Leadership
Program Advisory Committee
HarvestPlus is based at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and collaborates with multiple CGIAR centers and partner organizations. The Board of Trustees of IFPRI has delegated the responsibility for oversight of HarvestPlus to a Program Advisory Committee (PAC), which acts in effect as a Board of Trustees for HarvestPlus. The PAC includes the Director-General of IFPRI and one board member from the IFPRI Board of Trustees.
Andrew Natsios
PAC Chair; Director of the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs and Executive Professor, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University
Dr. Namanga Ngongi
Chairman of the Board of Trustees, African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership
Andrew M. Prentice
Head, MRC International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK; Head, MRC Keneba, The Gambia; Theme Leader for Nutrition, The Gambia
Hilary Wild
CGIAR System Board, Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
Lawrence Kent
Designated Representative to PAC; Senior Program Officer, Agricultural Development, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Staff List
The HarvestPlus global team of more than 120 people take a multidisciplinary, multisectoral approach to advancing nutrient-enriched staple crops through effective partnerships, with the goal of improving lives by addressing hidden hunger worldwide. Their skillsets span seed and food value chains; crop research and development; and nutrition research; policy engagement; communicating evidence; and technological innovation.
Office of the CEO
Arun Baral
Chief Executive Officer
Wolfgang Pfeiffer
Senior Advisor
Benjamin Uchitelle-Pierce
Special Assistant to the CEO
External Affairs
Peter Goldstein
Head, Strategic Communications
Maggie Biruri
Head, Resource Mobilization and Partnerships
Josephine Boyle
Senior Program Associate
Katie Foley
Administrative Coordinator
James Decker
Visual Communications
Tara Jabbari
Digital Communications
Research & Development
Dr. Erick Boy
Chief Nutritionist
Parminder Virk
Head, Crop Development
Jairo Arcos
Research Assistant
Jen Foley
Senior Program Manager
Victor Taleon
Research Fellow
Mahalinagam Govindraj
Senior Scientist
Viateur Ndayizeye
Lab Technician
Finance & Administration
Adam Mayaki
Chief Financial Officer
Christine Flaherty
Budget and Contracts Assistant
Irene Huo
Budget and Contracts Analyst
Jocelyn (Olyn) Panlilio
Business Manager, Budgets, Contracts and Grants
Katie Foley
Administrative Coordinator
Policy and Program Strategy
Lynn Brown
Director, Alliances and Policy
Richard Alioma
Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
Michael Tedla Diressie
Senior Research Analyst
Rewa Misra
Head, National Policy and Innovative Finance
Bho Mudyahoto
Head, Monitoring and Evaluation
Ravinder Grover
Project Manager, Commercialisation of Biofortified Crops Programme
Jenny Walton
Senior Specialist, Demand Creation and Business Development
Hussain Munawar
Consultant/Technical Assistant
Jean Pierre Mbagurire
Interim Country Manager/Monitoring, Learning, and Evaluation Officer
Africa
Donald Mavindidze
Regional Director, Africa
Katharina Diehl
Scaling Expert
Brenda Mareri
Business Development Associate
Penina Muoki
Program Manager, Kenya
Liz Ogutu
Policy and Advocacy Officer
Paul Omollo
Research Associate
Tassy Kariuki
Administrative Assistant
Boaz Waswa
Scientist
Democratic Republic of Congo
Antoine Kanyenga Lubobo
Country Manager, Democratic Republic of Congo
Basilwango Yahaya
Driver
Catherine Kalunga
Nutrition Officer
Toussaint Kendenga
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Specialist
Fabrice Tippy Kialanda Kinavuidi
Driver
Andrew Kambale Kikwaya
Administrative and Finance Assistant
Byamungu Mbiye
Seed Systems Specialist
Sandra Mirambo
Administrative Assistant
Ruth Munkiba
Secretary and Administrative Assistant
Blaise Eugene Mvumbi Bamueneko
Senior Associate, Environmental Inclusion
Paul Pandi
Finance and Administrative Officer
Willy Soko
Driver, Democratic Republic of Congo
Dan Sumbu
Seed System Specialist
Jodel Pierre
Project Manager, PMNS
Gideon Irebahose
Finance Manager
Ayoni Ogunbayo
Associate Scientist
Basilwango Yahaya
Driver
Kossi J. Akpaki
Nutrition Specialist
Malawi
Dellings Phiri
Country Manager
Sophie Muhuwa
Demand Creation Specialist
Nigeria
Fouad Dollah Yusuf
Acting Country Manager/Seed Delivery Specialist
Adedayo Adepitan
Stem Specialist
Bolanle Bridget Akinribido
Monitoring and Evaluation Manager
Victor Ekeleme
Creative Design and Social Media Officer
Isang Pius James
Finance Manager
Olatundun Kalejaiye
Nutrition Officer
Olutunde Kehinde
Driver, Nigeria
Goodluck Ogu
Program Manager
Uganda
Sylvia Magezi
Country Manager
Rachel Wakulira
Finance and Contract Officer
Zambia
Emely Mwale Banda
Country Coordinator
Kaumba Sakungo
Finance and Administration Officer
David Samazaka
Crop Development Specialist
Zimbabwe
Sakile Kudita
Interim Country Manager/Demand Creation Officer
Tinashe Gwaze
Consultant
Lorence Mjere
Seed Systems Coordinator
Isabella Nyamhingura
Finance Analyst
Asia
Bangladesh
Khairul Bashar
Country Manager
Sakil Ahmed
Finance and Administrative Officer (BIeNGS)
Wahidul Amin
Senior Specialist, Monitoring and Evaluation
Nuhara Begam
Communications and Advocacy Officer
Manik Debnath
Project Officer (BIeNGS)
Palash Goswami
Project Officer (BIeNGS)
Md Azizul Haq
Project Officer (BIeNGS)
Md Syed Abu Hanifa
Project Coordinator
Zakiul Hasan
Divisional Coordinator
Jahid Hussain
Divisional Coordinator
Ruhul Amin Mondol
Divisional Coordinator
Abu Sayed Al Muktadir
Assistant Manager, Budget, Finance & Administration
Mohammad Nurulla
Office Attendant
Md Ziaur Rahman
Driver
Manuel Sangma
Driver
Ruhul Quddus
Project Officer
Mohammad Abu Saleque
Deputy Country Manager
Md Mozibar Rahman
Coordinator – Seed Systems and Marketing
S. M. Tariqul Islam
Officer, Agricultural Research and Development
India
Binu Cherian
Country Manager
Debaranjan Pujahari
Senior Program Manager, Bihar-Odisha
Ravinder Giri
Project Manager
Syed Khaleel
Senior Transport Assistant
Suja Johnson
Senior Administrative Associate
Amit Kumar
Administrative Coordinator
Birendra Mendali
Senior Project Manager
Khusbu Noor
Finance Officer
K. Sai Prasad
Senior Administrative Associate
V. Pravalika
Data Entry Associate
Suyashi Purwar
Program Manager, GAIN/CBC
CV Ramesh
Senior Officer, Monitoring and Evaluation
Suyashi Purwar
Program Manager, GAIN/CBC
CV Ramesh
Senior Officer, Monitoring and Evaluation
K. Yadi Reddy
Office Attendant
Sanya Sharma
Project Coordinator
Prateek Uniyal
Project Manager
Pakistan
M. Yaqub Mujahid
Country Manager/Crop Development Specialist
Makhdum Hussein
Consultant/Technical Assistant
Javed Iqbal
Consultant
Muhammad Imtiaz
Consultant
Latin America & Caribbean
Byron Reyes
Research Fellow