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 …
Enoh Ebong
Ms. Ebong joined the Milken Institute’s Center for Advancing the American Dream in January 2020, where she drives the development …
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 president and chief executive officer of ACDI/VOCA, assuming day-to-day leadership and management of the organization. Mr. …
Executive Team
Technical Experts
Bob Fries
Executive Vice President of Technical Learning and Application and President of AV Ventures
HOMe office Directors
Patricia Gbeti
Senior Director of Project Accounting & Finance
Beth Leonhardt
Senior Director of Business Development, Resilience & Growth
Kate Linde-Kogan
Managing Director of Financial Planning and Analysis
Nadia Namken
Senior Technical Director of Inclusive Market Systems
Field Leadership
Nazgulmira Arynova
The Kyrgyz Republic Farmer-to-Farmer Program Country Director
Jean-Frederic Beauchesne
Chief of Party of the USAID Zambia Enterprise Development and Growth Enhanced Activity
Carl Birkelo
Chief of Party of USDA Feed Enhancement for Ethiopian Development – Phase III and ACDI/VOCA Country Representative in Ethiopia
James Collins
Chief of Party of the Resilience Learning Activity under the Feed the Future Kenya Livestock Market Systems Activity
Hiqmet Demiraj
Chief of Party of the USAID Enterprise Competitiveness Project in the Kyrgyz Republic
Dun Grover
Director of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning 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
Sergio Rivas
Regional Managing Director for Latin America and the Caribbean and ACDI/VOCA Country Representative in Honduras
Muhammad Nurul Amin Siddiquee
Chief of Party of Feed the Future Bangladesh Livestock Production for Improved Nutrition and ACDI/VOCA Country Representative in Bangladesh
Christel Tshikudi
Chief of Party of Feed the Future Ghana Agricultural Development and Value Chain Enhancement II (ADVANCE II) Project
Enrique Villalba
Chief of Party of the Disaster Risk Reduction in Central Department Program in Paraguay
