Our Team

CEO & Founder

Managing Director, Financial Investments

Managing Director, Operations

Managing Director, Country Operations

USA Country Director

Nutrition Director

Rwanda Country Director

Research Lead

US Research Partner

Senior Investment Advisor

Senior Investment Advisor

Martin Bloem

Nutrition Advisor

Professor and Director, Center for a Livable Future, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.

Laurette Dube

Nutrition Advisor

James McGill Chair and Professor of Consumer and Lifestyle Psychology and Marketing.

Patrick Webb

Nutrition Advisor

Alexander McFarlane Professor of Nutrition at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University.

Angela Odoms-Young

Nutrition Advisor

Associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition in the UIC College of Applied Health Sciences.

Ertharin Cousin

Founder, FSF

Formerly, ED of the World Food Programme, US Ambassador to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture. 30+ years of experience and relationships in national and international nonprofit, government, and corporate sectors.

Joy Basu, J.D., MBA

Independent Consultant, Innovative Finance

Formerly, an architect of The Rise Fund and its founding Food and Ag lead.

Ashby Monk, PhD.

Executive Director, Stanford Global Projects Center

Thought leader in institutional investing.

Barry Adams, MBA

Founding and Managing partner, Prairie Crest Capital

Formerly, Principal at ColBridge Capital Management hedge fund and President at Grant Capital Partners.