Austen Musso Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Implement a growing portfolio food security and market systems development projects
• Support grants, budgeting, strategic planning and reporting for the $13,500,000 Feed the Future Rwanda Orora Wihaze (OW) Activity
• Manage integration of market systems principles in designing, tracking, and managing of co-investments partnership to disburse OW’s $1,620,000 Market innovation fund in compliance with USAID Regulations
• Guide close out of Feed the Future Resilient Agricultural Market Activities – Beira Corridor
• Backstop USDA Food for Progress Georgia Safety and Quality Investment in Livestock (SQIL) project
• Supervise and mentor Program Specialists as they grow with Land O’Lakes Venture37

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Led grants support, work planning for the Feed the Future Rwanda Orora Wihaze Activity to increase access to and consumption of nutritious animal sourced foods
• Collaborated with Orora Wihaze’s Chief of Party to manage subcontractor relationship with Catholic Relief Services, MarketShare Associates and The Manoff Group
• Backstopped Lebanon Investment in Quality (LINQ) in-country staff to increases the competitiveness of value-added agribusinesses through access to new markets, productivity and quality improvement and product innovation.
• Successful closed LINQ and submitted all required documentation to USAID despite national economic collapse
• Supported new business develop proposals for USAID’s Feed the Future Initiative, and USDA Food For Progress
• Designed and piloted the first training course on Venture37 digital training platform, KAYA

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Managed the Small Grants Program for the $30,000,000 USAID-funded IDEAL Activity
• Planned, drafted and released 4 Requests for Application with the goal of addressing priority food security knowledge and capacity gaps leading to $2,200,000 in committed subawards
• Partnered with technical experts across the food security and agriculture community to fully vet project applications, monitor activity implementation, provide technical assistance and disseminate project results
• Designed and implemented small grant program strategies and workplans alongside the IDEAL Director and Deputy Director
• Collaborated with Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance to align small grant activities with USAID strategy and global awards portfolio
  
• Supervised and mentored the Small Grants Senior Coordinator

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Oversee VA’s operations in Africa reaching over 14,000,000 children and mothers with micronutrients
• Develop, track, and manage an annual budget of more than $1,000,000 for Africa specific projects
• Coordinate technical assistance, vetting and data management for a portfolio of vitamin grants across 22 countries
• Hire, train and backstop six long-term consultants based in Nigeria, DR Congo, Uganda & South Africa
• Supervise and mentor a Program Manager as she expands operations in South Africa and collects marketing content
• Manage GIK donations and logistics for a $3 million Global Affairs Canada project, Every Child Thrives, to reduce vitamin A deficiency and Neglected Tropical Disease prevalence in Kenya & Cote d’Ivoire

Santa Barbara, California Area

• Manage Vitamin Angels' grants for 50 NGOs in 19 countries throughout Africa
• Oversee relationship with large US development partners including Food for the Hungry and AmeriCares
• Supported the business development team to engage retail donors (Walgreen, Vitamin Shoppe) in cause marketing
• Developed and evaluated programs in Nigeria and Uganda that grew from 100,000 to 3,500,000 beneficiaries in two years
• Collaborate with a team to oversee the shipping, import and temporary storage of vitamins in four contract warehouses across Africa
• Directed recruiting, training, management of bi-annual Programs Internship to support Vitamin Angels programmatic goals

Santa Barbara, California Area

• Researched, analyzed and approved NGOs applying for micro-nutrient grants in Southern Asia
• Strengthened standard operating procedures to ensure the quality of all NGO partnerships
• Supported the development and integration of Salesforce database into Vitamin Angel grant management framework

Cambridge, Mass

• Served as research assistant for MSH mHealth working group researching mHealth tools and communities of practice
• Collected qualitative data through staff interviews and conducted SWOT analysis for mHealth strategy development
• Drafted flyers and meeting records for mHealth knowledge exchange

Kisumu, Kenya

-Designed individual baseline surveys, registration forms and women’s group constitution templates-Formally created two women’s livelihood groups to receive micro-loans and education for agribusiness start up-Composed a successful grant to Vitamin Angels for 16,000 Vitamin A supplements & 32,000 Multivitamins-Performed basic health examinations of.

Kimana, Kenya

• Conducted bilingual quantitative and qualitative research to measure water use, quality, and access
• Interviewed community stakeholders within the Maasai Tribe and led multiple focus group discussions on the community’s perception of their current water situation
• Analyzed community water use survey data using CSPro and EpiInfo
• Presented findings to over 200 Kimana community stakeholders in bilingual presentation

State College, Pennsylvania Area

• Provided administrative support and MRI analyses to pilot supplementation study which brought in funding
• Researched, collated, scanned all available publications on Iron Deficiency as part of a literature review

Mph, Public Health

Activities and Societies: President of Boston University School of Public Health Student Senate-Merit Scholar -Santander Award Recipient.

Bs, Nutritional Science

Activities and Societies: Healthworks, Student Nutrition Association, Kappa Omicron Nu National Honors Society, Penn State Dance Marathon.