Advisers
Mentors and Those Who Inspire My Work
Lucia Albero
Community Engagement
Whole Foods Market
Chef Manal Al Alem
Alliance Ambassador – Jordan
Chef José Andrés
Alliance Ambassador – Spain
H.E. Ambassador David Bakradze
Permanent Representative of Georgia to the United Nations
Chef Dan Barber
Chef and Owner of Family Meal at Blue Hill
Dr. Jennifer Berg
Chair | Food Studies Program
New York University
H.E. Jose Blanco
Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations
Chef Daniel Boulud
Alliance Ambassador – France
Chef Massimo Bottura
Alliance Ambassador – Italy
Carmen Burbano
Director | School Meals at United Nations World Food Programme
Chef Sofia Castilblanco
Alliance Ambassador – Nicaragua
Rosilia Chay Chuc
Alliance Ambassador – Mayan Community
Milena Caraballo
Food Marketing Specialist
Whole Foods Market
Joan Carling
Alliance Ambassador – Philippines
Dr. Susan Davis
Author and Social Entrepreneur
BRAC
Hawa Diallo
Former Chief of the Civil Society Unit, Department of Global Communications, United Nations
Dr. Anthony Dragona
School Business Administrator
Dr. Anne Effland
Former Historian and Economist at the US Department of Agriculture
Shiela Flaherty
Alliance Ambassador – Inuit Community
Dr. Cary Fowler
Former Executive Director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust
Alejandra Gutierrez
World Bank Executive
H.E. Pasi Hellman
Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade of Finland
H.E. Hans Hoogeveen
Former Ambassador of the Netherlands to the UN Food and Agriculture Organizations
Dr. Fabrice Jaumont
International Educator, Educator Attache’ French Embassy
Chef Lisa Johnson
Alliance Ambassador – Antarctica
Chef Virgilio Martinez
Alliance Ambassador – Peru
H.E. Boštjan Malovrh
Ambassador of Slovenia to the United Nations
Kimbal Musk
Co-Owner of the Kitchen Restaurant Group
Dr. Marion Nestle
Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health Emerita at New York University
Dani Nierenberg
President | Food Tank
Dr. Fabio Parasecoli
Professor of Food Studies at New York University
Dr. Tobias Peggs
PhD. Controlled Environment Agriculture Expert, Cofounder/CEO At Square Roots
Dr. Krishnendu Ray
Professor, New York University |
President, Association for the Study of Food and Society
Chef Sean Sherman
Alliance Ambassador – Sioux Community
Dr. Gunhild Stordalen
Founder | President, EAT
Chef Pierre Thiam
Alliance Ambassador – Sénégal
Courtney Walsh
Communications Director at the Office of Kimbal Musk
Lana Weidgenant
Vice Chair, UN Food Systems Summit
H.E. Pio Wennubst
Ambassador of Switzerland to the Food and Agriculture Organizations of the United Nations
Chef Andrew Zimmern
Alliance Ambassador – United States