The people

Who initiated 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.




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

Board Members

Member list
  • Banda Ndiaye M.Sc. International Development. Regional Advisor for West Africa, Micronutrient Initiative
  • Elizabeth Mealey Co-founder of GMP, Communications Advisor for Asia-Pacific Region, World Bank
  • Ian Hopwood Retired from UNICEF
  • Judi Aubel Director of the GMP
  • Sandy Callier MA, Project Director, Hygene Improvement Project, Academy for Educational Development

Advisory Group Members

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

GMP Team members

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

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