Courtney is a global senior innovation advisor to the United Nations, co-lead of the Collaboration for Complex Challenges (C3) Labs and Oxford Climate Tech Initiative, co-founder of Bangkok based Circular Design Lab and published coauthor of 'Inclusive Innovation'. For over 15 years she has lived, worked and traveled across more than 70 countries with a focus on sustainable and regenerative development, inclusive climate innovation and systems transitions. Courtney has been named by Climate Insider as '20 Women Leading Climate Tech and Innovation' and co-chaired the School of International Futures Next Gen Foresight Practitioners Network. Her practical experiences spans working across the grassroots, public and private sector spectrum. From founding a variety of social enterprises in Asia and North America to co-leading policy campaigns she is always prioritizing learning and following curiosity. She earned her MBA from the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School (UK), holds a Masters in Sustainable Development from the United Nations University for Peace (Costa Rica) as a Rotary Scholar, and has conducted resarch and taught at the university levels with MIT D-Lab (USA), the d.School at Stanford University (USA) and Thammasat University (Thailand) and Hiroshima Jogakuin University (Japan). She cherishes time with family and nature and has completed a 200 hour yoga teacher and Reiki level one training.

Praewa is an educator and program designer who develops curricula and experiential programs centered on social innovation, sustainability, and systems change. She serves as Associate Director for Ecopreneurship Curriculum at Stanford Graduate School of Business’s Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, and has co-directed a university social-innovation lab and led policy-innovation initiatives in government contexts. Praewa has taught social innovation and entrepreneurship at Thammasat University and run design-lab programs for University of California campuses. She co-founded the Circular Design Lab, contributing to citizen-driven open innovation projects addressing environmental challenges. Her research and practice draw on systems thinking, design methods, foresight, and awareness-based approaches for transformative change. Praewa holds a Master in Public Administration from Harvard University and an MSc in Global Innovation Management (University of Strathclyde and Hamburg University of Technology), and she has contributed to systemic-design publications and conferences.

Kaz McGrath is Co-Founder of PLAI (Purpose Led AI), helping mission-led leaders and teams use AI in simple, joyful, and transformative ways. A seasoned fundraiser, she co-founded the Ration Challenge, a global campaign that grew from a small idea in rural Thailand to raise over $80 million across four international markets, earning her multiple honors including two-time Australian Financial Review Woman of Influence and Third Sector Emerging Leader of the Year. Kaz has worked with organizations such as UNICEF, Save the Children, Google, Tesla, Oxfam, and The Great Barrier Reef Foundation, bridging nonprofit and corporate sectors through community-driven impact. Through PLAI, she is empowering the next generation of fundraisers to see AI not as a challenge, but as an opportunity to redefine what’s possible for mission-driven organizations worldwide.

Laila is a board-certified Ayurvedic Practitioner, teacher, and intuitive guide with a background in international development, refugee resettlement, and social enterprise. A decade of work within complex humanitarian and cross-cultural systems shaped her understanding of leadership as an evolving practice of internal coherence, presence, and right relationship to self, others, and the living world we’re a part of. Rooted in the sacred traditions of the SWANA region and Indian subcontinent, Laila brings ancestral, earth-based, and trauma-informed practices into her teaching. Her work centers on somatic intelligence, intuitive ways of knowing, and the remembering of wisdom that lives beyond the mind.Laila has studied with master teachers in Ayurveda, Yoga, shamanic and energy healing, plant and flower medicine, and Ayurvedic birthwork. She’s devoted to bridging systems change with embodied wisdom, supporting leaders to navigate uncertainty with integrity, resilience, and deep inner alignment.