ExpertGroupMeetingonNutritionandtheSDGsunderReviewinPreparationfortheHigh-LevelPoliticalForum

ParticipantsBiosSethAdu-Afarwuah

SethAdu-Afarwuah isaSenior LecturerofNutritionat theDepartmentofNutritionandFoodScience,UniversityofGhana,Legon.HeobtainedhisPhDdegree in International Nutrition from the University of California, USA.BeforejoiningtheUniversityofGhana,Mr.Adu-AfarwuahworkedwiththeUnitedNationsChildren’sFundinAccra.DrAdu-Afarwuah’sresearchisinthearea ofmaternal and child nutrition,with a focus on the prevention andtreatment of undernutrition. Since 2009, he has been a member of theInternational Lipid-based Nutrient Supplements (iLiNS) Team and hasparticipatedinsomeofthepioneeringresearchontheuseofsmall-quantity

lipid-basednutrientsupplements(SQ-LNSs)forimprovingthenutrientintakesofwomenandchildreninlow-incomesettings.Dr.Adu-Afarwuahhascontributedtomanypublicationsontheimpactofpre-andpost-natal SQ-LNS supplementation on child growth and development, and served as a NutritionconsultantformanylocalandinternationalorganizationsinGhana.MarioArveloMarioArvelo (SantoDomingo, 1970) is a lawyer, political scientist,writer, publicspeaker,andcareerdiplomat.HeistheAmbassador,PermanentRepresentativeoftheDominican Republic to the Rome-basedUN agencies and Chairperson of theCommitteeonWorldFoodSecurity.Mr Arvelo has been posted to the Permanent Mission to the Organization ofAmericanStates inWashingtonDC,and to theDominicanEmbassies inTokyo, inSantiagodeChile,andinRome.Since2014,heistheFirstAlternateChairpersonoftheAppeals Committeeof theUnitedNations FoodandAgricultureOrganization(FAO)andtheWorldFoodProgramme(WFP),and isamemberof theGoverningCouncilandoftheExecutiveBoardattheInternationalFundforAgriculturalDevelopment(IFAD).WhileinRome,MrArvelohasbeenChairoftheFAOCommitteeonAgriculture;ChairoftheGlobalSoilsPartnership;ChairoftheCommissiononBudget,ProgrammesandReformatFAO;ChairoftheGroupof77;ChairoftheCommunityofLatinAmericanandCaribbeanStates;ChairoftheGroupofCountriesofLatinAmericaandtheCaribbean;ChairoftheCentralAmericanIntegrationSystem;InterimChairoftheHighLevelWorldConferenceonFoodSecurity,theChallengesofClimateChangeandBio-energy;ActingChairandVice-Chairof theFAOCommittee forEvaluationofTechnicalCooperationProgrammes;andVice-ChairoftheFAORegionalConferenceforLatinAmericaandtheCaribbean(inBrasiliaandinBuenosAires).

Ambassador Arvelo was the Commissioner-General of the Dominican Republic for the UniversalExpositionExpoMilano2015;beforeenteringpublicservice,heworkedintheprivatesectorandincivilsociety.MarionBarthélemy

Marion Barthélemy is the Director of the Office of IntergovernmentalSupport and Coordination for Sustainable Development of the UnitedNations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA). Beforejoining the Division, she was Director of the Division for PublicAdministration and Development Management, in DESA, from 2016 to2018. From 2012 to 2016, Ms Barthélemy served as Chief of theIntergovernmental Support Branch at the Division for SustainableDevelopmentatthesameDepartment.Inthiscapacity,shewaspartofthe

teamsupportingthenegotiationsonthe2030Agenda.From2007to2012,sheservedasChiefoftheDevelopmentCooperationPolicyBranchinthethenOfficeforEconomicandSocialCouncilSupportandCoordination,whichishercurrentoffice.There,MarionsupportedtheDevelopmentCooperationForumandtheGeneralAssembly'sreviewofUNsystemcountry-levelactivities(QCPR).From2000to2005,sheserved in the Office of two Under-Secretary-Generals for Economic and Social Affairs, supported theAssistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and served as Special Assistant to theUNDeputySecretary-General.Atthebeginningofhercareer,MsBarthélemyworkedasaneconomistintheDivisionfortheAdvancementofWomeninDESAandlaterintheUNDrugControlProgramme,workingwiththeSecretary of the International Narcotics Board. Marion joined the UN in 1987 through the NationalCompetitiveExamforeconomistsandstudiedin“SciencesPo”inParis(withafocusonmacroeconomicandsocialpolicies).Marionismarriedandhasfourchildren.ElliotMBerryMD,FRCPProfessorElliotBerrygraduatedfromtheUniversityofCambridge,UKwithdistinctionin medicine. His principal interests are the bio-psycho-social problems of weightregulationfromobesitytoanorexianervosa,andthebenefitsoftheMediterraneandiet;hislaboratoryresearchinvestigatestheeffectsofnutritiononcognitivefunction.Froma synthesisof thiswork,MrBerryevolvedandpublished theconceptof the<Sociotype>tounderstandhowpeoplecopewithlifestressandchronicdiseasesingeneral, and food insecurity in particular. He has published over 270 articles andchaptersinbooks.MrBerryhasbeenavisitingscientistatMIT,adistinguishedvisitingscholaratChrist’sCollege,CambridgeandavisitingProfessoratYaleUniversity.HehasbeenaconsultantfortheWHO,theWorldBankandtheSerbianGovernmentinPublicHealthandNutrition,andwastheDirectorof theBraunSchoolofPublicHealth&CommunityMedicine (2003-6)andHeadof theWHOCollaboratingCenter inCapacityBuilding inPublicHealth (2007-2013).BerrywasaconsultantatFAO,Rome(2013-4)where,followinghisdevelopmentandpublicationoftheGlobalNutritionIndex,heworkedonindicatorsforfoodsecurityandsustainability.MrBerryiscurrentlyinvolvedasco-EditorinChiefofathreevolumeEncyclopaediaonFoodSecurityandSustainability(Elsevier)anda-SpecialtyChiefEditorforNutritionandEnvironmentalSustainabilityaspartofFrontiers inNutrition.Theseresponsibilitiesalignwell with current membership of the United Nations Multi-stakeholder Advisory Committee onSustainableFoodSystems,aspartofthe10yearFrameworkProgram.

