•Representing USAID in the USG GHS Interagency Technical Working Group, to ensure non-duplication of activities and lead USAID’s contribution to GHSA mid-year and annual reporting and work plan development; responses to headquarters and NSC queries/taskers; responses and actions as outlined in cables; and USG responses to any disease outbreaks under the purview of GHS.• During disease outbreaks in which the government requests support from USAID and other partners, ensure that USAID’s efforts are coordinated to support the national government. • Set up/encourage the establishment of Partner/Donor coordination and collaboration mechanisms to advance GHS in Tanzania. Such partners include USAID partners, other donors, the government of Tanzania, private sector, international and local NGOs, multilateral organizations, etc.• Establish relationships with the Ministries of Health and Livestock and Fisheries, PO-RALG, TVLA, NPHL, the One Health Coordination Section, WHO, FAO, and other stakeholders to secure USAID contribution to and participation in health security activities in Tanzania, including outbreak response, and to support the sharing of information.• Providing coordination across partners through partner meetings and joint site visits, and continue to look for opportunities for (a) greater linkages within the portfolio, (b) additional linkages between existing partners and potential collaborators, and (c) cooperative engagements with other donor partners.• Supporting the communication and sharing of information about global health security, disease outbreaks in Tanzania, and USAID’s GHS activities within and across the Mission and USAID/Washington, with the implementing partners, with the GoT, and with other stakeholders.•Serving as A/COR and/or Activity Manager, ensuring effective coordination and implementation of GHS activities in the country.

• Supporting the USAID/Tanzania Health Office in program design and procurement activities, to include portfolio analysis, developing a plan and timeline for expiring awards, and facilitating the development of activity design documentation. Serving as a liaison to the Program Office. • Assisting Health Office monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) support, and initiating design of a cross-portfolio MEL activity.• Enhancing communication, to include the development of memoranda, talking points, and other documentation, as well as working with the Document Control staff to capture and promote health activities.• Providing back-end support for the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Country Operational Plan development, to include portfolio reviews, stakeholders’ workshops, and forward-looking, evidence-based budgetary and program planning.

• Serving as as the leader of the U.S. Army Medical Research Directorate-Africa/Nigeria (USAMRD-A/N) in its implementation of public health programs; includes management of 86 personnel across two cities, as well as oversight over a vehicle fleet, a clinical research centre and two warehouses.• Representing USAMRD-A/N as a partner in the military-to-military collaboration with the Nigerian Ministry of Defence Health Implementation Programme (NMOD-HIP), in support of a ~$18M portfolio to improve the health and readiness of both the U.S. and Nigerian warfighter.• Leading development and oversight of implementation plans and budgets for DoD under the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), maintaining over 35,000 patients on antiretroviral therapy.• Serving as co-Incident Manager of the Nigerian Military COVID-19 Emergency Operations Centre, providing leadership to NMOD surveillance, sample collection and testing, infection prevention and control, and case management of COVID-19. • Overseeing malaria quality assurance and microscopy technical assistance under both the U.S. President's Malaria Initiative and the Global Fund, and coordination with the U.S. Navy Medical Research Unit-3 for Aedes insecticide resistance and molecular malaria studies. • Providing oversight to the execution of evaluations, clinical research, and vaccine trials for infectious diseases, including HIV, COVID-19, malaria, Lassa fever, Ebola, and other febrile illnesses.• Supporting the joint initiative between the U.S. DoD, the NMOD-HIP, the U.S. CDC, and the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control to increase biosecurity in Nigeria, through the surveillance, detection, and response to outbreaks and emerging disease pathogens.• Representing and advocating for DoD/WRAIR interests as part of complex interagency coordination of public health efforts in Nigeria by leveraging DoD expertise and unique capabilities.

