Our People
Board of Trustees
Current members
- Geoffrey Hawtin
(Chair), Private Consultant, United Kingdom/Canada - John Edward Hamer
(Vice Chair) Private Consultant, USA - Graham Joscelyne
(Audit Committee Chair)
Managing Director Joscelyne + Associates, Inc., Republic of South Africa - Juan Camilo Restrepo
Private Consultant, Colombia - Charles Rice
Kansas State University, Distinguished Professor, Soil Microbiology, USA - Agnes Casiple Rola
Professor of Public Policy, University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Philippines
Ex officio
- Ruben G. Echeverría
Director General, CIAT, Uruguay - Aurelio Iragorri Valencia
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR), Colombia - Ignacio Mantilla
Rector, National University of Colombia, Colombia - Juan Lucas Restrepo
Executive Director, Colombian Corporation of Agricultural Research (CORPOICA), Colombia
Left CIAT during the period covered by this report
- Wanda Collins
(Chair), International Agricultural Science Expert, USA - Ruth Oniang’o
Founder and Executive Director, Rural Outreach Africa, Kenya
Joined CIAT during the period covered by this report (1 January 2016)
- Nancy O. Andrews
President and CEO of the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF)
USA
Office of the Director General
- María Virginia Jaramillo, General Counsel
- Luz Stella Gil, Executive Assistant
- Maya Rajasekharan, Head, Program Coordination
- María Fernanda Reyes, Secretary to the Board of Trustees and Management Team
- María Cristina Rivillas, Administrative Assistant
Management Team
- Ruben G. Echeverría, Director General
- Mario Bernal, Head, Human Resources Management
- Deborah Bossio, Soils Research Area Director, Kenya
- Robin Buruchara, Regional Director for Africa, Kenya
- Dindo Campilan, Regional Director for Asia, Vietnam
- Andy Jarvis, Decision and Policy Analysis Research Area Director
- Joseph Tohme, Agrobiodiversity Research Area Director
- Maya Rajasekharan, Head, Program Coordination
- Gloria Rengifo, Director, Finance & Administration
- André Zandstra, Head, Partnerships & Communications
Left CIAT during the period covered by this report
- Elcio Guimarães, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean
Research Support
Program Coordination
- Maya Rajasekharan, Head, Program Coordination
- Perla Castillo, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
- Martina Mascarenhas, Communications Specialist
- Leroy Mwanzia, Data & Information Manager
- Simone Staiger, Leader, Data, Information, and Knowledge
Partnerships and Communications
- André Zandstra, Head, Partnerships & Communications
- Shadi Azadegan, Communications Officer for Central America
- Melanie Breiter, Donor Relations Manager
- Carolina Jaramillo, Resource Mobilization Analyst
- Stéfanie Neno, Communications Manager
- Neil Palmer, Senior Communicator
- Melissa Reichwage, Development Coordinator
- Georgina Smith, Communications Coordinator for Africa, Kenya
- Adriana Varón, Communications Coordinator for Latin America
Left CIAT during the period covered by this report
- Stephanie Malyon, Communications Specialist, Kenya
- Nathan Russell, Head, Communications
Finance and Administration
- Gloria Rengifo, Director, Finance and Administration
- Vilia Escober, Finance and Administrative Coordinator, Central America
- Thao Hoang, Regional Administrative Coordinator, Asia
- Wanjiku Kiragu, Head, Regional Operations, Africa
- Carlos Meneses, Head, Information Technology
- Luis Fernando Osorio, Manager, Financial Planning and Monitoring
- Andrés Palau, Head, Facilities and Operations
- Jorge Peña, Manager, Financial Operations
Human Resources Management
- Mario Bernal, Head, Human Resources Management
- Natasha Marulanda, Talent Management
- Alice Kareri, Human Resources and Administration Coordinator – Africa
Research Areas
Deborah Bossio, Research Area Director, Kenya
Leaders
- Juliet Braslow, Research Area Coordinator, Kenya
- Lulseged Desta, Landscape Ecology, Malawi
- Fred Kizito, Landscapes, Kenya
- Rolf Sommer, Soil Health and Climate Change, Kenya
Researchers – Latin America and the Caribbean
- Ngonidzashe Chirinda, Agroecologist
- Mayesse Da Silva, Geomorphologist
- Edwin García, Agronomist, Honduras
- Mirjam Pulleman, Soil Ecologist
- Pablo Siles, Soils and Agro-ecosystem Science, Nicaragua
Researchers – Africa
- Justine Cordingley, Landscape Ecology, Kenya
- Evan Girvetz, Climate Change and Soils, Kenya (Joint position DAPA/Soils)
- Job Kihara Maguta, Soil Scientist, Kenya
- Caroline Mwongera, Farming Systems & Climate Change, Kenya
- Ravic Nijbroek, Landscape Scientist, Kenya
