Technical Experts
ACDI/VOCA's success is largely due to the talent, experience and commitment of its professional staff.
The list below is illustrative and only showcases current in-house experts. When appropriate we also draw from a database of over 55,000 consultants and volunteers.
Sort list by the following areas of expertise:
Agribusiness Experts
Community Development Experts
Enterprise Development Experts
Financial Services Experts
Food Security Experts
Gender and Development Experts
Health and Nutrition Experts
Information and Communication Technologies Experts
Monitoring and Evaluation Experts
Value Chain Approach Experts
Alex Rotich
Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, Africa
Ali A. El-Saied, Ph.d.
Senior Market Intelligence Advisor, Egypt
Amanda Hilligas
Managing Director, Agribusiness
Amelia Moro
Interim Program Director, USAID-funded Paraguay Cooperative Development Program II
Ana T. Gonzalez
Program Director, Community Self-help Fund in Nicaragua
Andrew Harvey
Regional Manager, Afghanistan IDEA-NEW
Angelina Tracy
Director, Agribusiness & Farmer-to-Farmer Programs
Anna Afferri
Health and Nutrition Director, Haiti
Avram E. “Buzz” Guroff
Senior Managing Director, Food Security
Barry T. Elkin
Technical Director, Food Security
Bronwyn Irwin
Senior Technical Director, Enterprise Development
Carl P. Birkelo, Ph.D.
Deputy Chief of Party/Animal Industry Specialist, Ethiopia
Catherine Gibbons
Managing Director, Community Development
Charles Cox
VOCA Foundation Executive Director & President's Office Senior Advisor
Cristóbal Aguilar
Deputy Chief of Party, Integrated Community Development Fund in Bolivia
Cynthia Steen
Senior Technical Expert, Agribusiness
Dale Key
Specialist, Management Information System
David E. Benafel
Team Leader, Mali ADSA Program
Dennis Marotta
Monitoring and Evaluation Manager, Uganda PL 480 Title II Food Security Program
Douglas Anderson
Regional Representative & Chief of Party, Egypt
Douglas Leavens
Technical Managing Director, Financial Services
Elena Nelson
Senior Technical Director, Financial Services
Emmet Murphy
Chief of Party, Haiti
Geoffrey Chalmers
Senior Technical Director, Enterprise Development and Financial Services
Gevorg Adamyan
Managing Director, Agribusiness
Gitau Mbure
Agribusiness Team Leader, Malawi
Glenn Blumhorst
Chief of Party, Afro-Colombian and Indigenous Program in Colombia
Hayden Aaronson
Technical Director, Enterprise Development
Hugh Brown
Chief of Party, Community Action Program III in Iraq
Irene Karimi
Chief of Party, Generating Economic Development through Microfinance in Southern Sudan Program
James Dean
Chief of Party, Promoting Agriculture, Governance and the Environment project in Sierra Leone
Jimena Niño Caceres
Chief of Party, USAID Specialty Coffee Program in Colombia
John "Bick" Riley
Chief of Party & Country Representative, Ethiopia
Kara Gaye
Technical Director, Disaster Risk Reduction and Response
Kassu Kebede Anawet
Program Manager, Ethiopian Coffee Development Program
KD Ladd
Technical Director, Nutrition
Ken Smith
Chief of Party, Russia
Laura Dillon-Binkley
Director, Community Development
Lee Babcock
Technical Managing Director, Financial Services and Information and Communication Technology
Lee Rosner
Chief of Party, Tanzania
Lindsey Jones
Gender Specialist
Lori Yamamoto
Director, Iraq Community Action Program III
Luis Alberto Cuéllar
Regional Technical Advisor, Latin America
Lydia Mbevi Nderitu
Youth and Gender Development Officer, Kenya Maize Development Program
Mahawa Kaba Wheeler
Chief of Party, Agriculture for Children’s Empowerment Program in Liberia
Maria Bina Palmisano
Senior Director, Monitoring and Evaluation
Mark Freeman
Senior Director of Programs, President's Office
Martin E. Mason
Deputy Chief of Party/Value Chain Specialist, Tanzania Staples Value Chain (NAFAKA)
Maura C. Brazill
Managing Director, Community Development
Nadia Namken
Senior Technical Director, Financial Services
Nael Jean-Baptiste
Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist
Naya Kenman
Technical Director, Enterprise Development
Nicholas Richards
Chief of Party, SUCCESS Alliance Phase II Program in the Philippines
Noubia Gribi
Middle East and North Africa Regional Director for Farmer-to-Farmer Programs and Deputy Regional Director
Olaf Kula
Program Manager, West Africa Regional Office
Orlen Ocleasa
Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation in the Philippines
Paul Guenette
Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Richard Hurelbrink
Technical Advisor, Agribusiness
Robert Fries
Managing Director, Financial Services
Robert Rosengren
Technical Managing Director, Food Security
Robin Wheeler
Chief of Party and Country Representative, Liberia
Ruth Campbell
Managing Director, Enterprise Development
Ryan Larrance
Senior Director, Food Security and Health
Sally Iadarola
Managing Director, Community Development
Scott Reid
Senior Vice President, New Business Development, and Support for Food Security Activities Indefinite Quantity Contract Manager
Sergio Rivas
Chief of Party, Iniciativa Zona Norte program
Shipra Deo
Gender and Livelihoods Specialist, India
Stephen Collins
Chief of Party, Kenya Maize Development Project
Steve McCarthy
Senior Technical Director, Enterprise Development
Suliman Vaigna Kamara
Deputy Chief of Party, Livelihood Improvement for Farming Enterprises project in Liberia
Suzanne Berkey
Managing Director, Food Security
Suzanne Smith Saulniers
Community Development Director, Community Action Program III in Iraq
Terrence J. Ryan
Managing Director of Specialty Crops, Agribusiness
Thelonious Trimmell
Chief of Party, Peru
Treena Bishop
Country Representative and Team Leader, Bolivia
Ursula Kohnen
Senior Value Chain Advisor, Agribusiness and Trade Promotion Program
Zebuel “Zeb” Jones
Greenhouses and Hydroponics Advisor, Lebanon Developing Hydroponics to Access International Markets project
