Ashley Aakesson

United States Senior Social and Behavior Change Advisor USAID Advancing Nutrition

Ms. Aakesson is a Senior SBC Advisor with USAID Advancing Nutrition. In this role, she provides strategic thinking, technical guidance, and support at country and global levels for nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions. She has 20 years of experience designing multi-sectoral nutrition programming which leverages SBC principles and processes to increase effectiveness, with particular expertise in nutrition-sensitive agriculture and food security. She has an MA in Applied Anthropology from the University of Maryland, College Park.

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