Jill Van den Brule

Jill Van den Brule is a humanitarian and social entrepreneur. She co-founded MPOWERD, a B Corps that makes the solar powered Luci lantern, which has impacted millions of people all over the world – providing clean, reliable light to those living without access to electricity. She was part of UNICEF’s emergency response team in post-earthquake Haiti and has launched many global campaigns including with the UN Sustainable Development Goals Advocates, an eminent group of global leaders focused on SDG implementation. She represented UNESCO in the groundbreaking UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and her work has been published in various international media outlets. She was named 40 over 40 by Forbes and one of the Top 50 Philanthropists by T&C in 2016. She has Masters degrees from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy and L’institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) where she also taught in the Masters programme.