Stefania Lenoci has served as advisor in the Office of the President and vice-president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in Rome since April 2017.

Before joining Office of the President of IFAD, she served in IFAD as partnership officer in the Partnership and Resource Mobilization Office (2012-2017) and as governing bodies officer in the Office of the Secretary (2010-2012). Before joining IFAD, Stefania worked as programme specialist in the Conflict and Post-Conflict Coordination Unit of UNESCO in Paris from 2004 to 2010. She started her career in the United Nations as UN fellow in the UNDP Office of Rabat (2003).

Stefania holds a B.A. in international and diplomatic sciences from the University of Trieste and a M.Sc. in sustainable development from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.