Meet the Judges
Peer-to-Peer Review
During Peer-to-Peer review, each applicant will score and comment on five other applications using the four criteria included in the scoring rubric: community-informed, impactful, feasible, and evidence-based. This is the same scoring rubric that the Evaluation Panel will use.
Scores will be calculated using an algorithm that ensures a level playing field for all applicants. In addition to scoring each application on the four criteria in the scoring rubric, Peer-to-Peer reviewers will also provide a final numerical score, ranging between 0-100, representing an overall impression of the entire application. We ask that each Peer-to-Peer reviewer carefully read the applications given to them and provide meaningful feedback.
The Peer-to-Peer review will result in a rank order of all valid submissions. Based on the rank order of scores, a subset of top-scoring applications will move forward to the Evaluation Panel.
Evaluation Panel
Evaluation Panel members will score and provide feedback on the applications assigned to them using the scoring rubric, and each valid application will receive five sets of reviews with scores that have been statistically normalized to ensure a level playing field. Informed by the resulting rank order of applications after Evaluation Panel review, up to five Finalists will be selected.
Paul Collier
Professor of Economics & Public Policy, University of Oxford
Fauziya Abdi Ali
President, Women in International Security
Maha Abushama
Programme Manager, Human Rights, Sigrid Rausing Trust
Muna AbuSulayman
Faisal Al-Juburi
Associate Vice President-Development, RAICES
Ons Alkhadra
Director MENA and GCC Affairs, International Medical Corps
Dania Al Masri
Co-Founder, Deeds Development Consultancy
Naif ALObaid
Executive Director, Shefa Fund
Hilda Arellano
Foreign Service Officer & International Development Specialist
Zohoor Asiri
Doctor
Mohammed Badran
Founder & Director, Syrian Volunteers Netherlands (SYVNL)
Valerie Bemo
Deputy Director, Emergency Response, Global Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Kristin Bernhard
Senior Vice President, Advocacy & Policy, Ounce of Prevention Fund
Robert Carey
Former Director of Office of Refugee Resettlement, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Siddharth Chatterjee
UN Resident Coordinator to Kenya, United Nations
Stacey Choe
Director, Asia Philanthropy Circle
Seemi Choudry
Former Director, Office of New Americans (ONA), City of Chicago Mayor's Office
Mary Crock
Professor of Public Law, Director, Sydney Centre for International Law, The University of Sydney Law School
Annemieke de Jong
Refugee Livelihoods Programme Manager
Heidi Dorow
Director of Immigration Initiatives, Borealis Philanthropy
Sayd Farook
Advisor, VP & PM of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai
Bill Frelick
Refugee Rights Program Director, Human Rights Watch
Zarlasht Halaimzai
Director, Refugee Trauma Initiative
Joel Hernandez
Freelance Analyst & Advocate
Esther Hughes
Executive Director, Global Dialogue
Mukhtar Ibrahim
Editor & Executive Director, Sahan Journal
Amaney Jamal
Professor, Princeton University
Dana Juffali
Board Member, Shefa Fund
Yasmin Kayali
Co-Founder, Chief PR & Communications Officer, Basmeh & Zeitooneh
Anita Khashu
Director, Four Freedoms Fund, NEO Philanthropy
Ifrah Mahamud Magan
Faculty/Fellow/Assistant Professor, New York University
Tara Magner
Director, Chicago Commitment, MacArthur Foundation
Ammar Malik
Director of Research (EPoD), Center for International Development JFK School of Government, Harvard University
Geri Mannion
Program Director, Strengthening U.S. Democracy & Special Opportunities Fund Carnegie Corporation of New York
Susan Martin
Donal G. Herzberg Professor Emerita of International Migration, School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University
Natasha Matic
Chief Strategy Officer, King Khalid Foundation
Elizabeth McCostlin
Managing Director, UNICEF-Chicago Regional Office
Anya McMurray
Senior Director, Immigration Strategy & Policy, Emerson Collective
Kathleen Newland
Senior Fellow & Co-Founder, Migration Policy Institute
SonBinh Nguyen
Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University
Deogratias Niyizonkiza
Founder & CEO, Village Health Works
Anila Noor
Policy Advisor on Diversity, Integration & Gender Inclusion
Lam Nguyen-Phuong
Co-founder & Former Senior Managing Partner, Capital Group
Sorcha O'Callaghan
Director, Humanitarian Policy Group, Overseas Development Institute
Hibaaq Osman
Founder, Karama
Daranee Petsod
President, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants & Refugees
Shahla Raza
Founder-Director, Yusra Community Center
Alma Rodriguez
Senior Program Officer - Immigrant Advocacy, Walder Foundation
Maria Teresa Rojas
Director of Programs, International Migration Initiative, Open Society Foundations
Tea Rozman-Clark
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Green Card Voices
Katina Saoulli
Executive Director, I AM YOU
Rebecca Sharp
Chief Operating Officer, IDinsight
John Slocum
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Emily Snider
Director of Marketing & Artisan Initiatives, RefuSHE
Lorna Solis
Founder & CEO, Elevate & GritTekkie
Beth Solomon
Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives & Development, CARE USA
Stanley Tan
Chairman, Asia Philanthropy Circle
Fairuz Taqi-Eddin
Chief of Partnership & Fundraising, UNICEF-Arab Gulf Region
Negar Tayyar
Director, Global Whole Being Fund (GWBF)
Safia Tmiri
Senior Engagement Manager, McKinsey & Company
Najeeba Wazefadost
Co-founder, APNOR (Asia Pacific Network of Refugees, Refugee Advocate)
Regine Webster
Vice President, Center for Disaster Philanthropy
Selection Committee
In partnership with Lever for Change, the Selection Committee will review the top-scoring submissions and select up to five Finalists based on considerations that may include, but are not limited to, Evaluation Panel resulting rank order, organizational capacity, geographic diversity, and feasibility. The donor will select the Finalists and recipient of the Larsen Lam ICONIQ Impact Award.