An agriculture and food security specialist with two decades experience in the design and implementation of projects that have introduced best practices and increased investment and employment with farming communities in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. Strong international development focus with expertise in strategic planning, program design, project finance, project management, technical advisory services and monitoring and evaluation.Specialties: International development, strategic planning, workplan development, finance, budgeting, food security, climate change adaptation, agribusiness, market analysis, training curriculum development, monitoring and evaluation, knowledge management, contracts and grants, proposal writing. Africa, Asia, Latin America, Caribbean. Fluent Spanish.Panels and Presentations:#FoodPrize15 Twitter Chat: Food Security and Agriculture, Farming First/World Food Prize Foundation, October 6, 2015Feeding the World in 2050: What Will it Take, Feeding Development Campaign, DEVEX, July 15, 2014#2020Resilience Twitter Chat: Building Resilience for Food & Nutrition Security, Farming First/IFPRI, April 16, 2014Global Food for Thought: Climate Change and Agriculture, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, February 27, 2014Creating Shared Value, Conducive Policies and Profitable Businesses for Domestic and International Investors, Partnership to End Hunger and Poverty in Africa, World Food Prize, October 16, 2013Alternative Models of Providing Extension and Advisory Services, Modernizing Extension and Advisory Services (MEAS) Symposium, June 5, 2013Smallholder Drip Irrigation, Society for International Development/Food Security and Agriculture Working Group, September 20, 2011