Trustees and advisers
PENHA Board of Trustees
Dr. Lulsegged Abebe
Chair of Board
PhD in Conflict Analysis and Resolution, International Consultant and former staff of International Alert
Dr. Victoria Phillips
Trustee
Veterinary Surgeon Manager at Dogs Trust
BVSc, University of Liverpool, and CertAVP, Royal Veterinary College, MRCVS.
Dr. Zeremariam Fre
Treasurer
PENHA Founder, Associate Professor at University College London; PhD, MSc. in Agricultural Extension and Rural Development
Ms. Roda Ibrahim
Trustee
Director of SAAFI and has more than 30 years of work experience in international development
Ms. Faisa Abdi Loyaan
Trustee
A Policy Researcher and leads Creative Alternatives Now (CAN)- a research NGO based in Kenya and Somalia.
MA in Gender Analysis & Development, University of East Anglia
PENHA Senior Advisors/Advisory Group
Prof. Gufu Oba
PhD in Natural Resource Management; Senior Researcher, Noragric, the Centre for International Environment Studies at the Agricultural University of Oslo
Pro. Itaru Ohta
Centre for African Studies, University of Kyoto
Prof. Hirut Terefe
PENHA Former Trustee and PhD in Anthropology; gender specialist, a lecturer at Addis Ababa University
Prof. John Morton
PENHA Former Trustee and Prof. of Development Anthropology at the Natural Resource Institute (NRI) of the University of Greenwich
Prof. Yves Cabannes
Emeritus Professor in Development Planning Unit, University College London
Dr. Angela-Roven Roberts
Independent consultant and researcher at the International Gender Studies Centre at the University of Oxford, UK
Dr. Tekeste Ghebray
Former Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and FAO staff member
Dr. Saad Shire
PhD in Agricultural Economics; Currently, Minister for Minister of Finance, Republic of Somaliland
Mr. John Plastow
PENHA Former Trustee with development experience in East Africa
Mr. Lars Udsholt
Director, Danish Mission Council Development Department