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RTB People<\/span><\/h2>

Independent Steering Committee<\/h3>\n

Helen Hambly Odame, Chair
\nBarbara Wells (Director General, CIP)
\nAnn Tutwiler (Director General, Bioversity)
\nRupert Best
\nAlfredo Augusto Cunha Alves
\nYvonne Pinto
\nDustan Spencer
\nEugene Terry
\nGraham Thiele<\/p>\n

Management Committee<\/h3>\n

Robert Asiedu
\n<\/strong>Research for Development Director, IITA<\/p>\n

Robert Domaingue
\n<\/strong>Deputy Head, Genetic Improvement and Adaptation of Mediterranean and Tropical\u00a0Plants, CIRAD<\/p>\n

Oscar Ortiz
\n<\/strong>Deputy Director General for Research, CIP<\/p>\n

Graham Thiele, Chair
\n<\/strong>Program Director, RTB<\/p>\n

Joe Tohme
\n<\/strong>Agrobiodiversity Research Area Director, CIAT<\/p>\n

Stephan Weise
\n<\/strong>Deputy Director General for Research, Bioversity<\/p>\n

Theme Leaders<\/h3>\n

Nicolas Roux<\/strong>, Bioversity
\nTheme 1: Genetic Resources<\/p>\n

Augusto Becerra<\/strong>, CIAT
\nTheme 2: Development of Varieties<\/p>\n

James Legg<\/strong>, IITA
\nTheme 3: Managing Pests and Diseases<\/p>\n

Jorge Andrade Piedra<\/strong>, CIP
\nTheme 4: High-Quality Planting Material<\/p>\n

Stefan Hauser<\/strong>, IITA
\nTheme 5: Ecologically-Robust Cropping Systems<\/p>\n

Dominique Dufour<\/strong>, CIAT
\nTheme 6: Postharvest and Markets<\/p>\n

Center Focal points<\/h3>\n

Robert Domaingue, <\/strong>CIRAD
\nClair Hershey, <\/strong>CIAT
\nJames Legg, <\/strong>IITA
\nPhilippe Monneveux, <\/strong>CIP
\nInge van den Bergh, <\/strong>Bioversity<\/p>\n

Program Management Unit<\/h3>\n

Graham Thiele, <\/strong>Program Director
\nDagmar Wittine, <\/strong>Program Manager
\nMichael Friedmann,<\/strong> Science Officer
\nSelim Guvener, <\/strong>Compliance and Intellectual Assets Manager
\nHolly Holmes,<\/strong> Communications Specialist
\nBhawana Upadhyay<\/strong>, Gender Research Coordinator
\nJavier Madalengoitia, <\/strong>Grants and Contracts Specialist
\nMilagros Pati\u00f1o, <\/strong>Budget and Planning Supervisor
\nClaudio Proietti<\/strong>, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
\nAntonio S\u00e1nchez, <\/strong>Budget Analyst
\nZandra V\u00e1squez, <\/strong>Executive Administrative Assistant
\nNetsayi Noris Mudege, <\/strong>Gender Research Coordinator (until February 2015)
\nVeronique Durroux, <\/strong>Communications Specialist (until April 2015)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":833,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nRTB People - RTB 2015 Annual Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rtb.cgiar.org\/2015-annual-report\/rtb-people\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RTB People - RTB 2015 Annual Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" 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