Jeffrey Lansdale

Jeffrey Lansdale

President

American Farm School

Dr. Jeffrey Lansdale has 45 years of experience managing development and education programs in different regions of the world. During the past 35 years in Honduras, Dr. Lansdale assumed leadership roles of USAID-funded projects, primarily in the education sector. He has coordinated directly with governments, local and international NGO’s, and major donors including the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and the international development agencies of Canada, Japan, Spain, and Sweden. From 2014-2020, Dr. Lansdale served as President of Zamorano University, located in Honduras. Dr. Lansdale is presently serving as President of the American Farm School in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Dr. Lansdale lived in Greece for 18 years, where his father served as director of the American Farm School. He managed refugee rehabilitation programs on the Thai-Cambodian border for two years, spent a year in India, and conducted his dissertation research in Bolivia for a year.
Dr. Lansdale holds a Ph.D. from Cornell University, master’s degrees from California Polytechnic State University and the School for International Training in Vermont, and a B.A. degree from Stanford University. He is fluent in English, Spanish, and Greek. He is an adjunct professor of North Carolina State University.