Matt Rhody

Manager, Cooperative Development Program

Matt Rhody is the Global Development Administrator at GENEX. Since 2012, his principle responsibility has been the implementation of the USAID-funded Cooperative Development Program, focused on transforming dairy and beef cooperatives into profitable enterprises in South Africa, Nicaragua and Peru. He has also traveled extensively in supporting GENEX’s USDA-funded Emerging Markets Program activities throughout Latin America, which promote the application of US cattle genetics. Rhody obtained his first experience in community development through a two-year service in Peace Corps in Panama. He graduated from Ripon College with a major in Global Studies.