Liza Rosen brings over 17 years of experience in international development, sustainability, and resource mobilization to her role as Director of Partnerships & Investment at the Global Coffee Platform (GCP). The focus of her work is to engage with foundations, governments, multi-lateral agencies, and industry leaders to mobilize funding for GCP’s Collective Action agenda. Through innovative partnership and investment models, she helps align the business case for diverse stakeholders to jointly act on their business, policy, and sustainability goals, scaling impact.

Prior to joining GCP, Liza held senior roles at the Rainforest Alliance and World Wildlife Fund that included securing institutional funding for sustainable coffee, cocoa and forest product value chain development. Her approach to partnership engagement benefits from a broad professional background, which includes program design, organizational strategy development and global impact framework creation. She enjoys pivoting between vision creation and defining the practical implications of implementation, such as data collection methods and the need for credible market claims.

Liza enjoys learning about our diverse world and meeting talented people from different cultures, backgrounds and disciplines. She is fluent in English and Spanish, holds a master’s degree in environmental science from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Liza is based in the United States.