Emergency Response

Maureen Gallagher brings more than a decade of project management experience in international relief and development to her current role as Senior Nutrition Advisor for Action Against Hunger. Her expertise spans grassroots development, disaster relief operations, participatory assessments, program design and proposal writing, and the implementation and evaluation of projects. Ms. Gallagher’s work has covered a variety of program sectors, including public health, nutrition, agriculture and natural resource management.

Nipin Gangadharan, Action Against Hunger’s Head of Program for East Africa, oversees all aspects of ACF's humanitarian programs in Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda. Nipin has worked in both humanitarian and development contexts for a number of national and international organizations since 2003.

Action Against Hunger Nutrition Advisor, Cécile Basquin, is an experienced humanitarian professional and a highly trained academic specialized in molecular and cell biology.

As Action Against Hunger’s Senior Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Advisor, Nick Radin oversees all technical aspects of ACF’s water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH) programs in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan and Nigeria.

Charmaine Brett, Action Against Hunger’s Head of Program for Pakistan and Nigeria, has worked for some of the world’s leading humanitarian organizations in Africa, Asia and the Americas.

Action Against Hunger’s Director of Operations, Andrea Tamburini, has served on the front lines of global humanitarian efforts for a range of UN agencies and NGOs since 2000.

Action Against Hunger’s Technical Director, Silke Pietzsch, has worked in the humanitarian and development sectors since 1998, specializing in food security & livelihoods and emergency nutrition programs.