The People Behind FLARE
Steering Committee

Arun Agrawal
University of Notre Dame

Allen Blackman
Inter-American Development Bank

Reem Hajjar
Cornell University

anders krogh
Rainforest Foundation Norway

chetan kumar
International Union for Conservation of Nature

anne larson
CIFOR-ICRAF

estefania liehr
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Margareta Nilsson
The Tenure Facility

Bryson ogden
Rights and Resources Initiative
FLARE Secretariat

DANIEL C. MILLER
Coordinator
University of Notre Dame

kAtia Nakamura
Associate Program Director
University of Notre Dame

BRIAN WANBAUGH
Program Manager
University of Notre Dame

Apurva duddu
Community Engagement Coordinator
Yale University
Current FLARE Postdoctoral & Graduate Research Associates

Khadijat atere
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Notre Dame

Omar CHAM
Graduate Research Assistant and Media Coordinator
University of Notre Dame

Wenman Liu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Michigan
Former Steering Committee Members

Gaia Allison
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Guillermo Castenellos
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Penny Davies
Ford Foundation

Lars Løvold
Rainforest Foundation Norway

Robert nasi
CIFOR-ICRAF

Iain Davidson-Hunt
University of Manitoba, Canada

Andy White
Rights and Resources Initiative
Former FLARE Postdoctoral & Graduate Research Associates

Festus Amadu
Assistant Professor
Florida Gulf Coast University

aemro Ayalew
Ph.D. Student
Virginia Commonwealth University

Anil Bhargava
President
East-West Center

Sarah E. Castle
Assistant Professor
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Jennifer Zavaleta Cheek
Assistant Professor
South Dakota State University

James “J.T.” Erbaugh
Postdoctoral Fellow
Social Scientist, The Nature Conservancy, and
Affiliate Faculty, Dartmouth College

MOHAMMAD FARRAE
Scientific Director
AIM for Scale

Reem Hajjar
Associate Professor
Cornell University

Suhyun Jung
Assistant Professor
Oregon State University

Allison Kelly
Data Scientist
Branch International

Chuan Liao
Assistant Professor
Cornell University

VALENA MCEWEN
Ph.D. Student
Yale University

Francesca McGrath
Senior Nature Manager
Arcadia

KATIA NAKAMURA
FLARE Associate Program Director
University of Notre Dame

beverly ndifoin
Co-Founder and President
Game Changers 237

Pete Newton
Associate Professor
University of Colorado, Boulder

Johan Oldekop
Assistant Professor
University of Manchester

Laura Rasmussen
Assistant Professor
University of Copenhagen

Jonathan Sullivan
Assistant Professor
University of Wisconsin, Madison

sarah wilson
Co-Founder & Research Manager
Pilot Projects