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Lisa Phillips named Winrock International’s first vice president of development
October 6, 2025
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Oct. 6, 2025 — Winrock International has named Lisa Phillips as its first vice president of development, a new role that will strengthen the organization’s ability to expand philanthropic partnerships and diversify funding to meet urgent global challenges. Phillips brings more than two decades of experience leading institutional growth, strategic engagement, […]
Winrock introduces commitment to scale regenerative agriculture across the U.S. Midwest
September 24, 2025
Little Rock, Ark. — Sept. 24, 2025 — Winrock International announced a groundbreaking new program to advance regenerative agriculture across the U.S. Midwest at the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting. The initiative, titled Growing Midwest Regenerative Agriculture Value Chains, is one of three new Commitments to Action launched by Winrock at this year’s CGI event in New […]
Impact-Ready Solutions
Impact-Ready Solutions are Winrock’s portfolio of adaptable, funder-ready service offerings designed to address today’s most pressing development challenges. Each solution distills our proven approaches, global expertise and on-the-ground experience into practical models that can be tailored to the needs of any country, sector or partner. From clean energy and water security to human rights, climate […]
BlueGreen Water Technologies and Winrock International partner to combat harmful algal blooms around the world
June 24, 2025
HOUSTON, Texas – June 24, 2025 – BlueGreen Water Technologies, a global leader in sustainable water treatment solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Winrock International, a mission-driven global organization that develops science-based solutions to complex problems with a focus on sustainable agriculture, water, clean energy, natural resources management and human rights. Together, the organizations […]
From risk to resilience: How Winrock’s Climate Resilience Accelerator helps communities adapt — and thrive
June 20, 2025
That’s why Winrock is launching the Climate Resilience Accelerator: a bold, practical framework for ensuring that development isn’t just about growth — it’s about endurance, equity and transformation. Winrock sees building climate resilience not as a burden, but as a competitive advantage for businesses, farmers and communities most impacted by climate change. What is climate […]
Clean water, clean energy: Private sector invests in solar pumps to improve access to community water supplies in Ethiopia
May 5, 2025
In the rural community of Wabe, nestled in Ethiopia’s West Arsi zone, a long-silent water system has roared back to life — through pumps powered not by diesel, but by the sun. After years of disuse due to high fuel costs and frequent shortages, Wabe’s water system is running again. Thanks to a solar-powered pump […]
Winrock International’s top stories of 2024
January 7, 2025
Check out some of the most clicked and shared announcements, stories and blogs from Winrock International in 2024 — an exciting year that included new Winrock President and CEO Maqsoda Maqsodi beginning her tenure; ACR’s announcement of the first issuance of carbon credits from plugging orphaned oil and gas wells in the U.S.; Winrock’s human […]
Riva Brown is Winrock International’s 2024 Farmer-to-Farmer Volunteer of the Year
January 3, 2025
Riva Brown, a university professor and volunteer who conducted a highly successful assignment with a women-owned enterprise in Senegal, has been named Winrock International’s 2024 Farmer-to-Farmer Volunteer of the Year. Brown is an associate professor of public relations at the University of Central Arkansas and a global learning specialist with UCA’s Center for Global Learning […]
Celebrating the legacy of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, friend of Winrock International
December 30, 2024
Winrock International maintained close and warm ties over many decades to former President Jimmy Carter. In addition to serving as the 39th president, Carter spent years working as a peanut farmer and businessman in a small town in Georgia. A former state governor and Nobel Prize winner, Carter would become a cherished friend and colleague […]
#thaiRAIN helps Southeast Asian farmers say no to burning
December 23, 2024
Between the end of the year and the first quarter of each year, Thailand and neighboring countries rise to the top of the world’s rankings for the poorest air quality, with high levels of PM2.5 haze. PM2.5 stands for particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5 micrometers or smaller; so small, they’re 30 times finer […]