Danielle Niedermaier Email & Phone Number

United States

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Lead internal Climate-Smart Agriculture Community of Practice, building internal capacity and sharing learnings internally and externally.
• Oversee all monitoring, evaluation & learning (MEL) activities for over $50M portfolio of programs across the world that are building more competitive, resilient and inclusive communities and market systems.
• Oversee all monitoring activities for these programs, including reviewing data collection tools and processes, managing our online data collection and management system, verifying accuracy of data analysis conducted by.
• Oversee evaluations conducted by external evaluation firms, including developing terms of reference, reviewing data collection tools and plans, managing timelines and budgets, and reviewing data analysis and reports.
• Serve as MEL Lead for multiple proposals for USG and non-USG funding, including leading workshops to design new projects based on theories of change that are grounded in sound research, developing MEL plans for the.
• Advise and mentor MEL Managers on projects, overseeing their work to ensure it is high quality, providing them with feedback, and building their capacity.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Led food security project design teams in developing theories of change and monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) plans, assessing data needs, setting performance targets and developing data collection tools.
• Oversaw implementation of these plans, support annual data quality assessments and compile reports.
• Mentored Peace Corps staff on MEL, including theory of change development and data collection and analysis.
• Led process of standardizing indicators across food security projects, ensuring alignment with FTF indicators.
• Analyzed and visualized Peace Corps' food security project data and secondary data, providing recommendations to inform project adaptation and new project design.
• Communicated results, best practices and lessons learned via annual reports, infographics, video and other media to a wide audience, including USAID, partners and the public.

Dakar, Senegal

• Served as local team lead for process evaluation of a program that develops local demonstration and training farms.
• Developed quantitative and qualitative metrics and protocols.
• Trained and oversaw local enumerators in the field.
• Analyzed dataset and wrote report: recommendations were accepted and implemented to improve program.

Senegal

• Developed and implemented research to make post-harvest sorghum processing more effective and efficient.
• Recommendations were used in designing technology for smallholder farmers to increase productivity and income.

Master’s Thesis: Food Security and Innovation DiffusionPeace Corps/Senegal receives funding from USAID under President Obama’s Feed the Future Initiative to implement food security activities. Equipping Master Farmers throughout Senegal in developing 1 hectare fields for demonstrating and extending improved technologies related to field crops, gardening.

Senegal

• Guided expansion of food security program.
• Initiated and strengthened collaborations with a variety of food security partners, such as GOs, NGOs, and private sector organizations.
• Analyzed data and prepared annual reports for USAID.

• Developed hands-on training curriculum and supporting materials using adult learning principles, and delivered training events for over 200 Peace Corps Trainees and Volunteers.
• Revised technical materials on various topics, such as field crops, gardening, data collection and analysis, monitoring and evaluation.
• Advised Volunteers on project design and implementation, monitoring and evaluation, technical challenges, and community integration.

Senegal

• Managed seed extension program with over 100 farmers in 23 villages.
• Oversaw $12,000 grant to construct seed storage facility for over 5,000 farmers.
• Developed and managed 2.5 acre demonstration and training farm.

Northfield, MN

• Biology and Environmental Studies double major
• Graduated Magna Cum Laude
• Distinction in Biology
• Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society
• Played on Varsity Basketball Team all 4 years, captain Senior year

Master'S Of Professional Studies, International Agriculture And Rural Development, Gpa: 4.05/4.0

Activities and Societies: Graduate Christian FellowshipInternational Agriculture and Rural Development

Bachelor Of Arts, Biology, Environmental Studies, Gpa: 3.78/4.0

Activities and Societies: Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society, Captain of Basketball Team in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic.