Meet the team
Project management
Debra Rasmussen
Director in Canada
Debra Rasmussen is an expert in research and public-private collaboration in sustainable agriculture, with experience in countries including Mongolia, China, Ghana, Mali, and Tibet. Since 1996, she has contributed to projects in Mongolia focused on agriculture, livestock, crop production, food security, and natural resource management.
Glen Ainsworth
Country Director
Glen Ainsworth is an environmental and sustainability specialist with global experience in mining, renewable energy, and land‑use planning. He works with herders, communities, and government partners to support responsible resource management and nature‑positive development across Mongolia. Glen brings a systems‑thinking approach that blends international best practice with local knowledge, focusing on biodiversity conservation, climate resilience, and practical solutions that strengthen community capacity and long‑term environmental outcomes.
Mark Pommerville
Value Chain, PBO and Economic Development Specialist
Mark Pommerville is an international development leader with over 20 years of experience managing large-scale, donor-funded programs across Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe. He specializes in agriculture, livelihoods, food security, and market systems development. Mark works closely with governments, private sector partners, and communities to strengthen agricultural value chains, improve rural incomes, and promote climate-resilient, inclusive development.
Тэрээр уур амьсгалд дасан зохицсон, тогтвортой үйлдвэрлэлийн тогтолцоог хөгжүүлэхээр төр, хувийн хэвшил болон орон нутгийн түншүүдтэй нягт хамтран ажиллаж байна.
Mongolian Consultants
Byambadorj Purevdoo
Project Deputy Director, CSA, Livestock Value Chain Specialist
Holds a Bachelor’s degree from the National Agrarian University of Kazakhstan and an MBA from the Academy of Management of Mongolia. Leads CSA and nature-based solutions initiatives, improving value chains while ensuring coordination across project operations.
Munkhzul Boldbaatar
Climate Finance Specialist
Munkhzul B. is a key contributor to funding for over 40 projects in agriculture, mining, and energy. Leads initiatives to make climate finance more sustainable and accessible.
Surakhbayar Galsan, LL.M.
Climate Change Law Specialist
Surakhbayar Galsan is a Mongolian expert in natural resources, environmental governance, business, mining, and climate change law. He manages Black Rock Partners LLC, the project’s local partner, leading work on sustainable and critical resource governance, climate finance, and low-carbon development.
Lkhagvadulam Jamiyandagva
Gender Specialist
Lkhagvadulam J. is a holder of a postgraduate diploma in International Gender Equality Theories from the GRO-GEST program in Iceland, under the auspices of UNESCO. ЖIntegrates gender-responsive planning, budgeting, and equality across all project work.
International Consultants
Kimberly Cornish
Carbon Market Specialist
Kimberly Cornish is an experienced biodiversity and ecosystem management specialist with a strong background in regenerative agriculture and climate resilience. She has worked closely with farmers, researchers, and policymakers to advance land stewardship practices that balance ecological health with economic sustainability. In ECCO-FARM, she supports ecosystem-based approaches, biodiversity conservation strategies, and the integration of regenerative principles into livestock and pasture systems to strengthen environmental resilience.
Michelle Venter
Biodiversity NBS Specialist
Michelle Venter is an international expert in biodiversity conservation and natural climate solutions. Her work focuses on ecosystem restoration, carbon dynamics, and landscape-level resilience strategies. Within ECCO-FARM, she contributes technical guidance on nature-based solutions, ensuring that interventions generate measurable climate mitigation and adaptation benefits while protecting biodiversity and supporting local livelihoods. michelle.venter@unbc.ca
Graeme Finn
Livestock and Forage Production Specialist
Graeme Finn is a livestock production and forage systems specialist with extensive practical and advisory experience in sustainable pasture management. His expertise includes forage crop systems, soil–plant interactions, and resilient feeding strategies under variable climatic conditions. In ECCO-FARM, he provides technical support on improved herd management, pasture productivity, and sustainable feed systems, strengthening livestock resilience and productivity in climate-affected regions. He provided beef production consulting services to Metagro, Mongolia.
Administration
Punsalmaa Batchuluun
Regional Coordinator (Dornod, Sukhbaatar, Darkhan-Uul)
ECCO-FARM project, Alinea International Ltd., Representative Office in Mongolia
Suite #208, Orient Plaza, 2F, Chagdarjav Street-9, Sukhbaatar District-1, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
+976-7700 8422
info@ecco-farm.mn
Coordinator of Dornod, Sukhbaatar, Darkhan-Uul aimag
+976-99048568
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