- Kristin Piikki, Visiting Soil Scientist, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Kenya and Sweden
- Katherine Snyder, Social Scientist, Kenya
- Mats Söderström, Visiting Soil Scientist, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Kenya and Sweden
Researchers – Asia
- Bui Le Vinh, Systems and Landscapes Specialist, Vietnam
- Nguyen Nhiem, Climate-Smart Agriculture, Vietnam
Left CIAT during the period covered by this report
- Diego Valbuena, Farming Systems Specialist, Nicaragua
- Leigh Winowiecki, Soil Scientist, Kenya
As of September, 2016
- Didier Lesueur, Senior Soil Microbiologist, CIRAD-CIAT, Vietnam
Andy Jarvis, Research Area Director
Rebeca Bolaños, Executive Assistant
Leaders
- Peter Läderach, Climate Change, Nicaragua
- Mark Lundy, Linking Farmers to Markets
- Marcela Quintero, Ecosystem Services
Researchers – Latin America and the Caribbean
- Nadine Andrieu, Farming Systems Specialist, CIAT-CIRAD
- Christophe Bene, Senior Policy Expert
- Genowefa Blundo, Impact Assessment, Peru
- Christian Bunn, Agricultural Economist
- Ruben Coppus, Physical Geographer
- Gisella Cruz-García, Social Scientist
- Sylvain Jean Delerce, Agronomist
- Anton Eitzinger, Spatial Analysis and Climate Change
- Wendy Francesconi, Environmental Scientist/Liaison Officer, Peru
- Carolina González, Agricultural Research Economist (Joint position CIAT–IFPRI)
- Guy Henry, Sustainable Food Systems, CIRAD/CIAT
- Fanny Howland, Anthropologist
- Glenn Hyman, Geographer
- Matthias Jäger, Value Chain/Market Specialist
- Daniel Jiménez, Agronomy Scientist
- Colin Khoury, Crop Diversity Specialist
- Ricardo Labarta, Agricultural Economist
- Andreea Nowak, Environmental Policy Specialist
- Rafael Parra-Peña, Policy Analyst
- Steve Prager, Integrated Modeling Specialist
- Julián Ramírez-Villegas, Climate Change Modeling Scientist
- Byron Alejandro Reyes, Scientist, Impact Assessment, Nicaragua
- Louis Reymondin, Monitoring System Specialist
- Jeimar Tapasco, Environmental Economist
- Jennifer Twyman, Gender Analysis Specialist
Researchers – Africa
- Christine Chege, Nutritionist, Kenya
- Nicola Francesconi, Market Access Specialist, Uganda
- Evan Girvetz, Climate Change and Soils, Kenya (Joint position DAPA/Soils)
Researchers – Asia
- Brice Even, Market Access Specialist, Vietnam
- Nora Rebeca Guerten, Climate Risk Management Specialist, Vietnam
- Pham Thi Mai Huong, Economics and Marketing, Vietnam
- Jonathan Newby, Rural and Resource Economist, Lao PDR
- Louis Parker, Geo-spatial Analyst, Vietnam
Left CIAT during the period covered by this report
- Tesfamicheal Assfaw, Impact Assessment Economist, Vietnam
- Caitlin Corner-Dolloff, Climate Change Adaptation Specialist
- Sharon Gourdji, Crop–Livestock Modeling Scientist
- Maria Johanna Koningstein, Social Scientist
- Nelson Mango, Rural Sociologist, Zimbabwe (Joint position DAPA/Soils)
Regional Offices
Africa
- Robin, Buruchara, Regional Director, Kenya
- Wanjiku Kiragu, Head, Regional Operations, Kenya
- Boaz Waswa, Program Coordinator, Kenya
Asia
- Dindo Campilan, Regional Director, Vietnam
- Stefan De Haan, Regional Program Management Officer, Vietnam
- Thao Hoang, Regional Administrative Coordinator, Vietnam
Latin America and the Caribbean
- Wendy Francesconi, Peru Technical Liaison Officer (Lima)
- Libardo Ochoa García, Program Coordinator (Bogotá)
- Byron Alejandro Reyes, Nicaragua Technical Liaison Officer (Managua)
Left CIAT during the period covered by this report
- Diana Toscano, Colombia Technical Liaison Officer (Bogotá)
CGIAR Initiatives
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
- Bruce Campbell, Director, Denmark
- Ana María Loboguerrero, Regional Program Leader for Latin America
- Osana Bonilla-Findji, Science Officer
- David de Abreu, Knowledge and Data Sharing Coordinator
- Deissy Martínez, Scientific Officer
- Julián Rivera, Manager Finance Contracts and Liaison
- Arame Tall, Senior Risk Management Scientist, USA
Left CIAT during the period covered by this report
- Angela Samundengo, Manager, Finance, Contracts, and Liaison
Agronatura Science Park
- Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA)
- Contact: Claudia Patricia Vélez, Head (in charge) ICA office at CIAT Headquarters
- Corporation for the Development of Biotechnology (Corporación BIOTEC)
Contact: Myriam Sánchez, Director - Foundation for Agricultural Research and Development (Fidar)
Contact: José Restrepo, Director - International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
Contact: Luis Alberto Narro - Latin America Fund for Irrigated Rice (FLAR)
Contact: Eduardo Graterol, Executive Director