Management & Board

Mrs. Dalinka Alberto is the Marketing Manager at
Namibia Dairies in Windhoek, Namibia, Namibia’s largest dairy production and processing company and part of the O&L Group of Companies.

Her expertise is multi-tiered and cross-functional project leadership, process conception and optimization, and portfolio strategy, as well as crafting agile and innovative Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) brand portfolios. During her time at Namibia Dairies, Dalinka has created an entire Gate-Stage Process with which projects are effectively and efficiently taken from conception to implementation. She was the project lead on two complete product portfolio restructurings that saw the portfolios analyzed, re-costed, and streamlined to ensure optimized positioning and competitiveness, has led more than eight product renovation, four production capitalization, and no fewer than ten product innovation projects. Her current focus is on a fully-scoped project of qualitative research stage, commercial assessment, agency pitch process, and campaign development for a white milk portfolio, with a like project underway for a portfolio of cultured products.

Dalinka’s other professional focus is engaged, mindful, and purposeful leadership that takes teams and organizations to the next level. When not leading marketing projects or honing her leadership skill set, Dalinka is engaging in her translating, proofreading, and editing profession.

Dalinka is a member of the Waldorf School Windhoek School Board (since 2021) and founding Board member (since 2019) and Chairperson of NAFSAN.

When not engaged in either, Dalinka can be found engrossed in a smashingly good mystery, indulging in a glass of hearty red, working up sweat to keep her sane and focused, or spending time with and learning from her kids, whom she considers her greatest achievement and her greatest challenge.

Mr. Ivin J. Lombardt serves as the representative of the Rural People’s Institute for Social Empowerment (RISE) in Namibia on the NAFSAN Board, bringing a wealth of experience from across the local, regional, and international NGO landscape.
He holds a Master’s degree in Leadership & Change Management from the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) and has previously worked internationally for One World Action in international trade policy advocacy, as well as served as  Executive Director for the Namibia NGO Forum (NANGOF Trust). Most recently, he also worked in the local government sector of Namibia, as the CEO of the Usakos Town Council.

Mr. Lombardt is well-versed in strategic management and organisational leadership issues. This type of proficiency is vital to supporting NAFSAN’s mandate to help coordinate national efforts to improve food security and nutrition across Namibia to ensure that everyone in Namibia has reliable access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food.

The key contributions and expertise of Mr. Ivin J. Lombardt on the NAFSAN Board will therefore centre around strategic leadership and governance issues. He excels at fostering cooperation and building common ground among diverse partners, which is essential for NAFSAN’s multi-sectoral food security objectives  that requires aligning strategies and actions among government, civil society, academia, private sector entities, development partners, and community groups.

Mrs. Charlotte Keyter is a Nutritionist by profession was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Namibia’s before she became the Head of Department of Physical and Sport Sciences at the School of Allied Health Sciences within the Faculty of Health Sciences & Veterinary Medicine.

She is passionate about improving the nutritional status of Namibians for several decades in very practical terms, as highlighted in her talk on “Nutrition in Namibia: Concepts and Controversies", and she also serves as Board Member and Chair Person of the Technical Committee at the Namibian College of Open Learning (NAMCOL).

Mr. Moses Shivakola Mberira holds a BA in Mass Media from West Surrey College of Arts and Design (now UCA), and is the co-founder of the of the Filmmakers Association of Namibia (FAN) in 1991, as Namibia’s first black Namibian film maker. He is currently the regional film research and development executive for Omaheke, Kunene and Otjozondjupa Region, and through his experiences on the ground, he has become a strong advocate for nutrition, as well as for rural and marginalized communities in Namibia.

Moses Mberira is therefore also a founding member of the Omaheke Community Development Foundation (OCDF), which contributed significantly to the success of the NamSUN-CSA Project in 2018-2020, by implementing nutrition awareness and advocacy activities all over the Omaheke region and in Windhoek. Mr Mberira hereby guided OCDF in producing a series of nutrition-related audios and videos for educative and advocacy purposes.

Ms. Fiina Namukwambi is a Lecturer in the Preventative Health Sciences Department at the Faculty of Health, Natural Resources and Applied Sciences, of the Namibia University of Science and Technology.

Jennifer Gatsi is a Windhoek-based women emancipation and empowerment activist with over 30 years of community work experience. Besides working with the Centre for Research, Information, Action in Africa Southern Africa – Development and Consulting (CRIAA-SA DC), she is a founding member and Director of the Namibia Women’s Health Network, with a focus on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR).

Her other work in Namibia includes:

• Economic empowerment of women through livelihoods training and capacity building activities in the Zambezi region (1994-1996).
• Reviving activities at the Namibia Women’s Centre in Katutura  with a focus on  skills training for community women and running kindergartens for community children.
• Founding the Khomas Women in Development (KWiD) with a focus on women economic strengthening activities.
• Initiating the Child Hope Initiative, a feeding programme for orphans and vulnerable children in Katutura.
• Leading activities of the International Community of Women Living with HIV (ICW) in partnership with the Namibian parliament.
• Coordinating various projects on advocacy and capacity building for women, since 2003 
• Leading and contributing to research around Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Namibia
• Training women in the informal settlements of Khomas region on homestead organic gardening for improved nutrition (2019).

After retiring in 2020, she decided to share her personal and work experiences by writing her first memoir The Story Behind: A Memoir of Struggle and Triumph, a riveting account of survival and triumph.