Board Chairman

Frank Giustra founded Acceso with President Clinton as a previous initiative of the Clinton Foundation. Frank is the President and CEO of Fiore Group, a private firm managing a broad portfolio of private equity investments and companies, specializing in food and lifestyle, art and entertainment, and natural resources.Frank is also the founder of the Giustra Foundation which is actively involved in the global refugee crisis by providing humanitarian aid, along with being the founding partner in the Global Refugee Sponsorship Initiative. Frank is also the Co-Chair of the International Crisis Group, a widely recognized independent, non-partisan source of analysis and advice to policymakers on the prevention and resolution of deadly conflict.  

Jean-Martin Bauer has served with the World Food Programme in the Sahel and central Africa and has responded to food emergencies in Afghanistan and Syria. Bauer has led WFP country offices in the Republic of the Congo and in Haiti. His work has also focused on leveraging digital tech and analytics to fight hunger. A Washington, DC, native, Bauer holds degrees from the London School of Economics and the Harvard Kennedy School. His book, The New Breadline: Hunger and Hope in the 21st Century, won the 2025 Zócalo Book Prize.

Ana Maria Loboguerrero is a director at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with extensive experience addressing environmental challenges like climate change and exploring how science can influence policy to transform food, land and water systems. She leads the Gates Foundation’s work to support women in agriculture, improve access to nutritious and affordable foods, and advance climate adaptation and mitigation approaches. From 2020 to 2024, she was a director of the Alliance of Bioversity International and International Center for Tropical Agriculture. Ana Maria has directed climate action at CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food-secure future. She led global policy research for the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and CCAFS programs in Latin America. A Colombian economist, Ana Maria also worked as climate change coordinator at a deputy directorate of Colombia’s National Planning Department.

Eric Nonacs is Principal of Golden State, an independent consultancy that focuses on building results-oriented collaborations among and between the private sector, governments, philanthropy, and NGOs to address global challenges such as climate change, pandemic disease, and poverty. From 2010 until 2013, Eric was the Vice President for Alliances and Partnerships at the Skoll Global Threats Fund.  Previously, Eric was the Managing Director for Global Affairs at Endeavour Financial, a merchant bank based in Vancouver, Canada. From June 2002 until August 2007, he was the Foreign Policy Advisor to President Bill Clinton and the Clinton Foundation. Eric holds an AB from the University of Chicago, an MA from the London School of Economics, and an MBA from New York University.  He is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.  

Carlyle Singer recently stepped down from her role as president of Acumen, which she held for over 10 years. She previously served on Acceso Colombia’s board and brings a wealth of experience in global business operations and strategic leadership. Prior to Acumen, she served as president and CEO of Katun Corporation and held senior roles at IKON Office Solutions. Carlyle earned an MBA from Stanford University and a B.A. from Harvard College.

Marni Wieshofer’s background includes Head of Media and Managing Director in Houlihan Lokey’s TMT Corporate Finance Group, based out of Los Angeles, providing mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial advisory and financial restructuring services. Before joining Houlihan Lokey, she was a Partner and Managing Director at MESA, a boutique advisory investment bank, where she spearheaded investment banking, strategy and valuation engagements for companies throughout the media space. Her background also includes CFO and EVP of Corporate Development at Lionsgate Entertainment where she oversaw the company’s mergers, acquisitions and other strategic financial initiatives and prominent roles at Media Rights Capital, Alliance Atlantis Communications and Coopers & Lybrand Chartered Accountants. Ms. Wieshofer is a member of the Board of Directors at Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: HYMC) and Organigram Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: OGI) (TSX: OGI). Ms. Wieshofer holds a BA from Western University, an MBA from the Rotman School of Management, is a Canadian Chartered Accountant and obtained the ICD.D designation in 2018.