Home     Blog     About     Clients   • People     Contact     Links     The people behind NGI President Steven Were Omamo (PhD, Stanford) is NGI's founding President. Omamo has worked for 20 years for leading national and international organizations in Africa, Europe, and the United States. His posts include Visiting Scholar at Stanford University, Chief of the Social Protection and Livelihoods Service with the UN World Food Programme and Senior Research Fellow with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). He is currently the UN WFP Director and Representative to the African Union and UN Economic Commission for Africa. Some of Omamo's publications: The Peaceful Continent -- Poverty, Not Ethnicity, Drives Conflict in Zaire Living With Aids -- Little Changes, Not Miracles, Key To Survival Why Religious Extremism Is Growing In Africa When Help Means Life or Death -- Where to Draw the Line Between Family and Stranger The Men Do Not Eat Wings (Fiction) Read the review in African Review of Books Omamo's Curriculum Vitae Contact Omamo on swomamo [at] newgrowthint.com   Director Cheryl Renee Richardson (PhD, Stanford) is a Director with NGI. Richardson has worked in various institutions related to the improvement of schooling. Her posts include: Associate Director of the Program for African and African American Studies at Stanford University and Research Scholar at both the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Georgetown University, where she conducted research on the impact of online tools on the scholarship of teaching and learning and provided guidance to faculty development projects. She has taught secondary social studies and English as a Second Language in Kenya, Italy, Ethiopia, and the US. She also has developed behavior modification curriculum and written proposals for international organizations.   Richardson's Curriculum Vitae Contact her: crrichardson [at] newgrowthint.com Partners and Associates To fully serve the needs of its clients, NGI relies on advice and partnership from trusted professionals including the following: Mr. Gem Kodhek, Coordinator, Agricultural Sector Coordination Unit, Ministry of Agriculture, Kenya. Ms. Wamuyu Gatheru, Governance Consultant, Nairobi, Kenya. Dr. Gideon Obare, Chairman, Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Egerton University, Kenya. Dr. John Lynam, Agricultural Development Consultant, Nairobi, Kenya. Dr. Howard Elliott, Agricultural Development Consultant, Ottawa, Canada. Dr. Elon Gilbert, Agricultural Development Consultant, USA. Ms. Cordelia Salter, Founder, eShopAfrica.com, Accra, Ghana. Professor Bradford Mills, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. Mr. Robert Omamo, Investment Broker, Nairobi, Kenya. Ms. Anne Griffin, Regional Program Officer, ELMA Philanthropies, Cape Town, South Africa. Dr. Mary Rauner, Evaluation Specialist, Palo Alto CA, USA   Contact us now or find out more about NGI   site by cordelia.net