The SDG2 Advocacy Hub Staff

Unleashing the potential of people, partners and organisations, Paul is a strategic innovator and executive leader with twenty five [25]+ years of expertise managing complex stakeholder relationships, designing campaign strategies, and extensive knowledge of the not-for-profit sector. He possesses strong business acumen, exceptional advocacy skills, and the ability to build deeply engaging relationships to influence decision makers, improve practices, drive change, disrupt ineffectual patterns, and deliver impactful solutions to complex problems alongside communities around the world. A skilled communicator with a narrative that entices people to get on board, Paul starts movements that make global impact and drives change in sustainability and food systems, delivered through consistent and competitive methodologies, strong network development, innovative communications and superior client service and executive presence. Paul Newnham founded the SDG2 Advocacy Hub in 2015, a secretariat convened to connect NGOs, advocacy groups, civil society, private sector, and United Nations agencies around Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger. Paul is a trailblazer on the 2024 World Food Prize Foundation Top Agrifood Pioneers (TAP) List and was awarded Personality of the Year for the We’re Smart Future Awards in 2023, recognising his notable contributions to food systems transformation. Paul hosts the weekly podcast, Future Fork, and when he is not somewhere else in the world, can be found in his home country, Australia.

📍Melbourne, Australia

✉️: paul@sdg2advocacyhub.org   : @paulnewnham

Keren Allen is Chief of Staff at the SDG2 Advocacy Hub, bringing more than 25 years of experience in strategy, management, coaching, communications, mentoring and leadership across education, community and international development. Her career has centred on helping people and organisations navigate complexity, build confidence and create meaningful change. Alongside her work in community and international development, Keren has trained in trauma-informed therapy and mentoring, shaping a deeply people-centred approach to leadership and problem-solving.

At the SDG2 Advocacy Hub, Keren works across strategy, operations and communications, helping turn ambitious ideas into action. She has played a key role in bringing global campaigns and initiatives including Beans is How, Hungry for Action and Good Food For All to life, and was one of four people who pioneered Climate Conscious Catering, piloted at COP28.Having lived and worked across communities around the world and managed events internationally, Keren is affectionately known as a “fixer” — someone who can quickly make sense of complexity, connect the right people and find practical ways forward.

In her current role, Keren advises on the Hub’s overall strategy and Executive Team communications, while also managing the Chefs’ Manifesto advocacy network, connecting chefs and food champions around action for Good Food For All.

With a Bachelor Degree in Anthropology and English, Post Graduate Degree in Secondary Teaching, Masters Degrees in International and Community Development, and a Certificate in Therapeutic Mentoring, Keren’s knowledge and practical experience brings a deep breadth of experience to her role as Chief of Staff for the Hub. Keren is Co-Director of a consultancy firm, Disruptive Consulting Solutions, and lives in Melbourne, Australia with her husband, 4 children and Groodle, Remy Maise.

📍Melbourne, Australia

✉️: keren@sdg2advocacyhub.org

Kristin is Communications Director for the SDG2 Advocacy Hub. Previously, she was the Campaign Director for Beans is How, a campaign she helped build since its inception. She is an accomplished Executive Producer with a special focus on campaigning for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adept at making intricate ideas tangible and getting seemingly impossible things done.

Throughout her career, she has advised and worked with multiple UN agencies, (UNICEF, UNDP, WFP), NGOs and governments. She has led such celebrated initiatives as the United Nations Virtual Reality Project, spearheaded the introduction of new media and interactive storytelling to the UN, and designed countless interactive exhibits, XR productions and events. From 2014-2015, she led communications and partnerships for the MY World 2015 survey to collect 10 million peoples’ priorities and stories to ensure citizen voices informed the SDGs political debate. Most recently, she led the events portfolio for Expo 2020 Dubai’s Programme for People and Planet. 

