Maha Abusamra is a consultant/trainer with over 20 years of experience in gender and programme management. She applied the Positive Deviance approach in the areas of gender equality in the Middle East and is one of the founders of the Palestine UN Gender Innovation Lab. She worked with UNDP, UNRWA and Catholic Relief Services on Gender, Governance, Social Development programmes, as well as in the private sector.
Paul I Kadetz: Academic
Since 2002, Paul I Kadetz has examined health and development interventions in his research and scholarship from a perspective of assets-based approaches, particularly Positive Deviance. With over 18 years of experience with the PD approach on 5 continents, he specializes in population health and international development with a focus on China, Philippines, and the United States.
Jane Lewis: Consultant
Jane Lewis is a consultant that has worked with the government, third sector, universities, and commercial companies through a social enterprise organization. She taught Positive Deviance at Oxford University, HEC Paris, and Oxford Brookes University. With over nine years of experience with the Positive Deviance approach, she has many publications dedicated to the approach.