Our Leadership

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Stacy Dean

Carbonell Family Executive Director 

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José Andrés

Founder

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William H. Dietz

Director of Research and Policy

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Tara A. Scully

Director of Curriculum Development

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Mya O. Price

Assistant Professor

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Laura Mindlin

Program Manager

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Rebecca Shaw-Rossignol

Senior Communications Associate

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Michelle Feigler

Executive Associate

 

Global Food Institute Affiliate 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, [email protected] 
• Abiola Afolayan, Adjunct, Elliott School of International Affairs, [email protected]
• Ramin Asgary, Professor, Department of Global Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, [email protected]
• Masha Belenky, Professor of French; Director, Centre d’Excellence, Department of Romance, German, & Slavic Languages & Literatures, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, [email protected] 
• Barbara Braffet, Associate Research Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Milken Institute School of Public Health, [email protected] 
• Daniel (Kuan- Lung) Chen, Assistant Research Professor; Associate Director of Research, Center for Community Resilience, Milken Institute School of Public Health [email protected] 
• Uriyoan Colon-Ramos, Associate Professor, Department of Global Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, [email protected] 
• Patrick Corr, Assistant Program Director, Integrative Medicine; Assistant Professor of Clinical Research and Leadership, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, [email protected] 
• Katya Cronin, Associate Professor of Fundamentals of Lawyering, GW Law, [email protected]
• Jonathan Deason, Professor & co-Director, Environmental & Energy Management Institute, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, [email protected] 
• Michael Edwards, Adjunct Professor, The Graduate School of Political Management, College of Professional Studies, [email protected]
• 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, [email protected] 
• 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, [email protected]
• James Foster, Oliver T. Carr, Jr. Professor of International Affairs and Professor of Economics, Elliott School of International Affairs, [email protected]
• 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, [email protected] 
• Iselin Gambert, Director, Fundamentals of Lawyering Program; Professor, Fundamentals of Lawyering; Faculty Co-Director, Animal Legal Education Initiative; GW Law School, ​​[email protected] 
• 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, [email protected] 
• Erica Gralla, Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, [email protected] 
• Steve Hansch, Lecturer, Department of Global Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, [email protected] 
• Timothy Harlan, Executive Director, GW Culinary Medicine Program; Associate Professor of Medicine; School of Medicine & Health Sciences, [email protected]
• Gabby Headrick, Assistant Professor, Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Milken Institute School of Public Health, [email protected]
• Kathy Hessler, Assistant Dean for Animal Legal Education; Director of the Animal Legal Education Initiative, GW Law, [email protected] 
• Nabila Hijazi, Teaching Assistant Professor of Writing, University Writing Program, Columbian Colleges of Arts & Sciences, [email protected]
• Moses Kansanga, Assistant Professor of Geography and International Affairs; Environmental Studies Undergraduate Advisor; Department of Geography, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, [email protected] 
• Michael Keidar, A. James Clark Professor of Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, School of Engineering and Applied Science, [email protected]
• Ivy Ken, Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, [email protected] 
• Anthony Knopps, Instructor, The Graduate School of Political Management, College of Professional Studies, [email protected] 
• 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, [email protected]
• Samuel Ledermann, Assistant Professor of the Practice of International Affairs; Director, Global Capstone; Elliott School of International Affairs, [email protected] 
• 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, [email protected]
• Karina Lora, Associate Professor; Director of the Public Health Nutrition MPH Program; Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Milken Institute School of Public Health, [email protected] 
• Michael Mann, Associate Professor, Geography; Director of Graduate Studies; Department of Geography, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, [email protected] 
• Maureen McGuire-Kuletz, Associate Professor, Counseling; Department of Counseling and Human Development, The Graduate School of Education and Human Development, [email protected] 
• Melina Misri, Visiting Assistant Professor of Interior Architecture; Undergraduate Advisor, Interior Architecture Program; Corcoran School of the Arts & Design, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, [email protected] 
• Brad Moore, Associate Professor of Medicine; Associate Professor of Physician Assistant Studies; Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management; School of Medicine & Health Sciences, [email protected] 
• Mesbah Motamed, Economist and Faculty Member, Sustainable Urban Planning Program, College of Professional Studies, [email protected] 
• Melissa Napolitano, Professor, Department of Prevention and Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, [email protected]
• Carmen Ortega-Santos, Assistant Professor, Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Milken Institute School of Public Health,   [email protected] 
• Robert Orttung, Research Professor of International Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs; Director, Sustainability Research Institute, [email protected]
• Anneliese (Lisa) Palmer, Research Professor of Science Communication, School of Media and Public Affairs, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, [email protected] 
• Adam Richards, Associate Professor, Department of Global Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, [email protected]
• Jennifer Rioux, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, [email protected] 
• Jennifer Sacheck, Sanofi Professor of Prevention and Wellness; Chair, Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Milken Institute School of Public Health, [email protected] 
• Joan Schaffner, Associate Professor of Law; Faculty Co-Director, Animal Legal Education Initiative; GW Law, [email protected] 
• Ellen Scully-Russ, Associate Professor, Human and Organizational Learning, The Graduate School of Education and Human Development, [email protected] 
• Ekundayo Shittu, Professor and Department Chair, Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, [email protected] 
• Caroline Smith, Associate Professor of Writing, University Writing Program, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, [email protected] 
• Amanda Stewart, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, [email protected] 
• Michael Svoboda, Assistant Professor of Writing, University Writing Program, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, [email protected] 
• Allison Sylvetsky, Associate Professor, Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Milken Institute School of Public Health, [email protected]
• Sameera Talegawkar, Professor, Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Department of Epidemiology, Milken Institute School of Public Health, [email protected] 
• Karen Vahouny, Adjunct Professor, The Graduate School of Political Management, College of Professional Studies, [email protected] 
• Rob van Dam, Professor, Exercise and Nutrition Sciences and Epidemiology, Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Milken Institute School of Public Health, [email protected] 
• Sherrie Wallington, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, [email protected]
• 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, [email protected] 
• 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, [email protected] 
• Zhengtian Xu, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, [email protected] 

Are you a GW Faculty member interested in becoming a Global Food Institute Affiliate Faculty member? Please reach out to [email protected] for more information on the application process.