director of faith partnerships for development. Prior to joining World Vision International, Kaufmann worked at World Relief and Counterpart International.

Kathryn Kraft is is senior research advisor for faith and development at World Vision International and a lecturer in international development at the University of East London. She has worked in a variety of different roles within the international development and humanitarian aid field, in various countries across the Middle East and the wider Arab world, as well as Southeast Asia, Haiti, and West Africa.

Katherine Marshall, a senior fellow at Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, leads the center’s work on religion and global development. She is also a professor of the practice of development, conflict, and religion in the Walsh School of Foreign Service, teaching diverse courses on the ethics of development work and mentoring students at many levels. She helped to create and now serves as the executive director of the World Faiths Development Dialogue, an NGO that works to enhance bridges between different sectors and institutions. In September 2022, she was appointed as a member of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid at the U.S. Agency for International Development. Marshall has five decades of experience on a variety of development issues in Africa, Latin America, East Asia, and the Middle East, particularly those facing the world’s poorest countries; one way she shares her expertise is through her blog Faith in Action. She was a World Bank officer from 1971 to 2006, and she led the World Bank’s faith and ethics initiative between 2000 and 2006. Marshall is a member of the Working Group on Child Rights and Family Values and the Working Group on Displaced Persons and Hospitality to the Stranger, both part of the Culture of Encounter Project.

Deepa Risal Pokharel is a communication for development (C4D) specialist with the UNICEF immunization team. As a member of the global demand generation working group on COVID-19 vaccine Deepa has been engaged in the development of guidelines and tools for supporting countries to prepare for introduction of COVID-19 vaccine. A national of Nepal, Deepa has worked at various UNICEF country and regional offices.

Dr. Olivia Wilkinson is the director of research at the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities. Her research focuses on secular and religious influences in humanitarian action, and she is the author of Secular and Religious Dynamics in Humanitarian Response (2020).