Collaboration for Change Leveraging each others’ resources to integrate microfinance, education and health protection for the poor. www.FreedomfromHunger.org Davis, California USA | +1.800. 708.2555 info@freedomfromhunger.org ﺪﻨﻔﺟأ - ﺔﻴﻤﻨﺘﻠﻟ يﺮﻌﻟا ﺞﻴﻠﺨﻟا ﺞﻣﺎﻧﺮﺑ Nuestra idea de sostenibilidad: Comprometerse con las comunidades locales. Desde 2002, mas de 355 millones de euros destinados a microcréditos para fomentar el desarrollo de la economía local. 92 <strong>Global</strong> <strong>Microcredit</strong> <strong>Summit</strong> | Cumbre Mundial del Microcrédito | Sommet Mondial du Microcrédit | <strong>2011</strong>
Acknowledgements | Agradecimientos | Remerciements We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of the members of the <strong>Microcredit</strong> <strong>Summit</strong> Campaign Director’s Advisory Group: Dr. Steven Funk, Chairman, Funk Holdings Ltd., Race4Change, USA Ian Callaghan, Consultant, United Kingdom Mary Ellen Iskenderian, President, Women’s World Banking, USA Jack Lowe, Co-Founder & Chairman, Avenir <strong>Global</strong> Investment Advisors S.A, Switzerland Nick O’Donohoe, CEO, Big Society Capital, United Kingdom William Price, Proprietor, Classic Wines LLC, USA We are grateful for the generous support of the <strong>Global</strong> <strong>Microcredit</strong> <strong>Summit</strong> <strong>2011</strong> and <strong>Microcredit</strong> <strong>Summit</strong> Campaign sponsors and donors, who can be found on page XX. Special Thanks We are especially indebted to key individuals and organizations whose tireless efforts and commitment not only helped bring the <strong>Global</strong> <strong>Microcredit</strong> <strong>Summit</strong> <strong>2011</strong> to Valladolid, but also provided critical support along the way. Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Secretary of State for International Cooperation, Spain Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID) Regional Government of Castilla y León Local Government of Valladolid We would also like to recognize additional colleagues who supported the work of the <strong>Summit</strong> Secretariat, especially: Angelma, S.A., AV Medios, Melanie Beauvy, Daniel Karslake & Patrick Lee (Every Three Seconds, LLC), Dawn Lewandowski, Martha Martinez, Momentum IT, Holly Mosher (Hummingbird Pictures LLC), Rob Rooy, and 6W (José Luis Arranz, Daniel Rodriguez, and Alex Bonet). In addition, we would like to thank the <strong>Global</strong> <strong>Microcredit</strong> <strong>Summit</strong> media team, a group of media specialists from more than 30 institutions, for their time, efforts, and dedication to the success of this <strong>Summit</strong>: For US and European media: Bruce J. MacDonald (SVP, Communications) and Kimberly Moynihan (Communications Associate), ACCION International; Matt Crandall (Marketing Manager), AEO; Chiara Valsangiacomo (Associate Communications & Marketing), BlueOrchard; Michelle Chaplin (Program Manager), BRAC USA; Niki Clark (Policy Media Relations Officer) and Andisheh Nouraee (Staff Writer, Brand & Communications), CARE; Jeannette Thomas (Communications Director) and Natalie Greenberg (Deputy Manager, Microfinance Gateway), CGAP; Rosemary Byrnes (Director, Communications) and Tyler Daluz (Corporate Communications), Citi Foundation; Diane Jones (Senior Manager, Marketing Communications and Public Relations), FINCA; Beth Harrison (Director, Communications), Freedom from Hunger; Liselle Yorke (Director, Communications) and Todd Bernhardt (Director of Marketing and Communications), Grameen Foundation; Kawien Ziedses des Plantes (Manager Communications) and Juliette de Voogd (Communications Officer), Oikocredit; Robert Meloche (VP, Marketing Communications), Opportunity International; Audrey le Blanc (Communications Director) and Marlène Biard, Planet Finance; Josh Cramer-Montes (Director of Communications), Pro Mujer / Pro Women International; Julie Slama (Director of Communications), WWB. For Spanish media: Pedro Molina (Coordinador de Comunicación) and Laura Losada (Departamento de Comunicación), AECID; Marta Pérez Postigo (Departamento de <strong>Global</strong> <strong>Microcredit</strong> <strong>Summit</strong> | Cumbre Mundial del Microcrédito | Sommet Mondial du Microcrédit | <strong>2011</strong> ENGLISH ESPAÑOL FRANÇAIS 93