ZacharyBleicherSince2012,ZakBleicherhasbeenIFAD’srepresentativeatUNHeadquartersinNewYork.Inthatcapacity,heworkstoprovideUNMemberStateswithpolicyandtechnicaladviceasitrelatestoruraltransformationinthecontextofrealizingtheobjectivesofthe2030Agenda;providesstrategicguidanceandsupporttoIFAD’sengagementwithintheUN;and,seekstobuildonandexpandIFAD’spartnershipswithallstakeholdersinrelationtoIFAD’smission.PriortojoiningIFAD,ZakworkedwiththeUNNon-GovernmentalLiaisonService(UN-NGLS)andhasalsoworkedwithlargeinternationalNGOsandFoundationsworkinginthesustainabledevelopment

sphereaswellasinthelegislatureoftheStateofMichigan.ZakholdsanMScinOrganizationalChangeManagementfromtheNewSchoolforPublicEngagementandBAsinPoliticalTheoryandInternationalRelationsfromMichiganStateUniversity.ZakisamemberoftheInternationalAdvisoryBoardforthe2018NexusConferenceonFood,Water,EnergyandClimate.SusanBragdonInternational lawyer,natural resourceecologist andU.S.patentagentwith25+ years of experience working with governments, UN agencies andmultilateral institutions and donor organizations on policy related tosustainable food systems, biological diversity, small-scale farmers, andagroecology.Areasofexpertiseincludegovernance,publicinternationallawand intergovernmental processes, intellectual property and trade rules,humanrightslaw(inparticularfarmers’rights,rightsofindigenousandlocalcommunities,genderequality,andfoodandnutritionsecurity-basedrights).Servedas LegalAdvisor (top legalpost) to theConventiononBiologicalDiversity and legal advisor toWorkingGroupIIofthenegotiatingbodytothetreaty.FirstattorneyhiredwithintheConsultativeGrouponInternationalAgriculturalResearch(CGIAR)atseniorleveltodevelopandimplementpolicystrategyon plant genetic diversity and food security and to leverage its role through critical partnerships.Currently,DirectoroftheSeedsforAllInitiative,anorganizationfocusedoninfluencingandpromotingcoherenceamongstmultilateralinstitutionsandtreatybodiesinGeneva,RomeandNewYorkinsupportagroecologicalapproachestoagriculturewithafocusonagriculturalbiodiversityandsmall-scalefarmers.FrancescoBranca

FrancescoBranca is theDirectorof theDepartmentofNutrition forHealth andDevelopmentintheWorldHealthOrganization(WHO),Geneva.Duringhistenure,WHO has established a new nutrition guideline development process and hasdevelopedaComprehensiveImplementationPlanonMaternal,InfantandYoungChildNutritionwithsixglobaltargets.Hehasbeenleadingthepreparationofthe2ndInternationalConferenceonNutrition.HehasbeenaSeniorScientistattheItalianFoodandNutritionResearchInstitutewherehewasleadingstudiesontheeffectsof foodandnutrientsonhumanhealthat thedifferentstagesof the life

cycleandontheimpactofpublichealthnutritionprogrammes.HehasbeenPresidentoftheFederationof the EuropeanNutrition Societies in 2003-2007. Dr Branca graduated inMedicine and Surgery andspecializedinDiabetologyandMetabolicDiseasesattheUniversita'CattolicadelSacroCuore,RomaandobtainedaPhDinNutritionatAberdeenUniversity.

CindyBrownCindyBrownisco-ownerandPresidentofChippewaValleyBean&Doane,Ltd,afamily-ownedagribusinessthatgrows,processesandmarketsdark,lightredand white kidney beans. She served as a member of the Department ofAgriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Board for Wisconsin and asPresident of the US Dry Bean Council and is currently the Executive VicePresidentof theGlobalPulseConfederation (GPC)and is theChairofGPC’sWorldPulseDayCommittee.MsBrown’sfocusandpassionistocontinuetheChippewaValleylegacyofqualitybeanproductionandtopromotepulsesasthenearperfectfoodforconsumersthroughouttheworld.LeanneBurneyLeanne Burney has over fifteen years of experience working on sustainable development, watermanagementandsanitationchallenges.SheservedasanexpertinwaterandsanitationstrategiesfortheUNSecretaryGeneral’sAdvisoryBoardonWaterandSanitation(UNSGAB)from2009–2015whereshesupportedtheBoard’ssanitation,wastewaterandintegratedwaterresourcesmanagementwork.Beforethis,shecoordinatedtheGlobalWaterPartnership’s(GWP)strategicdevelopmentprocessresultingintheir2009–2013Strategy. AsSpecialAssistanttotheGWPTechnicalCommitteeChair,sheprovidedstrategic planning support to the Committee, a group of distinguished internationalwatermanagers,academicsandpolicy-makers.Earlyinhercareer,LeanneworkedforbothUNEPandUNDPonsustainabledevelopmentpolicy.Mostrecently,sheservedasaSeniorEconomicAffairsOfficerinDESA’sDivisionforSustainableDevelopment. Ms Burney has over fifteen years of experienceworking on development,watermanagementandsanitationchallenges.Sheservedasanexpertinwaterandsanitationstrategiesfor theUNSecretaryGeneral’sAdvisoryBoardonWater and Sanitation (UNSGAB) from2009– 2015whereshesupportedtheBoard’ssanitation,wastewaterandintegratedwaterresourcesmanagementwork.Beforethis,shecoordinatedtheGlobalWaterPartnership’s(GWP)strategicdevelopmentprocessresultingintheir2009–2013Strategy.AsSpecialAssistanttotheGWPTechnicalCommitteeChair,sheprovided strategic planning support to the Committee, a group of distinguished international watermanagers,academicsandpolicy-makers.Earlyinhercareer,LeanneworkedforbothUNEPandUNDPonsustainabledevelopmentpolicy.SheiscurrentlyaprogrammeofficerforUN-Water’sTechnicalAdvisoryUnit.

