Our Leadership

Stacy Dean
Carbonell Family Executive Director

José Andrés
Founder

William H. Dietz
Director of Research and Policy

Priya Fielding-Singh
Director of Policy and Programs

Tara A. Scully
Director of Curriculum Development

Mya O. Price
Assistant Professor

Laura Mindlin
Program Manager

Rebecca Shaw-Rossignol
Senior Communications Associate

Michelle Feigler
Executive Associate
Affiliate and Adjunct Faculty
GFI's affiliate faculty program brings together faculty to collaborate across disciplines on food system topics. Our affiliate faculty members are developing GFI food related courses, identifying areas of common interest for research, and building projects related to GFI tenets. GFI affiliate faculty also participate in outreach events and engage with our external partners.
- Randall Abate, Assistant Dean for Environmental Law Studies, GW Law, randall [dot] abate
law [dot] gwu [dot] edu (randall[dot]abate[at]law[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
- Abiola Afolayan, Adjunct, Elliott School of International Affairs, Abiola [dot] afolayan
gwu [dot] edu (Abiola[dot]afolayan[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Ramin Asgary, Professor, Department of Global Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, raminasgary1
gwu [dot] edu (raminasgary1[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Masha Belenky, Professor of French; Director, Centre d’Excellence, Department of Romance, German, & Slavic Languages & Literatures, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, belenky
gwu [dot] edu (belenky[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Barbara Braffet, Associate Research Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Milken Institute School of Public Health, waberski
gwu [dot] edu (waberski[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Sam Chapple-Sokol, Adjunct Faculty; Editorial Director, Special Projects of José Andrés Group
- Daniel (Kuan- Lung) Chen, Assistant Research Professor; Associate Director of Research, Center for Community Resilience, Milken Institute School of Public Health danielchen
gwu [dot] edu (danielchen[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Uriyoan Colon-Ramos, Associate Professor, Department of Global Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, uriyoan
gwu [dot] edu (uriyoan[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Patrick Corr, Assistant Program Director, Integrative Medicine; Assistant Professor of Clinical Research and Leadership, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, pcorr
gwu [dot] edu (pcorr[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Katya Cronin, Associate Professor of Fundamentals of Lawyering, GW Law, katya_cronin
law [dot] gwu [dot] edu (katya_cronin[at]law[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
- Jonathan Deason, Professor & co-Director, Environmental & Energy Management Institute, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, jdeason
gwu [dot] edu (jdeason[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Michael Edwards, Adjunct Professor, The Graduate School of Political Management, College of Professional Studies, edwardsm
gwu [dot] edu (edwardsm[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Rachel Emas, Associate Teaching Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration; Director of the Master of Arts in Environmental Resource Policy (MA-ENRP), Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, rachelemas
gwu [dot] edu (rachelemas[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- John Forrer, Associate Research Professor of Strategic Management & Public Policy, GW School of Business; Associate Faculty, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, jforrer
gwu [dot] edu (jforrer[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- James Foster, Oliver T. Carr, Jr. Professor of International Affairs and Professor of Economics, Elliott School of International Affairs, fosterje
gwu [dot] edu (fosterje[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Leigh Frame, Executive Director of the Office of Integrative Medicine and Health; Program Director, Integrative Medicine program; Associate Director of the GW Resiliency & Well-being Center; Associate Professor of Clinical Research and Leadership; Associate Professor of Physician Assistant Studies; School of Medicine & Health Sciences, leighframe
gwu [dot] edu (leighframe[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Iselin Gambert, Director, Fundamentals of Lawyering Program; Professor, Fundamentals of Lawyering; Faculty Co-Director, Animal Legal Education Initiative; GW Law School, igambert
law [dot] gwu [dot] edu (igambert[at]law[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
- Andy Garrett, Section Chief for Emergency Health Operations and Medical Director for Emergency Health Programs; Associate Professor of Clinical Research and Leadership; Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine; Associate Professor of Global Health; School of Medicine & Health Sciences, andrew_garrett
gwu [dot] edu (andrew_garrett[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Erica Gralla, Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, egralla
gwu [dot] edu (egralla[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Steve Hansch, Lecturer, Department of Global Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, shansch
gwu [dot] edu (shansch[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Timothy Harlan, Executive Director, GW Culinary Medicine Program; Associate Professor of Medicine; School of Medicine & Health Sciences, drdrmrmd
gwu [dot] edu (drdrmrmd[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Gabby Headrick, Assistant Professor, Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Milken Institute School of Public Health, g [dot] headrick
gwu [dot] edu (g[dot]headrick[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Kathy Hessler, Assistant Dean for Animal Legal Education; Director of the Animal Legal Education Initiative, GW Law, katherine [dot] hessler
law [dot] gwu [dot] edu (katherine[dot]hessler[at]law[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
- Nabila Hijazi, Teaching Assistant Professor of Writing, University Writing Program, Columbian Colleges of Arts & Sciences, nabila [dot] hijazi
gwu [dot] edu (nabila[dot]hijazi[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Moses Kansanga, Assistant Professor of Geography and International Affairs; Environmental Studies Undergraduate Advisor; Department of Geography, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, mkansanga
gwu [dot] edu (mkansanga[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Michael Keidar, A. James Clark Professor of Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, School of Engineering and Applied Science, keidar
gwu [dot] edu (keidar[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Ivy Ken, Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, ivyken
gwu [dot] edu (ivyken[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Anthony Knopps, Instructor, The Graduate School of Political Management, College of Professional Studies, aknopps
email [dot] gwu [dot] edu (aknopps[at]email[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
