Staff

Steve Brescia is the Executive Director of Groundswell International and one of its co-founders. Steve has over 30 years of experience supporting international development, social change, and grassroots advocacy. He is the Editor of Fertile Ground: Scaling Agroecology from the Ground Up (2017). From 1996-2009 he worked for World Neighbors in positions including Area Representative for Mesoamerica and Haiti; Latin America Regional Coordinator; and Associate VP for Program Learning and Innovation … [Read more...] about Steve Brescia

Rebecca Wolff serves as Groundswell International's Program Director and is an experienced food systems researcher and project manager. Prior to joining Groundswell, her career focused on harnessing the power of collaboration to execute impactful projects at the intersection of agroecology, food systems, and well-being. She is a two-time National Geographic Grantee and received her M.S. from the University of British Columbia, where she developed a framework to measure the impacts of agroecology … [Read more...] about Rebecca Wolff

Ethan Scully is Groundswell International's Grants Manager. Upon graduating from the College of Wooster with a BA in Global and International Studies, Ethan left his native Ohio to serve as an Americorps VISTA with the Chicago-based Lawyers' Committee for Better Housing, a legal aid agency providing free legal services to private renters. Since then, Ethan has shifted his focus to the environmental field, working in Resource Development for both Groundswell and People for Community Recovery, a … [Read more...] about Ethan Scully, Grants Manager

Chandana Guntupalli is Groundswell International’s Donor Relations Manager. She started her non-profit career in direct services advocating for South Asian women facing domestic violence and then moving into fundraising and development. She has over six years of experience in non-profit development supporting programs focused on domestic violence, transitional housing, anti-bias education, and youth civic engagement. She has a Bachelor's in Psychology and Philosophy from Michigan State … [Read more...] about Chandana Guntupalli

Tsuamba Bourgou is Groundswell International’s Regional Coordinator for West Africa. Tsuamba brings decades of experience supporting community-led development in his native Burkina Faso and across West Africa. Before joining Groundswell, Tsuamba served as the Executive Director of the NGO Association Nourrir Sans Détruire, where he played a critical role in the emergence of a dynamic agroecology and farmers movement in eastern Burkina. Tsuamba's key areas of experience include adult education, … [Read more...] about Tsuamba Bourgou

Dioma Komonsira is Groundswell International’s West Africa Coordinator for Action-Learning and Advocacy. After his studies at the University of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso (MAST II in Information and Communication Sciences and Techniques), he worked for 5 years at EDIFICE McCann Erickson to develop and implement communication and marketing strategies. Before joining Groundswell International, he previously worked for African Cotton Producers Association (based in Mali and covering 15 countries … [Read more...] about Dioma Komonsira