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ChristineCampeauChristineCampeauisaTechnicalOfficerattheUnitedNationsSystemsStandingCommitteeonNutrition(UNSCN).SheholdsaMastersofInternationalRelationswithcombinedfocusesoninternationaldiplomacyandclimate-inducedmigration.MsCampeaujoinedtheUNSCNafterworkingasaPolicyAdvisorattheScalingUpNutrition Movement Secretariat and for civil society organizations, such as atCaritas InternationaliswheresheservedasaClimateChangeandFoodSecurityAdvisor.

MarlosDeSouzaMarlosDeSouzaholdsaPh.D.inWaterResourcesManagement(waterpollutioncaused by the use of fertilizer in agricultural land) from the University ofMelbourne (Australia) and a M.Sc. in Water Quality from the University ofBrasília. He hasmore than twenty years of experience in dealingwithwaterresources management in rural and urban watersheds in different regions,countries and contexts. In Brazil, Mr De Souza has worked for the StateGovernment Environment Agency in Brasilia, for the Federal Ministry of theEnvironmentandtheUnitedNationsDevelopmentProgram.InAustralia,hehasworkedfortheEnvironmentProtectionAuthority(EPA)astheprogramleaderforwaterresourcesissues.HealsoworkedfortheAustralianGovernmentMurray-DarlingBasinAuthorityastheDirector–Murray-DarlingBasinPlanDevelopment.MrDeSouzajoinedFAOinJuly2015astheSecretaryofFAO’sWaterPlatform.He’istheFAO’sfocalpersonforinternationalforarelatedtowatersuchastheUN-WaterandtheWorldWaterCouncil.RochelleDiver

Rochelle Diver, Anishinaabe, is a member of Fond du Lac Band of LakeSuperior Chippewa inNorthernMinnesota. She is currently a consultant for theInternational Indian Treaty Council’s (IITC) Environmental Health ProgramspearheadingIITC’sworkwithIndigenousWomenandtheUNChemicalandMetalConventions within the United Nations’ Environmental Programme. Her workfocuses on the interconnectedness between environmental toxics, women’sreproductive health and health for Indigenous women, girls, and futuregenerations.Rochellefeelsastrongobligationtofightforcleanair,water,andfood

sovereigntynearherhomelandsintheGreatLakesregionaswellasaroundtheglobe.MsDiverhasproudlyrepresentedherNationandtheIITCinvariousUnitedNation’sTreatyBodiesandmechanisms including the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, theUN PermanentForum on Indigenous Issues, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the MinamataConventiononMercury,theStockholmandRotterdamConventionsandtheExpertMechanismontheRights of Indigenous Peoples. She has also organized grassroots human rights and capacity buildingtrainingsonenvironmentalhealthlocally,nationallyandinternationally.SheobtainedaBachelorofArtsfromUniversityofMinnesotainSociologyandAmericanIndianStudiesandMasterofHumanRightsfromtheUniversityofSydney.

NicholaDyerSinceApril2015,NicholaDyer,aCanadianandUKnational,hasworkedasProgramManageroftheGlobalAgricultureandFoodSecurityProgram(GAFSP),amulti-stakeholderprogramhousedintheWorldBankGroup.Duringalmost25yearsattheWorldBank Group, she has worked in various operational andcorporateroles.Early inhercareersheestablishedtheWorldBank’s office in Gabon, which prepared her well to serve asSpecialAssistanttotheBank’sVicePresidentforAfrica,thentowork on numerous countries on the continent. She also has worked on industry and energy in theMaghreb,andcountryprogramsintheWesternBalkans.SheledtheWorldBankGroup’sOfficeofEthicsand Business Conduct at crucial junctures, helping to build its advisory practice, and designing anddeliveringtrainingprogramsandworkshopsforseniorinternalandexternalstakeholders.Diversityandinclusion are key areas of focus for her. Shehas developed greenfield engagements ondisability andexcludedminorities, and served on related corporate committees. Prior to the Bank, sheworked forKPMG’sPolicyEconomicsGroup.HerPh.D.studiesattheUniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign,fromwhichshealsoobtainedherMaster’sinEconomics,focusedoneconometricsandindustrialorganization.JamesGarrett

James Garrett is currently a Senior Research Fellow at BioversityInternational. Previously he worked at IFPRI, where he led research programs onurbanfoodandnutritionsecurityandonpolicyprocessesforfoodandnutrition.Healso served as IFPRI’s country coordinator for Mozambique. Other areas of workinclude the impact of policy research on policymaking and on how to workmultisectorally innutrition.HeworkedattheWorldBankasasenioreconomistfornutritionandatFAO,leadingthedevelopmentoftheirnutritionstrategy.Since2013,he has worked with IFAD to support the mainstreaming of nutrition into its

investments and also as facilitator for collaborationbetween theRome-based agencies of theUnitedNationsandtheCGIAR’sResearchProgramonAgricultureforNutritionandHealth(A4NH).GraceFunnellGraceFunnellistheAssociateDirectorforNutritionandHealthatActionAgainstHungerUSA.PriortojoiningActionAgainstHungerinearly2018,sheworkedastheRegionalTechnicalAdvisorforCatholicReliefServicessupportinghealthandnutritionprogrammingintheCentralAfricaRegion.MsFunnellhas10yearsofexperienceinthedesign,researchandimplementationofnutrition,healthandfood security programs in over 12 countries inAfrica and LatinAmerica.Hertechnical knowledgeandexpertisewithinmaternal childhealthandnutritionprogramming includes behavior change communication, nutrition-sensitiveagriculture,genderintegrationandmonitoringandevaluation.

