Goalkeepers Event
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Goalkeepers 2023
The Goalkeepers event will return to New York City on September 19 and 20 as world leaders gather for the 78th UN General Assembly.
This year, Goalkeepers invites you to see the world as it is today, where progress toward the Global Goals is slow and, in some cases, backwards, and imagine a world with a more hopeful vision for the future.
2023 Speakers and Performers
Bosede Afolabi
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Lagos (CMUL), Lagos, Nigeria
Nwamaka Agbo
CEO of the Kataly Foundation and Managing Director of the Restorative Economies Fund
Belinda Becker-Goffee
DJ
Sabrina Elba
CEO, Model and Activist
Cynthia Erivo
Actress, Singer, Author & Producer
Cicely Fadel
Neonatologist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston and Newborn Health Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Femme Fatale
Dance Company
Kathryn Finney
Founder & Managing General Partner, Genius Guild
Hadiza Shehu Galadanci
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Director Africa Center of Excellence of Population Health and Policy, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria
Bill Gates
Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Bill Gates is a technologist, business leader, and philanthropist. Through the foundation he works to expand opportunity for the world’s most disadvantaged people.
Melinda French Gates
Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Melinda Gates is a philanthropist, investor, and global advocate for women and girls.
Phoebe Gates
Global Health Activist
Hot 8 Brass Band
Rasa Izadnegahdar
Director, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Discovery and Tools, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Fyezah Jehan
Associate Professor and Chair, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
Karlie Kloss
Founder of Kode With Klossy & Entrepreneur
Sallie Krawcheck
CEO + Co-founder, Ellevest
Padma Lakshmi
Author, Host, and Executive Producer
Zara Larsson
Artist, Songwriter
Loyiso Madinga
Host / Comedian
Yusra Mardini
Olympian and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
Artina McCain
Concert Pianist and Professor
Eva Nangalo
Midwife
Yetunde Ayo Oyalowo
Founder, Market Doctor
David Oyelowo
Filmmaker
Mavis Owusu-Gyamfi
Executive Vice-President, African Center for Economic Transformation
Abby Phillip
Anchor and Senior Political Correspondent, CNN
David Moinina Sengeh
Chief Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Sierra Leone
Lilly Singh
Entertainer, storyteller and gender equality advocate
Titilope Sonuga
Poet
Mark Suzman
CEO, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Hamdi Ulukaya
Founder & CEO of Chobani, Founder of the Tent Partnership for Refugees and SDG Advocate
Elaine Welteroth
Journalist & NYT Bestselling Author
Nuseir Yassin
Founder and CEO, Nas Company and Nas Studios
Imagine a World – 2023 Report
