Leadership & staff

Office of the Chair

Lori Leonard
Lori Leonard

Professor

Department of Global Development

Chair

Department of Global Development

Lori Leonard
Gender
Waste & garbage
Ethnography
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Lacey Lattin

Assistant to the Chair

Department of Global Development

Lacey Lattin
Latin America
Epidemiology

Administration

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Adrienne Mason

Administrative Director

Department of Global Development

Adrienne Mason
  • asm324 [at] cornell.edu
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Mariah Doyle-Stephenson

Administrative Assistant

Department of Global Development

Mariah Doyle-Stephenson
  • md2237 [at] cornell.edu
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Alex Ewanow

Administrative Assistant

Department of Global Development

Alex Ewanow
  • ate24 [at] cornell.edu

Finance

Angie Smith

Finance specialist

Department of Global Development

Angie Smith
Sherifa Abdalla
Sherifa Abdalla

Finance Specialist

Department of Global Development

Sherifa Abdalla

Undergraduate Studies

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Lynn Morris

Undergraduate Program Coordinator

Department of Global Development

Lynn Morris
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John Sipple

Professor

Department of Global Development

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Department of Global Development

John Sipple
Pk-12 education
Sociology of communities
Policy
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Heidi Mouillesseaux-Kunzman

Senior Extension Associate

Department of Global Development

Director, Education Minor

Department of Global Development

Heidi Mouillesseaux-Kunzman
Community development
Civic engagement
Engaged learning and research

Graduate Studies

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Rachel Bezner Kerr

Professor

Department of Global Development

Director of Graduate Studies, Graduate Field of Development Studies

Department of Global Development

Director, Institute for African Development

Global Cornell

Rachel Bezner Kerr
Agroecology
Food And Agriculture
Gender
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Ed Mabaya

Research Professor

Department of Global Development

Director, Humphrey Fellowship Program

Department of Global Development

Director, Graduate Field of Global Development

Department of Global Development

Ed Mabaya
Applied Economics and Policy
Food and Agricultural Economics
International and Development Economics and Policy

Extension

David Kay
David Kay

Senior Extension Associate

Department of Global Development

David Kay
Community & Economic Development
Community, Energy Transitions & Climate Change
Governance & Conflict Resolution

Program & projects

Community Learning and Service Partnership (CLASP) 

  • Program directorAnnalisa Raymer | alr26 [at] cornell.edu (alr26[at]cornell[dot]edu) | (607) 255-4673 
  • Program coordinator: Beth Korson | elk78 [at] cornell.edu (elk78[at]cornell[dot]edu) | (607) 255-2577
  • Program liaisonSasha Endo | ske5 [at] cornell.edu (ske5[at]cornell[dot]edu) | (607) 255-7633 

Cornell Farmworker Program

  • Program directorMary Jo Dudley | farmworkers [at] cornell.edu (farmworkers[at]cornell[dot]edu) | (607) 254-5194 
  • Administrative assistant: Ana Ximena Alvis Gonzales | aa2547 [at] cornell.edu (aa2547[at]cornell[dot]edu)

Food Systems and Global Change

  • Faculty lead: Mario Herreromario.herrero [at] cornell.edu (mario[dot]herrero[at]cornell[dot]edu)
  • Senior project managerCynthia Mathys | cjm296 [at] cornell.edu (cjm296[at]cornell[dot]edu)
  • Administrative assistant: Megan Haymeh372 [at] cornell.edu (meh372[at]cornell[dot]edu)

Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship

  • Program director: Ed Mabaya em37 [at] cornell.edu (em37[at]cornell[dot]edu) | (607) 280-0264
  • Associate directorPolly Endreny Holmberg | peh58 [at] cornell.edu (peh58[at]cornell[dot]edu) 
  • Graduate assistant: Michelle Wright | mew42 [at] cornell.edu (mew42[at]cornell[dot]edu)

LeadNY 

  • Program directorLawrence Van De Valk | ljv4 [at] cornell.edu (ljv4[at]cornell[dot]edu) | (607) 255-6891 
  • Program coordinator: Christine Cotton | cc336 [at] cornell.edu (cc336[at]cornell[dot]edu) 

Lund Fellows Program for Regenerative Agriculture

  • Program coordinator: Carrie Simon | cns44 [at] cornell.edu (cns44)tld1 [at] cornell.edu (@cornell.edu)

New York Youth Institute

Polson Institute for Global Development

  • Director: Mildred Warner | mew15 [at] cornell.edu (mew15[at]cornell[dot]edu) | (607) 255-6816

Rust2Green

  • Rust2Green BinghamtonShorna Allred | srb237 [at] cornell.edu (srb237[at]cornell[dot]edu) | (607) 255-2149 
  • Rust2Green UticaHeidi Mouillesseaux-Kunzman | hmm1 [at] cornell.edu (hmm1[at]cornell[dot]edu) | (607) 255-0417

System of Rice Intensification

  • Extension associateLucy Fisher | lhf2 [at] cornell.edu (lhf2[at]cornell[dot]edu)  | (607) 257-8223

Tata-Cornell Institute

  • Director: Prabhu Pingaliplp39 [at] cornell.edu (plp39[at]cornell[dot]edu) | (607) 255-2352
  • Assistant director: Mathew Abrahamma947 [at] cornell.edu (ma947[at]cornell[dot]edu)
  • Administrator: Brenda Daniels-Tibke | bjd2 [at] cornell.edu (bjd2[at]cornell[dot]edu)
  • Assistant to the director: Terry Mingletpm2 [at] cornell.edu (tpm2[at]cornell[dot]edu)
  • Communications: Dan Verderosa | dv242 [at] cornell.edu (dv242[at]cornell[dot]edu) 
  • Manager for strategic initiatives: Milorad 'Misha' Plavsicmp2246 [at] cornell.edu (mp2246[at]cornell[dot]edu)
  • Research support specialist: Dieter Bouma | dtb76 [at] cornell.edu (dtb76[at]cornell[dot]edu)
  • Research support specialist: Sage Grasso-Monroesyg9 [at] cornell.edu (syg9[at]cornell[dot]edu)
  • Research support specialist: Naveen Kottayil | nsk57 [at] cornell.edu (nsk57[at]cornell[dot]edu)