Board of Directors
Chris Cochran
Mr. Cochran is a global sustainability executive with experience in the corporate and nonprofit sectors and deep expertise in the …
Leslie Durschinger
Leveraging 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, Ms. Durschinger founded Terra Global Capital in 2006 to promote …
Andrew Gilbert
Andrew (Andy) Gilbert has a considerable background in agriculture and cooperative governance. He served on the Board of Directors of …
Shonda Warner
Clarksdale, Mississippi Ms. Warner is the founder of Chess Ag, which manages a suite of funds that are invested in …
Charles J. Hall
Charles J. Hall serves as chief executive officer of ACDI/VOCA, assuming day-to-day leadership and management of the organization. Mr. Hall …
Executive Team
Technical Experts
Bob Fries
Executive Vice President of Technical Learning and Application and President of AV Ventures
HOMe office Directors
Patricia Gbeti
Managing Director, Project Accounting
Beth Leonhardt
Senior Director of Business Development, Resilience & Growth
Nadia Namken
Senior Technical Director of Inclusive Market Systems
Country Office Leadership
Nazgulmira Arynova
The Kyrgyz Republic Farmer-to-Farmer Program Country Director
Gulmira Asanbaeva
Deputy Chief of Party of the USAID Enterprise Competitiveness Project in the Kyrgyz Republic
Jean-Frederic Beauchesne
Chief of Party of the USAID Zambia Enterprise Development and Growth Enhanced Activity
George C. Dalire
Deputy Chief of Party of the Philippine Coffee Advancement and Farm Enterprise Project
Hiqmet Demiraj
Chief of Party of the USAID Enterprise Competitiveness Project in the Kyrgyz Republic
Dun Grover
Deputy Chief of Party of Market Systems and Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) for the USAID/Honduras Transforming Market Systems Activity
Nodir Ibrohimzoda
Tajikistan Farmer-to-Farmer Program Country Director and ACDI/VOCA Country Representative in Tajikistan
Glenn Lines
Chief of Party of Forest Incomes for Environmental Sustainability Activity and Country Representative in Liberia
Mohammad Kamruzzaman
Deputy Chief of Party and Nutrition Team Lead of the Feed the Future Bangladesh Livestock Production for Improved Nutrition Activity
Simon Muli
Deputy Chief of Party of Expanding Economic Opportunities under the Feed the Future Kenya Livestock Market Systems Activity
Giovanny Cuero Rincón
Deputy Chief of Party of Programs for the USAID/Honduras Transforming Market Systems Activity
Sergio Rivas
Regional Managing Director for Latin America and the Caribbean and ACDI/VOCA Country Representative in Honduras
Joe Sanders
Chief of Party of the Feed the Future Kenya Livestock Market Systems Activity
Muhammad Nurul Amin Siddiquee
Chief of Party of Feed the Future Bangladesh Livestock Production for Improved Nutrition and ACDI/VOCA Country Representative in Bangladesh
Enrique Villalba
Chief of Party of the Disaster Risk Reduction in Central Department Program in Paraguay
