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Amy Coughenour Betancourt

CEOCadasta

Biography

Amy is a transformational social sector leader who has led Cadasta as CEO since June 2018, which advances land and resource rights globally, working with over 110 organizations that have collectively documented the rights of over 6.5 million tenure-insecure people across 49 countries, covering 25 million hectares of Indigenous, community, and customary land. Amy is a frequent global speaker and writer on the use of geospatial technology to achieve development outcomes for people and the climate. Amy was the COO of International Programs at the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA CLUSA); Deputy Executive Director of the Pan American Development Foundation; and Deputy Director and Fellow of the Americas Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Amy serves on the Executive Board of How Women Lead’s Washington Capital Area and Manna Food Center; and was previously on the Board of Interaction, the largest U.S. coalition of humanitarian and development NGOs.