She joined the USC Canada fundraising team in 2002. She is responsible for the administration of the fundraising database and oversees the daily operations of processing donations. Teresa has a background in information systems and has worked mainly in the health sector and as an academic professor back in her home country, Colombia.

Marvin Gómez Latin America Regional FacilitatorMarvin is an agronomist and specialist in participatory research and plant genetic resources. He joined the USC Canada team as Latin America Regional Facilitator for the SoS program in 2015. Marvin has been seconded from the Foundation for Participatory Research with Honduran Farmers (Fundación para la Investigación Participativa con Agricultores de Honduras, FIPAH) where he has worked for more than 10 years and played an especially important role liaising with donorsand other leading agricultural institutions in Honduras. He has also taken a lead on policy conversations in-country, regionally and internationally.

Kate Green Program Manager, AsiaKate has been the program manager for Asia at USC Canada for close to 20 years. In that time, she has focused on the work with farmers in Nepal, Bangladesh and Timor Leste and is quite well connected to the seed movement in Canada. She has degrees from Queen's, the University of East Anglia (UK) and Ryerson University. Outside of her work at USC Canada, Kate served on the board of Seeds of Diversity from 2012-2017, and she now volunteers with the Ottawa Seed Library.

Genevieve GrossenbacherPolicy & Campaigns Program ManagerDeeply committed to ecological agriculture, seeds, and social justice, Genevieve's career has always focused on building