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Dorothy Masinde
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Associate Director, Nutrition Education Programs and Associate Teaching Professor
, Iowa State University
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Ames, Iowa,
United States
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Development professional with expertise in nutrition, public health and food security with over 30 years of experience international and local NGOs currently faculty seeking seeking challenging opportunities |
 Contact Dorothy Masinde
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Area of Expertise: |
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Agriculture, Livelihoods, Microfinance, Rural
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Professional Experience: |
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I have long experience working in the field of agricultural extension, nutrition and health, community wealth creation and rural development in Eastern Africa. I spent seven years working for the Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods helping to successfully set up, manage and deliver a collaborative program with three key partners: Iowa State University, Makerere University, and a Ugandan non-governmental organization. I joined when the Sustainable Rural Livelihoods (SRL) Program was conceptualized, and I played a major role in coordinating and managing the program from its inception. I established partnerships for our program with other institutions and organizations. The partnerships I created were key when the University registered as a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Uganda. Currently, I provide leadership to the Nutrition Education Programs. Previously, I worked for K-REP Development Agency, a microfinance non-governmental organizations in Kenya, as a Senior Research Officer ; the Danish Development Agency (DANIDA), as a Community Development and Training Officer ; and the government of Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development as an extension agent. I serve as an Associate Teaching Professor in a major called Global Resource Systems in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
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Education: |
PhD, Rural Sociology, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Master of Public Health Nutrition, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Master of Professional Studies Agriculture, Cornell University,
Ithaca, New York
B.Sc. Agriculture and Home Economics Egerton University, Kenya
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
I have served on the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ and the Department of Horticulture's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) Committee, I served as a co-chair for the department's DEIB committee.I am on the board of Self Help International an NGO is based in Waverly/Des Moines, Iowa and Women First International Fund, an international NGO based in New York, New York. I have won several awards at college and university levels.
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Years of Experience:
More than 20 years |
Highest Qualification:
Doctorate |
Languages:
English, Swahili |
Nationality:
Kenya
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