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Who initiated The Grandmother Project?

Dr Judi AUBEL is a specialist in community health in developing countries and has worked for the past 20 years in community health programs primarily in Africa but also in Latin America, Asia and the Pacific. Her training is in adult education, medical anthropology and public health. Her focus is capacity building of local NGOs and government staff to implement maternal and child health programs that build on socio-cultural realities and strengths.

Ms Elisabeth MEALEY is a communication specialist who has worked with international NGOs in Europe, Asia and the Pacific for more than 12 years. A journalist by training, her articles and programs on environmental and social issues have appeared in media outlets around the world. Her work focuses on indigenous land-rights issues, traditional cultural renewal and the impacts of development.

Board of Directors

Acting Chairman of the Board:

  • Lilian Baer – Seattle, Washington

Secretary-Treasurer:

  • Lilian Baer, Secretary-Treasurer, Seattle, Washington

Board Members:

  • Judi Aubel, Co-Founder and Director of the GMP
  • Sandy Callier, MA, Project Director, Hygene Improvement Project, Academy for Educational Development
  • John Hatch, Ph. D Senior program officer. Retired professor school of Public Health. CentraL University North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • Ian Hopwood, UNICEF Representative, Senegal
  • Elizabeth Mealey, Co-founder of GMP, Communications Advisor for Asia-Pacific Region, World Bank, Washington, D.C.
  • Banda Ndiaye, M.Sc. International Development. Micronutrient Initiative, Dakar, Senegal

Rome Advisory Board Members

  • Alessandra Macri, Independent Consultant in Local Development
  • Cristiana Scoppa, AIDOS, Rome
  • Katrin Taylor, Strategic Planning & Management Consultant

Advisory Group Members

  • Bart Burkhalter, GMP Special Advisor on Research, University Research Corporation, Bethesda, Maryland
  • Frank Dall, GMP Special Advisor on Education, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
  • Michael Gibbons, GMP Special Advisor on Education, Leadership Learning (organization), Washington
  • Lisa Schreiber, GMP Special Advisor on Private Sector Resource Mobilization, LSK Consultants, Washington, D.C.
  • Jacqui Patterson, GMP Special Advisor on Gender and Women’s Leadership Development, Action Aide, Washington, D.C.
  • Karen Z. Waltensperger, Regional Advisor for Health Programs in Africa, SAVE the Children / US
  • Laura Hoemeke, IntraHealth International, Inc., Director USAID Health Project, Kigali, Rwanda
  • Judith Justice , Professor, School of Medicine , University of California at San Francisco
  • Mary Jo Larson, Symmetry International, Washington DC
  • Marian F. Zeitlin, Director EcoYoff Sustainable Local Development Program, NGO CRESP Senegal, Visiting Professor Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Courtesy Professor Cornell University Division of Nutritional Sciences
  • Thidiane Ndoye, Management Sciences for Health, Dakar, Senegal
  • Banda Ndiaye Regional Coordinator, Micronutrient Initiative, Dakar, Senegal
  • Sixte Zigirumugabe, USAID, Mali
  • Shawn Baker, Regional Director for Africa, Hellen Keller International, Dakar, Senegal
  • Mohamed Ag Bendech, Nutrition Advisor, UNICEF, Mauritania
  • Tina Gryboski, PhD, Anthropologist
  • Makane Kane, UNFPA Representative, Accra, Ghana
  • Gertrudis Medrano, NICASALUD, Managua, Nicaragua
  • Gretel Pelto, Department of International Nutrition, Cornell University
  • Marta Escobar, Medical anthropologist, Tucuman, Argentina
  • Fatoumata Diawara, MD, Health Sector Advisor, Senegal
  • Mouctar Coulibaly, Nutrition Section, UNICEF, Mali
  • Dr. T. Scarlett Epstein, Director: SESAC (Scarlett Epstein Social Assessment Consultants), UK - PEGS (Practical Education and Gender Support), UK ; INTERVENTION (Social, Environmental and Public Policy Consultants), South India

 

 

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