Stephanie Daniels

Stephanie Daniels is Senior Programme Director for the Sustainable Food Lab’s Agriculture & Development team, in which she manages partnerships focused on living income, sustainable livelihoods and climate resilience. She joined the Food Lab in 2010, building off a decade of work in the private sector as a specialty cocoa buyer and supporting farmer cooperatives to access the US specialty market.  She is a co-founder of the Living Income Community of Practice, serves on the Alliance for Living Income in Cocoa, the Business Action Committee of the IDH Living Income Roadmap and co-facilitates the ICO technical workstream on living-prosperous income in the coffee sector. Her expertise is in responsible sourcing and facilitation, with a focus on the impacts of sourcing in cocoa and coffee growing communities. She is dedicated to equitable food systems that harness the power of trade to deliver positive socio-economic and environmental outcomes for farmers, workers and their families. She holds a B.S. in Environmental Science, a M.A International Development and a graduate certificate in Organizational Management.