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Abigail Noble is Associate Director, Head of Impact Investing Initiatives at the World Economic Forum. From 2010 until 2013, she served as the Head of Latin America and Africa for the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. She received her B.A. in Economics from Tufts University, her Master’s in International Development (MPA/ID) from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, was a Global Leadership Fellow with the World Economic Forum and a Fulbright Scholar in Uruguay, where she studied democracy and economic development.

Marina Leytesis a Project Manager for the World Economic Forum’s Impact Investing Initiative and coordinates the production of the Forum’s Ideas to Practice, Pilots to Strategy series, which showcases practical applications of leading innovations in impact investing. Prior to that, she was a Senior Associate at Metropolitan, a private equity real estate fund-of-funds manager where she managed portfolio analysis and reporting. She holds a Master’s in International Affairs from Columbia University SIPA and a BA from NYU.