Tim Hanstad
Landesa
President & CEO
Tim Hanstad is President and CEO of Landesa. Hanstad’s international work experience spans 15 countries in Asia, Eastern Europe, Africa and Latin America, including more than four years living in India, where he helped launch and grow Landesa’s program. He has more than 25 years of experience in non-profit leadership, social entrepreneurship, project management, research, policy advocacy, training and writing on land rights and international development.Hanstad is a member of the Clinton Global Initiative, World Economic Forum community, Bretton Woods Committee and Global Washington Policy Panel, and serves on the board of Global Washington. He has been recognized as a leading social entrepreneur by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. He has authored numerous publications, including his most recent book, published in 2009, One Billion Rising: Land, Law and the Alleviation of Global Poverty (with Roy Prosterman and Robert Mitchell). Hanstad has worked with the World Bank, United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, Asian Development Bank, and USAID and has led workshops with government leaders, NGOs and scholars on land property rights, food security, and rule of law. Hanstad is an associate faculty member at the University of Washington School of Law. He holds a J.D. and an LL.M. (both with Honors) from the University of Washington School of Law, and a B.A. (magna cum laude) from Seattle Pacific University in Political Science and History.