Brendan Barcelo Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Supervise, mentor, and coach a team of 44 senior technical subject matter experts to coordinate over $6 billion in foreign assistance, delivering economic growth, private sector development, agriculture, energy, environment, infrastructure, education, health, democracy and governance, elections, and gender programming in the Asia region.• Bureau representative on a joint USAID and US Department of State COVID-19 Task Force’s Pillar 4 Working Group to implement the US Government’s Global Response Strategy of preparing for, mitigating, and addressing second-order economic, security, stabilization, and governance impacts of COVID-19. Secured implementation of over $68 million in programming to respond to the pandemic, as well as an Agency performance award.• Served as a member of the planning team to facilitate and operationalize the merger between OAPA and the Asia Bureau into a combined Bureau. Recognized with two Superior Honor Awards for helping integrate over 150 staff.• Facilitated the Bureau’s $25 million institutional support contract solicitation, review, selection and award, avoiding potentially damaging impacts to employee morale and livelihoods.• Represent the Bureau as the Digital Champion for the Agency’s Digital Strategy Working Group to shape the core elements of USAID’s first Digital Development Strategy. Co-developed and currently implementing actionable data and security management strategy for the Agency, Bureaus, Missions, and Independent Offices, guiding decisions concerning responsible, representative, and competitive investments, along with approaches to fostering an inclusive digital ecosystem comprising both public and private sectors.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Supervise, mentor, and coach a team of 16 senior technical subject matter experts to coordinate over $2 billion in foreign assistance programming in Afghanistan and Pakistan.• One of six selected by the Agency’s Transformation Task Team to serve on 12-member US Foreign Assistance Redesign Tiger Team: provided conceptual and strategic framework options as part of the joint USAID and US Department of State’s Reform Plan to reimagine US foreign aid as a resilient force to advance US foreign policy objectives. The Tiger Team identified and presented five strategic long-term goals and objectives of US foreign policy, and the structures required to deliver effectively and efficiently roughly $50 billion of annual assistance in support of development, humanitarian, and national security objectives for 2040 and beyond to the Transformation Task Team Executive Steering Committee, then-USAID Administrator Mark Green, and then-Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson.• Served as the Bureau’s Senior Obligation Alignment Review Liaison to establish Bureau procedures, draft and edit technical program designs, negotiate to obtain multiple and sometimes conflicting clearances. Brief USAID Chief of Staff on Afghanistan and Pakistan Mission initiatives. Secured approvals Administrator for over $1.8 billion in programs and another $120 million in programming in the design and drafting phase. Recognized with a performance award.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Supervised, mentored, and coached team of 7 senior budget analysts to coordinate over $28 billion in foreign assistance, delivering economic growth, private sector development, agriculture, energy, environment, infrastructure, education, health, democracy and governance, elections, and gender programming in the Asia region.• Identified and presented critical and time-sensitive information to senior audiences including USAID, US Department of State, Office of Management and Budget, National Security Council, and Congressional subcommittees. Briefed USAID Administrator and OAPA Assistant to the Administrator for the Administration's Fiscal Year (FY) 2016, FY 2017, FY 2018, and FY 2019 budget testimony to Congress. Recognized with two Meritorious Honor Awards and a Superior Honor Award for defending the two world largest U.S. assistance budgets.• Streamlined multi-agency funding and approval process involving three US Department of State Bureaus, Office of Management and Budget, Office of Foreign Assistance, in-country federal agencies within Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Congress—reducing time by 25 percent (saving four months). Recognized with a Meritorious Honor Award for creating an exceptional cross-functional leadership team.• Lead technical and budget briefer on USAID’s development programming in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Spearheaded successful defense of: • $100 million+ Let Girls Learn Initiative package (through the White House’s Office of the First Lady and the National Security Council). • Briefed House and Senate Foreign Affairs Appropriations and Authorization Committee staff on the United Nations Green Climate Fund and several other issues; briefed Congressman Jim Banks (R-Ind), a veteran of the Afghan conflict and member of the House Armed Services Committee, on how continued development assistance programming impacts US troop reductions in Afghanistan.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Provided expert direction on financial management, program transition and aviation operations. • Documented, defended, and negotiated budgets and allocations of large and complex foreign assistance budgets through Bureau, DoS, OMB, and Congressional inquiries.• Coordinated budget planning process with INL’s Resource Management Division of Budget Formulation and Planning, SCA, US Embassy Kabul’s Coordinating Directorate, Office of U.S. Foreign Assistance Resources, and OMB for overall US foreign assistance policy and implementation of INL’s strategic plan. Interpreted complex legislation and regulatory policy guidance. Assessed the impact of new laws, regulations, and policies regarding foreign assistance budget presentations.• Advised Bureau and US Embassy Kabul staff to adjust funding in annual submissions requirements for over $2 billion of foreign assistance program funds.• Led negotiations with multiple US, foreign, and international/UN and drafted bilateral and multilateral agreements with the Afghan government, in accordance with DoS and INL policies, to govern spending of over $6 billion dollars in counternarcotics, rule of law, transnational crime and aviation support programs. • Embassy liaison to Afghan government’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Finance to strengthen relations and emphasize US foreign policy strategy, objectives, and program implementation. Also participated in these ministries’ and World Bank discussions on direct Government-to-Government funding requirements.

Washington, D.C.

Washington D.C.

Greenbelt, Md

Winona, Mn

Master Of Arts, International Business

Bachelor Of Arts, Business Management, Human Resources Management Emphasis

Activities and Societies: •Paintball Club - Founder, President, Treasurer, & Advisor •Ski & Snowboard Club - Founder, President, &.