Kristin has an MA in Development, Management and Policy from Georgetown University, and a BA in English and Spanish Literature from Fordham University. She is a trained Climate Reality Leader and she is also Co-Founder and CEO of Overview Collective, an experiential studio bringing big ideas down to Earth.

🗣️ English, Spanish, Portuguese

📍Lisbon, Portugal

✉️: kristin@sdg2advocacyhub.org

Katie Graham is an experienced leader with a background spanning international NGOs, research institutions and social impact organisations. She has held senior leadership and operational roles across organisations including The Abraham Initiatives, Mavar and the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation at King’s College London. Her experience includes organisational strategy, operations, communications, partnerships and the delivery of complex international projects. Katie is passionate about helping purpose-driven organisations turn ambitious ideas into practical action.

📍 London, UK.

✉️: katie@sdg2advocacyhub.org

Nanzala is a vastly experienced professional with over 10 years’ related experience in Food Security and Climate change programming. In this role Nanzala supports our work on climate adaptation and food systems with a focus on smallholder Agriculture.  Prior to joining the SDG2 Hub Secretariat he was the Food Systems and Climate Justice Lead at Oxfam.

📍Nairobi, Kenya

✉️: nanzala@sdg2advocacyhub.org

Rosie has a BA International Relations and Development from the University of Sussex and an MSc Public Health from the University of Sheffield. Rosie has worked for the SDG2 Advocacy Hub Secretariat for nine years, having started first as the Advocacy Intern. In her current post as a Senior Policy & Advocacy Officer with a focus on nutrition, Rosie supports the nutrition policy analysis, coalition and campaigning work streams, connecting the dots between nutrition, the five SDG2 sub-goals and the Global Goals.

🗣️ English, Spanish

📍Glasgow, Scotland

✉️: rosie@sdg2advocacyhub.org

Ange is a Strategic Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Specialist with a decade of expertise in climate action, food systems and sustainable development. Operating at the intersection of global sustainability frameworks and real-economy solutions, she has a proven track record in designing high-impact campaigns and events, shaping powerful narratives and building multi-stakeholder coalitions. While her work spans global priorities, she brings a particular depth of expertise in elevating African-led solutions and shifting international perceptions of the continent’s role in sustainable development. Her career has encompassed significant environmental initiatives such as the Great Green Wall, the Climate Action Agenda and the Riyadh Action Agenda. With Rwandan roots and a deep professional anchoring across Africa, Ange combines strategic vision, creative narrative-building and hands-on delivery to every engagement she leads.

📍Dakar, Senegal

✉️: ange@sdg2advocacyhub.org

Mumbi is a Strategic Communications Officer at the SDG2 Advocacy Hub. A journalist by training and practice, she is passionate about developing stories and communications that connect the dots between food, people and the policies that shape our world. She brings over eight years of experience across journalism, climate advocacy, development and diplomatic communications.
At the Hub, she brings a journalist’s curiosity and a communicator’s strategic lens to the fight against hunger and malnutrition.

📍Nairobi, Kenya

✉️: mumbi@sdg2advocacyhub.org

Nanzia is a designer and visual storyteller with 10+ years of experience using creative media to amplify brand stories. Her work centers human experiences, elevates diverse perspectives, and inspires meaningful action. At the SDG2 Advocacy Hub, she frames global data and stories into visual narratives that support campaigns and drive action.

📍Nairobi, Kenya

✉️: nanzia@sdg2advocacyhub.org

Lauren is a Nutrition Scientist engaged at the core of advancing nourishing and sustainable food systems. She has experience across the food system – from local school breakfast clubs and Australian food rescue organisations through to food system governance research and international agri-food system leadership. In her role as Junior Project Officer, Lauren leverages her background in cross-sector stakeholder engagement, people-centric initiatives and evidence-based research to advance project implementation, enhance strategic advocacy communications, and contribute to comprehensive monitoring and evaluation within complex food systems.

📍Melbourne, Australia

✉️: lauren@sdg2advocacyhub.org