Tyler Whitley
Director, The Transfarmation Project by Mercy for Animals
Tyler Whitley brings more than a decade of experience in agricultural and financial systems to his role. As part of his master’s degree, he interned for the UN Food and Agriculture Organization on a project in Cambodia. There he administered cash transfers and community reinvestments for more than 7,500 smallholder farmers in two rural provinces. After his time in Cambodia and graduation from Tulane, Tyler accepted a position as the manager of a food and farming intervention program in two rural Haitian provinces. While in Haiti, he implemented programs similar to those he administered in Cambodia, specializing in cash transfers, input sourcing, community investment, and creating market linkages. . He moved to North Carolina and began working for a small farmer-advocacy organization, managing the Challenging Corporate Power program and staffing a farmer financial-crisis hotline for four years before joining Mercy For Animals as the director of The Transfarmation Project.