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
Natural Resource Management Experts
Value Chain Approach Experts
Alex Pavlovic
Senior Public-private Partnership Specialist, Ethiopia
Alex Rotich
Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, Africa
Ali A. El-Saied, Ph.d.
Senior Business Intelligence Advisor, Agribusiness
Amanda Hilligas
Managing Director, Agribusiness
Amelia Moro
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
Avram E. “Buzz” Guroff
Senior Managing Director, Food Security
Barry T. Elkin
Technical Director, Food Security
Bonface Kaberia
Deputy Chief of Party, Kenya
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 Fund 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 Miller
Agriculture and Adaptation Specialist, Community Development
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
Elizabeth Adams
Director, Agribusiness
Elizabeth McGuinness
Senior Director, Financial Services
Geoffrey Chalmers
Senior Technical Director, Enterprise Development and Financial Services
Gevorg Adamyan
Managing Director, Agribusiness
Gitau Mbure
Agribusiness Team Leader, Malawi
Hayden Aaronson
Technical Director, Enterprise Development
Hugh Brown
Chief of Party, Community Action Program III in Iraq
Irene Karimi
Chief of Party, East Africa
Jeff Kalalu
Specialist, Health and Nutrition
Jimena Niño Caceres
Chief of Party, USAID Specialty Coffee Program in Colombia
John Leary
Training Director, Program Services
John "Bick" Riley
Chief of Party & Country Representative, Ethiopia
Kara Gaye
Technical Director, Disaster Risk Reduction and Response
Karyll Johnston-Aitcheson
Chief of Party, Jamaica
Kassu Kebede Anawet
Program Manager, Ethiopian Coffee Development Program
KD Ladd
Senior Technical Director, Nutrition
Ken Smith
Chief of Party, Russia
Kwesi Korboe
Chief of Party, ASI
Laura Dillon-Binkley
Director, Community Development
Laveto Akoi-Forkpa
Director, Liberia
Lee Babcock
Technical Managing Director, Financial Services and Information and Communication Technology
Lee Rosner
Chief of Party, Tanzania
Lindsey Jones
Global Gender Advisor
Luis Alberto Cuéllar
Regional Technical Advisor, Latin America
Lydia Mbevi Nderitu
Regional Gender and Youth Advisor
Maria Bina Palmisano
Senior Director, Monitoring and Evaluation
Martin E. Mason
Deputy Chief of Party/Value Chain Specialist, Tanzania Staples Value Chain (NAFAKA)
Mathieu Lucius
Deputy Chief of Party/Grants Manager, Haiti
Maura C. Brazill
Managing Director, Community Development
Mohammad Kamrul Ahsan
Monitoring and Evaluation Director, Bangladesh
Nadia Namken
Senior Technical Director, Financial Services
Nael Jean-Baptiste
Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist
Naya Kenman
Senior Technical Director, Enterprise Development
Nicholas Richards
Chief of Party, SUCCESS Alliance Phase II Program in the Philippines
Nirinjaka Ramasinjatovo
Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, West Africa
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
Penelope B. Hucker
Director, Agribusiness
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
Scott Reid
Senior Vice President, New Business Development, and Support for Food Security Activities Indefinite Quantity Contract Manager
Sergio Rivas
Chief of Party, Afro-Colombian and Indigenous Program
Shipra Deo
Gender and Livelihoods Specialist, India
Stella Siegel
Director of Environmental Compliance, Program Operations
Stephen Collins
Chief of Party, Kenya Maize Development Project
Suzanne Berkey
Managing Director, Food Security
Teshome Kebede
Deputy Chief of Party, Ethiopia
Thelonious Trimmell
Technical Director, Agribusiness
Timothy Durgan
Senior Technical Advisor, Enterprise Development
Tran Thanh Huyen
Chief of Party, Vietnam
Treena Bishop
Country Representative and Team Leader, Bolivia
T.J. Ryan
Managing Director of Specialty Crops, Agribusiness
Vanessa Adams
Chief of Party, Ethiopia
William Sparks
Vice President, Program Services
Wondimu Z. Wolde
Monitoring & Evaluations Director, Iraq
