Kristin Grote Girvetz
Founder and Director at AgThrive
Kristin Grote Girvetz, the Principal and Founder, is a strategic, analytic and creative thinker, doer and problem-solver. She is an agricultural development professional with more than 15-years of experience working to transform the sector in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Previously she worked as a Senior Program Officer for Agricultural Development at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation where she managed a $100 M grant portfolio and co-led the development of the foundation’s livestock strategy, which resulted in a tripling of the budget and doubling of staff.
Kristin holds an MSc in International Agricultural Development from the University of California at Davis and a BA in Anthropology and Environmental Studies from Grinnell College.