The people

Who are the people behind the Grandmother Project?


Founders


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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.

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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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Mouctar Coulibaly, Nutritionist, Rural Technical Institute Koulikoro, Mali
  • Gretchen 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
  • 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
  • Khadidiatou Leye Cissé, Local Coordinator Mbour, Senegal
  • Faliou Cissé, Adult education and training associate Mbour, Senegal
Volunteers/Consultants
  • Fabio Fiorani, Webmaster and communications materials production Rome
  • Assia Saou Musoko, Research and evaluation advisor
  • Gretchen Bloom, Editor and writer
  • Djingri Ouoba, Community mobilization and nutrition consultant
  • Valerie Stetson, Training consultant
  • Erma Manoncourt, Program Development and Training Consultant
  • Francesca Lulli, Research Consultant Rome
  • Malang Sagna, Education Sector Consultant
  • Mamadou Coulibaly, Program Officer Senegal
  • Mamadou Sow, Education Sector Consultant Senegal

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