Dr. Charles Hopkins
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Charles Hopkins is a senior humanitarian and development leader with over 22 years of progressive experience directing large-scale emergency response, food security, livelihoods, and multi-partner coordination in some of the world’s most complex crises (Ukraine, Somalia, Nigeria, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Philippines, Liberia, Sudan, Uganda).
From 2020–2024, Charles served as the Food Security and Livelihoods Cluster Coordinator for FAO in Ukraine, leading a network of 300+ partners (UN agencies, INGOs, national NGOs, government, and private sector) to deliver life-saving assistance and cash programming to over 5 million conflict-affected people. He designed and implemented Ukraine’s first decentralized cluster coordination system, authored the national cluster exit/transition strategy, mobilized millions of dollars in donor funding, and established a model for humanitarian-to-development nexus integration that is now being replicated.
Previously, Charles co-led the famine-aversion response in Somalia (WFP), stood up the Food Security Cluster in Northeast Nigeria during the height of the Boko Haram crisis (FAO), and held senior coordination and program leadership roles with CARE International, Vétérinaires Sans Frontières, Farm Africa, Save the Children, and Tufts University across the Horn of Africa, Great Lakes, and Sahel regions.
A skilled strategist and coalition-builder, Charles excels in UN inter-agency coordination (OCHA, HCT, ICWG), donor engagement, evidence-based advocacy, real-time monitoring systems, and transitioning emergency response toward resilience and localization. He brings proven expertise in cash & voucher assistance (CVA), market-based programming, cluster activation and deactivation, policy reform, and capacity building of national actors.
Charles holds an MA in International Relations and Diplomatic Studies (Kampala International University, Uganda), a Diploma in Management and Development of NGOs (Galilee International Management Institute, Israel), and a BA in Sociology (African Methodist Episcopal University, Liberia).