Kaiyan Yousaf

Most of Kaiyan's work has been in the development consulting field for 2 US-based management consulting firms; J.E. Austin and Chemonics. In a technical capacity, I’ve worked on analyzing sectors, identifying gaps, designing and implementing interventions, and gauging results. More specifically, I’ve worked directly with SMEs in the agriculture and industrial/manufacturing sectors to increase their competitiveness in either the local or the export market. 

Anirudh Keny

Anirudh Keny is a Director of Business Development & Partnerships, APAC & Africa at Boomitra, an Indian company. Anirudh previously worked as an Israel Asia Leaders Fellow at the Israel-Asia Center, where they gained insights into how the Israeli Agricultural Industry has managed to prosper against all odds and apply similar concepts to the Indian Industry bringing environmentally friendly practices resulting in higher disposable incomes for farmers.

Paul Winters

Paul Winters is the Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Global Affairs and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs. His research and teaching focus on rural poverty, food insecurity and climate change and the evaluation of policies and programs designed to address these issues. Currently, he is the Executive Director of the Secretariat of the Innovation Commission for Climate Change, Food Security and Agriculture.

Emily Schmidt

Emily Schmidt is the Papua New Guinea Country Program Leader and Senior Research Fellow in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Her research focuses on the dynamic process of rural land transformation, rural employment diversification, and agricultural production outcomes on household welfare. Her most recent research explores household livelihood strategies in Papua New Guinea, including linkages between agriculture, poverty, and nutrition outcomes among rural smallholder farmers.