Experience

MarketShare Associates

• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Market Systems Development Learning Advisor, Market Systems & Partnerships Activity

  • Feb 2021 - Present

  Manage and contribute technically to the ongoing adaptation and implementation of the multi-pronged learning agenda for USAID's Feed the Future Market Systems and Partnerships Activity (MSP), a $65 million global initiative that blends direct partnerships with the private sector with long-term collaborative learning and capacity building efforts to advance the state of MSD and PSE in the industry. Oversee M&E/CLA and communications and reporting, and support in building a culture of learning within the project team. MarketShare Associates (MSA) is a global firm of creative facilitators, strategists, economists and experienced research and data nerds who offers public sector decision makers access to a new generation of market and social insights for forecasting and measuring human behavior and social outcomes. The MSP Activity aims to advance learning and good practice on market systems development (MSD) and private sector engagement (PSE) within USAID, USAID implementing partners, and market actors by providing and improving upon the evidence, capacity, tools, technical assistance, and/or services required to design, implement, monitor, and/or evaluate activities. MSP is a DC-based project that supports USAID in bringing about a major cultural transformation by integrating PSE across all activities, while at the same time deepening MSD and facilitative approaches across the Feed the Future program cycle. Show less



ACDI/VOCA

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Director / Director, Inclusive Market Systems

  • Dec 2016 - Feb 2021

  Advance technical learning at ACDI/VOCA, build staff capacity in market systems approaches, and support applciation into projects and new business designs.

• Chief of Party, Leveraging Economic Opportunities

  • Jul 2016 - Nov 2016

  Chief of Party / Team Leader for a $7.9 million, three-year D.C. based project with a global reach, funded by USAID through the MOBIS/PSS mechanism. The Leveraging Economic Opportunities (LEO) contract served as USAID's primary vehicle for learning in the area of market systems development and was the capstone project of over 10 years of investment by the agency in its value chain and market systems approach. Promoted to Chief of Party for the final 5 months after serving as a lead component manager for 2 years. In my role as CoP, I was ultimately responsible for the technical, financial, and contractual elements of the project, and had extensive engagement with USAID staff in E3, BFS, and the Center for Resilience to negotiate and refine technical deliverables and work plan priorities. Provided technical input and final quality control on 30 publications (of the 72 produced life of project), and co-authored several technical deliverables. Managed 5 subs and dozens of staff and consultants, directly overseeing $2.5 million in spending during my time as CoP. Represented the project at high-profile meetings and coordinated a closing conference.About LEO: LEO conducted research and applied learning in a variety of technical areas, including M&E for market systems, systemic change, wage labor and pathways out of poverty, resilience, women's economic empowerment, youth, and models for scale. For more see: https://www.microlinks.org/library/leveraging-economic-opportunities-final-performance-report Show less

• Director, Project Management

  • Jan 2014 - Jul 2016

  Managed agricultural and SME development projects in Sub-Saharan Africa and Central Asia, collaborating closely with field-based teams on technical, financial, and operational elements of project implementation. Component manager and technical specialist with the USAID-funded Leveraging Economic Opportunities (LEO) project, coordinating and contributing to learning and research around pathways out of poverty through more inclusive market systems, including a particular focus on labor-based pathways. www.acdivoca.org/leo. Show less

• Deputy Director, Enterprise Development

  • Jan 2010 - Dec 2013

  Provided day-to-day technical, operational, and financial support to mufti-million dollar agricultural market development programs funded by USAID, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Walmart Foundation. Conducted market assessments, value chain analyses, and enterprise case study interviews for discrete consulting assignments. Authored program design documents and conducted new business reconnaissance for large-scale value chain and M4P approach initiatives. Developed an internal guide for field team leaders on "Work Planning a Value Chain Development Program."Field work included technical assignments in Liberia, Zambia, Kyrgyzstan, Ghana, and Tanzania, as well as project support visits to India, Liberia, and Zimbabwe. Served as a coordinator for the Pathways out of Poverty track of learning for the USAID-funded Accelerated Microenterprise Advancement Project- BDS Knowledge and Practice II, an influential program funded by USAID. Show less

• Senior Project Coordinator, Project Coordiantor: Africa/Middle East Divison

  • Jul 2005 - Dec 2009



Ashoka

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Associate

  • Dec 2004 - Jul 2005

  Ashoka is the largest network of social entrepreneurs worldwide, with nearly 3,000 Ashoka Fellows in 70 countries putting their system changing ideas into practice on a global scale. Ashoka provides start-up financing, professional support services, and connections to a global network across the business and social sectors, and a platform for people dedicated to changing the world. Ashoka launched the field of social entrepreneurship and has activated multi-sector partners across the world who increasingly look to entrepreneurial talent and new ideas to solve social problems. Show less