Our Roots

the foundation of our work and the people Guiding and driving our programs and advocacies

Our Team

Our work is made possible through the commitment and dedication of our passionate, staff, board, and volunteers! We aim to disrupt the international development sector and collectively work to decolonize our processes and how we operate. We believe in local leadership and while we are two separate legal entities in the US and the Philippines, both with Boards, we also have a Joint Governing Board to ensure the voices of Philippines Leadership are at the core of our decision making, policies, and practices.

All

Staff

Board

Special Advisors

Sherry Manning

Founder and CEO

Hal Atienza

Philippines Executive Director

Ding Fuellos

Luzon Area Manager

Sarah Mae Sabado

Operations Manager

Keeshia Austria

Visayas Area Coordinator

Harry Paulino

Cebu Seed Production Coordinator

Anjanette Gutierrez

Development Associate

Bea Misa Crisostomo

President, Philippines Board of Directors

Maria Buena Victoria Tenefrancia

Member, Philippines Board of Directors

Maria Carmela Taob

Member, Philippines Board of Directors

Jessie Varquez

Member, Philippines Board of Directors

Lucille Elna Parreño-de Guzman

Member, Philippines Board of Directors

Sean Duncan

President, US Board of Directors

Susan Mathew

Secretary, US Board of Directors

Magdalena Arguelles

Member, US Board of Directors

Christopher Spiegel

Member, US Board of Directors

Karen Demichelis

Member, US Board of Directors

Stephen Chen

Member, US Board of Directors

Bill McDorman

Special Advisor, Cornville Seeds

Julie Mandolini-Trummel

Member, Special Advisor

Dr. Ernesto Amaranto

Special Advisor

Heather De Long

Member, Special Advisor

Lauren Howe

Member, Special Advisor

Philippines Address

Our local staff work remotely
from various parts of the Philippines (Benguet, Cebu).

To contact our Philippines team, fill up this contact form.

US Address

Located at
The Posner Center
for International Development

1031 33rd Street, Ste. 174
Denver, CO 80205
info@globalseedsavers.org

Our US offices are based in Denver, Colorado, which is the land of the Cheyenne and Arapaho and 48 other Indigenous Tribes and Nations who call Colorado home. They are the original Stewards of this stolen land and it is because of their successes and continued hardships that we are able to engage in our collective work of restoring the indigenous practice of saving seeds.