Who : Our People

Leadership

We have a deep connection with the communities we serve and the partners we work with. We bring people together in a spirit of common purpose. And together, we put evidence-based solutions into action.

Sergio Rivas

President

Joseph Boulier

Managing Director, Food Systems

Beth Leonhardt

Managing Director, Partnerships and Eco Systems

Sarah Sahlaney

Managing Director, Social Systems

Mayu Mishina

Senior Director, Strategic Communications

Romain Kenfack

Country Representative, Burkina Faso

Maureen Munjua

Country Representative, Kenya

Sami Saran

Deputy Country Representative, India

Board of Directors

We are thought leaders and recognized change agents ensuring Tanager achieves its mission transparently and honestly. Candor leads to trust, which is essential for people to achieve common objectives.

Deborah Atwood

Director

Timothy Beans

Chair

Erica Bliss

Director

Patricia Garamendi

Director Emeritus

Andrew Gilbert

Director

Charles “CJ” Hall

Director

Sylvia Megret

President & CEO, ACDI/VOCA

Mortimer Neufville

Director Emeritus

Luis Sahmkow

Director

Asif M. Shaikh

Director

Guevera Yao

Director

Technical Experts

Tanager attracts practical, knowledgeable people with a track record of results. We are locally based and international experts, including ACDI/VOCA technical advisors, that find ways to have an impact even in challenging situations.

Clarice Bugo-Kionge

LSP Manager, IGNITE

Anju Burk

Gender Expert, Shubh Mint

Djibril Compaore

Poultry Lead, SE LEVER

Josias Compaore

Nutrition Expert, IGNITE

Charles Karari

Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Manager, IGNITE

Catherine Macharia-Mutie

Deputy Team Leader, IGNITE

Melissa Matlock

Associate Director, Gender and Social Inclusion, ACDI/VOCA

Kathryn Merkel

Associate Director of Nutrition and Food Systems, ACDI/VOCA

Leonard Mulei

Research Associate, IGNITE

Olive Muthamia

Nutrition Expert, IGNITE

Asha Ntakune

Nutrition Expert, IGNITE

Samwel Oando

Research Manager, IGNITE

Winnie Osulah

Gender Expert, IGNITE

Sokhna Rokhaya GAYE MBODJ

Gender Expert, IGNITE

Abhijeet Sharma

Abhijeet Sharma

Project Manager, Shubh Mint

Dave Shaw

Director, Data & Learning

S.P. Singh

S.P. Singh, PhD

Agriculture Science Technical Director, India

Dr. Mary Thamari

Gender Expert, IGNITE

Cheryl Turner

Cheryl Turner

Executive Vice President of Technical Learning and Application, ACDI/VOCA

Jenn Williamson

Jenn Williamson, PhD

Vice President, Gender and Social Inclusion, ACDI/VOCA

Sita Zougouri

Technical Director and Gender Lead, SE LEVER