Steering Committee

Formed to review and collaborate on the first WBF Global Fellowship opportunities in 2021.

Members advised on the selection of the 2021 finalists to receive the Global Fellowship by the World Bamboo Foundation.

Michel Abadie

President of the World Bamboo Organization, retired journalist, of Paris, France.

Jorge Augusto Montoya

Researcher in the preservation and transformation of Guadua at the Technological Univ of Pereira, President of the Federation of Entrepreneurs of Guadua - FEDEGUADUA, of Pereira, Colombia.

Bernice Dapaah

Entrepreneur, Founder and CEO of Ghana Bamboo Bike Initiative, of Kumasi, Ghana.

Hal Hinkle

President, World Bamboo Foundation, CEO of Global Bamboo Technologies and BamCore, of California, USA.

Susanne Lucas

Executive Director of World Bamboo Foundation and WBO. Horticulturist, of Massachusetts, USA.

Cherla Sastry

Senior level global development strategies with IDRC, retired professor Univ of Toronto, First Director General of INBAR, of Toronto, Canada.

Salleh Mohd Nor

Former Director-General of Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia