Jeni Klugman is a development economist. She is Managing Director of the Institute for Women, Peace and Security at Georgetown University and a fellow at the Kennedy School of Government’s Women in Public Policy Program at Harvard University. She was formerly Director of Gender and Development at the World Bank Group, where she served as lead spokesperson on gender equality issues and was responsible for developing strategic directions to support the institution's gender and development priorities. She also serves or has served on several advisory boards, including the World Economic Forum's Advisory Board on Sustainability and Competitiveness, and those related to the work of the Council on Foreign Relations, Plan International, International Civil Society Network, UNDP 2013 World Report