Team
The Food Systems Countdown Initiative is led by Jessica Fanzo of Columbia University, Lawrence Haddad of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Jose Rosero Moncayo of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and Mario Herrero of Cornell University. Kate Schneider leads the data team and coordination together with several Johns Hopkins graduate students. The Initiative involves dozens of collaborators from nearly as many organizations from almost all continents. This project has been funded to date by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands.
Co-Chairs
Working Group
Diets, Nutrition, & Health
Working Group
Environment, Natural Resources, & Production
Working Group
Livelihoods, Poverty, & Equity
Working Group
Governance
Working Group
Resilience
Data & Analysis Team
Alums
Dania Orta-Aleman, 2021
Marissa Silverberg, 2021-2022
Shijin “Austin” Wei, 2021-2022
Zhongyun “Bella” Zhang, 2022
Michael di Girolamo, 2022-2023
Lais Miachon, 2022-2023
Destan Aytekin, 2022-2024
Deviana Dewi, 2022-2024
Dr. Tesfaye Hailu Bekele, 2023-2024
Other Contributors
Rebecca McLaren, GAIN
Alexa Bellows, University of Edinburgh
Tyler J. Frazier, Oakridge National Laboratory
Chiara Gnetti, FAO
Sharada Keats, GAIN
Catrin Kissick, GAIN
Hernán Muñoz, FAO
Evans Nyamoto Nyang Oa, GAIN
Charlotte Pedersen, GAIN
Catia Pedro, GAIN
Naina Qayyum, GAIN
Kimberley Sullivan, FAO