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The board of directors of World Coffee Research has launched an executive search for a new chief executive officer. Dr. Tim Schilling, the founder and outgoing chief executive officer will remain as director of the organization.

The global specialty-coffee community will descend on Boston for the Specialty Coffee Expo later this month. Here is a summary of where to find us.

The Finance and Post-Award Coordinator is expected to complete routine accounting and contracts & grants management of World Coffee Research efficiently and with minimum supervision. In addition to handling routine activities, the Finance and Post-Award Coordinator will work closely with both the Contracts & Grants Manager and Business Manager on the detailed tasks related to required reporting and submission on sponsored contracts.

WCR is hiring a Country Agronomist for Kenya

As someone who grew up on a vineyard, working in agriculture always felt inevitable for Solene Pruvot-Woehl. After completing formal training in agronomy and getting her masters at ISARA-LYON, Pruvot-Woehl worked as an agricultural advisor in Columbia, and then started working with RD2Vision. Now she’s the project leader of the International Multilocation Variety Program, one of WCR’s core projects. The key aim of the project is to facilitate the global exchange of the world’s best coffee varieties.