HermannHuckertHermannHuckertrepresentstheFederalMinistryofFoodandAgricultureattheGermanEmbassyinWashingtonDC.HehasbeingworkingattheMinistrysince1983participatingintheTimberMarketPolicyandCommonAgriculturalPolicywithintheFoodSector.MrHuckerthasalsocollaboratedinInternationalProjectsandworkedforNutritionalPreventionandInformation.Hehasalsorepresentedthe Ministry at the German Embassies in Stockholm and Helsinki. HermannHuckertisaGraduateEngineerspecializedinWoodTechnology.LoraIannotti

Lora Iannotti has expertise in maternal and young child nutrition and nutrientdeficiencies(zinc,iron,vitaminA,B12,andcholine)relatedtopovertyandinfectiousdiseases.Herresearchfocusesonepidemiologicalandinterventionstudiestoreducestuntingandanemiainlow-resourcepopulations.Dr.IannottileadsprojectsinHaiti,Ecuador, and East Africa where she collaborates with local partners to testinnovative, transdisciplinary solutions using sustainable animal source foods andsmalllivestockdevelopment.MsIannottiservesasAssociateDeanforPublicHealth,leadingtheMPHprogramattheBrownSchool.ShereceivedherdoctoratefromtheJohnsHopkinsUniversityBloombergSchoolofPublicHealth,andaMasterofArts

degreeinForeignAffairsfromtheUniversityofVirginia.PriortopursuingherPhD,sheworkedforoverten years with UN agencies and non-governmental organizations on nutrition and food securityprogramming and policy. Ms Iannotti is jointly affiliated with the International Livestock ResearchInstitute.NandhiniIyerKrishnaDr.NandhiniIyerKrishnaistheDeputyChiefoftheUNCCDliaisonoffice.ShealsorepresentstheConventiononBiologicalDiversityattheUN.PriortojoiningtheUN,shewasaseniordiplomatwiththeIndiangovernmentandheldanumberofseniorpositions in theGovernment of India. Shehas over 26 years of experiencewithenvironmental and sustainable development issues. Dr. Iyer Krishna holds adoctorateinInternationalRelationsandhasseveralpublicationstohercredit.PaulaJohns

PaulaJohnswasbornandgrewupinBrazil.SheobtainedaMasterofArtsDegreeinEnglish and International Development Studies in Denmark, at Roskilde UniversityCenter. Ms Johns has done research in the area of development studies in Africa,traveledextensively inEurope,LatinandCentralAmericaandhasdonework in theareaofgender,ethnicity/raceandpublichealth fororganizationsboth inBrazilandEurope.ShehasbeenrecognizedasasocialentrepreneurbyAshokain2010.MsJohnsis theco-founderanddirectorof theACTHealthPromotion, formerAlliancefor theControl of Tobacco Use, a Brazilian coalition of over a thousand organizations and

professionalsfromalloverthecountry,createdin2003tomonitorandsupporttheprocessofratificationandimplementationoftheWHO-FrameworkConventionforTobaccoControl(FCTC)atthenationallevel.The scopeofworkofACThasbeenextended todealwith theother risk factors forNCDsandaNCDcoalitionhasbeenestablishedin2013.ShehasalsoservedasChairoftheBoardofDirectorsoftheFCA–FrameworkConventionAlliancein2012,forwhomsheservedasaMemberoftheBODforsixyears.MsJohnsisalsoanelectedmemberoftheBrazilianNationalHealthCouncil(CNS),thehighestestablished

bodyforsocialoversightofhealthissuesinBrazil.CurrentlyJohnsisalsoaBoardMemberoftheNCDAllianceandofGAPA–GlobalAlcoholPolicyAlliance.PriyaKanayson

PriyaKanaysonisSeniorAdvocacyOfficeroftheNCDAlliance,basedinNewYorkCity,wheresheleadstheAlliance'sadvocacyandpolicyeffortsonintegrationofnoncommunicable diseases (NCDs) with HIV/AIDS; Reproductive, Maternal,Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH); universal health coverage(UHC),andfinancingforNCDs.SheworkscloselywithUnitedNationsPermanentCountry Missions, UN Agencies, and other key global health and governmentstakeholders to advance the NCD agenda, and leads the Alliance’s UN-focusedadvocacy agenda. Prior to joining NCDA in 2014, Ms Kanayson worked with

