Navaid Abidi

Navaid serves on the Board of Directors of the Human Development Foundation of North America, where he is heading up the Center for Human Development Innovation.  His philanthropic passion over the past five years has been to research and pilot test the most scalable disruptive social innovations that can positively impact lives of the poorest people in the world.  Navaid serves as Mentor at the University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy.  During the day, he works as the director of financial research at a financial technology firm where his innovations are driving next generation financial technology services that will make possible a secure retirement for millions of middle and lower income American families.  Navaid  is a serial entrepreneur and graduated with the highest distinction from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Executive Advisors

Larry Diamond, Stanford

Mohsin Chandna, ex-Additional Commissioner of Education, Government of Punjab, Harris School of Public Policy

Nadeem ul Haque, IMF, ex-Chancellor, Pakistan Institute of Developmental Economics

Waseem Mehmood, Say No To Terrorism, YehHumNaheen.org

Dr. M. Khalid Riaz, Chairman BOD, Human Development Foundation Pakistan

Special thanks for academic input

Nobel Laureate Robert Fogel, University of Chicago

Nobel Laureate James Heckman, University of Chicago

Adil Najam, Boston University

Martha Naussbum, University of Chicago

Moeed Yusuf, Brookings Institute

Special thanks for authors

Stephen M. R. Covey, Speed of Trust

Special thanks for civil leaders

Pervez Hoodbhoy, Quaid e Azam University

Sania Nishtar, Heartfile International

Adil Gilani, Transparency International Pakistan