• Serving as a senior manager and technical expert for the U.S. Army Medical Research Directorate-Africa/Nigeria (USAMRD-A/N) public health programs; includes management of 80 personnel.• Representing USAMRD-A/N as a partner in the military-to-military collaboration with the Nigerian Ministry of Defence Health Implementation Programme (NMOD-HIP), in support of a ~$14M portfolio to improve the health and readiness of both the U.S. and Nigerian warfighter.• Leading development and oversight of implementation plans and budgets for continued effective participation in the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR); as of FY20Q2, the USAMRD-A/N program maintained over 33,000 patients on life-saving antiretroviral therapy, with viral load coverage of 98.7% viral suppression of 89.1%.• Leading programmatic malaria efforts, including oversight of malaria quality assurance and microscopy technical assistance under both the President's Malaria Initiative and The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria, and coordination with the U.S. Navy Medical Research Unit-3 for molecular malaria studies. • Providing oversight to the execution of evaluations, clinical research, and vaccine trials for infectious diseases, including HIV, malaria, and Ebola, building on current public health initiatives.• Supporting the joint initiative between the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the NMOD-HIP, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control to increase biosecurity in Nigeria, through the surveillance, detection, and response to outbreaks and emerging disease pathogens.• Representing and advocating for DoD/WRAIR/USAMRD-A/N interests as part of complex interagency coordination of HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other infectious disease research and public health efforts in Nigeria by leveraging DoD expertise and unique capabilities.

- Managed and provided technical and strategic guidance, to include activity management of the Pan American Health Organization Zika grant, and served as the Zika technical point of contact for the LAC Bureau.- Coordinated between LAC and GH Bureaus and other USAID and USG counterparts in the Zika response.- Served as the vector control technical lead for the Zika core team, supporting collaboration among partners, monitoring progress across the region, and providing technical input to programmatic and strategic planning.- Worked with the Zika Regional Coordinator to assist in reporting and communication on the USAID Zika response, including disseminating current scientific knowledge and best practices in the Zika response.- Led development of documentation and monitoring for environmental compliance of all USAID Zika projects.- Spearheaded development of the USAID Zika monitoring and evaluation framework and data collection for cross-portfolio reporting and program management.

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• Led the development of the PEPFAR Country Operational Plans and the Semi-annual and Annual Performance Reports, to include direct contribution to and oversight of the development of tools, templates, and documents; analysis of epidemiological, program, and budgetary data; analysis of gender, sustainability, and legal contexts; interagency coordination and clearance; external stakeholder engagement; and briefings to the U.S. Embassy Front Office and the Global AIDS Coordinator; Plans were approved by the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator (S/GAC). • Successfully guided the interagency PEPFAR team in strategic planning and the development of the PEPFAR Unified Plan for India; Plan implementation will result in more than 300,000 people vulnerable to HIV reached, 320,000 people tested for HIV, and 17,000 people newly placed on antiretroviral therapy in FY2016.• Led coordination and collaboration with the Government of India’s National AIDS Control Organisation on all PEPFAR interagency issues, at the national, state, and district levels; coordination resulted in approval of the Unified Plan for India and agreement on PEPFAR strategies, goals, and targets for FY2017.• Ensured alignment and complementation of PEPFAR support with external stakeholders, including civil society, UNAIDS, UNDP, WHO, World Bank, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Global Fund; resulted in increased efficiency and effectiveness of PEPFAR India’s $23M investment.• Reported directly to the Embassy Front Office and served as principal contact for S/GAC.• Oversaw efforts to improve Sri Lanka’s health system to combat their HIV epidemic.

• Oversaw the five million dollar (annual) USAID/India education portfolio comprised of twelve projects, plus three projects funded through USAID/Washington, managed by two Project Management Specialists. • Guided establishment of partnerships between USAID/India and three education organizations with the aim of improving the reading skills of millions of children; awards leveraging private sector funds (~3:1) completed in August 2015.• Managed field support to three USAID/Washington-funded gender equality activities; projects reached hundreds of thousands of people, received significant media coverage, were incorporated into the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme, and reached visibility at the level of Prime Minister Modi.• Oversaw award and management of the Self Employed Women’s Association women’s empowerment project co-supported by USAID/Afghanistan; included a renewal of a tripartite statement of principles between the three countries that will lead to vocational skill development for 3200 underpriviledged Afghani women.• Assumed field support role for the pending LGBT Alliance GDA work in India, to include linkages with the Department of State on Embassy-wide LGBT initiatives and programs.• Provided support to the efforts under a Joint Declaration to enhance the research and development capabilities of an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT); effort has already yielded clarification on IIT needs and linkages to other sectors under the USAID/India portfolio.• Spearheaded the standardization and pilot of indicators to be applied across the Education portfolio, in concert with Program Support and the Asia Bureau; this will allow for better understanding of the impact of USAID/India support.• Served as the USAID counter-trafficking in persons coordinator; position led to the linkage of organizations working in the prevention of trafficking in persons to other offices in the Mission.

