World Cocoa Foundation

The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) is a non-profit international membership organization whose vision is a sustainable and thriving cocoa sector … Read more

Tammy Palmer

1st Class, 2001-2003 Field Placement: USAID, Kampala, Uganda At the USAID mission in Uganda, Tammy Palmer planned, administered, and reported on food security indicators as a part of the economic growth and agriculture strategic objective. She traveled throughout the country … Read more

Alisha Myers

1st Class, 2001-2003 Field Placement: Catholic Relief Services, Nairobi, Kenya Alisha Myers worked with the new Sudan Strategic Program Plan to develop educational materials related to food security strategies. She traveled to Southern Sudan to evaluate local farming systems management … Read more

Melody Mc Neil

1st Class, 2001-2003 Field Placement: International Service for Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications, Nairobi, Kenya Melody Mc Neil promoted sustainable agriculture programs in Kenya and Uganda by researching the benefits and barriers to biotechnology for smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Policy … Read more

Robert Oliver

1st Class, 2001-2003 Field Placement: World Food Program, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Robert visited schools all over Ethiopia helping to implement the WFP Global School Feeding Program and monitoring and evaluating the impact of the program on the lives of children, … Read more

Ashley Aakesson

Ashley earned a Master’s degree in Applied Anthropology from the University of Maryland, where she specialized in community health, agricultural development, and participatory, rapid rural appraisal. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Jennifer Mayer

2nd Class, 2003-2005 Field Placement: USAID Africa Bureau, Uganda Jennifer served as the mission’s Humanitarian Coordinator, overseeing relief activities funded by the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) and serving as the principal mission liaison with OFDA and the NGOs … Read more

Ellen Kramer

2nd Class, 2003-2005 Policy Placement: World Food Program, Rome, Italy Ellen analyzed the food basket for WFP’s school feeding program to determine its “nutrition friendliness” in different countries and the amounts of fortified food children receive. She researched WFP’s maternal … Read more

Jason Forauer

2nd Class, 2003-2005 Field Placement: Save the Children, Ethiopia Jason Forauer worked in a remote southern district of Ethiopia on a project to diversify income and assets of pastoralists and to raise their household incomes. He trained community animal health … Read more