Executive Profile
Accomplished senior MEAL professional with 40+ years of leadership monitoring and evaluation programming in multi-sectoral development operations and humanitarian and disaster relief across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Proven expertise in developing MEL teams at headquarters and field offices, conducting evaluations, designing MEL systems, and training staff in MEL in development programming, large-scale stabilization, and resilience initiatives.
Core Competencies
International Development • Monitoring & Evaluation • Capacity Building • Strategic Planning • Humanitarian Assistance • Food Security & Resilience • Surveys (Design, Execution, Analysis, and Write-Up) • Community Stabilization & Transition Programming (Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Chad, Iraq, Mali, Niger, Yemen, Tsunami Recovery Program [10 countries—India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Maldives, and East Africa])
Selected Achievements
- Technical Advisor, Catholic Relief Services South Sudan Resilience and Food Security Activity Final Evaluation under a contract from NEDICO Consulting (South Sudan) (October 2023–January 2025).
- Co-Team Leader, Mid-Term Performance Evaluation of Catholic Relief Services South Sudan Resilience and Food Security Activity under a contract managed by NEDICO Consulting (South Sudan) (February–May 2022).
- Independent Consultant, Policy Implementation Assessment for USAID’s Resilience Policy through a contract held by Dexis Consulting, Inc. (November 2020–February 2022).
- Facilitator, USAID/Burkina Faso Strategic Framework, through a contract held by Management Systems International (Burkina Faso) (April 2019–January 2020).
- Consultant, USAID/Burkina Faso MEL Deep Dive, through a contract held by Management Systems International (Burkina Faso) (July 2018–November 2018).
- Team Leader, SAREL Final Performance Evaluation, through a contract held by Management Systems International (December 2017–June 2018).
- Resilience and Governance M&E Consultant, through a contract held by QED (Uganda and online distance support for other countries) (September 2017–August 2018) (on-demand consultancies in Kampala and long-distance).
- Senior M&E Specialist, USAID/Mali (full-time position) through a contract held by Management Systems International (Mali) (July 2015–November 2016).
- Independent Evaluator and M&E Consultant, multiple consultancies with MSH, TANGO, Africare, ADRA, CRS/Zambia, USAID/Zimbabwe, IBTCI, USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia (Afghanistan, Burundi, Chad, DRC, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Madagascar, Mozambique, Niger, Russia, Rwanda, South Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe, United States) (2011–2015).
- Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, International Relief and Development (40 countries worldwide) (June 2008–August 2011).
- Senior Technical Advisor, Monitoring and Evaluation/Monitoring and Evaluation Manager, Technical Assistance Unit, International Services Department/American Red Cross (Tsunami Recovery Program [10 countries—India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Maldives, and East Africa]) (August 2001–December 2006).
- Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, Academy for Educational Development (Title II [PL480]–funded programs in 11 West/Central African countries) (August 1999–June 2001).
Education
Ph.D., Sociology (International and Comparative Development), The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
M.A., Sociology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
M.A., International Development, The American University, Washington, D.C.
B.A., Latin and French, SUNY/Albany, Albany, New York
Languages
Fluent: English, French; Professional: Italian, Portuguese; Basic: Spanish, Greek, Arabic, Russian