•Managed the strategy and operations of the $23M (annual) DoD HIV prevention, care, and treatment program; directing three Program Directors,150+ subordinate staff, and three partners.•Served nine months as Acting Director; increased cross-program strategy development and implementation, transparency, and efficiency; improved integration within the local U.S. Command; maintained high standards of quality and performance in all program areas.•Acted as the DoD representative to the interagency decision-making and strategy setting body and various working groups for PEPFAR Kenya; appointed as the senior DoD PEPFAR representative for key meetings with other donors, US Ambassador and high level visitors, and the Government of Kenya.•Served as liaison to the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF), to coordinate overall program execution, work plans development, and activities; resulted in greater KDF accountability and increased support for and commitment to HIV programs.•Oversaw the coordination and funding of all DoD PEPFAR research activities; DoD was the only Agency in Kenya to have their implementation science study request approved 2014 Country Operational Plan submission.•Oversaw, directed all data collection and tracking progress of achievements against all metrics, to include development of the annual and semi-annual performance reports; program consistently met or surpassed targets, and facilities served demonstrated marked improvements across all quality improvement indicators measured.•Developed DoD PEPFAR-associated funding submissions, monitoring budget execution by program area; successfully implemented a spending slowdown to create funding reserves for the following fiscal year.•Conducted and oversaw administrative activities, including the review and approval of procurement actions and financial transactions, and management of human resources, including recruiting, hiring, training, staff reviews, and disciplinary actions.

• Managed the Life Skills and M&E teams to ensure progress against project targets and goals.• Served as interim M&E Coordinator for delivery of results pertaining to PEPFAR indicators, designing data collection and validation methods, and planning activities for data collection and validation.• Provided oversight of HR functions, including managing the hiring processes for 15 consultants and 11 new employees.• Ensured Finance and Administration teams deliver accurate financial reporting, inventory management, and budget monitoring, and adhered to FHI360 and USAID HR regulations regarding segregation of duties for procurement actions.• Facilitated coordination between local FHI360, CDC, Abt Associates, MSH, IntraHealth, and KNCV; leading to increased levels of collaboration and an expected outcome of improved, more cohesive PMTCT services and greater opportunities to address TB/HIV coinfection.• Coordinated communication of project strategy, goals, and activities to external stakeholders (e.g. Ministries of Public Health and Education and their dependents, USAID, PEPFAR Coordinator).• Managed local development of all key project deliverables to USAID as well as provided reporting and evaluation of project results against target indicators.• Liaised with USAID and FHI360 headquarters staff on programmatic, technical, financial, and contractual issues. • Oversaw development of a field grants program through the coordination of technical and management assistance to the grantees and support to FHI360 HQ in the development and approval of sub-agreements.• Developed and provided training on local office policy and procedure manual; resulting in greater clarity in administrative and IT processes.

• Developed solutions for a global firm to increase gender diversity and workforce flexibility.• Contributed to the development of Dominican Republic Global Health Initiative Strategy and the USAID/DR Operating Plan and Strategy.• Designed an HIV/AIDS procurement mechanism and budget for the USAID/DR Health Office; resulted in the continuance and strengthening of local partners’ activities to support transition. • Managed HIV/AIDS and Health System Strengthening activities through the USAID/DR Acquisition and Activity process, to include conducting gender analyses; activities have been fully integrated into the USAID/DR PEPFAR/HIV portfolio.

