Marlynne Hopper - Deputy Head

Since joining the STDF in 2008, Marlynne has led on innovative knowledge tools from facilitating safe trade to public-private partnerships and prioritizing SPS investments for market access, and managed a US$7.5 million portfolio of 32 projects and project preparation grants in Africa, Asia and Latin America. From 1995 to 2008, Marlynne worked on leading policy analysis and capacity development focused on agricultural and rural development, including with FAO, GIZ and the World Bank Group. Marlynne lived and worked in Southeast Asia from 1998 to 2001. She holds a Master's Degree in International Affairs from Georgetown University, Washington D.C.