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
Senior Leadership
Elizabeth Welch
Chief Executive Officer
Stuart Taylor
Chief Executive Officer, Canada
Kathryn Dangerfield
Senior Vice President, Africa and Central America Operations
John Choptiany, PhD
Vice President, Programs
KC Koch
Vice President, Global Communications and Marketing
John Passauer
Vice President, Finance
Caitlin Warkentin
Vice President, Fund Development
Mel Mackintosh
Controller
Dana Camp Smith
Senior Director, Global Nutrition
Dave Schutz
Senior Director, Global Business Development
Michel Dauguet
Senior Director, Impact Investment
Martha Hirpa
Senior Director, Global Partnerships and Senior Director, Business Development
Mikki Gates
Senior Director, Human Resources
Jennifer Roglà, PhD
Global Director, Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL)
Nadia Campos
Director, Global Design
Daniel Clark
Director, MERL Systems
Simon Crittle
Director, Global Communications
Cynthia Rosenbaum
Director, Executive Office
Sarah Custer-Lalanne
Director, Global WASH
Dane Reece
Director, Information Systems
Anwar Chowdhury
Director, Technical Accounting and US Government Compliance
Tiffany Koberstein
Director, Agriculture
Greg Lestikow
Director, Business Development, Latin America and the Caribbean
Lauren Riley, PhD
Director, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion
Emily Karol
Director, Fund Development
Senior Advisors
Luke Colavito, PhD
Senior Advisor
Urs Heierli, PhD
Senior Advisor
Madan Pariyar, PhD
Senior Advisor
Tim Prewitt
Senior Advisor
Board Of Directors
Lee Addams, PhD
Board Member, Program Committee Chair
Gerry Dyck
Board Member
Tom Ebling
Board Member, Vice Chair and Social Enterprise Committee Chair
William Fast
Board Member
Mark Fitzgerald
Board Member, Finance Committee Chair
Judith Hermanson, PhD
Board Member
Robert Hill
Board Member, Board Chair
Shashwat Jha
Board Member
Venkata Kishore, PhD
Board Member
Rick Kwan
Board Member, Fund Development Co-Chair
Alix Lebec
Board Member
Chandra A. Madramootoo, PhD
Board Member
Rick Mazur
Board Member, Governance Committee Chair
Ted Paetkau
Board Member
Len Penner
Board Member
Linda Porter-Cox
Board Member, Fund Development Co-Chair
Joyce King Thomas
Board Member, Marketing Committee Chair
Ana Ximenes
Board Member
Founder
Paul Polak
Founder (1933 - 2019)
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