Meet Our Team

Willy Foote is founder and CEO of Root Capital, a nonprofit impact investor that offers farmers around the world a path to prosperity by investing in the agricultural businesses that serve as engines of impact in their communities. Root Capital provides these businesses with the capital, training, and access to markets they need...

Alexandra is responsible for overseeing our global Advisory program, working closely with our global Lending team to ensure both teams' strategies and operations are aligned. Prior to joining Root Capital, Alexandra worked as Farmer Finance Manager at the Rainforest Alliance...

Since early on in college, I knew that I wanted to work in nonprofits in order to explore my interests in global development and sustainable environmental management. As I began my career with the Sierra Club in 1998, I saw the important role that fundraising and donor stewardship...

Bryan oversees Root Capital’s finance functions, including accounting, financial planning & analysis, treasury, and investor relations. He also leads Root Capital’s global information technology operations, ensuring Root Capital’s global staff have the right systems and tools to efficiently and effectively execute on our mission...

Darcy joined Root Capital in 2011 as Chief Credit Officer and leads the credit risk management function, which includes credit policy and procedures, underwriting standards and tools, lending operations, credit administration, portfolio risk management, and collections and workout. She came to...

Frances' role is to oversee the day-to-day management of the organization and ensure that all staff and systems are operating effectively in support of our mission. Prior to joining Root Capital, Frances spent more than four decades working in the private and public finance sectors around the world including the CDC Group in...

As Chief Partnerships Officer, I engage key stakeholders across Root Capital’s value chains to effectively position the organization as a leader in the sector and contribute to business resilience. Developing and nurturing a network of cross-sector partnerships has always been a crucial part of...

Nancy provides legal advice at all levels of the organization, facilitating transactions and improving transactional processes, advising Root Capital leadership, overseeing enterprise risk, improving internal structures for legal compliance, and serving as a key...

Steve joins us from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where, as Managing Director from 2011 to 2018, he was responsible for risk, operations, and revenue management for the global trade and supply chain business, working with a global team across nine offices. In his more than 25 years at...