Vinton G. Cerf
Chief Internet Evangelist, Google, USA
Widely known as a "founding father" of the Internet, Mr. Cerf has received numerous awards and commendations for his work in founding and developing the internet. He is Google's Chief Internet Evangelist, helping Google build network infrastructure, architectures, systems, and standards for the next generation of Internet applications. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and on the Panel of Advisors to the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force. He has served as the Founding President of the Internet Society and on the U.S. President's Information Technology Advisory Council.
Dr. H. Marc Cathey
President Emeritus, American Horticultural Society, USA
Dr. H. Marc Cathey, renowned research horticulturist, is the President Emeritus of the American Horticultural Society. After serving for 24 years as a research horticulturist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Dr. Cathey served as the Director of the U.S. National Arboretum. Dr. Cathey is currently a commentator on National Public radio and has been a frequent guest on NBC's Today, ABC's Good Morning America and CBS's Morning Break shows. Dr. Cathey has inspired many of AHS's programs in the field of youth education. He shows by example the intergenerational relationships that can be built by sharing time in the garden.
E. Ofori Akyea
Rotary International, Ghana
Mr. Akyea is a Rotary leader in Accra, Ghana and a retired diplomat. He was the co-ordinator for the enormously successful Rotary International Polio Eradication Project in Africa. In his relief efforts, Mr. Akyea formed key partnerships with the World Health Organization, UNICEF and numerous agencies and governments. Rotary International is the largest private sector contributor to The Global Polio Eradication Initiative, recognized worldwide as a model of public and private cooperation in pursuit of a humanitarian goal.
Michael Altenberg
Bistro Campagne, USA
Bio coming soon
Fred Baker
Cisco Fellow, USA
As a Cisco Fellow, Fred Baker is involved in setting and influencing Cisco's technical direction and in advancing state of the art technology. In addition to product development, he advises senior management of industry directions and appropriate corporate strategies. He is an internationally recognized authority on networking and IP protocol. Fred also serves as the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Internet Society (ISOC), a professional membership society with more than 100 organization and over 20,000 individual members in over 180 countries. ISOC serves as the international organization for global coordination and cooperation on the Internet.
Dr. MeeCee Baker
Agricultural Education Coordinator, Pennsylvania Dept. of Agriculture, USA
Dr. Baker serves as the Agricultural Education Coordinator for the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. She is also assistant professor at Pennsylvania State University and adjunct professor for North Carolina State University. During her 20-year classroom teaching tenure, Dr. Baker taught both life and agricultural sciences. She served as the first female president of the National Association of Agricultural Educators and also as president of the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences Alumni Society. She graduated from Penn State with bachelor and doctorate degrees in agricultural education.
Dr. Essie T. Blay
Associate Professor, Dept. of Crop Science, University of Ghana
Dr. Blay's research interests include multidisciplinary and participatory research on the intersection between traditional farming practices in West Africa (particularly Ghana) and the sustainable use of land. She is the co-editor of Managing Agrodiversity the Traditional Way: Lessons from West Africa in Sustainable Use of Biodiversity and Related Natural Resources. Dr. Blay is a member of the United Nations University Project on People, Land Management and Environmental Change (UNU-PLEC).
Dr. Kwame Boakye
President & CEO, Backbone Connectivity Network, Nigeria
Dr. Kwame Boakye is the President and CEO of Backbone Connectivity Network, a venture to develop a high speed shared telecommunications network infrastructure to provide nationwide backbone connectivity and broadband access in Nigeria. Prior to that, he served as Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Harris Corporation, an international communications equipment company based in Florida. He has also served as a member of the FCC Technological Advisory Council, a consultant on information technology, new and emerging technologies, technology and development, and strategic planning for United Nations agencies and a number of other institutions and head of the Computer Science Department at the University of Ghana. Dr. Boakye has B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Columbia University.
Glenn Bulycz
Senior Product Manager, Apple Computer - QuickTime
Glenn Bulycz is the Senior Manager of QuickTime Product Marketing at Apple. He works with companies, institutions, artists and industry consortia around the world to grow the use and effectiveness of many types of digital media. Glenn is a frequent speaker at industry events and has been guest lecturer at Tokyo Denki University and Kyoto University. He actively works with several organizations including the MPEG Industry Forum (www.m4if.org), Internet Streaming Media Alliance (www.isma.tv), Advanced Video Coding Alliance (www.avc-alliance.org) and Research Environment for Global Information Society (www.re-gis.com). He hopes to bring his experiences and ideas to TGC as well as his great passion for gardening.
Delaine Eastin
Mills College, USA
Ms. Eastin served for eight years as California State Superintendent of Public Instruction. During her tenure, Ms. Eastin worked actively to champion the link between garden-based education, nutrition and healthier, more positive students. Thanks to her enormously successful "Garden in Every School" initiative, an estimated three thousand California schools have gardening projects. She was also a driving force behind the first "NetDay", a grassroots volunteer effort to wire the nation's k-12 classrooms for Internet access. Ms. Eastin is herself an avid gardener, daughter of a gardener and granddaughter of a farmer.
Dr. Janet Hawkes
Educational Consultant, USA
Dr. Janet E. Hawkes was previously Director of the Cornell Educational Resources Program in the Department of Education at Cornell University, a curriculum and instructional materials center for agriculture, science, and environmental education. She was also Director of the New York Agriculture in the Classroom program, a K-12 agriculture and food systems awareness program. She served as the Executive Director of a regional environmental and agricultural education center and has taught science, business, agriculture, and computer technology at the college, high school and community levels. She has worked in and taught agriculture, and provided teacher education, internationally in the South Pacific, Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean. She is currently an educational consultant.
Graham Kerr
The Galloping Gourmet, USA
Graham Kerr is an internationally known culinary and television personality, award-winning author, nutrition expert and healthy lifestyle advocate. Mr. Kerr has aired over 1,700 programs internationally. From 1996 to 2000, he served as an Editor at Large for Cooking Light, the world's most widely circulated Epicurean magazine. His awards and accolades include the James Beard Foundation Award, induction into the American Culinary Federation Hall of Fame and Honorary Membership to the American Dietetic Association. In 2003, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in "Culinary Nutrition" from Johnson & Whales University, Rhode Island.
Robert Langlois
World Trade Center Chicago, USA
Robert Langlois is President of the World Trade Center, Chicago, a vital intermediary between the Illinois business community and overseas trade partners.? Previously, Robert served as Motorola's Director of Global Relations, the key liaison between Motorola's worldwide field offices, its corporate headquarters, and the global business community and diplomatic corps in Chicago.? Bob sits on the Boards of Directors of Global Chicago and Chicago Sister Cities, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.? Mr. Langlois has worked in the Middle East, Northern Africa, Eastern Europe, Europe and Canada, and Asia.
Tony Margherita
Founder, Tony Margherita Management, USA
Based in Chicago, Tony Margherita has spent over a decade managing the careers of international recording artists. His current roster includes: Wilco, Jeff Tweedy and The Autumn Defense. Tony is a long-time supporter and contributor to TGC. He will advise and help facilitate the music and entertainment components of TGC's resource mobilization strategy.
Eric Mayer
E.M.A.I. Corp., USA
Eric Mayer works tirelessly towards international relief and development efforts.? In particular, his work focuses on bridging the private and philanthropic sectors for successful and sustainable outcomes.? Mr. Mayer is dedicated to advancing education, promoting peace, combating HIV/AIDS, fighting hunger and poverty and encouraging environmental sustainability.? His geographic areas of interest stretch from Latin America to Africa to the Middle East.? He is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Academy for Genocide Prevention at Columbia University.
Fher Olvera
Lead Singer, Man?, Mexico
Fher is the lead singer of multi-Grammy-winning Mexican rock group, Man?. Man? has been a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Goodwill Ambassador since 2003. In 1995, Man? established the Selva Negra foundation to promote the conservation of the planet, foster awareness of environmental problems and support human rights. Selva Negra is currently financing TGC pilot activities in Mexico and has played a key role in connecting schools, communities and universities.
Dr. Janet Poley
President & CEO, American Distance Education Consortium, USA
Dr. Poley develops collaborative distance education initiatives with more than 60 land-grant university members working nationally and internationally. Dr. Poley has been involved in training, technical assistance, program design and evaluation in more than 25 countries in Asia, Africa and Europe. She holds three degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a Ph.D. in Education, M.S. in Nutrition and B.S. in Journalism and Home Economics.
Ruth Reichl
Editor in Chief, Gourmet Magazine, USA
Ruth Reichl has been the Editor in Chief of Gourmet magazine since 1999. Prior to that, she was the restaurant critic for many years for The New York Times. Ms. Reichl has received numerous accolades as an author, journalist and editor. She has authored two critically acclaimed, best-selling memoirs and recently published her third memoir. She has also been honored with four James Beard Awards and with numerous awards from the Association of American Food Journalists. Ms. Reichl was one of the "First Planters" to The Growing Connection.
Dr. Shivraj Singh
Managing Director, Constella Group, India
Dr. Singh is Managing Director, Constella Group, India Program. Constella is a leading global provider of outsourced health intelligence and public health and technology services. Earlier to joining Constella, Dr. Singh was Senior Vice President, CTIS, Inc. Dr. Singh has over 40 years experience as a project manager and academic researcher in biotechnology, agriculture and nutrition. He worked with the World Bank and the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research for nearly 30 years. He served as Task Manager and Director for various projects in the health, nutrition, environment and agriculture sector in Brazil, Africa (including Ghana) and Asia.
