The people

Who are the people behind the Grandmother Project?


Founders



Judy Aubel



Dr Judi AUBEL is a specialist in community health and adult learning.
She has 20 years of experience working with 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 community health and education programs that build on socio-cultural realities and resources.

Elizabeth Mealey



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

Chairperson
  • Lilian Baer retired Director of ACI Dakar, Senegal
Secretary-Treasurer
  • John Hatch Ph.D. Retired Kenan Professor Emeritus University of North Carolina School of Publich Health, Chapel Hill. Moderator Christian Medical Commission 1986-90, World Council of Churches, Geneva

Other members

Members
  • Ian Hopwood Former UNICEF Representative, retired
  • Elizabeth Mealey Co-founder of GMP, Communications Advisor for Asia-Pacific Region, World Bank
  • Banda Ndiaye M.Sc. International Development. Regional Advisor for West Africa, Micronutrient Initiative
  • Pape Sene Regional Director for West Africa, CLUSA, Accra, Ghana
  • Judi Aubel Executive Director, Grandmother Project

Advisory Group

Members
  • Bart Burkhalter GMP Special Advisor on Research, University Research Corporation Bethesda, Maryland
  • Frank Dall GMP Special Advisor on Education. Retired from UNICEF Senegal
  • Michael Gibbons GMP Special Advisor on Education, Leadership Learning (organization) Washington D.C., USA
  • Jacqui Patterson GMP Special Advisor on Gender and Women Leadership Development Washington, D.C.
  • Karen Z. Waltensperger Regional Advisor for Health Programs in Africa, SAVE the Children USA
  • Laura Hoemeke IntraHealth International, Inc., Director USAID Health Project Kigali, Rwanda
  • Judith Justice Professor, School of Medicine , University of California San Francisco
  • Marian F. Zeitlin 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
  • Sixte Zigirumugabe USAID Mali
  • Shawn Baker Regional Director for Africa, Hellen Keller International Dakar, Senegal
  • Mohamed Ag Bendech Nutrition Advisor, UNICEF Mauritania
  • Makane Kane UNFPA Representative Bamako, Mali
  • Gertrudis Medrano NICASALUD Managua, Nicaragua
  • Gretel Pelto Department of International Nutrition, Cornell University
  • Marta Escobar Medical anthropologist Quito, Ecuador
  • Fatoumata Diawara MD, Director ASBEF Senegal
  • Mouctar Coulibaly Nutritionist, Rural Technical Institute Koulikoro, Mali
  • Grethen Bloom Senior Gender Consultant. Retired WFP (UN World Food Programme) and USAID Rome, Italy
  • Bill Clay Retired Chief, Nutrition Service, FAO (UN Food & Agricultural Organization) Florida, USA
  • Margie Clay Training & Curriculum Development Specialist Florida, USA
  • Kristina Gryboski Medical Anthropologist Washington DC, USA
  • Lisa Schreiber GMP Special Advisor on Private Sector Resource Mobilization, NETMORE America Inc. Portland, Oregon
  • Betsy Stephens Retired health planner Institute of Science and Technology Washington DC , USA
  • Sandy Callier, MA, Project Director, Hygene Improvement Project, Academy for Educational Development

GMP Team members

Full and part-time staff
  • Judi Aubel Executive Director Rome, Italy
  • Susie Carrington Administration and Finance Manager Rome, Italy
  • Khadi Cissé Office Manager Mbour, Senegal
  • Faliou Cissé Adult education and training associate Mbour, Senegal
Volunteers/Consultants
  • Fabio Fiorani Webmaster and communications materials production
  • Habi Bamba Education advisor
  • Monique Duralala IT advisor
  • Assia Saou Musoko Research and evaluation advisor
  • Gretchen Bloom Editor and writer
  • Lourdes Galan Translation coordinator
  • Djingri Ouoba Community mobilization and nutrition consultant
  • Valerie Stetson Training consultant

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