• Led the strategy, business case, and implementation plan development for a cost-effective, 10-fold increase in HIV screening operations for a U.S. military branch. • Managed organizational design and strategy definition for a $160M jointly-funded HIV vaccine development program. Program included resource allocation and external collaboration; organization adopted and implemented recommendations. • Facilitated the development of portfolio management processes for a $600M multi-division government biodefense agency; the agency utilized the processes for shaping the next FY’s budgeting process and receiving funding for unfunded requests. • Developed the management plan and detailed the program strategy for a $1.5B government biodefense program; the program relied on the plan for establishing initial operations. • Managed strategic planning and process improvements for a government departmental executive board and its supporting governance structure; resulted in effective, department-wide decisions.• Led efforts at a government agency with a multi-billion dollar annual budget to develop performance measures used to drive information sharing budget line items; effort involved managing staff and facilitating the cooperation and collaboration of 22 components and offices.• Designed an end-to-end product development process tailored for a $2.2B biodefense organization focused on taking therapeutics from discovery through licensure; the organization used the process to successfully support project selection.• Created a novel process for the identification of technologies to support strategic goals and medical countermeasure pipelines in a large government biodefense organization.• Developed a dispute resolution process for a large government agency to agreement; effort resulted in the resolution of a dispute that had prohibited data sharing between two agencies for three years.

Generated transgenic mice and isolated proteins specific to two different genes (Zim1 and Tbx18).

•Led the HIV/AIDS Action Team through moderation of inter-organization collaboration with NGOs, development of novel resources for teaching HIV/AIDS awareness (adopted in neighboring countries), and production of a seminar on HIV for the 120+ member Peace Corps-Nepal community.•Increased gender awareness and social status of Nepali women through leadership (Vice Chair) and participation in the Women in Development Committee, coordinated the delivery of 247 scholarships to underprivileged girls, directly contributed to the production, marketing, and distribution of the annual WID calendar for income generation, and assisted in the organization of regional women’s conferences.•Enhanced science education by teaching secondary and university level science to 150+ students, training 50+ local science teachers, and assessing laboratories in 16 schools.•Initiated the fundraising and development of a regional biotechnology research facility and developed Master’s degree curriculum.

•Collaborated with scientists at six different U.S. and European institutions to research polycystic kidney disease, lipid transport, skeletal anomalies, leukemia, and neurological disorders.•Managed 10+ mutant mouse lines, and was the first person in the history of the project to complete both the genomic cloning and biological characterization of one of the mutations. •Implemented novel research protocols and laid groundwork for research in related projects.•Interviewed technicians and postdoctoral candidates, and trained and managed lab technicians.•Publications: -Zhang Q, Murcia NS, Chittenden LR, Richards WG, Michaud EJ, Woychik RP, Yoder BK. Loss of the Tg737 protein results in skeletal patterning defects. Dev Dyn. 2003 May;227(1):78-90. -Stacey M, Chang GW, Sanos SL, Chittenden LR, Stubbs L, Gordon S, Lin HH. EMR4, a novel epidermal growth factor (EGF)-TM7 molecule up-regulated in activated mouse macrophages, binds to a putative cellular ligand on B lymphoma cell line A20. J Biol Chem. 2002 Aug 9;277(32):29283-93. -Chittenden L, Lu X, Cacheiro NL, Cain KT, Generoso W, Bryda EC, Stubbs L. A new mouse model for autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease. Genomics. 2002 Apr;79(4):499-504. -Price SJ, Chittenden LR, Flaherty L, O'Dell B, Guay-Woodford LM, Stubbs L, Bryda EC. Characterization of the region containing the jcpk PKD gene on mouse Chromosome 10. Cytogenet Genome Res. 2002;98(1):61-6.Cited in:Bolt CC, Elso CM, Lu X, Pan F, Kispert A, Stubbs L. A distant downstream enhancer directs essential expression of Tbx18 in urogenital tissues. Dev. Biol. 392(2): 483–493.

Rotations in cellular biology of cancer, genomics, and developmental biology. Publication: -Stubbs L, Chittenden L, Chakrabarti A, Onaivi E. The gene encoding the central cannabinoid receptor is located in proximal mouse Chromosome 4. Mamm Genome. 1996 Feb;7(2):165-6.