Staff and Advisors

Melanie Accola is the director of finance at IATP.

Colleen Borgendale is the communications manager and creative director at IATP.

Anna Claussen is an advisor on Rural Strategies at IATP.

Karen Hansen-Kuhn is the Interim Co-Executive Director and Program Director at IATP and works in Washington, D.C.

Jim Harkness is Senior Advisor on China

Cecelia is the media coordinator at IATP.

Patti sorts and organizes all of IATP's documents and archives.

Ben Lilliston is the Interim Co-Executive Director and Director of Rural Strategies and Climate Change at IATP. 

Erin McKee VanSlooten is the program director for IATP's Community Food Systems work.

Brita Midness is the Grants Manager at IATP.

Melissa Prenevost is the Operations Manager at IATP.

Tara Ritter is a Senior Program Associate with IATP.

Shefali Sharma is the director of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy European office.

Dr. Steve Suppan is a senior policy analyst focusing on agriculture, trade and food safety policy.

Sharon Anglin Treat is a lawyer and public policy analyst.

Shiney Varghese is a public policy analyst focusing on water, agroecology and global governance. 

Timothy A. Wise is a senior advisor at IATP, where his work focuses on agribusiness, family farmers and the future of food, based on his recent book, Eating Tomorrow: Agribusiness, Family Farmers, and the Battle for the Future of Food (The New Press).