Cathy Reade
Cathy Reade
ICRISAT Board Chair

Ms. Reade, an Australian national, was until recently the Director of Special Projects, Outreach  and the NextGen Program at the Crawford Fund. She is an Adjunct Professor in the Centre for Crop & Food Innovation, Food Futures Institute at Murdoch University 

Ms. Reade spent her early career working for a range of advocacy groups and, in addition to establishing the public awareness program for the Crawford Fund, Ms. Reade’s consultancy concentrated in the not-for-profit sector around agriculture, development, S&T and environment policy, issues and events. She also developed and managed a master class in communications for scientists in developing countries and directed the Fund’s NextGen suite of activities. Ms Reade was on the Board and Executive Committee of the World Vegetable Center from 2014-2019, and chaired their Nominations Committee.