The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) includes representatives from governments, the private sector, academia, and civil society with a focus on development practitioners and researchers. The TAC will identify the key priorities, gaps, and evidence required to advance food security and nutrition at the country level. It will meet twice a year (physically or virtually) to give advice to the objectives and activities of Compact2025.
Technical Advisory Committee members (as of May 2017)
- Catherine Bertini, Distinguished Fellow, Chicago Council on Global Affairs (co-chair)
- Stuart Gillespie, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI (co-chair)
- Khalid Bomba, CEO, Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA)
- Pedro Campo Llopis, Policy Officer, Rural Development, Food Security, and Nutrition, Directorate General for Development Cooperation (DG DEVCO)
- Mushtaque Chowdhury, Vice-Chairperson, BRAC
- Patrizia Fracassi, Senior Nutrition Analyst and Policy Advisor, SUN Movement Secretariat
- Sheryl Hendriks, Director, Institute for Food, Nutrition and Well-being, University of Pretoria
- Isatou Jallow, former Senior Nutrition and Partnership Advisor, New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)
- Nabeeha Kazi, Executive Director, No Wasted Lives
- David Pelletier, Professor, Division of Nutritional Science, Cornell University
- Prabhu Pingali, Professor and Director, Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition
- Yves Martin Prevel, IRD Research Officer, IRD/NutriPass Joint Research Unit
- Jennifer Requejo, Associate Scientist, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Vijay Sardana, Vice President & Head, Food Security and Agribusiness, UPL Limited
- Octave Semwaga, Director General of Strategic Planning & Programme Coordination, Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Rwanda
- Fokko Wientjes, Vice President, Corporate Sustainability & Public Private Partnerships, DSM
- Yang Yuexin, President, Chinese Nutrition Society, and Director of the Department of Food and Nutrition Assessment, National Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety for China Center for Disease Control
Technical Advisory Committee meeting minutes: October 7, 2016, November 19, 2015