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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