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Advisers<\/h1>\n

Mentors and Those Who Inspire My Work<\/em><\/p>\n

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Community Engagement<\/span>
Whole Foods Market<\/a><\/p>\n

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Alliance Ambassador – Jordan<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alliance Ambassador – Spain<\/span><\/p>\n

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Permanent Representative of Georgia to the United Nations<\/span><\/p>\n

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Chef and Owner of Family Meal at Blue Hill<\/span><\/p>\n

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Chair | <\/span>Food Studies Program<\/span>
New York University<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alliance Ambassador – France<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alliance Ambassador – Italy<\/span><\/p>\n

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Director | School Meals at United Nations World Food Programme\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alliance Ambassador – Nicaragua<\/p>\n

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Alliance Ambassador – Mayan Community<\/p>\n

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Food Marketing Specialist<\/span>
Whole Foods Market<\/a><\/p>\n

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Alliance Ambassador – Philippines<\/p>\n

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Author and Social Entrepreneur\u00a0<\/span>
BRAC<\/a><\/p>\n

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Former Chief of the Civil Society Unit, Department of Global Communications, United Nations<\/span><\/p>\n

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School Business Administrator<\/span><\/p>\n

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Former Historian and Economist at the US Department of Agriculture<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alliance Ambassador – Inuit Community<\/span><\/p>\n

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Former Executive Director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust<\/span><\/p>\n

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World Bank Executive<\/span><\/p>\n

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Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade of Finland<\/span><\/p>\n

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Former Ambassador of the Netherlands to the UN Food and Agriculture Organizations<\/span><\/p>\n

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International Educator, Educator Attache\u2019 French Embassy<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alliance Ambassador – Antarctica<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Chef Virgilio Martinez” image_icon_background_color=”#000000″ image=”https:\/\/about.earlenecruz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Virgilio-Martinez-ambassador.webp” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”21px” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_align=”center” border_color_all_image=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Alliance Ambassador – Peru<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”H.E. Bo\u0161tjan Malovrh” image_icon_background_color=”#000000″ image=”https:\/\/about.earlenecruz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bostjan.png” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”21px” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_align=”center” border_color_all_image=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Ambassador of Slovenia to the United Nations<\/span><\/p>\n

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Co-Owner of the Kitchen Restaurant Group<\/span><\/p>\n

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Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health Emerita at New York University<\/span><\/p>\n

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President | Food Tank<\/p>\n

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Professor of Food Studies at New York University<\/span><\/p>\n

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PhD. Controlled Environment Agriculture Expert, Cofounder\/CEO At Square Roots<\/span><\/p>\n

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Professor,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>New York University |\u00a0<\/a>
President, Association for the Study of Food and Society<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alliance Ambassador – Sioux Community<\/span><\/p>\n

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Founder | President, EAT<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alliance Ambassador – S\u00e9n\u00e9gal<\/span><\/p>\n

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Communications Director at the Office of Kimbal Musk<\/span><\/p>\n

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Vice Chair, UN Food Systems Summit<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ambassador of Switzerland to the Food and Agriculture Organizations of the United Nations<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alliance Ambassador – United States<\/span><\/p>\n

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