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Godber W. Tumushabe is a farmer, social entrepreneur, lawyer, and policy analyst. He currently serves as an Assistant Lecturer at the School of Law of Makerere University, teaching International Law, International and Regional Human Rights, and Environmental Law and Policy.Godber Tumushabe is associate director at Great Lakes Institute for Strategic Studies.

Biography
Mr. Tumushabe serves as an Ex-Officio member of the ACORD Board. He was born in the Ntungamo district of Southwestern Uganda. He is a farmer, social entrepreneur, lawyer, and policy analyst. He earned his first degree in law (LLB Hons.) from Makerere University, Kampala in 1993. He then completed a Post-graduate Bar Course at Uganda's Law Development Centre, obtaining a post-graduate diploma in Legal Practice. Returning to Makerere University, he earned a Master's Degree in Law (LLM) in 1996. In 2007, Mr. Tumushabe joined the Stanford Program in International Legal Studies (SPILS) and was awarded a Master of Juridical Science (JSM) degree from Stanford University. In 2008, he attended the Stanford Graduate School of Business Summer Institute in Business Entrepreneurship.

Mr. Tumushabe has widely published on various international and national public policy issues. He co-authored "Governing the Environment: Political Change and Natural Resources Management in Eastern and Central Africa" (1999), "Harnessing Intellectual Property Rights for Development Objectives: The Double Role of IPRs in the Context of Facilitating MDGs Nos. 1 and 6" (2011), "Public Spending on Climate Change in Africa: Experiences from Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda" (2016), and "Unlocking Africa's Future: Biotechnology and Law" (2016).

Currently, Mr. Tumushabe is an Associate Director at the Great Lakes Institute for Strategic Studies. He is also the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Technology Frontiers Education Centre. His current research interests include democracy and the rule of law, strategic minerals and land governance, climate change, agriculture governance, and food security.

Education
Godber holds a Bachelor of laws LLM,from Makerere University; Master's in Juridical Science,Stanford Law School; PhD in Juridical Science candidate, Stanford Law School. He completed a Post-graduate Bar Course at Uganda’s Law Development Centre, earning a post-graduate diploma in Legal Practice.

Leadership
Godber Tumushabe is founding Executive Director of Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (2000-2014).He currently serves as the Associate Director at the Kampala-based Great Lakes Institute for Strategic Studies, which he co-founded in 2014. He is also the Chairman and CEO of Tarl Eco Farms and a co-founder of the Fortune 500 Klub.

Career
Mr. Tumushabe's professional career began in 1997 when he joined the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), a Nairobi-based public policy think tank. At ACTS, he led Africa-wide policy research programs on environmental governance, biodiversity, and land governance. In 2000, he returned to Uganda as the Founding Executive Director of the Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE), a role he held until his retirement in December 2013. During his 14-year tenure as executive director, he guided ACODE's growth into a dynamic and reputable independent public policy research and advocacy think tank in Eastern Africa, designing innovative flagship policy research and advocacy programs.