Leadership
The Micronutrient Forum benefits from the leadership, guiding hand and dedication of extraordinary professionals, who championed the revival of the Forum, and now oversee the implementation of the strategic plan and the delivery of the biennial global conference.
The Forum is a consultative group of experts in food and nutrition with particular expertise in micronutrients, from academia and diverse normative, policy, and implementing organizations around the world. The Board of Directors oversees the Secretariat.
Executive Director
Saskia Osendarp
International Board of Directors
Chair
Howarth Bouis
HarvestPlus, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
United States of America
Past Chair
Lynnette Neufeld
Director of Monitoring
Learning and Research
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
Switzerland
Directors
Clayton Ajello
Senior Advisor
Vitamin Angels Alliance
United States of America
Maria Andrade
Country Manager
International Potato Center
Mozambique
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
United States of America
Klaus Kraemer
Managing Director
Sight and Life Foundation
Switzerland
Katharine Kreis
Director of Strategic Initiatives for International Development
United States of America
Roland Kupka
Senior Advisor, Nutrition Section
United States of America
CFO (Retired)
Cascadian Farm, Inc.
United States of America
Emorn Udomkesmalee
Senior Advisor
Institute of Nutrition
Mahidol University
Thailand
Scientific Advisory Council
Chair
Kenneth H. Brown
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Department of Nutrition
University of California, Davis
United States of America
Committee Members
Lindsay Allen
Center Director
Western Human Nutrition Research Center
Agricultural Research Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
United States of America
Maria Elena Jefferds
Team Lead, IMMPaCt
Nutrition Branch
Division of Nutrition
Physical Activity, and Obesity
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
United States of America
Klaus Kraemer
Managing Director
Sight and Life Foundation
Switzerland
Director of Strategic Initiatives for International Development
PATH
United States of America
Roland Kupka
Senior Advisor
Nutrition Section
UNICEF
United States of America
Lynnette Neufeld
Director of Monitoring, Learning and Research
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
Switzerland
Daniel Raiten
Program Director
Nutrition Pediatric Growth and Nutrition Branch
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
United States of America
Secretariat
Global Communications Lead / Global Conference Manager
