Rose has over 30 years of development experience. With a background in environment and natural resource management, conflict prevention, and peacebuilding, her career spans senior leadership positions at UNDP and the World Bank based in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Uganda, and Eswatini. She is passionate about conservation and the well-being of communities, and she prides herself on her involvement in developing the US Peace Corps-supported Buhoma Community Rest Camp. Established in 1992, the gorilla tourism development project in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park continues to direct its significant tourism revenue towards education, health, and livelihood projects. Rose holds an MS in Environment and Natural Resource Management from Makerere University and an MA in International Relations from Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.