Governing Board

Mr. Divine Ntiokam
Board Chair

Mr. Ntiokam is a specialist in international relief and development, with a technical focus on sustainable agriculture, forestry and natural resource management. Read More>>

Cameroon

HE Amb. Mussie Hailu

HE Amb. Mussie Hailu is a peace builder who is working at national, regional and international level in promoting peace, reconciliation, interfaith harmony, disarmament. Read more>>

Ethiopia

Dr. Valasia Iakovoglou

Dr. Valasia Iakovoglou is a distinguished graduate of Iowa State University, USA. She has more than 25 years of international research and teaching experience as an Urban Forester. Read More>>

Greece

Mr. Gary Burniske

Mr. Burniske is a specialist in international relief and development, with a technical focus on sustainable agriculture, forestry and natural resource management. He is the Managing Director of the Center for Global Food Security at Purdue University, USA. Read More>>

USA

Ms. Margarita Astralaga

Ms. Margarita Astralaga is a Colombian biologist and Regional planner who has worked more than 40 years with Government agencies, NGOs and international organizations. Read More>>

Spain

Dr. Sarada Prasad Mohapatra

Dr. Sarada is an Assistant Professor and Head, Post-Graduate Department of Botany, Narasingh Choudhury Autonomous College Government of Odisha, India. His main research area includes Environmental Science, Agriculture, Artificial Intelligence in Climate Study, Biodiversity Conservation. He is a member of Committee on Food Security, FSN, FAO, UN. Read More >>>

India

Ms. Hawa Taylor-Kamara Diallo

Ms. Diallo is the President and Executive Director of the Ishmael Byne Taylor-Kamara Foundation(IBTK Foundation) and recently retired as the Chief of the Civil Society Unit within the Civil Society and Advocacy Section at the UN Department of Global Communications. With a rich background in United Nations operations both in the field and at Global headquarters, she specialized in public information outreach and fostering partnerships with civil society organizations, focusing especially on youth and women’s groups.
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USA

Mr. Frank Richard Turyatunga

Mr. Frank is a seasoned professional, scientist, diplomat and senior environmental manager with over 30 years’ experience who has served at local, national, regional and global levels, formerly worked as the Director and Regional Representative of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in the Africa region, and a member of the UNEP Senior Management Team. Read More>>>

Ethiopia

Dr. Patrick Cortbaoui

Dr. Cortbaoui is an internationally recognized and active scientist, and bioresource engineer, providing solutions to alleviate food insecurity in different regions of the world including North America, Latin America & the Caribbean, Africa, Middle East and Asia. He currently serves as the Managing Director at the Margaret A. Gilliam Institute for Global Food Security of McGill University, strengthening the Institute’s role and partnership between academia, the private sector, governments and NGOs. Learn More>>>

Canada

Dr. Debisi Araba

Dr. ‘Debisi Araba is a public policy and strategy specialist and former Managing Director, African Green Revolution Forum AGRF. Read More>>

United Kingdom

Prof. Jessica Fanzo, PhD

Jessica Fanzo, PhD is the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Global Food Policy and Ethics at the Johns Hopkins University in the USA. Read More>>

USA

Mr. Ibrahim Adam Ali

Director General at the Ministry of Commerce and Industries, Southwest State of Somalia. 

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Somalia

Dr. Cedric Habiyaremye

Dr. Cedric is a renowned crop scientist and agricultural entrepreneur developing solutions for a zero-hunger and malnutrition free world. Read More>>

USA

Mr. Ghefogha Yimbuh

Mr. Yimbuh is the Financial Adviser & facilitator for the Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network (CSAYN). In his role as CFO for CSAYN, he brings a wealth of expertise in financial systems, digital transformation, and climate protection, with a particular focus on automation and the transition to paperless processes within the banking sector. Read More >>>

Cameroon

Dr. Mahamadou Nassirou Ba

Mahamadou Nassirou Ba
(Nassirou) is an Agricultural Economist specializing in the analysis of the nexus Agriculture, Food Security, trade and Climate Change issues. Read More>>>

Ethiopia

Ms. Pauline Christian

Pauline is the immediate Past President for the Black Business and Professional Association (BBPA), in Canada. Read More>>

Canada

Ms. Leah Wanambwa

Ms. Wanambwa is in charge of developing and advocating for policies on environment, climate change and disaster risk reduction. Read More>>

Ethiopia