PTFI Team
Transdisciplinary + Cross Sector Expertise
The PTFI leadership team brings a broad range of expertise and backgrounds from multiple academic disciplines along with the technology, philanthropy, and nonprofit sectors. We are all driven by solutions for people and the planet.
Leadership
Global Director, PTFI; Dean, Food EDU American Heart Association
Director, Global Food Portfolio
The Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation
Executive VP of Healthcare Business Solutions
American Heart Association
American Heart Association
Director of Research, Translation and Impact
Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Director of Strategy Integration and Engagement
Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Senior Vice President for the Food Initiative
The Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation
Secretariat
A coalition of the American Heart Association and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT serves as the Secretariat for the PTFI, providing operational project management and facilitating a multi-stakeholder partnership. The Secretariat leads strategic engagements and communication strategies, positioning PTFI as a truly global, diverse, multi-sectoral, and culturally/geographically representative group of collaborators, partners, and stakeholders.
Thematic Leader, Digital Inclusion
Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Senior Database Designer
American Heart Association
American Heart Association
Consultant
Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Senior Program Manager
American Heart Association
American Heart Association
Chief, Data Science, Co-Director, Institute for Precision Medicine
American Heart Association
American Heart Association
Clinical Insights Director
American Heart Assocation
American Heart Assocation
National Executive of Mission Advancement
American Heart Association
American Heart Association
Director, Crops for Nutrition and Health
Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Postdoctoral Fellow
Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
R&D Technology
Chief of Science
Founder, Verso Biosciences
Founder, Verso Biosciences
Lead, Database Workstream
Co-founder, Verso Bioscience
Co-founder, Verso Bioscience
Director, Programs & Partnerships
Verso Biosciences
Verso Biosciences
Designer
Co-Founder, Verso Biosciences
Co-Founder, Verso Biosciences
Associate Professor, College of Agricultural Sciences
Colorado State University
Colorado State University
Research Scientist, Jessica Prenni Lab, College of Agricultural Sciences
Colorado State University
Colorado State University