Erin Collier is an Economist in the FAO Investment Centre with over fifteen years of experience in international agricultural and rural development. Since joining FAO in 2019, she has played a lead role in designing national and regional agrifood investment strategies for the fourteen Pacific Small Island Developing States under the FAO Pacific Investment Program (PSIP).
Working at the intersection of public policy, private sector engagement, and multilateral investment planning, Erin has supported the formulation of agribusiness and national agricultural investment strategies across multiple regions, helping governments and development partners identify priority reforms and investment opportunities. Her expertise spans agrifood value chains, markets and trade, sectoral and policy analysis, and agricultural investment strategy development.
Prior to FAO, she led markets and trade analysis for the USAID FEWS NET project, informing policy and programming across Africa and Central America. Erin is from NY, USA, and holds degrees from Cornell University and Michigan State University.