45th Annual Conference and
2009 Future Leaders Forum

May 31 - June 2, 2009

"Food in a Global Economic Crisis: Impacts and Solutions"

Speakers and Panelists

Thomas Pesek

Thomas Pesek serves as a Liaison Officer at the North America Liaison Office of the IFAD in Washington. He works to influence the direction of national and international poverty reduction policies and processes, cultivate and maintain strategic partnerships and alliances between IFAD and the U.S. government and civil society organizations, and mobilize resources in

North America on behalf of IFAD’s mission. Prior to joining IFAD, he worked in New York as Project Officer at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Office of the Under-Secretary-General and also as a Liaison Officer for the United Nations World Food Programme.