Our Leaders

Farmers. Marketers. Advisors. Teachers. Managers. Entrepreneurs. Our staff are all these things and more, sharing a common passion for improving the lives of others and overseeing a global organization of over 1,200 staff working in more than 11 countries.

One entrepreneur can change their community, and millions can change the world.

Country Directors

Sylvester Kalonge
Country Director,
iDE Zambia
Prajuna KC
Country Director,
iDE Nepal
Kevin Robbins
Country Director,
iDE Cambodia
Olani Wirtu
Country Director,
iDE Ethiopia
Inti Ferrey
CEO, iDEal,
iDE Nicaragua
Sothea Sam
CEO, Hydrologic,
iDE Cambodia
Trang Bui
Interim Country Manager,
iDE Vietnam
Abdul-Mumin Damba Tahidu
Country Manager,
iDE Ghana
Sobeida Lara
Country Manager,
iDE Honduras

Senior Leadership

Elizabeth Ellis
Chief Executive Officer
Stuart Taylor
Chief Executive Officer, Canada
Kathryn Dangerfield
Vice President of Africa and Central America Operations
KC Koch
Vice President of Global Communications and Marketing
John Passauer
Vice President, Finance
F. Conor Riggs
Vice President of Strategy and Experience
Deepak Khadka
VP Operations and Interim Country Director,
iDE Mozambique
John Choptiany, PhD
Vice President, Programs
Caitlin Warkentin
Vice President, Fund Development
Mel Mackintosh
Controller
Michel Dauguet
Senior Director, Impact Investment
Dana Camp Smith
Senior Director, Global Nutrition
Nadia Campos
Director, Global Design
Daniel Clark
Director of MERL Systems
Simon Crittle
Director, Global Communications
Sarah Custer-Lalanne
Director, Global WASH
Tiffany Koberstein
Director, Agriculture
Greg Lestikow
Director, Business Development, Latin America and the Caribbean
Lauren Riley, PhD
Director, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion
Jennifer Roglà, PhD
Director, Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL)
Dave Schutz
Director, Global Business Development
Saroja Thapa
Director of Asia Operations and Acting Country Director,
iDE Bangladesh