Programs
Julie Nash
Winrock Director of Ecosystem Services Julie Nash has more than 20 years of experience working in sustainable agriculture and food systems. Before joining Winrock, she served as program director at Ceres, a nonprofit sustainability advocacy organization. While there, she led Ceres’ initiatives in forest protection, agricultural greenhouse gas emissions, natural climate solutions and biodiversity conservation. […]
Bikash Pandey
Bikash Pandey is director of Clean Energy & Circular Economy at Winrock International. Winrock’s energy programs bring access to energy for the poor and increase clean electricity on the grid. Modern energy services are used to expand economic opportunity in rural areas and improve health care, education and living standards. Pandey’s work experience encompasses 20 years […]
Chauncey Holloman Pettis
Chauncey Holloman Pettis is the director of the Arkansas Women’s Business Center, which inspires women-owned startups to chase their dreams of entrepreneurship. She is the CEO of Harlem Lyrics — an integrated line of greeting cards, school supplies and apparel that she started at the age of 15. Her products have been sold in Kroger’s, Walgreens, […]
Niry Ramasinjatovo
Niry Ramasinjatovo is Winrock’s senior director, AGILE. She leads Winrock’s efforts in monitoring, evaluation, research and learning, as well as in Management Information Systems, overseeing efforts to design and improve strategies, systems, tools and processes with the AGILE team. Ramasinjatovo has more than 23 years of professional experience providing M&E, management and technical support to […]
David Sanders
David Sanders is the director of the Enterprise Ecosystem at Winrock International. He manages a program portfolio that accelerates and expands capital access for knowledge-based ventures. These programs have created over 1,500 jobs while raising over $400 million in investment and generating more than $575 million in revenues. His professional career extends into the private and […]
Susan Lightfoot Schempf
Susan Lightfoot Schempf, co-director of the Wallace Center at Winrock International, brings 20 years of experience in direct service, community organizing, nonprofit leadership, and equitable food systems development to the center. She has dedicated her life’s work to building relationships of solidarity across communities, nourishing leadership, facilitating collaboration, and realizing food sovereignty. She was the […]