UNAIDS,NewYorkOffice,whereshesupportedthemonitoringandreportingofrelevantdiscussionintheEconomicandSocialCouncilandGeneralAssembly, includingtheOpenWorkingGrouponSustainableDevelopmentGoals,andsupportedengagementwithcivilsociety.SheholdsaMasterofPublicHealthfromNewYorkUniversity.LynndaKiessLynnda Kiess is a Senior Policy Advisor with the World Food Programme, currently based in NewYork. Prior to joiningWFP in 2010, Lynnda served as the Head of Health and Nutrition at ConcernWorldwidebasedinDublinforfouryears.From1997-2004,sheworkedwithHelenKellerInternational,firstastheCountryDirectorinBangladesh,thenasaRegionalAdvisorforAsiaPacificandfinallyastheHeadofHealthandNutritionbasedinNewYork.ShealsoworkedfortheWorldBankPopulation,HealthNutritionTeamandwasaChildSurvivalFellowatUSAID.MsKiesshasaMPHinInternationalHealthfromJohnsHopkinsUniversityandaB.S.inNutritionalSciencefromPurdueUniversity.NandhiniKrishnaInformationforthcomingAnaMariaLebadaAnaMariaLebadaisanExpertonthe2030AgendaforSustainableDevelopment,theAddisAbabaActionAgendaonfinancingfordevelopment,andtheUNreform.Shehasbeenworkingindifferentcapacitiesontheseagendassince2014withtheInternationalInstituteforSustainableDevelopment(IISD),theUNConventiononBiologicalDiversity(CBD),theUNDevelopmentProgramme(UNDP),theSustainableDevelopmentSolutionsNetwork(SDSN),andthePermanentMissionofRomaniatotheUN.MsLebadaholdsaMastersDegreeininternationalgovernancefromColumbiaUniversity.

NataliaLinouNataliaLinou(Linos) isapolicyspecialistattheUnitedNationsDevelopmentProgramme and the global lead for the organization’swork at the nexus ofhealth, environmental sustainability and gender equality. Shehasworked ininternationaldevelopmentandpublichealthforoveradecademostlywiththeUnitedNations,includingasapolicyspecialistintheExecutiveOfficeofUNDPand as a programmeofficer at theUNEconomic and Social Commission forWesternAsiainBeirut,Lebanon.MsLinoualsoservedasScienceAdvisortotheNewYorkCityHealthCommissioner,Dr.MaryBassett.Nataliahasadoctoral

degree fromtheHarvardSchoolofPublicHealth insocialepidemiology.She ismarriedandhas threechildren.ElizabethLockwoodDr.ElizabethLockwoodistheCBMRepresentativeattheUnitedNationsinNew York. She focuses on developing advocacy strategies to raiseawareness,network,buildcapacity,andlobbyfortherightsofpersonswithdisabilitiesattheUNlevelinrelationtotheUNConventionontheRightsofPersons with Disabilities, the 2030 Agenda, and Disability InclusiveDevelopment. Ms Lockwood focuses on the rights of persons withdisabilitiesindifferentareas,includingdisasterriskreduction,womenandgirls,disabilitydataandstatisticsandfinancingfordevelopment.Shealsocoordinateseffortsofincludingpersonswithdisabilitiesintheimplementationofthe2030AgendaanditsSustainableDevelopmentGoals.SheholdsaPh.D.inDisabilityStudies;aMasterofPublicPolicywithspecialization in International Development and Disability; and is fluent in Spanish, American SignLanguageandfouradditionalsignlanguages.YvonneLokko

YvonneLokkoisanIndustrialDevelopmentOfficerwithUNIDO’sDepartmentofAgribusiness Development at the Division of Food Systems and Nutrition. Amolecular plant geneticist by training, she has over 15 years professionalexperience in the application of science-based technologies for sustainableagriculture and agribusiness development, including through research fordevelopmentandinmanagementanddeliveryoftechnicalassistanceservices.At UNIDO, she provide technical oversight in the formulation andimplementationoftechnicalcooperationprojectsinagroindustrydevelopment

aimedatsupportingfoodsecurity,jobcreationandimprovedlivelihoodsinaninclusiveandsustainablemanner.Shealso is responsible forcoordinatingUNIDO’s industrialbiotechnologyactivities related tofood security. Prior to joining UNIDO, she worked as a Postdoctoral Research Scientist with theInternationalInstituteofTropicalAgriculture(IITA), IbadanNigeriaandTechnicalOfficerwiththeJointFAO/IAEADivisionofNuclearTechniquesinFoodandAgriculture,ViennaAustria.MsLokkohasauthoredseveralscientificpublications.SheholdsaPhDinCropSciencefromtheUniversityofGhanaandanMScinPlantBiotechnologyfromtheUniversityofLondon.

MarisaMacariMarisa Macari is Coordinator of Nutritional Health Research at El Poder delConsumidor, aMexicannon-profitorganization thatadvocates forpolicies in thepublic interest that defend consumer rights aswell as the right to health, food,nutrition,cleanairandsafe&efficienturbanmobility.Workingincollaborationwiththe Nutritional Health Alliance, El Poder del Consumidor seeks to advance anevidence-based,comprehensivepolicyagendatoensurehealthyfoodenvironmentsandsystemsandtopreventobesityandundernutrition.MsMacari’sworkfocusesonchild-targetedfoodandbeveragemarketing,healthyschoolfoodpolicy,front-of-packwarninglabelingandthesugar-sweetenedbeveragetax.InherroleatElPoderdelConsumidor,sheparticipatesintheCivilSocietyMechanism(CSM)forrelationstotheUNCommitteeonWorldFoodSecurity and the Civil Society and Social Movements ICN2 Group. From 2015-2017, she served as amemberoftheCSMCoordinatingCommitteeandasacoordinatoroftheCSMNutritionWorkingGroup.She completed her PhD in Anthropology with a focus on medical and nutritional anthropology. Herdoctoralworkexploresthestructural,politicalandeconomicconstraintsshapingthefoodpracticesofMexicansaftermigrationtotheUnitedStates.DawitMekonnen

DawitMekonnenisaResearchFellowattheInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)intheEnvironmentandProductionTechnologyDivision.MrMekonnen’scurrentresearchinSub-SaharanAfricafocusesonunderstandingtheimpactofirrigationonagriculturalproductivity,nutrition,health,andwomen’sempowerment.Hisresearchinterestincludesproductivityandefficiencyanalysis,watereconomics,agriculturalinputsystems,energyuseinagriculture,andimpactevaluationsofdevelopmentprojects.HeholdsaPhDinAgriculturalandAppliedEconomicsfromtheUniversityofGeorgia,andM.Sc.andB.A.degreesinEconomics

fromAddisAbabaUniversity.MichaelMichenerMikeMichenerisaformeradministratoroftheU.S.ForeignAgriculturalServicewhohasalsoservedasaU.S.tradediplomatandassociationexecutive.MrMichenermostrecently served in Brussels as director of multilateral relations for CropLifeInternational, representing the association before a range of internationalorganizations – including the UN Food and Agricultural Organization, the UNEnvironmentProgramand theUNFrameworkConventiononClimateChange–onissuesrelatedtocropprotectionproductsandagriculturebiotechnology.PreviouslyMrMichenerservedwiththeU.S.DepartmentofAgriculture intwodifferentroles.First,asadministratoroftheForeignAgriculturalService,hemanaged1,100employeesandanannualoperatingbudgetof$300million.Then,asministercounselorattheU.S.MissiontotheUNAgenciesinRome,heservedasthespecialrepresentativeoftheU.S.secretaryofagriculturetoUNbodiesdealingwith food and agricultural issues.Michener has alsoworkedwith theU.S. Department of State, U.S.DepartmentofHomelandSecurity,andU.S.AgencyforInternationalDevelopment,andheservedwiththeUnitedStatesArmyforsevenyearsinEurope.heearnedamaster’sdegreeinpublicadministrationfrom Bowie State University and a bachelor’s degree East European studies from the University ofMaryland.

GregoryD.MillerGregoryD.Miller,Ph.D.,M.A.C.N.,GlobalChiefScienceOfficerandexecutivevicepresident, research, regulatory and scientific affairs for Dairy ManagementInc./NationalDairyCouncil(NDC),Rosemont,IllinoisaswellasanAdjunctAssociateProfessorinthedepartmentoffoodscienceandhumannutritionattheUniversityof Illinois. He is also is theNutritional Security Sector Lead for theGlobal DairyPlatform, and is recognized as a leading voice in the global food system. He iscurrently leading the effort to enhance dairy’s contributions toward a moresustainable foodsystembyexamining the intersectionbetweennutrition,health, food insecurity,andenvironmentalimpact.Dr.Millergraduatedin1978fromMichiganStateUniversitywithaB.S.degreeinNutrition and in 1982 earned a M.S. degree in Nutrition (Toxicology) from The Pennsylvania StateUniversity.In1986hereceivedaPh.D.inNutrition(Toxicology)fromThePennsylvaniaStateUniversity.MrMillerisamemberoftheEditorialBoardfortheJournalofNutritionalBiochemistry.Hehasservedon the editorial board for the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, Journal ofNutrigenetics/Nutrigenomics,CurrentNutrition&FoodScience,TheOpenNutritionJournalandMatureMedicineCanada.HehasservedasPresidentfortheAmericanCollegeofNutrition.HewasaMemberofthe Board of Directors for the American Society for Nutrition and the International Society ofNutrigenetics/Nutrigenomics. In October of 2016, he was appointed to a Food and AgriculturalOrganizationHighLevelPanelofExpertstocarryoutastudyonNutritionandFoodSystemsthatfedintotheCommitteeonWorldFoodSecuritydebatesatthe44thsessionin2017.MrMillerhaspresentedmorethan 120 invited lectures at national and international meetings and has published more than 160researchpapers,reviews,articles,andabstracts. Hehasco-editedthreebooksondiet,nutrition,andtoxicologyandcontributedchapterstoninebooks.Heisco-authoroftheHandbookofDairyFoodsandNutrition,1st,2ndand3rdEditions.MrMillerhasappearedontheNBCTodayShow,CNBC,CNN,CBSEveningNews,andhasbeenquoted intheNewYorkTimes,USAToday,ChicagoTribune,LosAngelesTimes,FinancialTimes(London).IftikharMostafa

Dr.IftikharMostafaisaSeniorAgricultureEconomistintheGlobalAgricultureandFoodSecurityProgram(GAFSP)CoordinationUnithousedattheWorldBank.Hehas25yearsofexperience in foodandagriculture,public-privatepartnership,changemanagementandfinance.Dr.Mostafahasworkedonagriculture,health,educationandinfrastructureinsub-SaharanAfrica,SouthandSouthEastAsia,CentralAsia,andSouthAmerica.PriortohiscurrentpositionhewasGovernanceAdvisorintheCGIARFundOfficeattheWorldBank.HehasheldseniorpositionsintheIslamicDevelopmentBankandtheAustralian

GovernmentDepartmentofFinance.HewasExecutiveManagerofCorporateStrategy,GrainsResearchand Development Corporation in Australia, and served as Co-Chair of the Sustainable Food SystemworkinggroupoftheUnitedNationsZeroHungerChallenge. AsAssistantProfessorofEconomicsandFinance,Dr.MostafaalsotaughtintheSchoolofBusinessatSaintBonaventureUniversity,NewYork.HeholdsaPh.D. inEconomicsfromCornellUniversityandisanalumnusoftheInternational InstituteforManagementDevelopment(IMD)inSwitzerland.

