Our Leaders
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
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
Senior Communications Designer
Faith Okiror
Communications Specialist, Uganda
Research & Development
Dr. Erick Boy
Chief Nutritionist
Jen Foley
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
Rewa Misra
Head, National Policy and Innovative Finance
Bho Mudyahoto
Head, Monitoring and Evaluation
Hussain Munawar
Consultant/Technical Assistant
AFRICA
Katharina Diehl
Scaling Specialist
Penina Muoki
Program Manager
Paul Omollo Owino
Assistant to Project Manager, Kenya
Democratic Republic of Congo
Toussaint Kendenga
Senior Research Associate, Monitoring and Evaluation
Michael Bakanyize
Senior Accounts Analyst
Jean Pierre Mbagurire
Research Team Leader
Fabrice Tippy Kialanda Kinavuidi
Driver
Mwango Kuhima Mbuta
Senior Field Assistant, Kwilu
Crispin Mukanya Tshamwanda
Senior Research Assistant, Nutrition
Thadee Kisimba Milamba
Senior Communication Associate
Ruth Bena Munkiba
Coordinator, Administration
Willy Soko
Driver, Democratic Republic of Congo
Dan Mazenga Ndayizeye Sumbu
Research Associate
Basilwango Yahaya
Driver
Benjamin Tshibang
Senior Research Assistant, Nutrition, Kwilu
Monique Lilas Misenga Mpinda
Research Associate, Nutrition
William Ndeko Ndozondula
Research Associate, Demand Creation
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
John Fakunle Aremu
Regional Policy Advisor
Isang Pius James
Finance Manager
Olatundun Kalejaiye
Nutrition and Post-Harvest Officer
Olutunde Kehinde
Driver/Technician
Hussan Inuwa Abubakar
State Coordinator
Hadiza Umar Abubakar
State Coordinator
Aminu Ibrahim Abubakar
State Coordinator
Arum Chioma
Program Associate
Muritala Ajibola Dauda
Field Assistant/Driver
Abdullahi Adam Idris
State Coordinator
Oluwaseyi Mary Esanju
Administrative and Finance Assistant
Cyril Omofuma Inegbedion
Project Team Lead, FCDO Propcom+
Tanzania
Ester Jimmy Simfukwe
Project Associate
Uganda
Sylvia Magezi
Country Manager
Jude Asiimwe Kagoro
Market and Product Development Specialist
Fred Sempijja
Driver
Zimbabwe
Sakile Kudita
Country Manager, Zimbabwe; Research Fellow
Tinashe Gwaze
National Consultant, Monitoring and Evaluation
Isabella Nyamhingura
Associate Officer, Finance
Asia
Bangladesh
Wahidul Amin
Senior Program Manager, Bangladesh
Syeda Nuhara Begam
Officer, Communications and Advocacy
Md. Zakiul Hasan
Divisional Coordinator
Abu Sayed Al Muktadir
Assistant Manager, Budget, Finance & Administration
Mohammad Nurulla
Office Assistant
Md Ziaur Rahman
Driver
Md Mozibar Rahman
Coordinator, Seed Systems and Marketing
India
Binu Cherian
Country Manager
Ravinder Giri
Senior Project Manager
Suja Johnson
Finance Coordinator
Amit Kumar
Administrative Coordinator
Birendra Mendali
Senior Project Manager
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
K. Yadi Reddy
Office Assistant
Sanya Sharma
Program Management Support
Prateek Uniyal
Program Manager
People
Pakistan
M. Yaqub Mujahid
Country Manager/Crop Development Specialist
Makhdoom Hussain
Consultant/Technical Assistant
Javed Iqbal
Consultant
Munawar Hussain
Consultant
Latin America and Caribbean
Ivan Mauricio Hurtado
Research Associate, Crop Development