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Peter Mwakabwale serves as the Country Director for Trees for the Future in Tanzania. In this role, he provides strategic leadership to ensure both programmatic and administrative excellence. His responsibilities include setting a clear strategic direction, overseeing personnel and financial management, fostering staff development, and ensuring compliance with donor requirements and organizational policies. With over … Continued
Leslye joined TREES as Vice President of Global Human Resources in October 2024. She brings a deep commitment to empowering and supporting the team in their mission to cultivate vibrant regional economies, thriving food systems, and a healthier planet. In her role, she leads talent management, employee engagement, learning and development, compensation and benefits, and … Continued
Cate is lucky enough to call the evergreen State of Washington her home after growing up in the north of England and spending time living in both Asia and Africa. She joined TREES in March 2024 as the Vice President of Development and Communications, attracted to TREES’ mission of growing vibrant regional economies, thriving food … Continued
Tahirou Bouaré joined Trees for the Future in 2020 and became Country Director of our Mali projects in 2021. He leads efforts to promote and develop Forest Garden systems with smallholder farmers across Mali. Tahirou holds an engineering degree in Agronomy and Rural Development from the IPR/IFRA of Katibougou (Mali), a Master’s in Project and … Continued
Jabez oversees TREES‘ global accounting, finance, contracts, internal controls, financial planning and analysis, audits, taxation, global compliance, organization-wide decision-making and risk mitigation, and automation of accounting and financial management processes. Jabez has detailed knowledge and experience of operating effectively and efficiently in all our countries and many more that Trees plans to enter soon. With … Continued
Tim McLellan joined Trees for the Future in 2022 where he and the TREES team are committed to scaling tested agroforestry models with smallholder farmers throughout Africa and beyond. Tim has dedicated his career to large-scale individual and social change programs for leading international non-profits. Before coming to TREES, he served as Chief Operating Officer at … Continued
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
Born and raised in Bududa, in Mt. Elgon, Enoch is a certified Forest Garden Trainer and has 15 years of experience working with rural farming communities. Enoch became familiar with TREES while working with 300 rural farmers in Bushika sub county, Bududa, as part of a partnership between TREES and Bushika Integrated Area Cooperative Enterprise. Enoch … Continued
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