Suzana Augustino is a Member of the Governing Council of the African Forest Forum (AFF) and the Chairperson of the AFF Members Forum. She is a Forester by profession and an associate Professor in Forest Products Utilization majoring on the Medicinal Plants part of the Non-Timber-Forest-Products. Prof. Augustino is currently serving as a Deputy Vice Chancellor responsible for Planning, Finance and Administration at the Nelson Mandela – African Institution for Science and Technology (NM-AIST) based in Arusha region, Tanzania since September 2022 to date.

She has worked with Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro region in the Department of Forest Engineering and Wood Sciences under the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Tourism (CFWT) for more than 22 years and managed to hold various administration posts including being the first female Principal of the CFWT (July 2020 – August 2022). She has vast experience in research on Sustainable Utilization of Forest Products both Timber and Non-Timber. Her research and consultancy experiences cuts across from socio-economic aspects of the forest resources, especially the Medicinal Plants, Gender to current global issues like Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation and REDD+ related aspects. She has more than 25 publications in peer reviewed journals and co-authored four (4) book Chapters. She is also a member to professional and non-professional bodies/entities such as the Tanzania Association of Foresters (TAF), Board Member and Deputy Vice Chairperson – TAFORI Board of Directors (2019 - 2022), Board Member – Tanzania Wildlife Authority (TAWA) Board of Directors (2023 – 2026), and Organization for Women in Science and Technology for Developing Countries (OWSD – Tanzania. Holds a PhD, Master and Bachelor degrees in Forestry.