Our People

Landesa is guided by a diverse team of leaders and board members from around the world, united by a commitment to advancing land rights for all.
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Chris Jochnick

President & CEO
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Karol Boudreaux

Senior Director, Global Programs
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Claudio Colantoni

Sr. Business Development Manager
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Shipra Deo

Director, Women and Land
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Laura Eshbach

Director, Corporate Engagement
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Diana Fletschner

Chief Program Officer
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Pinaki Halder

Director of National Programs, India
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Han Zheng

China Program Director
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Krista Jacobs

Director of Research, Evaluation, and Learning
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Lucy James

Director of Global Human Resources
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Ellen Marson

Foundation Relations Director
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Godfrey Massay

Tanzania Program Director
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Rachel McMonagle

Program Director, Climate Change
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Monica Mhoja

Outreach Director – Africa
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John McWeeney

Chief Development Officer
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Everlyne Nairesiae

Africa Region Director
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Shadrack Ouma Omondi

Kenya Program Director
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Beth Roberts

Director, Center for Women’s Land Rights
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Leonard Rolfes Jr.

Chief Operating Officer
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Alejandra Rossi

Global Internal Initiatives Manager
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Tyler Roush

Communications Director
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Jonathan Smith

Director of Finance
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Sam Sophal

Cambodia National Coordinator
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Mark West

Southeast Asia Sr. Director
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Luciana Aquino-Hagedorn, JD

Chairperson, Qarlbo Natural Asset Company AB; Lecturer, Boston University School of Law
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Melanie Hui

CEO, Luminate
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Mercy Karanja

International Development Expert
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Titi Liu

Landesa Board Chair; Director, Board Relations, Center for Reproductive Rights
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Vikesh Mahendroo

Former CEO, Continuous Learning Group (CLG)
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Edwin (Ted) S. Maynard

Of Counsel, Paul Weiss
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Jennifer McFarlane

Partner, Asterra Partners
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Matthew Nimetz

Advisory Director, General Atlantic LLC
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Jennifer T. Potter

Founder, Jennifer Potter & Associates
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Jeff Riedinger

Vice Provost Emeritus of Global Affairs and Professor Emeritus of Law, University of Washington
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Darshana Shanbhag, MD

Former Medical Doctor
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Wilma Wallace

Former Chief Diversity and Social Impact Officer and Chief Legal Officer, REI

Senior Advisors

Jerome A. Cohen

Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Professor, NYU School of Law

Norm Dicks

Senior Policy Advisor, Van Ness Feldman LLP Former Congressman, 6th Congressional District of Washington State

Justice Khalil ur Rehman Khan

Supreme Court of Pakistan (Retired)

Kimberly Kreiling

The Sister Fund