- Barbara Kowalcyk, Associate Professor, Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences; Director of Food Policy Institute; Faculty, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Milken Institute School of Public Health, barbara [dot] kowalcyk
gwu [dot] edu (barbara[dot]kowalcyk[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Samuel Ledermann, Assistant Professor of the Practice of International Affairs; Director, Global Capstone; Elliott School of International Affairs, sledermann
gwu [dot] edu (sledermann[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Arielle Levites, Executive Director, Collaborative for Applied Studies in Jewish Education (CASJE); Research Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership; The Graduate School of Education and Human Development, alevites
gwu [dot] edu (alevites[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Karina Lora, Associate Professor; Director of the Public Health Nutrition MPH Program; Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Milken Institute School of Public Health, klora
gwu [dot] edu (klora[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Melissa Maitin-Shepard; Adjunct Faculty; Founder and Principal of MMS Health Strategies, LLC, mel_ms
email [dot] gwu [dot] edu (mel_ms[at]email[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
- Michael Mann, Associate Professor, Geography; Director of Graduate Studies; Department of Geography, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, mmann1123
gwu [dot] edu (mmann1123[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Maureen McGuire-Kuletz, Associate Professor, Counseling; Department of Counseling and Human Development, The Graduate School of Education and Human Development, mkuletz
gwu [dot] edu (mkuletz[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Melina Misri, Visiting Assistant Professor of Interior Architecture; Undergraduate Advisor, Interior Architecture Program; Corcoran School of the Arts & Design, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, mmisri
gwu [dot] edu (mmisri[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Brad Moore, Associate Professor of Medicine; Associate Professor of Physician Assistant Studies; Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management; School of Medicine & Health Sciences, bmoore
gwu [dot] edu (bmoore[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Mesbah Motamed, Economist and Faculty Member, Sustainable Urban Planning Program, College of Professional Studies, mesbah
gwu [dot] edu (mesbah[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Melissa Napolitano, Professor, Department of Prevention and Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, mnapolitano
gwu [dot] edu (mnapolitano[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Carmen Ortega-Santos, Assistant Professor, Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Milken Institute School of Public Health, carmen [dot] ortegasantos
gwu [dot] edu (carmen[dot]ortegasantos[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Robert Orttung, Research Professor of International Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs; Director, Sustainability Research Institute, rorttung
gwu [dot] edu (rorttung[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Anneliese (Lisa) Palmer, Research Professor of Science Communication, School of Media and Public Affairs, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, lisapalmer
gwu [dot] edu (lisapalmer[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Adam Richards, Associate Professor, Department of Global Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, adamrichards
gwu [dot] edu (adamrichards[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Jennifer Rioux, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, jgrioux
gwu [dot] edu (jgrioux[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Jennifer Sacheck, Sanofi Professor of Prevention and Wellness; Chair, Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Milken Institute School of Public Health, jsacheck25
gwu [dot] edu (jsacheck25[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Joan Schaffner, Associate Professor of Law; Faculty Co-Director, Animal Legal Education Initiative; GW Law, jschaf
law [dot] gwu [dot] edu (jschaf[at]law[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
- Ellen Scully-Russ, Associate Professor, Human and Organizational Learning, The Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Scullyru
gwu [dot] edu (Scullyru[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Ekundayo Shittu, Professor and Department Chair, Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, eshittu
gwu [dot] edu (eshittu[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Caroline Smith, Associate Professor of Writing, University Writing Program, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, cjsmith7
gwu [dot] edu (cjsmith7[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Amanda Stewart, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, amstewart
childrensnational [dot] org (amstewart[at]childrensnational[dot]org)
- Michael Svoboda, Assistant Professor of Writing, University Writing Program, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, msvoboda
gwu [dot] edu (msvoboda[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Allison Sylvetsky, Associate Professor, Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Milken Institute School of Public Health, asylvets
gwu [dot] edu (asylvets[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Sameera Talegawkar, Professor, Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Department of Epidemiology, Milken Institute School of Public Health, stalega1
gwu [dot] edu (stalega1[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Karen Vahouny, Adjunct Professor, The Graduate School of Political Management, College of Professional Studies, kvahouny
gwu [dot] edu (kvahouny[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Rob van Dam, Professor, Exercise and Nutrition Sciences and Epidemiology, Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Milken Institute School of Public Health, rvandam
gwu [dot] edu (rvandam[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Sherrie Wallington, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, sflyntwalling31
gwu [dot] edu (sflyntwalling31[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Lynn Westwater, Professor of Italian, Department Chair, Director of Italian Language and Literature, Director of Portuguese, Department of Romance, German & Slavic Studies, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, llww
gwu [dot] edu (llww[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Y. Tony Yang, Associate Dean for Health Policy and Population Science, Endowed Professor in Health Policy, School of Nursing; Health Policy and Management Department, Milken Institute School of Public Health, ytyang
gwu [dot] edu (ytyang[at]gwu[dot]edu)
- Zhengtian Xu, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, zhengtian
gwu [dot] edu (zhengtian[at]gwu[dot]edu)
Interested in becoming a Global Food Institute affiliate faculty member?
If you are GW Faculty, please reach out to globalfoodinstitutegwu [dot] edu (globalfoodinstitute[at]gwu[dot]edu) for more information on the application process.