CEO

Steven Were Omamo, PhD

Prior to returning to NGI at the end of 2021, Were spent most of the last four years as the Representative and Country Director for the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Ethiopia. Before this, he was WFP’s Deputy Director of Policy and Programme, Coordinator of Food Systems Strategy, Policy and Support, Representative to the African Union and UN Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa, Deputy Director of Policy Planning and Strategy, Chief of Food Security and Safety Nets, and Chief of Social Protection and Livelihoods. Were also served as Director of Global Engagement and Research with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Director of Policy and Advocacy with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), Senior Research Fellow and Coordinator of the Eastern Africa Food Policy Network with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Research Officer with the International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR), Research Scientist with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Technical Advisor with the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), Technical Advisor with the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA), and Lecturer at Egerton University, Kenya. He holds PhD and MA degrees from Stanford University, an MS from the University of Connecticut, and a BS from California State University, Fresno. Steven Were Omamo’s CV

 

 

Director

Cheryl Richardson, PhD

Cheryl is Director of Inclusive Teaching Excellence at Adler University, Chicago. She works with university leaders and faculty members to develop and refine inclusive and socially just teaching approaches and skills. She serves all three of Adler’s campuses (Chicago, Vancouver, Online) by providing resources, consultation services, and various kinds of programming. Immediately before joining Adler, Cheryl was the Director of Inclusive Teaching Initiatives at the University of Chicago, where she developed programs to improve the mentoring of graduate students, taught courses on university teaching, and collaborated with various stakeholders to promote, develop, and practice inclusive teaching. She worked in similar roles at the University of Delaware and Georgetown University. Cheryl has additional experience as a researcher and administrator – addressing professional development, curriculum development, and academic program development – at Stanford University’s African and African American Studies Program, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and nongovernmental organizations in Kenya and Uganda. She has also served as a secondary school teacher and advisor in the US, Italy, and Ethiopia. She holds PhD and MA degrees from Stanford University and a BA from the University of California Los Angeles. Cheryl Richardson’s CV