Secretariat and Advisors

Secretariat and Advisors

The Secretariat coordinates core actions and works with country partners to further SBAE and its impact. Across research, advocacy, capacity development and implementation areas, the Secretariat is comprised of a multi-sectoral team advising and managing key bodies of work.  They include:

Trent McKnight

Founder and CEO, AgriCorps and Secretariat Chair

Chris Udry

Co-director of the Global Poverty Research Lab at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Jack Elliott

Professor and Senior Scientist, Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture and Chair of the SBAE Council of Research and Evidence (SBAE CORE)

Umaru Sheriff

Director 4-H Liberia

Madeleen Husselman

Director AgriCorps

Appiah Kwaku Boateng

Director 4-H Ghana