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 Experts
Enterprise Development Experts
Financial Services Experts
Community Development Experts
Value Chain Approach Experts
Food Security Experts
Monitoring and Evaluation Experts
Gender and Development Experts
Alexander Fernando
Technical Expert, Agribusiness
Ali A. El-Saied, Ph.d.
Senior Market Intelligence Advisor, Egypt
Avram E. “Buzz” Guroff
Senior Managing Director, Food Security
Barry T. Elkin
Technical Director, Food Security
Bronwyn Irwin
Technical Director, Enterprise Development & Competitiveness
Charles Cox
VOCA Foundation Executive Director & President's Office Senior Advisor
Dinh Hai Lam
Chief of Party, Vietnam
Doug Anderson
Country Representative & Chief of Party, Egypt
Douglas Leavens
Technical Managing Director, Financial Services & Integrated Rural Development
Emmet Murphy
Chief of Party, Haiti
Fred Smith
Senior Managing Director, Financial Services & Integrated Rural Development
Geoffrey Chalmers
Senior Technical Director, Enterprise Development and Financial Services
Gevorg Adamyan
Managing Director, Agribusiness
Gitau Mbure
Deputy Chief of Party, Rwanda
Glenn Blumhorst
Managing Director, Community Development
Hugh Brown
Chief of Party, Community Action Program III in Iraq
James Dean
Chief of Party, Promoting Agriculture, Governance and the Environment project in Sierra Leone
Janice K. Stallard
Senior Technical Director, Enterprise Development & Competitiveness
Joe Welsh
Country Representative and Chief of Party, Ethiopia
John "Bick" Riley
Chief of Party, Agricultural Development and Value Chain Enhancement Project in Ghana
Ken Smith
Chief of Party, Russia
Lee Babcock
Technical Managing Director, New Business Development & Senior Private Sector Specialist
Luis Alberto Cuéllar
Regional Technical Advisor, Latin America
Mahawa Kaba Wheeler
Chief of Party, Agriculture for Children’s Empowerment Program in Liberia
Maria Bina Palmisano
Director, Monitoring and Evaluation
Mark Freeman
Senior Director of Programs, President's Office
Michael Field
Technical Advisor, Agricultural Development and Value Chain Enhancement (ADVANCE) Project
Moh Shan Jaafar Abdulwahid, M.D.
Health Advisor, the Philippines
Nael Jean-Baptiste
Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation in Haiti
Naya Kenman
Technical Director, Enterprise Development & Competitiveness
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
Senior Technical Director and West Africa Resident Representative
Orlen Ocleasa
Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation in the Philippines
Paul Guenette
Technical Managing Director, Agribusiness
Richard Hurelbrink
Chief of Party and Country Representative, Armenia
Robert Fries
Technical Managing Director, Financial Services & Integrated Rural Development
Robert Learmonth
Technical Managing Director, Community Development
Robert Rosengren
Chief of Party, Rwanda
Robin Wheeler
Chief of Party and Country Representative, Liberia
Rosalynn “Pinky” Serafica
Behavior Change Communication Advisor, Sustainable Health Improvements through Empowerment and Local Development in the Philippines
Ruth Campbell
Managing Director, Enterprise Development & Competitiveness
Ryan Larrance
Technical Director, Food Security
Sally Iadarola
Managing Director, Community Development
Scott Reid
Vice President, New Business Development
Sergio Rivas
Senior Director, Alternative Development and Livelihoods, Community Development
Stephen Collins
Chief of Party, Kenya Maize Development Project
Stephen Orr
Managing Director, Lebanon Business Linkages Initiative
Steve McCarthy
Senior Technical Director, Enterprise Development & Competitiveness
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
Director, Agribusiness & Farmer-to-Farmer Programs
Thomas Gibb
Chief of Party, P.L. 480 Title II Multi-year Assistance Program in Uganda