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
Maggie Biruri
Head, Resource Mobilization and Partnerships
Josephine Boyle
Senior Research Mobilization Specialist
James Decker
Graphic Designer
Tara Jabbari
Digital Communications
Faith Okiror
Communications Specialist, Uganda
Research & Development
Dr. Erick Boy
Chief Nutritionist
Parminder Virk
Head, Functional Unit
Jairo Arcos
Research Assistant
Jen Foley
Acting Head, Communications; Senior Program Manager
Victor Taleon
Research Fellow
Mahalinagam Govindraj
Senior Scientist
Viateur Ndayizeye
Research Associate
Ivan Mauricio Hurtado
Research Associate, Crop Development
Finance & Administration
Jocelyn (Olyn) Panlilio
Business Manager, Budgets, Contracts and Grants
Christine Flaherty
Budget and Contracts Analyst
Edwin Guil
Budget and Contracts Analyst
Katie Foley
Administrative Coordinator
Policy & Program Strategy
Lynn Brown
Director, Alliances and Policy; Regional Director, Africa
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
Jenny Walton
Head, Commercialization and Scaling
Hussain Munawar
Consultant/Technical Assistant
Jean Pierre Mbagurire
Senior Research Associate
AFRICA
Liz Ogutu
Policy and Advocacy Officer; Regional Coordinator, Africa
Boaz Waswa
Scientist
Katharina Diehl
Scaling Specialist
Penina Muoki
Program Manager
Democratic Republic of Congo
Toussaint Kendenga
Senior Research Associate, Monitoring and Evaluation
Christophe Msambya Kongolo
Senior Field Assistant, Kasai
Robert Tuombemungu Baguma
Senior Field Assistant, Sud-Kivu
Jean Leo Mulumba
Senior Communications Associate
Fabrice Tippy Kialanda Kinavuidi
Driver
Byamungu Mbiye
Research Associate
Sandra Mirambo Bahati
Associate
Crispin Mukanya Tshamwanda
Senior Research Assistant, Nutrition
Ruth Bena Munkiba
Coordinator, Administration
Willy Soko
Driver, Democratic Republic of Congo
Dan Mazenga Ndayizeye Sumbu
Research Associate
Jodel Pierre
Project Manager
Gideon Irebahose
Associate Officer
Basilwango Yahaya
Driver
Benjamin Tshibang
Senior Research Assistant, Nutrition, Kwilu
Kossi J. Akpaki
Nutrition Specialist
Ayoni Ogunbayo
Scientist
Malawi
Dellings Phiri
Country Manager
Sophie Muhuwa
Coordinator
Nigeria
Fouad Dollah Yusuf
Acting Country Manager; Seed Delivery Specialist
Adedayo Adepitan
Research Technician, Multiplication and Dissemination
Bolanle Bridget Akinribido
Monitoring and Evaluation Manager
Victor Ekeleme
Communications Specialist
Isang Pius James
Finance Manager
Olatundun Kalejaiye
Nutrition and Post-Harvest Officer
Olutunde Kehinde
Driver/Technician
Goodluck Ogu
Program Manager
Hussan Inuwa Abubakar
State Coordinator, Jigawa
Hadiza Umar Abubakar
State Coordinator, Gombe
Aminu Ibrahim Abubakar
State Coordinator, Kaduna
Dolapo Natalie Omokanjuola
Business Development Manager, Agronomy
Usman Kabir Musa
Market System/Value Chain Advisor
Arum Chioma
Program Associate
Muritala Ajibola Dauda
Field Assistant/Driver
Abdullahi Adam Idris
State Coordinator, Kano
Lawan Kurawa Saadu
Field Assistant/Driver
Abdulaziz Mohammed
Field Assistant/Driver
Tanzania
Ester Jimmy Simfukwe
Project Associate
Uganda
Sylvia Magezi
Country Manager
Rachel Wakulira
Finance and Contract Officer
Jude Asiimwe Kagoro
Market and Product Development Specialist
Fred Sempijja
Driver
Laira Kyazike
Nutrition and Demand Creation Officer
Cletie Lukusa
Market and Product Development Officer
Charles Musoke
Seed Systems Specialist
Robert Ssebagala
Driver
Zambia
Emely Mwale Banda
Senior Country Coordinator
David Samazaka
Senior Research Associate, Crop Development
Zimbabwe
Sakile Kudita
Country Manager, Zimbabwe; Research Fellow
Tinashe Gwaze
National Consultant, Monitoring and Evaluation
Lorence Mjere
National Consultant, Seed Systems
Isabella Nyamhingura
Associate Officer, Finance
Asia
Ravinder Grover
Regional Coordinator, Asia
Bangladesh
Wahidul Amin
Interim Country Coordinator, Bangladesh
Khairul Bashar
Senior Advisor
Sakil Ahmed
Finance and Administrative Officer
Md. Wahidul Amin
Senior Specialist, Monitoring and Evaluation
Syeda Nuhara Begam
Officer, Communications and Advocacy
Manik Debnath
Project Officer (BIeNGS)
Md Syed Abu Hanifa
Project Coordinator
Md. 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 Assistant
Md Ziaur Rahman
Driver
Manuel Sangma
Driver
Md Mozibar Rahman
Coordinator, Seed Systems and Marketing
S. M. Tariqul Islam
Officer, Agricultural Research and Development
India
Binu Cherian
Country Manager
Ravinder Giri
Senior Project Manager
Suja Johnson
Finance Coordinator
Amit Kumar
Administrative Coordinator
Birendra Mendali
Senior Project Manager
Khushbu Noor
Budget and Contracts Assistant
K. Sai Prasad
Project Coordinator
V. Pravalika
Data Associate
Suyashi Purwar
Program Manager, GAIN/CBC
Chitti Venkata (CV) Ramesh
Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
Suyashi Purwar
Program Manager, GAIN/CBC
Chitti Venkata (CV) Ramesh
Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
K. Yadi Reddy
Office Assistant
Sanya Sharma
Program Management Support
Prateek Uniyal
Program Manager
Abhilash Miriyappalli
Communications Specialist
Swadheen Pattanaik
Supply Chain Specialist
Indonesia
Sulaiman Ginting
Country Lead
Pakistan
M. Yaqub Mujahid
Country Manager/Crop Development Specialist
Makhdoom Hussain
Consultant/Technical Assistant
Javed Iqbal
Consultant
Muhammad Imtiaz
Consultant
Munawar Hussain
Consultant
Latin America and Caribbean
Ivan Mauricio Hurtado
Research Associate, Crop Development