About
Our People
Board of Directors
Jude Kearney
Winrock Board Chair and Managing Partner, ASAFO Co. LLP
Jerry Adams
Founder, Arkansas Research Alliance
Samar Ali
Research Professor, Vanderbilt Law School and Political Science, and President & CEO, Millions of Conversations
William Bumpers
Winrock Board Member
Ross DeVol
Chairman Emeritus and Distinguished Fellow, Heartland Forward
Beth Dunford
Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development, African Development Bank
Thomas C. Green
President, International Anti-Corruption Research Center
Lisa Milton
Founder & CEO, AZAP Flores y Regalos
John M. Nees
Getty Land Company
Tuan Nguyen
Senior Client Advisor and Managing Director, Family Office at Rockefeller Capital Management
Peter M. O’Neill
Winrock Board Member
Will Rockefeller
Vice President of Winrock Farms
Saud Siddique
Co-founder & Executive Chairman, Odyssey Capital
Suzanne E. Siskel
Winrock Board Member
Stacy Swann
CEO and Founding Partner of Climate Finance Advisors
Mark Watson
President and Co-Founder of Potlikker Capital
Leadership Team
Maqsoda Maqsodi
President and Chief Executive Officer
Edna Cruz
Chief People Officer
Mary Grady
Executive Director, ACR & CEO, Environmental Resources Trust
Patricia McCall
Chief Strategy & Growth Officer
Aaron Sundsmo
Vice President, Programs
Can Varol
Chief Finance & Operations Officer
Libby Whitbeck Wood
Chief of Staff & Director, Public Policy
Programs
Jeffrey Apigian
Portfolio Director, Agriculture, Resilience & Water
Lucy Brosey
Senior Director, New Business Services
Steve Brunn
Senior Director, Private Sector Engagement
Lorine Giangola
Technical Director for Water
Pete Huff
Director, Wallace Center at Winrock International
Lucy Jodlowska
Senior Director, U.S. Programs
Stephanie Lillegard
Portfolio Director, Human Rights & Empowerment
Julie Nash
Director, Ecosystem Services
Bikash Pandey
Director, Clean Energy & Circular Economy
Chauncey Holloman Pettis
Director, Arkansas Women's Business Center
Colin Quinn
Portfolio Director, Environment & Climate
David Sanders
Director, Enterprise Ecosystem
Brad Schallert
Director of Sustainability Services
Susan Lightfoot Schempf
Director, Food Systems Leadership Network
Aaron Sundsmo
Vice President, Programs
Communications
Finance, Operations, People & Culture
Can Varol
Chief Finance & Operations Officer
Wassan Humadi
Senior Director, People & Culture
Vladan Ilic
Senior Director, International Controller
Layth Jasim
Senior Director, Awards Management & Pricing
Rob Jones
Director of Global Safety & Security
Thomas LeMense
Senior Director, Financial Planning & Analysis
Peter Mbogo
Senior Director, Internal Audit
Lana Pyburn
Senior Director, Global Operations
Irena Todortcheva
Director, Information, Communication & Technology