Freedom from Hunger Leadership
Christopher Dunford
President
Chris has over 30 years of rural development experience in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the United States. He joined Freedom from Hunger in 1984 as Director, Arizona Programs and then became Regional Director, U.S. Programs; Director, International Operations; and Vice President for Programs prior to becoming President. Chris was co-creator of the Credit with Education methodology and now provides organizational leadership and speaks and writes for international audiences on the impacts of microfinance for the chronically hungry poor, on measurement and management toward social objectives, and on integration of microfinance with lifeskills education and health protection. Before joining Freedom from Hunger, Chris worked for the U.N. Environment Program in Kenya and then for USAID contractors in Tanzania, Botswana, Egypt, Cote d'Ivoire, and the Sudan. Chris has a PhD in ecology (University of Arizona in Tucson) and a BS in biological sciences (Cornell University).
Kathleen Stack
Vice President, Africa & Asia
Kathleen has over 30 years of experience in international development. She joined Freedom from Hunger in 1984 and has held a number of senior positions. She now leads strategic and business planning and program and resource development. Kathleen was co-creator of the Credit with Education methodology and has authored manuals, guidelines and articles on Credit with Education, on the integration of microfinance with credit unions, and on business and financial education. She served on the steering committee of the Global Financial Education Program and was a founder of the Small Enterprise Education and Promotion (SEEP) Network. Before joining Freedom from Hunger, Kathleen served with Peace Corps in Mali and USAID and Plan International in Burkina Faso. She has a Masters degree in international administration (School for International Training Graduate Institute) and a BA in psychology (Clark University), and she speaks French.
Lisa Kuhn Fraioli
Vice President, Latin America
Lisa has over 11 years experience in microfinance and 15 in Latin America. She joined Freedom from Hunger in 2005 as Technical Advisor in Microfinance, providing technical assistance and training to microfinance organizations throughout Latin America. Since then she has launched offices in Mexico, Peru and Ecuador and expanded partnerships in the region from eight to over fifty. Currently, Lisa supervises all programmatic activity in Latin America. She also serves on the steering committees of the Imp-Act Consortium and the Latin American Network for Gender Justice in Economic Development. Before joining Freedom from Hunger, Lisa worked as a gender and microfinance specialist for Opportunity International, specializing in product design and research. She has also worked for FINCA International. She has an M.S. in Foreign Service (Georgetown University) and a B.A. in Romance Languages and Latin American Relations (DePauw University). She speaks Spanish and French.
Ron Forrest
Chief Financial Officer
Ron is a CPA with over 20 years experience in public accounting, agriculture/food manufacturing, non-profit health services, and commercial real estate development. He now oversees all financial and risk management for Freedom from Hunger. Before joining Freedom from Hunger in 2009, Ron worked for Price Waterhouse in Sacramento, CA as well as Brisbane, Australia. His agriculture/food manufacturing experience was gained in both Australia and Hawaii with a cookie and macadamia nut food company. More recently, Ron was operations manager for BloodSource in Sacramento and financial manager for the Sacramento area commercial real estate developer, Granite Bay Ventures, LLC. He has extensive experience in dealing with lending institutions and private placement offerings to secure commercial real estate development loans as well as acquisition and operational loans. Ron graduated Summa Cum Laude from California State University, Sacramento with a BS in business administration accountancy.
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