Country: Leadership
Boubacar Sow
Tim McLellan
Tim McLellan has spent the majority of his career working for leading international non-profits with a focus on social change programs in the developing world. Most recently he served as Chief Operating Officer at TechnoServe, a $90 million organization which was cited by Impact Matters as the top global poverty-alleviation NGO in 2019. Prior to … Continued
Heri Rashid
Heri Rashid attended the Sokoine University of Agriculture in Morogoro, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Education and Extention. Before beginning to work for TREES in 2015, he worked with the Sokoine University of Agriculture in the Department of Agricultural Education and Extension as a field office before joining MVIWATA. In MVIWATA, … Continued
Mohamed Traore
Mohamed is an Agricultural Engineer by training. He graduated from the Polytechnic Rural Institute in 1998. From 1999 to 2006, he was in charge of the Agroecology component of a National NGO which works in the field of environmental protection. After his time there, he studied for his Master’s degree in Environmental Management in Egypt. … Continued
Ivan Tumuhimbise
Ivan has 20 years of experience in agricultural and rural development where he has spent most of his working life focused on community conservation, livelihoods, and markets across East Africa. He has two masters’ degrees; one in Agricultural/Rural development, another in Management science in addition to a Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economics. He also has … Continued
Brian MacNair
Brian comes to Trees with 20 years of Development and Programming experience in the Hunger, Poverty, and Workforce Development space. As a trained chef, he has focused on using food as a tool to change lives by promoting job training, clean cooking, and healthy school food programs. His International work includes building Chef Jose Andrés’ … Continued
Brandy Lellou
Growing up on a farm in Colorado, Brandy has an affinity for wide-open spaces and natural solutions. As a Civil Engineer, writer and artist she believes that cross-sectoral partnerships are key to developing innovative sustainable solutions to seemingly insurmountable problems. Brandy lived and worked in West Africa for seven years as a Peace Corps Volunteer, … Continued