Provide technical leadership and field support related to economic growth programs to the Europe and Eurasia Bureau and to missions in the region responsible for strategy development, project design, implementation support, and evaluation. Serve as the USAID manager for a number of large, high visibility programs including the Romanian American Enterprise Fund (RAEF - $60 million), the Western Newly Independent States Enterprise Fund (WNISEF - $150 million), the Eurasia Foundation ($147… Show more Provide technical leadership and field support related to economic growth programs to the Europe and Eurasia Bureau and to missions in the region responsible for strategy development, project design, implementation support, and evaluation. Serve as the USAID manager for a number of large, high visibility programs including the Romanian American Enterprise Fund (RAEF - $60 million), the Western Newly Independent States Enterprise Fund (WNISEF - $150 million), the Eurasia Foundation ($147 million), and the Partnership for Financial Stability project (PFS -$ 5.4 million). Also Participate as an instructor for economic growth related training programs including the Economic Growth Officers Overview Course. Show less

Responsible for growth, management, and delivery of economic growth programs for a variety of US government clients including USAID, State, MCC, and USTDA. Key member of successful proposal team and then program manager for the $4 billion USAID funded General Business Trade and Investment II (GBTI II) IQC and the $2.4 billion USAID funded Macroeconomic Policy, Poverty Alleviation, and Economic Institutions and Analysis (Macro II) IQC. Assumed the Chief of Party role in March of 2009… Show more Responsible for growth, management, and delivery of economic growth programs for a variety of US government clients including USAID, State, MCC, and USTDA. Key member of successful proposal team and then program manager for the $4 billion USAID funded General Business Trade and Investment II (GBTI II) IQC and the $2.4 billion USAID funded Macroeconomic Policy, Poverty Alleviation, and Economic Institutions and Analysis (Macro II) IQC. Assumed the Chief of Party role in March of 2009 for the Kosovo Pirate Enterprise Program (KPEP), a $17.8 million USAID funded project designed to improve the competitiveness of Kosovo’s private sector. The project meet or exceeded all key performance metrics. Show less

Served twenty-three years as a career foreign service officer with the U.S Agency for International Development. Held numerous senior management positions including:• Senior Advisor, Asia-Near East (ANE) Bureau. Reporting to the Assistant Administrator for the ANE Bureau, served as the senior USAID/Washington officer responsible for coordination with the State Department’s Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI). • Deputy Director, Center for Economic Growth and Agricultural… Show more Served twenty-three years as a career foreign service officer with the U.S Agency for International Development. Held numerous senior management positions including:• Senior Advisor, Asia-Near East (ANE) Bureau. Reporting to the Assistant Administrator for the ANE Bureau, served as the senior USAID/Washington officer responsible for coordination with the State Department’s Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI). • Deputy Director, Center for Economic Growth and Agricultural Development. Exercised broad responsibility for management and oversight of all aspects of Center’s operations. The organization included 90 staff with an annual budget of US $100 million. • Director, Office of European Country Affairs. Directed office that assisted and supported 15 overseas missions from the Baltics to the Balkans, with a combined annual budget of more than US $324 million. • USAID Representative, USAID/Budapest. Opened and led one of the first USAID programs in Central and Eastern Europe. Managed a staff of 25, with an annual budget of US $50 million and was responsible for all aspects of developing and implementing strategies and programs to support Hungary’s economic and political transformation. • Deputy Office Director Private Enterprise Bureau, Emerging Markets Office. Providing technical leadership and field support to the Agency to advance private sector led economic growth. • Deputy Office Director, USAID/Cairo. Designed and managed $100 million per year, intermediate credit program, which provided foreign exchange and credit to private firms operating in Egypt. This program became the principal vehicle for furthering USAID’s dialogue with the Government of Egypt on issues related to private sector led growth. Show less

Served as foreign exchange dealer responsible for inter-bank trading. Advised corporate customers on hedging strategies and authored monthly article on foreign exchange issues for bank publication.