Landesa partners with governments and local organizations to ensure that rural women and men living in extreme poverty have secure rights over the land they depend on. Founded as the Rural Development Institute in 1981, Landesa has helped more than 720 million people strengthen legal control over their land. When people have secure land rights, they can invest in their land to sustainably increase their harvests and reap the benefits—improved nutrition, health, education, resilience, and opportunity—for generations.
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Landesa Questions
The Landesa annual revenue was $23.7 million in 2026.
Leonard Rolfes Jr. is the COO of Landesa.
121 people are employed at Landesa.
Landesa is based in Seattle, Washington.
The NAICS codes for Landesa are [81, 813, 81331, 8133, 813311].
The SIC codes for Landesa are [83, 839].
Top Landesa Employees
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Leonard Rolfes Jr.
Chief Operating Officer at Landesa
Bainbridge Island, WA, US23 -
John McWeeney
Chief Development Officer at Landesa
San Diego, CA, US33 -
Diana Fletschner
Chief Program Officer at Landesa
Seattle, WA, US45+ -
Karol Boudreaux
Sr. Director, Global Programs at Landesa
Washington, DC, US35+ -
Jonathan Smith
Director of Finance at Landesa
Tacoma, WA, US21 -
Tyler Roush
Communications Director at Landesa
Kirkland, WA, US23 -
Rachel McMonagle
Program Director, Climate Change at Landesa
Washington, DC, US12 -
Carol Medlin
Director of Program Effectiveness at Landesa
Asheville, NC, US21 -
Krista Jacobs
Director, Research, Evaluation and Learnin at Landesa
Arlington, VA, US22 -
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