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Advisory Council

Lloyd Le Page is an accomplished and business-savvy professional with extensive hands-on experience delivering optimal results and business value in high-growth environments and building important connections with key stakeholders in the global agriculture and food industries, investment funds, international development, and climate stakeholders globally. He is Managing Director of Kincannon and Reed Executive Search and serves as an advisor to various investment funds. Lloyd began his career as a farm manager and has over 25 years of expertise in agribusiness, Õ¡Õ¶Õ¡Õ½Õ¸Ö‚Õ¶Õ¶Õ¥Ö€, and food supply chains, including vertically integrated production, investment and business environment, ag-tech, and food-tech. His career includes commercial mixed-farming, agronomy, FMCG food processing and production, 15 years in DuPont Pioneer, CEO of the CGIAR Consortium, and Senior Advisor and Lead for Agri-Food at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.

Lloyd has an extensive network and is known as leader, entrepreneur, innovation broker, and powerful connector in the private, public, non-profit, and academic sectors and has vast experience on global development and sustainability issues including resource mobilization and proposal development. He holds credit for creating new businesses and markets from scratch and consistently increasing revenue, focusing on top-line and bottom-line performance. Lloyd is well known as a mentor with the ability to manage and work with cross-functional and multidisciplinary teams. Lloyd is innovative and entrepreneurial, has created several businesses, and serves on for-profit and non-profit boards.

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Global Farmer Network- Õ« Õ´Õ«Õ»Õ¸ÖÕ¸Õ¾, Mary works with farmers around the world to develop and deliver communication platforms that engage the farmers’ perspective and voice as an integral part of the dialogue regarding the global agri-food system. Ô±Õ¼Õ¡Ö„Õ¥Õ¬Õ¸Ö‚Õ©ÕµÕ¸Ö‚Õ¶Õ¨: To amplify the farmers’ Õ±Õ¡ÕµÕ¶ Õ¡Õ¼Ö‡Õ¿Õ¸Ö‚Ö€Õ¨ ÕÕ©Õ¡Õ¶Õ¥Õ¬Õ¸Ö‚ Õ£Õ¸Ö€Õ®Õ¸Ö‚Õ´, Õ¿Õ¥ÕÕ¶Õ¸Õ¬Õ¸Õ£Õ«Õ¡, Õ¯Õ¡ÕµÕ¸Ö‚Õ¶ farming, Õ¿Õ¶Õ¿Õ¥Õ½Õ¡Õ¯Õ¡Õ¶ Õ¡Õ³Õ¨, Õ¥Ö‚ Õ½Õ¶Õ¶Õ¤Õ« Õ¡Õ¶Õ¾Õ¿Õ¡Õ¶Õ£Õ¸Ö‚Õ©ÕµÕ¡Õ¶.

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A staff member at the GFN, Jane resides on a corn and soybean farm in Eastern Nebraska. She brings 20+ years of sales and marketing program development and deployment, project management and leadership experience.

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Elly Sukup

Elly Sukup serves as Global Farmer Network’s Director of Programs and as the Food Security Technical Officer for Mercy Corps where she supports gender, youth, and social inclusion activities under IDEAL, a USAID-funded food security learning award. Before joining GFN and Mercy Corps, Elly managed the Clinton Foundationâ€™s community nutrition program in Malawi and spent two years with the UN World Food Program in Ghana and Ethiopia. She also worked for Iowa State University as Strategic Engagement Coordinator and as a lecturer in Global Resource Systems. She studied Public Service and Administration in Agriculture and International Agriculture at Iowa State University, and has a Masters degree in Social Anthropology of Development from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.

Patience Koku is serving the GFN as Regional Lead: Ô±Ö†Ö€Õ«Õ¯Õ¡. Patience’s farm is located on the Jere Azara irrigation scheme, Ô¿Õ¡Õ£Õ¡Ö€Õ¯Õ¸ ÕÕ¥Õ²Õ¡Õ¯Õ¡Õ¶ Õ«Õ¶Ö„Õ¶Õ¡Õ¯Õ¡Õ¼Õ¡Õ¾Õ¡Ö€Õ¸Ö‚Õ´, Õ†Õ«Õ£Õ¥Ö€Õ«Õ¡ÕµÕ« Ô¿Õ¡Õ¤Õ¸Ö‚Õ¶Õ¡ Õ¶Õ¡Õ°Õ¡Õ¶Õ£Õ¸Ö‚Õ´. The farm produces two crops annually under center pivot irrigation. They grow mostly seed corn and corn grain for major food processing companies in Nigeria, Õ«Õ¶Õ¹ÕºÕ¥Õ½ Õ†Õ«Õ£Õ¥Ö€Õ«Õ¡ÕµÕ« Õ¡Õ¬Ö€Õ¡Õ²Õ¡ÖÕ¶Õ¥Ö€Õ¨. Õ†Õ¡ Õ½Õ¿Õ¡ÖÕ¸Õ²Õ¶ Õ§ 2019 Kleckner Õ´Ö€ÖÕ¡Õ¶Õ¡Õ¯Õ¨ Global Farmer Network- Õ«Ö Ö‡ 2018 ÕÕ¡Ö€Õ¾Õ¡ Cornell Alliance For Science Farmer Õ¿Õ¡Ö€Õ¾Õ¡ Õ°Õ¡Õ´Õ¡Ö€. Õ†Õ¡ Õ¶Õ¡Ö‡ Õ®Õ¡Õ¼Õ¡ÕµÕ¸Ö‚Õ´ Õ§ Cornell Alliance For Science ÕÕ¸Ö€Õ°Ö€Õ¤Õ¡Õ¿Õ¾Õ¡Õ¯Õ¡Õ¶ ÕÕ¸Ö€Õ°Ö€Õ¤Õ¸Ö‚Õ´. In her time as a member of the GFN, she has advocated on major stages.

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Ruramiso Mashumba is serving the GFN as Regional Lead: Ô±Ö†Ö€Õ«Õ¯Õ¡. Ruramiso is a young female farmer from Marondera, Zimbabwe and founder of Mnandi Africa, an organization that helps rural woman combat poverty and malnutrition. She is currently studying for an MBA in sustainable food and agriculture. The trailblazing farmer holds several accolades and achievements to her name that is testimony to the outstanding work she is doing in the Zimbabwean agricultural sector. Ruramiso- Õ¶ Õ³Õ¡Õ¶Õ¡Õ¹Õ¾Õ¥Õ¬ Õ§ Õ¸Ö€ÕºÕ¥Õ½ 2020 GFN Kleckner Õ´Ö€ÖÕ¡Õ¶Õ¡Õ¯Õ« Õ¤Õ¡ÖƒÕ¶Õ¥Õ¯Õ«Ö€.