CarlaMucavi CarlaMucaviistheDirector,FAOLiaisonOfficewithTheUnitedNations(Lon)inNewYork.A national ofMozambique, sheholds aBachelor’sDegree inInternationalRelationsfromtheInstituteforHigherStudiesinInternationalRelations, Mozambique and a Master’s Degree in Cooperation andDevelopmentPlanningfromtheUniversityLaSapienza,Italy.MsMucaviisacareerdiplomathavingservedindifferentfunctionsintheMinistryofForeignAffairsandCooperationofMozambiquebetween1989and2015,includingintheDivisionforInternationalOrganizationsandConferences;DivisionforEuropeandNorthAmerica and LatinAmerica; asDeputyDirectorof StateProtocol; and as Chief of Cabinet of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and

Cooperation.ShehasalsoservedattheEmbassyofMozambiqueinEthiopia.Between2007and2015shewas Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mozambique to Italy, Greece and Malta, andPermanentRepresentativetoFAO,WFPandIFAD.MsMucavihasbeenDirectoroftheFAOLiaisonOfficetotheUnitedNationsinNewYorksinceAugust2015.StinekeOenemaStineke Oenema is nutritionist (Wageningen University) and agriculturaleconomist(LondonUniversity).SheworkedseveralyearsforFAOandUNICEFinGhana, Vietnamand LatinAmerica. From2004-2015 sheworkedwith aDutchNGO(ICCO)beinginchargeoffoodandnutritionsecuritypolicyandprogrammedevelopment.Duringthisperiod,shewasmemberoftheeditorialboardoftheRighttoFoodandNutritionWatch.ShechairedtheEuropeanFoodSecurityGroupandwaspartoftheCoordinatingCommitteeoftheCivilSocietyMechanismforthe Committee onWorld Food Security. In the Netherlands, she has been chair of the NetherlandsWorkingGrouponNutrition,aworkinggroupofNGOs,privatesectoractorsandknowledgeinstitutes.Asmember of the Independent Expert Group, she supported the development of the Global NutritionReportsduringitsinitialyears.BeforejoiningtheUnitedNationsSystemStandingCommitteeonNutrition(UNSCN)in2016,sheworkedatWageningenUniversity,theCentreforDevelopmentInnovation.InhercurrentfunctionasCoordinatoroftheUNSCN,shecontributestomaximisingcoherencyofnutritionpolicyandadvocacy;aswellastocoherentandaccountabledeliverybytheUNsystem.StefanoPadulosi

DrStefanoPadulosiisaseniorscientistatBioversityInternational,Rome,Italy,withintheHealthyDiets fromSustainableFoodSystems Initiative.HeearnedhisPhD inBiologicalSciences at the University of Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium. Worked in Nigeria at theInternationalInstituteofTropicalAgriculture(IITA),asaplantgeneticresourcesspecialistandinSyriatoleadBioversity’sresearchintheCentral,WestAsiaandNorthAfricaregion.Throughout his carrier, he has been focusing his research on the development ofintegrated conservation and usemethodologies for the promotion of agrobiodiversity,

and in particular neglected and underutilized species. He has implemented numerous internationalprojects in Europe, Africa, Middle East, South and Central Asia and Latin America. He is currentlycoordinating a UN-EU Programme dedicated to climate-resilient crops in Mali, Guatemala and Indiaapplying a holistic, interdisciplinary value chain approach. He authored / co-authoredmore than 160publicationsofwhich61inpeerreviewedjournals.

GeetaSethiGeeta Sethi is managing the World Bank’s program on Food Loss and WasteReduction.Shehasmorethan16yearsofexperienceworkingasaneconomistonfragile,low-,andmiddle-incomecountries.Herworkhasfocusedonissuesofruraldevelopment,servicedeliveryandintergovernmentalfiscalpoliciesinaroundtheworld.ShehasdeliveredmanylendingprogramstotheWorldBankBoardaswellaspublishedbooksandarticlesinreferredjournalsonissuesrelatingtorurallabormarkets, trade policy and fiscal decentralization. Previously, she was theOperationsandStrategyMangerforClimateChangeandworkedastheProgramManagerforGAFSP.ShehasanMBAandPhDinEconomics.EmmySimmons

EmmySimmonsisanindependentconsultantoninternationaldevelopmentissueswithafocusonfood,agriculture,andAfrica.Sheservesasanon-residentsenioradvisortotheCSISGlobalFoodSecurityProjectandasco-chairofAGree,aninitiativethatbringstogetheradiversegroupof intereststotransformU.S.foodandagriculturepolicytomeetthechallengesofthefuture.SheisamemberoftheGlobalPanelonAgricultureandFoodSystemsforNutrition,aninternationalgroupfocusedondevelopingevidence-basedpoliciestoincreaseaccesstohealthy,safe,andaffordablediets.Shealsoserves

ontheboardsoforganizationsengagedininternationalagricultureandglobaldevelopmentmorebroadlyandsitsonseveraladvisorycommitteesforinitiativesfocusedonagriculturaldevelopmentinsub-SaharanAfricaandSouthAsia.Shecompletedacareerofnearly30yearswiththeU.S.AgencyforInternationalDevelopment (USAID) in 2005, having served since 2002 as the Assistant Administrator for EconomicGrowth,Agriculture,andTrade,aPresidentially-appointed,Senate-confirmedposition.Prior to joiningUSAID,sheworkedintheMinistryofPlanningandEconomicAffairsinMonrovia,LiberiaandtaughtandconductedresearchatAhmaduBelloUniversityinZaria,Nigeria.ShebeganherinternationalcareerasaPeaceCorpsVolunteerinthePhilippinesfrom1962-64.SheholdsanM.S.degreeinagriculturaleconomicsfromCornellUniversityandaB.A.degreefromtheUniversityofWisconsin-Milwaukee.DipaSinhaDipaSinhateachesEconomicsatAmbedkarUniversity,Delhi.Herresearchhasbeenrelatedtorighttofood,nutritionandpublichealth.ShehasworkedwithCommissioners to Supreme Court on Right to Food and several civil societyorganisationsinIndiaasaresearcher,anactivistandapolicy/legaladviser.ShehaspublishedwidelyontherighttoadequatefoodandnutritioninIndiaandhasbeenanactiveparticipant inthedebatesandmobilisationinIndia.Sheisactively involved with the Right to Food Campaign and Working Group forChildrenunderSix(oftheRighttoFoodCampaignandJanSwasthyaAbhiyan).ShehasdoneherMAinEconomicsfromJNU,MScinDevelopmentStudiesfromSchoolofOrientalandAfricanStudies(SOAS),LondonandPh.dfromJawaharlalNehruUniversity,NewDelhi.

