Bountifield Gala | Thursday, April 27, 2023

Bountifield's Annual Gala

Join us for an elegant evening of live music, incredible auctions, authentic Ethiopian cuisine, and testimony of our growing impact for African farmers to process, save, and sell more food!

Featuring former Minneapolis Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton as Master of Ceremonies.

Location

The Essence Event Center

1217 Bandana Blvd

Saint Paul, MN 55108

Details

Thursday, April 27, 2022

5:00pm Cocktails & Auctions

6:30pm Dinner & Program

TIckets

Individual - $150

Couple - $300

Table Host - $1,500

Speakers

Sharon Sayles Belton

Master of Ceremonies
VP Strategic Partnerships & Alliance
Thomson Reuters

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Sharon Sayles Belton - Master of Ceremonies

Sharon Sayles Belton, V. P. Strategic Partnerships and Alliance for Thomson Reuters, Government. Responsibilities include the development and management of private sector partnerships that serves our Government Customers; management of key government legal and law enforcement trade associations. She also provides oversight and management of community engagement and employee volunteerism in key locations.

Prior to joining Thomson Reuters, Sayles Belton served as director of Community Relations and Corporate Philanthropy at GMAC Financial Services. While at GMAC, Sayles Belton co-founded a nationwide foreclosure prevention program.

Sayles Belton served as 45^th mayor of Minneapolis, Minn., from 1994 to 2001. She was the first woman and first African American to be elected mayor. During her time in office, she achieved national recognition as an expert on public/private partnerships in public safety, neighborhood revitalization and economic development. She served on the Minneapolis City Council for 10 years (1984-1994) and was council president from 1990-1994.

Geoffrey Nyamota

Kenya Team Leader
Bountifield International

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Geoffrey Nyamota

Kenya Team Leader, Bountifield International

Geoffrey is a results-driven market systems specialist and team leader with over 20 years of hands-on experience in designing and implementing inclusive market-led initiatives that address the needs of stakeholders in ensuring sustainable business models are enhanced. Has undertaken practical and extensive training on market systems approaches, integrating gender and youth into agricultural value chains, Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, and Bangladesh and is an accomplished trainer of trainers. Prior to joining Bountifield, Geoffrey served in various capacities in the private and international NGO sectors where he led teams to develop strategic guidelines on private sector engagement, access to finance for smallholders and SMEs besides developing due diligence and capacity assessment tools for targeted capacity enhancement. He recently served as the Regional Technical Advisor for Agricultural Markets at CRS, Head of Market Engagement at Farm Africa, Regional Business Development Manager for SCOPEinsight, and Field Manager for Fintrac Inc. managed USAID projects in Kenya in addition to a series of consultancies on Market Systems approaches to empowering smallholder farmers. He is a certified champion for change (USAID Africa LEAD), an accomplished programme manager who has led teams to develop and implement cutting edge initiatives for inclusive agricultural development. He is a PhD candidate in Business Specializing in Organizational Leadership (Pan Africa Christian University) and holds a Master of Business Administration specializing in Project Planning and Management (Bugema University) and a BSc. Horticulture (Egerton University).

Alexandra Spieldoch

CEO
Bountifield International

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Alexandra Spieldoch

CEO, Bountifield International

Ms. Spieldoch brings over 25 years of experience in global food and agricultural policy. In her role as CEO of Bountifield International, she oversees strategic direction, administration, partnerships, and postharvest technology programs across sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to Bountifield, she was the director of the trade and global governance program at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP). She led the Network of Women Ministers and Leaders in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (NWMLA). She has spearheaded regional and global initiatives on food reserves and trade and is an expert on women’s economic empowerment. She has contributed to numerous articles and books related to global governance, gender and food security, rural livelihoods, and sustainable development. Alexandra received her M.A. in International Policy from the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Her B.A. is from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

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This historic building dates back to 1895 when it was part of The Como Shops, a service area for the Northern Pacific Railway. The building's iconic chimney smokestack stands tall as a visual reminder of its origins as a blacksmith shop where trains were brought for repairs and servicing.

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