The Emerging Team

We are a dynamic group of multicultural individuals with a passion for making a positive impact. We provide expert services to our clients, with a strong focus on global policy issues and engagement with international organizations.

The Emerging team is multicultural:

13 languages spoken fluently: English, Gujarati, Spanish, French, Fulani, Italian, Marathi, Portuguese, German, Russian, Swahili, Kikuyu and Wolof.
9 nationalities: American, Bahamian, British, Canadian, French, German, Italian, Kenyan, Mauritanian.
Extensive travels and living abroad

Emerging’s team is based globally to provide 24-hour coverage of international issues.

Robynne Anderson
President of Emerging Ag Inc.

Robynne Anderson is an international expert in agricultural and food policies. Her engagement reaches throughout the value chain providing support in issues management and str...

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Brian Baldwin
Development and Policy Advisor

Brian Baldwin (Geographer and Agricultural Economist) held field posts with the UK’s Overseas Development Administration (the precursor of DFID) in Sri Lanka and Zambia in d...

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Paulette Bethel, PhD
Special Advisor-Multilateral Affairs

Paulette Bethel is the Special Advisor-Multilateral Affairs on the Emerging Ag Team. She is a seasoned diplomat and manager with a wide range of national, regional and interna...

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Isabelle Coche
Vice-President of Strategy

Isabelle is Emerging’s strategy visionary. She is our lead on global policy issues related to technology, climate change, and health. Isabelle's approach focuses on managing...

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Morgane Danielou
Vice-President Communications

Morgane is a communications and public affairs professional specialized in the agri-food and nutrition sectors. She plays an active role coordinating the Secretariat of the In...

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Hapsa Dia
Strategy Manager

At Emerging, Hapsa deals with strategy development and stakeholder engagement planning and tracking. She engages in training and capacity building efforts around crisis manage...

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April Dodd
Regional Coordinator, Partnerships

April is a Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellow from the Congressional Hunger Center in the United States. The fellowship program trains emerging leaders in the fight to ...

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Tracey Foster
Global Operations Manager

Tracey brings with her many years of event planning and administrative experience as Emerging’s Global Operations Manager. Over the past twenty years Tracey has been fortuna...

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Stefanie Hyde
Digital Media Strategist

With a passion for creativity, marketing and communications, Stefanie contributes to Emerging’s online communications and brand management, develops graphic visuals, and pro...

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Sid Mehta
Executive Vice President

Sid Mehta has joined the Emerging team in the capacity of Food Service & Retail leader. He brings with him a vast experience in delivering strategies and tactical solution...

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Mumbi Munene
Stakeholder Coordinator

Mumbi is working as Stakeholder Coordinator at Emerging. She is a sustainable development professional focused on Sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to joining Emerging Ag, Mumbi manag...

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Fabio Niespolo
Policy Manager

At Emerging, Fabio works on coalition building and manages working groups and committees. He also supports policy development and keeps track of policy and science issues.

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Nick Palombo
Policy Coordinator

Nick Palombo is a Policy Coordinator at Emerging. He is a business development professional focused on sustainable growth and innovation with several years of experience worki...

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Tanja Riedel
Finance Manager

Tanja keeps financial and organizational matters straight at Emerging ag. She works to maintain internal operational processes, HR procedures and assists with client and stake...

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Ben Robinson
Policy Coordinator

At Emerging, Ben works to facilitate private sector engagement with the UN by organizing private sector representation, monitoring UN activities relevant to agribusinesses, as...

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Ashleigh Schoonderbeek
Client Services Coordinator

Ashleigh has joined the Emerging team as one of our client services co-ordinators.

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