Who We Are

Executive Team

Our executive management team guides Nutrition International toward our goal of improving the nutritional status of one billion people, especially women, adolescent girls and children, by 2030.

Joel Spicer

President and CEO

Mandana Arabi, MD, PhD

Vice-President, Research and Development and Chief Technical Advisor

Asif Nawaz

Vice-President, Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer

Paula Tenaglia

Vice-President, Program Operations

Steve Gilbert

Chief Operating Officer

Margaux Stastny

Vice-President, External Relations

Grant Carioni

Senior Director, People and Culture

Albert Kombo

Regional Director, Africa

Manoj Kumar

Regional Director, Asia

Board of Directors

Our global Board of Directors provides governance to Nutrition International as we deliver on our mandate to provide low-cost, high-impact nutrition interventions around the world.

Masood Ahmed - Board Chair

President Emeritus, Center for Global Development, Washington, DC, USA

Suprotik Basu

Managing Partner, Helena Special Investments, New York, NY, USA

Joanne Carter

Executive Director, RESULTS/RESULTS Educational Fund (REF), Washington, DC, USA

Her Excellency, Ambassador Minata Samaté Cessouma

African Union’s Former Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs, and Social Development

David de Ferranti

Board Chair and Founder of Results for Development

Shaila Khan Leekha

Co-founder and COO, Clima Investments, United Kingdom

His Excellency, Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki

Former Prime Minister of Niger and African Union Special Envoy for Food Systems

Vivian Onano

Founder and Director, Leading Light Initiative

His Excellency Dr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete

Former President of Tanzania, Chairman, Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete Foundation, Global Partnership for Education Board Chair and Chancellor, University of Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Dr. Stanley Zlotkin

Inaugural Chief of the SickKids Centre for Global Child Health and Professor of Paediatrics, Public Health Sciences and Nutrition Sciences University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

Tom Bui - Honorary Member

Director, Food Systems and Nutrition, Global Affairs Canada

Regional Staff

Our regional staff works alongside national and local governments, frontline health workers, and our development partners to drive implementation and policy programs on the ground.

Banda Ndiaye

Deputy Regional Director Health, Africa

Tiringo Kinfegabriel

Country Director, Ethiopia

Martha Nyagaya

Country Director, Kenya

Dr. Osita Okonknwo

Country Director, Nigeria

Dr. Balla Moussa Diedhiou

Country Director, Senegal and the Sahel

Dr. George Mwita

Country Director, Tanzania

Saiqa Siraj

Country Director, Bangladesh

Mini Varghese

Country Director, India

Herrio Hattu

Country Director, Indonesia

Dr. Shabina Raza

Country Director, Pakistan

Technical Experts

Our team of technical experts, program designers, analysts, evaluators, implementers, educators, resource managers and nutrition champions delivers nutrition interventions that work.

Alison Greig

Senior Director of the Global Technical Services (GTS) Unit

Jennifer Busch-Hallen

Senior Technical Advisor, Maternal and Neonatal Health and Nutrition

Chowdhury Jalal, MBBS, PhD

Senior Technical Advisor, Evaluation and Strategic Research

Jacqueline Kung’u

Regional Advisor Research and Evaluation, Africa

Daniel Lopez de Romaña, PhD

Senior Technical Advisor, Fortification Data, Research and Evidence

Homero Martinez, PhD

Senior Technical Advisor, NTEAM

Manoj Raut, PhD

Regional Manager, Research and Evaluation, Asia

Marion Roche

Senior Technical Advisor, Adolescent and Women's Health and Nutrition

Sara Wuehler

Senior Technical Advisor, Nutrition Information Systems

Dr. Dylan Walters

Project Director, Health Economics

More About Us

Donors

Donor investments allow us to extend the reach of our work around the world.

Our funding comes from a range of sources – from governments to foundations, the private sector to multilateral agencies. Investments in our programs ensure we can extend our reach around the world.

Partners

We partner with governments and organizations to increase our reach and impact.

We partner with governments and organizations to increase our reach and impact for those who need it.

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Documents that guide our work.

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