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.
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
Professor of Nutrition, University of Ghana
CFO (Retired)
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
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
Executive Director
Strategic Advisor
Curtis Tyler
Marti Van Liere
Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Lead
Cecilia Fabrizio
Standing Together for Nutrition Lead
Elizabeth Goode
Administrative Assistant
Tanuja Rastogi
Director of Advocacy & Communications
Nola Martin
Communications
Anna Kotenko
Advocacy
Rijuta Pandav
Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies
