Multi-Actor Food Systems Champions Network
The Champions Network mobilizes a diverse range of people in every region of the world to call for fundamental transformation of the world’s food systems. Champions are leaders of institutions and networks advancing food systems transformation and thought leadership. Champions commit to contribute to substantive discussions, generate ideas and take action to strengthen food systems, and share information to ensure anyone with an interest in food systems at all levels can engage with the Summit.
Champions are either appointed by the Special Envoy or nominated through the Champions Network Leadership Team.
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Ruth Richardson
Chair, Champions Network
Executive Director, Global Alliance for the Future of Food, Canada
Marie-Claire Graf
Vice-Chair, Youth
Global Focal Point of the UNFCCC Youth Constituency, Switzerland
Mamadou Goita
Vice-Chair, Civil Society
Executive Director of the Institute for Research and Promotion of Alternatives in Development, Mali
Naoko Ishii
Vice-Chair, Finance
Executive Vice President, Director for Center for Global Commons, the University of Tokyo, Japan
Vijay Kumar
Vice-Chair, Producers
Executive Vice Chairman, Rythu Sadhikara Samstha (Farmers' Empowerment Corporation), Andra Pradesh, India
Claudia Martínez Zuleta
Vice-Chair, Research
Co-chair of the country programs of the Food and Land Use Economy (FOLU), Colombia
Paul Newnham
Vice-Chair, Consumption
Director, SDG2 Advocacy Hub Secretariat and Coordinator, Chefs’ Manifesto, Australia
Bettina Prato
Vice-Chair, Gender
Coordinator, Smallholder and Agri-SME Finance and Investment Network (SAFIN), Italy
Jessica Vega Ortega
Vice-Chair, Indigenous Peoples
Coordinator, Global Indigenous Youth Caucus, Mexico
