Jeri Curry is Internews' senior vice-president for global communications and private development. Jeri is responsible for providing strategic vision for all communications, both internal and external, to ensure that traditional and new media outreach efforts directly support Internews’ myriad field programs as well as the organization’s private development, fundraising and policy goals. Jeri brings extensive marketing and communications experience from a wide-array of organizations. She has roots in the media and communications industry, having worked with the Washington Post, Discovery Communications and MCI Communications. She has also worked with the federal government, having worked with the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Emergency Communications and within academia where she was the marketing and licensing manager for Vanderbilt University. Jeri joined Internews in late 2009, and was quickly immersed in the outreach efforts for Internews’ pioneering humanitarian media efforts following Haiti’s devastating earthquake. She supports numerous other Internews projects as wide-ranging as environmental reporting in Southeast Asia, community radio projects in Africa and innovative reporting and news delivery in Central Asia. In addition to her communications duties, Curry is responsible for forging new partnerships with philanthropic foundations, socially responsible companies and private donors. She is a graduate of the University of Colorado and currently resides in Washington, DC. She spends her free time training for marathons and enjoys travelling for both business and pleasure.

Hanaa Rifaey is the founder of Press Forward, a boutique consulting shop specializing in nonprofit management, strategic planning, fundraising, and marketing. Previously, Hanaa served as the President and Publisher of The American Independent News Network. She has managed campaigns and programs in a variety of issue areas including civil rights, health care, and climate change. Hanaa received her undergraduate degree from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Wash., and her master's degree from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She lives in D.C. with her husband and their dog, two cats, and tiny human.