Our People

• Board of Trustees
• Office of the Director General
• Research Support
• Research Areas
• Regional Offices
• CGIAR Initiatives

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

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