IFDC and VFRC Board Updates
Margaret Catley-Carlson
Agnes M. Kalibata
Rhoda Peace Tumusiime
Marco Ferroni
Margaret CatleyCarlson, member
of the UN Secretary
General’s Advisory
Board on Water
and Sanitation, was
a keynote speaker
at the World WaterTech North America
Summit in Toronto.
She discussed “Water
Security and the Global
Water Agenda.” As
a Program Advisory
Member of the
International Centre for
Integrated Mountain
Development, CatleyCarlson visited
Northern Pakistan to
learn firsthand about
the implications of
accelerated glacial
melt on mountain
agriculture and the
safety of mountain
communities. She has
been a member of
the IFDC board since
2006.
Agnes M. Kalibata,
IFDC board member
since 2008, was
recently named
president of the
Alliance for a Green
Revolution in Africa
(AGRA). Kalibata
attended the Africa
Forum on Inclusive
Economies in Nairobi,
Kenya, where she
stated: “Without
transforming the
agriculture sector and
investing in it, rapid
and inclusive growth
in Africa will re