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
Morgan Mercer
Director of Gender & Youth
Abigail Spangler
Associate Director of Gender & Youth Abigail Spangler is an associate director supporting gender and youth integration within a portfolio …
HOMe office Directors
Ellen Aldrich
Senior Director of General Accounting
Sandi Crawford
Senior Director of Awards Management Services
Patricia Gbeti
Senior Director of Project Accounting & Finance
Beth Leonhardt
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
Victoria Norelid
Director of Business Development
Lucas Valente da Costa
Associate Director of Resilience & Growth
Hygela Vibar
Vice President and Controller
Field Leadership
Ricardo Amaya
Chief of Party of the Program of Alliances for Reconciliation and ACDI/VOCA Country Representative in Colombia
Nazgulmira Arynova
The Kyrgyz Republic Farmer-to-Farmer Program Country Director
Jean-Frederic Beauchesne
Chief of Party of the Feed the Future Kenya Livestock Market Systems Associate Award 1 Activity
Carl Birkelo
Chief of Party of USDA Feed Enhancement for Ethiopian Development – Phase III and ACDI/VOCA Country Representative in Ethiopia
Wyanie Bright
Chief of Party, Scaling the Impacts of USAID Resilience Programming through Local Systems
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
