Board

Ndunge Kiiti is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Global Development at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York and the Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Global Health, at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, with over 30+ years in the international development field. She previously served as a Visiting Associate Professor and the Director of the Student Multidisciplinary Applied Research Teams (SMART) Program at Cornell University in the Charles H. Dyson School of … [Read more...] about Ndunge Kiiti

Gopal Kumar Nakarmi serves as Groundswell's Board Liaison for South Asia. Gopal has over 40 years’ experience working in Nepal and India to improve the wellbeing, food security, and livelihoods of marginalized populations, especially women and socially excluded people living in the remote areas. He holds a master degree in Public and Business Administration from Tribhuwan University, Kathmandu, the oldest university in Nepal, and a Certificate in Development Studies for Aid Administration from … [Read more...] about Gopal Kumar Nakarmi

Asha Gervan is a senior non-profit leader with over 20 years of experience directing operations, strategy, and finance for leading international organizations. Currently the Associate Director of Programs at War Child Canada, she is dedicated to driving systemic change at the intersection of social justice, gender equality, and climate action.  Asha’s extensive leadership background includes serving as Co-Executive Director of the Proteknôn Foundation and Country Director for War Child Canada … [Read more...] about Asha Gervan

Barbara Adolph is a freelance international development consultant and a Senior Associate at the International Institute for Environment and Development in the UK. She has over thirty years of experience working on agricultural research for development and natural resources management initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Her main interest is using transdisciplinary, systems-oriented approaches to address the complex challenge of feeding the world without destroying it. She has worked with … [Read more...] about Barbara Adolph

Once described as “part academic, part administrator, and part activist,” Dr. Anna Sims Bartel is committed to figuring out how our learning, practices, and passions can be put to use more effectively to help heal the world. She holds degrees from Princeton and Cornell in Comparative Literature, and most of her career has been spent weaving together higher education and community interests. She grew up in Austria, because of her father’s work with the United Nations, and she currently belongs to … [Read more...] about Anna Sims Bartel

Nadia Somani is responsible for legal and compliance functions at Forum Asset Management, serving in the roles of Senior Vice-President, Legal and Chief Compliance Officer. Prior to joining Forum, Nadia worked in Geneva, Switzerland where she served in a senior global legal and compliance role at one of the world’s largest private international development organizations operating in over 20 countries. She has also served as Director of Legal Affairs for a network of charitable organizations … [Read more...] about Nadia Somani