Kathleen Doherty Email & Phone Number

Ithaca, New York, United States

Provide consulting services in program development and implementation for international agricultural development firms.

Provide input to the program development team on project design. Advise on bidding, partnering, and staffing decisions. Lead cost proposal development, including managing teaming agreements, subcontractor budgets, and materials from partner organizations. Provide targeted technical assistance to on-going programs in implementation and management.

Led the development of CNFA’s programs through strategic planning, donor relations, and strategic program development. Over three years, expanded CNFA’s development portfolio geographically and technically, with three-fold portfolio growth, and expansion to eleven new countries.

Manage CNFA’s program development efforts, including proposal writing, identifying new funding opportunities, liaising with donors, and managing partner relationships.

Managed the proposal writing process: technical writing team, cost proposal, subcontractor relations, and recruitment.Led program design efforts for new input distribution and output marketing programs resulting in $16 MM in funding for programs in Kenya, Tanzania, and Malawi (AGRA); and Ghana, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Nigeria (USAID).

Provide marketing assistance to client companies and CNFA project staff in Moldova and Georgia, and contribute to new business development activities.

• Led local team of ten consultants to improve marketing strategies and increase domestic and export sales for Azeri food processors and agribusiness enterprises in key agricultural value chains. Client portfolio.
• Designed and launched “Buy Azeri” marketing campaign to promote local food products.
• Led Azeri food processors exhibiting at Saint Petersburg InterFood 2005, resulting in over $500K in export sales.
• Conducted market appraisal of Moscow fresh greens market to facilitate entry by a Baku supplier.
• Studied Moscow market for black leaf tea to assess competitiveness of Azeri tea production.

• Developed and managed a $1.6MM USD pilot agricultural initiative, comprised of training, technical assistance, and trade development activities to increase value-added processing and marketing.
• Created value-chain development strategies for tourism, consulting, and agro-processing in Kyrgyzstan.
• Conducted rapid market appraisals of the Russian food market and overall Afghan market.
• Introduced business advisory model developed in Kyrgyzstan to Pragma teams in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.

Mba, Marketing

Ba, Spanish