Patrick Webb, a globally influential scholar of nutrition, food and agriculture policy, and humanitarian assistance, will join Cornell July 1 as the inaugural executive director of the Ashley School of Global Development and the Environment in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Webb is currently the Alexander McFarlane Professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. He also served as chief nutritionist for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
“Following a rigorous, international search process, I am delighted to welcome Patrick to CALS,” said Benjamin Houlton, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean. “For more than 30 years, he has been engaged in exceptional scholarship, teaching and outreach, advising policymakers and managing complex multicountry research operations worldwide. Patrick is an eminent scholar and global thought-leader who brings immediate strategic opportunities to the Ashley School.”
