Mr. Eric Trachtenberg
Currently working to launch the Alliance for Food & Health (AFH), a new platform to address food and health issues. The purpose of AFH is to suggest actionable, innovative and effective polices and initiatives by facilitating collaboration between diverse stakeholders, including NGOs, governments, academia, the public health and medical communities and the food and agriculture industry. The creation of thought leadership drawn from highly diverse participants is a unique value-add of AFH since its breadth may allow it to create new ideas that could influence policy and other commitments in unique ways. If implemented, this joined-up thinking could significantly improve global health outcomes.
Bio: Eric Trachtenberg is currently Director, Food and Agriculture Sector at McLarty Associates and has more than 20 years’ experience working on global food and agriculture issues. McLarty Associates was founded in 1998 by Thomas “Mack” McLarty, former White House Chief of Staff for US President Bill Clinton. The McLarty Food and Agricultural practice is currently focused on providing support international government relations for firms, improving agricultural productivity, promoting new agricultural technology, and performing due diligence for mergers and acquisitions.
Before founding McLarty’s Food and Agriculture practice in 2012, he served as Vice President, International Trade Policy, for the USA Poultry & Egg Export Council (USAPEEC) where he worked on market access issues in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Trachtenberg worked earlier as a career diplomat for USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) both in Washington and overseas. During his FAS career, he negotiated the resolution of market access issues, supervised international development programs, reported on agricultural production, and promoted U.S. agricultural exports in key markets such as China, Taiwan and Russia.
Trachtenberg has an M.S. in Agricultural Economics from Michigan State University, an M.P.A. from the University of Southern California and a double B.A. in Government and Economics from Cornell University. He speaks Russian and Mandarin Chinese. He speaks Russian and Mandarin Chinese.
Mr. Eric Trachtenberg
Dear FSN Forum,
Attached is a presentation introducing the Alliance for Food & Health (AFH), a new platform to address food and health issues. The purpose of AFH is to suggest actionable, innovative and effective polices and initiatives by facilitating collaboration between diverse stakeholders, including NGOs, governments, academia, the public health and medical communities and the food and agriculture industry. The creation of thought leadership drawn from highly diverse participants is a unique value-add of AFH since its breadth may allow it to create new ideas that could influence policy and other commitments in unique ways. If implemented, this joined-up thinking could significantly improve global health outcomes.
Eric B. Trachtenberg
Director, Food & Agriculture Sector | McLarty Associates
900 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Suite 800 | Washington, DC 20006
Mr. Eric Trachtenberg
Although we don’t have a “successful policy” per se, we are working on an initiative that could significantly improve the quality of future policy and programs.
The proposed Alliance for Food & Health (AFH) is a new global multi-stakeholder initiative designed to find new and synergistic ways to address our global food/nutrition NCD challenges through thought leadership. AFH is distinctive in its diversity, commitment to balance between interests, and focus on creating actionable ideas. The goal is to create a better way forward on critical public health issues that will lead to more effective commitments and a positive impact on public health.
Interest in the group includes highly diverse actors in international organizations, industry, academia, governments, and the scientific community.