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, Global Technical Services and Chief Technical Advisor

Asif Nawaz

Vice-President, Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer

Ann Witteveen

Vice-President, Operations

Steve Gilbert

Vice-President, Business Development

Margaux Stastny

Vice-President, External Relations

Grant Carioni

Senior Director, People and Culture

Dr. Richard Pendame

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.

David de Ferranti - Board Chair

Director and Head of the Washington, DC, USA Office, 3ie

Masood Ahmed - Board Vice-Chair

President, 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

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

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

Vivian Onano

Founder and Director, Leading Light Initiative

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

Mellissa Hisko – Honorary Member

Director for Global Immunization, Outbreak and Nutrition, Global Affairs Canada

Strive Masiyiwa - Chair Emeritus

Chairman and Founder, Econet Wireless, Johannesburg, South Africa

Her Excellency, Dr. Joyce Banda, honoris causa - Emeritus member

Her Excellency, Former President of Malawi (2012 – 2014) Founder, Joyce Banda Foundation International Dr., Université of Jeonju, Wheelock College of Boston Limbe, Malawi

Timothy Evans - Emeritus member

Inaugural Director and Associate Dean, School of Population and Global Health (SPGH) in the Faculty of Medicine and Associate Vice-Principal (Global Policy and Innovation), McGill University Montreal, Québec

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

Martha Nyagaya

Country Director, Kenya

Dr. Amare Deribew

Country Director, Ethiopia

Dr. Osita Okonknwo

Country Director, Nigeria

Dr. Balla Moussa Diedhiou

Country Director, Senegal and the Sahel

Dr. George Mwita

Country Director, Tanzania

Susmita Das

Deputy Regional Director, Asia

Saiqa Siraj

Country Director, Bangladesh

Mini Varghese

Country Director, India

Dr. Shabina Raza

Country Director, Pakistan

Herrio Hattu

Country Director, Indonesia

Technical Experts

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

Jennifer Busch-Hallen

Senior Technical Advisor, Maternal and Neonatal Health and Nutrition

Alison Greig

Technical Director, Global Technical Services (GTS) Unit

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

Technical Assistance Providers

Our Technical Assistance providers are experts from a variety of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive fields who support countries in scaling up nutrition.

Cecilio Adorna

Nutrition International Technical Assistance Provider

Dr. Sisay Sinamo Boltena

Nutrition International Technical Assistance Provider - Ethiopia

Dr. Iqbal Kabir

Nutrition International Technical Assistance Provider - Pakistan

Daniel Mwai, Ph.D.

Nutrition International Technical Assistance Provider

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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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