Project Participants

 

Leadership

  • Thomas P. Tomich, Director, Agricultural Sustainability Institute, UC Davis (Project Director)
  • Sonja Brodt, Academic Coordinator, Agriculture, Resources and Environment portfolio, UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (Co-Director)
  • James F. Quinn, Director, Information Center for the Environment, UC Davis (Co-Director)
  • Courtney Riggle, Agricultural Sustainability Institute, UC Davis (Project Manager)

Research and Facilitation Team

  • Postdoctoral Researchers: Kelly Garbach, Kathleen Guillozet, Nat Springer
  • Professional Research Staff: Patrick Huber, Allan Hollander, Christina Ingersoll, Ruthie Musker, Emily Sin, Natasha Vidic
  • Graduate Researchers: Prashant Hedao, Melissa Schweisguth, Sara Snider
  • Undergraduate Researchers: Megan Langner, Genevieve Lipari
  • Scholars/Fellows: Yaser Mohammadi (Visiting Scholar-Iran), Marina Piatto (Humphrey Fellow-Brazil)
  • Stakeholder Engagement Facilitators: Nancy White, Mary Campbell, Amy Larkin

    Technical Advisory Committee

    • William Clark, JFK School of Government, Harvard University
    • Casey Hoy, Agroecosystems Management Program, Ohio State University
    • Ermias Kebreab, Animal Science Department, UC Davis
    • Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Systemwide Program on Collective Action & Property Rights (CAPRi), CGIAR
    • Dennis Ojima, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (NREL), Colorado State University; Heinz Center for Science, Economics and the Environment
    • Cheryl Palm, Earth Institute, Columbia University
    • Frank Place, World Agroforestry Centre, CGIAR
    • Isha Ray, Energy & Resources Group, UC Berkeley
    • Mark Rosegrant, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), CGIAR
    • Johan Six, Plant Sciences Department, UC Davis

    Stakeholder Participants (categories only - specific participants will be listed soon)

    • Food and Agriculture Sector

        o Manufacturers

        o Commodity suppliers

        o Information technology

        o Finance

        o Farmers and ranchers

    • Environmental and Social Advocates
    • Development Policy Shapers