CBI staff

Our Team

Co-Executive Directors

Thomas Smith, Ph.D.

Co-director, Congo Basin Institute, UCLA

Distinguished Professor, UCLA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Founder & Co-Director, UCLA Center for Tropical Research

Tel: (310) 206-6234

Email: tbsmith@ucla.edu

Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1496 USA

Bernard Vanlauwe

Bernard Vanlauwe, Ph.D.

Co-director, Congo Basin Institute, IITA

Director, R4D Central Africa and Natural Resource Management
Nairobi Station

Email: b.vanlauwe@cgiar.org

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Nairobi, Kenya

Elsa Ordway

Elsa Ordway, Ph.D.

Co-Director, Congo Basin Institute, UCLA

Co-Director, UCLA Center for Tropical Research
Assistant Professor, UCLA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Email: elsaordway@ucla.edu

Komi Fiaboe

Komi Fiaboe, Ph.D.

Deputy Director, Central African Hub

International Institute for Tropical Agriculture

Email: k.fiaboe@cgiar.org

Joint Steering Committee

Thomas Smith, Ph.D., UCLA (Chair)

Bernard Vanlauwe, Ph.D., IITA
Director, R4D Central Africa and Natural Resource Management
Nairobi Station

Kathryn Atchison, DDS, MPH, UCLA
Professor, School of Dentistry
Vice Provost, New Collaborative Initiatives

Kenton Dashiell, Ph.D., IITA
DDG Partnerships and Capacity Development

Allison Baird-James, UCLA
Associate Vice Chancellor / Controller, UCLA