Adeline Tavarez recently joined the BII team as Program Manager for the ARC Fellowship and Impact Capital Lab programs. Adeline brings deep experience in cooperative development, international development, sustainable agriculture, and community-centered project management. Prior to BII, she served as a Program Manager at NCBA CLUSA, where she led multi-million dollar USDA and USAID agricultural and cooperative development programs across Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Honduras, Peru, El Salvador, and the Dominican Republic. Her background spans stakeholder facilitation, financial oversight, monitoring & evaluation, team leadership, and community resilience — and she is fluent in English and Spanish. Adeline will be supporting program operations, partner coordination, communications, and alumni engagement across ARC.