Leadership and Partners

Board of Directors

Dr. Steven Kwon - President & CEO, NEI

Mr. Mike Di Pietro - Chairman of the Board, President, Michael Di Pietro CPA

Mr. Stephen Yao - Assistant Medical Group Administrator Kaiser Permanente

Mr. Hun Sok Kang - CEO, Mordecai Investment Co.

Mrs. Jane Oak - Attorney, Law Offices of Jane Oak & Associates, P. C.

Dr. Roger Clemens - University of Southern California

Mrs. Sonia Hasheminassab - Senior Program Manager, Fingerpaint Market Access

Dr. Kris Kim - Education Consultant

​Honorary Board Members

Mr. Robert C. McFarlane - Chairman, McFarlane & Associates

Dr. Leroy Hanson - Former Chairman/President & CEO of Triple F, Inc.

Mr. Noorullah Delawari - Head, Afghan Chamber of Commerce

Senior Advisors

Dr. Rupak Bajracharya - Food Engineering Consultant

Dr. Ram Chaudari - Former Senior VP, Fortitech, Inc.

Mr. Paul Lang - President, Natural Products, Inc.

Ms. Miriam Nawabi - Afghanistan Advocacy Group

Dr. Y Martin Lo - President, Biointellipro, LLC

Mr. Harry Stine - President, Stine Seed Co.

Dr. Karl Weingartner - Former Director, INTSOY, University of Illinois

Afghanistan Government

• Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock

• Ministry of Education ​Ministry of Higher Education

• Ministry of Public Health Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation & Development

• Ministry of Women’s Affairs

Afghanistan International Chamber of Commerce​

Afghanistan Small and Medium Enterprise Development (ASMED) ​

Aga Khan Foundation, Afghanistan

The Alliance to End Hunger

ASSOCOM - India

Embassy of Afghanistan, U.S.A.

Embassy of Japan, Afghanistan

Embassy of Korea, Afghanistan

Embassy of Afghanistan, Korea

​Fortitech, Inc.

Iowa State University

Korea Afghanistan Friendship Association ​

Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)

Korea University Kyungpook National University, Korea

South Korea Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)

​Stine Seed Company

Triple F Inc. United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

United Nations Security and Agriculture Cluster ​United Nations World Food Program (WFP)

​United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) ​​

Women Farmers Association, Afghanistan

​World Soy Foundation (WSF), USA