Senior Advisors
George “Geordie” Martin
Attorney at Hillis, Clark, Martin & Peterson, PS; former Landesa Board Director
Heather Grady
EVP, Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors; Landesa supporter
Jack Faris
Producer at Apache Blues Film; formerly directed strategic communications for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the University of Washington, and the Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association; former Landesa Board Director
Jim Cardillo
Former President at Paccar Inc.; former Landesa Board Director
Jolyne Sanjak
Team Leader, FCDO Land Facility Programme at Tetra Tech International Development Europe; land tenure expert; former Landesa Chief Program Officer
Laura Lee Grace
Established and served on Landesa's (formerly known as Rural Development Institute) first board of directors; Landesa supporter and recipient of the Roy L Prosterman Humanitarian Award
Lawrence Wilkinson
Chairman of Heminge & Condell (H&C); Co-Founder of Global Business Network (GBN); former Landesa Board Director
Margaret Niles
Senior of Counsel, Partner, K&L Gates LLP; former Landesa Board Director
Marty Krasney
Founding Executive Director of Dalai Lama Fellows; former Landesa Board Director
Matt Nimetz
Retired Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, General Atlantic LLC; former Under Secretary of State; former Landesa Board Director
Maureen Miruka
Director, Gender Equity, Youth and Social Inclusion at CIMMYT; former Landesa Board Director
Rangita de Silva de Alwis
Associate Dean of International Affairs at the University of Pennsylvania; a leading international women’s rights and Women's Peace and Security expert; member of the UN treaty body to CEDAW and Chair of the Individual Complaints Mechanism; Vice Chair of the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute; former Landesa Board Director
Sandra Taylor
CEO of Sustainable Business International, former Starbucks SVP of Corporate Social Responsibility; expert in environmental sustainability; former Landesa Board Director
Zia Khan
Independent Advisory; previously led strategy, programs, and innovation at The Rockefeller Foundation; Landesa supporter
