Julie Howard is an independent consultant on international agricultural development. She is Senior Adviser (non-resident) at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a member of the World Vegetable Center Board of Directors. From 2011-2014, Dr. Howard served as the first chief scientist in the Bureau for Food Security and senior adviser to the USAID administrator on agricultural research, extension, and education. Previously, Dr. Howard served as CEO, Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa, and as a faculty member and Senior Adviser at Michigan State University. She holds a Ph.D. in agricultural economics from MSU and was a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Dominican Republic.
Julie Howard
Senior Adviser
Center for Strategic and International Studies