CynthiaStuenCynthiaStuenisaRepresentativetotheUnitedNationsonbehalfoftheInternationalFederationonAgeingand iscurrentlyViceChairof theNGOCommitteeonAgeing.SheremainsactiveinadvocacyforinclusionofolderpersonsintheUN’sSustainableDevelopmentGoal agenda and served as co-chair of the2015 InternationalDayofOlder Persons observance. Her 40+ year professional career has been in field ofgerontology.Hernumerouspublications,presentationsandresearchendeavorscovertopics of age-related sensory loss, access to environments for older adults withimpairedvisionandcontributionsolderadultsandtheirfamilyandfriendscanmake

to program planning and service delivery. Dr. Stuen received her Bachelor’s Degree from ValparaisoUniversity,herMastersDegreefromtheUniversityofChicagoSchoolofSocialServiceAdministrationandherdoctoratefromColumbiaUniversitySchoolofSocialWork.BarbaraTurkBarbaraTurkistheDirectorofFoodPolicyforNewYorkCity,intheOfficeoftheDeputyMayorforHealthandHumanServices.PriortoherappointmentinApril2014,shewasa Senior Fellow at Community Resource Exchange, a nonprofit consulting firmspecializing in serving organizations working to fight poverty, promote equity, andexpandopportunity.PriortojoiningCRE,MsTurkwashiredtoleadthestrategicandfinancialturnaroundoftheYWCAofBrooklynasitsExecutiveDirector.ShewasDirectorof HIV CARE Services for theMedical and Health Research Association (now PublicHealthSolutions)inthemid-1990s,administeringfederalgrantfundstoNewYorkCityforservices forpeople livingwithHIVandAIDS. MsTurk isalsoa foundingmemberof thecity’s firstorganizationfocusedonimpactofHIVonwomen,andorganizedthefirststate-fundedconsortiumofAIDSserviceproviders inupperManhattan. Shestartedhercareer ingovernment in1985, firstasapolicyadvisor to City Council President Carol Bellamy, and then Manhattan Borough President David N.Dinkins. She was Deputy Director for Health and Human Services in the New York City Office ofManagementandBudgetunderMayorDinkins.MsTurkhasalsoservedontheboardsofSAGE:ServicesandAdvocacyforGay,Lesbian,Bi-SexualandTransgenderSeniorsandtheHetrick-MartinInstitute,andonthenationalfundingpaneloftheAstraeaFoundation.SheteachesattheRobertF.WagnerSchoolofPublicServiceatNewYorkUniversity.ShehasbeenavisitingprofessorattheWoodrowWilsonSchoolatPrincetonUniversityandatHunterCollege.ShegraduatedfromGoddardCollegein1979,andearnedaMaster’sDegreeinDivinityfromUnionTheologicalSeminaryin2007.Maria-NoelVaeza

Maria-NoelVaezajoinedUNWomenfromUNOPSHeadquartersinCopenhagen,where she served as the Director for Global Portfolio Services Office andPartnerships PracticeGroup, andwas responsible for the operational results ofUNOPS global portfolios and for the establishment of UNOPS strategicpartnerships.Ms.VaezapreviouslyservedastheRegionalDirectorofUNOPSforLatinAmericaandtheCaribbean(LCO),responsibleforaregionalportfolioof270projectsin22countrieswithatotalbudgetof$2.4billionforthe2007-2013period

andanannualaveragedeliveryofnearly$400million.ShespentfourteenyearsatUNDP,wheresheheldvariouspostsincludingSeniorAdvisor,DeputyResidentRepresentativeinParaguay,andSeniorManagerfor theRecovery,ReconciliationandReformProgramme.Prior to joiningUN,Ms.VaezaheldmultiplepositionsinUruguay’sMinistryofForeignAffairs,includingasPoliticalCounselorinUruguay’sEmbassytotheUSandasDelegateofUruguaytotheUNGeneralAssembly.ShewasalsothealternateRepresentativeofUruguaytotheWorldBankBoardofDirectors.

Ms.VaezaisanationalofUruguay.SheholdsaDoctorateinLawandSocialSciencefromtheUniversityof the Republic of Uruguay and aMaster’s Degree in International Public Policy from Johns HopkinsUniversity,WashingtonDC.JonathanVieraInformationforthcomingJesWeigelt

JesWeigeltisHeadofProgrammesatThinkTankforSustainability(TMG).Hefocusesonthe design and implementation of inclusive learning processes for sustainabledevelopment,inparticularonsustainableagricultureandresponsiblenaturalresourcemanagement. Jes obtained his PhD in Agricultural Economics from the HumboldtUniversität Berlin working on agrarian reform in the Brazilian Amazon. Prior to hiscurrent position, hewas co-lead of the Institute forAdvanced Sustainability Studies’sustainability governance programme. He hasworked for the International Fund forAgricultural Development and heldmanagement and research positions at the Freie

UniversitätBerlinandHumboldt-UniversitätBerlin.