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 full-time in-house experts. When appropriate we also draw from a database of over 14,000 consultants and volunteers.
Sort list by the following areas of expertise:
Agribusiness Systems Experts
Enterprise Development Experts
Financial Services Experts
Community Development Experts
Value Chain Approach Experts
Food Security Experts
Avram E. “Buzz” Guroff
Senior Managing Director, Food Security & Specialty Crops Portfolio
Banu Akin
Specialist, Enterprise Development & Competitiveness Portfolio
Bernie Runnebaum
Chief of Party, Uganda PL 480 Title II Program
Charles Cox
Managing Director, Latin America & Caribbean Portfolio, Farmer-to-Farmer Programs, Worldwide Cooperative Development Programs and VOCA Foundation
Don Taylor
Chief of Party, Growth-Oriented Microenterprise Development Program in India
Doug Anderson
Country Representative & Chief of Party, Egypt
Douglas Leavens
Technical Managing Director, Financial Services & Integrated Rural Development Portfolio
Elena Nelson
Senior Technical Director, Financial Services & Integrated Rural Development Portfolio
Fred Smith
Senior Managing Director, Financial Services & Integrated Rural Development Portfolio
Gevorg Adamyan
Managing Director, Agribusiness & Agricultural Policy Portfolio
Glenn Blumhorst
Country Representative, Bolivia
Hugh Brown
Chief of Party, Community Action Program II in Iraq
Janice Stallard
Senior Technical Director, Enterprise Development & Competitiveness Portfolio
John "Bick" Riley
Senior Technical Director, Agribusiness Africa Portfolio
Lee Babcock
Technical Managing Director, New Business Development & Senior Private Sector Specialist
Mark Freeman
Senior Director, New Business Development
Nicholas Richards
Chief of Party, SUCCESS Alliance Phase II Program in the Philippines
Noubia Gribi
Country Director & Chief of Party, Lebanon
Olaf Kula
Senior Technical Director and Resident Representative
Paul Guenette
Managing Director, Agribusiness Africa Portfolio
Robert Fries
Technical Managing Director, Financial Services & Integrated Rural Development Portfolio
Robert Learmonth
Country Representative, East Timor
Robert Rosengren
Technical Managing Director, Financial Services & Integrated Rural Development Portfolio
Robin Wheeler
Chief of Party, Liberia
Ruth Campbell
Managing Director, Enterprise Development & Competitiveness Portfolio
Sally Iadarola
Managing Director, Emerging from Conflict Portfolio
Scott Reid
Vice President, New Business Development
Stephen Collins
Chief of Party, Kenya Maize Development Project
Steve McCarthy
Senior Technical Director, Enterprise Development & Competitiveness Portfolio
Suzanne Smith Saulniers
Community Development Director, Community Action Program II in Iraq
Terrence J. Ryan
Managing Director, Specialty Crops Portfolio
Thelonious Trimmell
Director, Latin America & Caribbean Portfolio and Farmer-to-Farmer Programs
William Stuebner
Senior Director, Civil/Military Relations & Program Support