Mike Sweigart Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC, US

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Provide technical leadership and programmatic support on social and behavioral science, MEL, and social inclusion.

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Support the integration of social and behavioral science insights into democracy, human rights and governance programs

CONF 708/Identity & ConflictCONF 304/Global Conflict Analysis & Resolution

• Led evaluation (2021) for global program supporting grassroots LGBT rights organizations
• As the Co-Champion (Independent consultant) for the Youth Engagement Community of Practice (CoP) under the USAID-funded YouthPower Learning project (2017-2018), co-managed CoP involving 250+ international development.
• Planned and facilitated community of practice meetings, webinars, and online discussions (2017-2018).
• Facilitated and contributed to the development of technical briefs on youth engagement in international development.
• Synthesized USAID data to develop 10 DRG subsector modules for the Toolkit for Youth Inclusion in Democracy, Human Rights and Governance (DRG) Programming.
• Led half-day training for MCI staff on strategies for youth civic and political participation programming

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Washington, DC

• Provided technical assistance for the design of inclusive, evidence-based and evaluable democracy, human rights and governance (DRG) interventions.
• Facilitated front-end analysis, problem analysis, objective analysis, development of theories of change, logical frameworks, performance & complexity-aware monitoring & evaluation plans, and collaborating learning and.
• Provided capacity building and developed learning products on project design, monitoring, evaluation & learning for program and M&E staff. For example, designed guidance for collection and analysis of data on sexual.
• Facilitated project design for a successful competitive bid for a $12 million elections and citizen empowerment program in Zimbabwe.
• Contributed to the design, fielding and write-up of baseline assessments and midterm evaluations, including in Serbia, Kyrgyzstan, Zimbabwe and Haiti, and managed evaluation consultants.
• Collaborated with academic researchers from the Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) network to design and plan experimental research to test the relative effectiveness of different types of interventions to.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Contributed to research, monitoring, evaluation and learning activities for the USAID-funded Strengthening Civil Society Globally Program (SCS Global).
• Served as central member of capture, assessment, project design and proposal writing team for a successful bid for a competitive $14 million USAID-funded civic organizing program in Kyrgyzstan.
• In collaboration with SCS global partners, developed series of technical learning products on inclusive civil society strengthening programs.
• Supported the planning and implementation of learning events for civil society strengthening.

Arlington, VA

• As a Graduate Research Assistant, contributed to research for the Schar School’s Center on Nonprofit Management, Philanthropy and Policy.
• Conducted analysis and drafted three research papers on advocacy and lobbying by nonprofit organizations.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Coordinated institutional learning to improve program strategies for supporting youth political participation and inclusion
• Contributed to the design of youth political participation programs in more than 70 countries
• Managed qualitative research project to gather lessons for improving youth programming, including analysis of literature on youth development, evaluation of NDI youth programs, and interviews with program beneficiaries.
• Analyzed research findings to develop NDI’s new Youth Political Participation Programming Guide.
• Led the design of an online advocacy tool kit for young political organizers and activists
• Wrote blogs, web stories, program proposals, reports and technical documents on youth programming

Washington, DC

• Supported the management of NDI’s democracy and governance programs in Central & Eastern Europe and North Africa, focusing on Kosovo and Morocco
• Contributed to discussions on new program and work plan development
• Wrote and edited donor reports, proposals, work plans, blog posts, website articles, and news updates
• Developed and monitor program budgets and financial tracking pipelines
• Developed a manual on constituent outreach for elected representatives in Morocco
• Developed and managed numerous grant budgets, ranging in size from $65,000 to $8,000,000

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Assist in design, planning, management and evaluation of NDI’s democracy and governance programs in North Africa
• Act as primary liaison between Morocco field office and Washington, DC headquarters
• Develop and monitor program budgets and financial tracking pipelines
• Ensure compliance with donor requirements of the United States Agency for International Development, the National Endowment for Democracy, the U.S. Department of State and the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• Organize international travel and accommodation for DC staff, field staff, and consultants
• Work with the human resources and accounting departments to develop contracts and process payments for consultants and service providers

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Assist in drafting reports for democracy and governance programs funded by the United States Agency for International Development, the National Endowment for Democracy, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.
• Organize international travel for DC staff, field staff, and consultants
• Work with the human resources and accounting departments to develop contracts and process payments for consultants and service providers
• Assist in developing and monitoring program budgets
• Prepare for events including coordinating invitation processes and venue set-up
• Conduct research to contribute to program development

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Support communications and outreach
• Maintain databases in Salesforce and Sharepoint
• Contribute to program reporting, proposal development, and monitoring and evaluation
• Provide administrative support to Europe, LAC, and MENA and Business Development teams

Banja Luka, Bosnia And Herzegovina

• Developed Detailed Proposal for Field Research Project
• Traveled to Banja Luka, BiH in order to study Post-Conflict Identity in the Political Entity of the Republika Srpska through interviews of local residents
• Organized and analyzed qualitative information gained to write detailed report

Washington, DC

Monitored Spanish language news in order to write articles for the organization's online blog. Conducted country-specific research on El Salvador to update organization fact sheets/databases. Participated in week-long delegation to El Salvador during which time we conducted a needs assessment of civil society organizations in the region of Cabañas.

San Salvador, El Salvador

• Recruited participants and organized travel for needs assessment delegation to El Salvador
• Conducted needs assessment of local Civil Society Organizations in Cabañas, El Salvador
• Synthesized information collected to write concise report

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Conflict Analysis And Resolution

Program Scholar, Icpsr Summer Program In Quantitative Methods For Social Research

Intensive summer courses on causal inference, structural equations modeling and categorical data analysis.

Master Of Public Administration (M.P.A.), Diversity, Inclusion And Human Security

Activities and Societies: Graduate Student Researcher, Pi Alpha Alpha Honor Society, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

Graduate Certificate, Inclusive Security: International Policy And Practice

Program focused on developing inclusive practices and policies for more sustainable peacebuilding, conflict analysis and resolution.

Bachelor Of Arts, International Affairs; International Development

Activities and Societies: Dobro Slovo National Slavic Honors Society, Sigma Chi Fraternity, GWU Club Tennis TeamEXPERIENCE: SIT Study.

Summer School Certificate, Comparative Conflict Studies

Participated in week-long course analyzing concepts of international law, sovereignty and intervention in conflict.

Certificate, Advanced Intensive Russian

Moscow State University, June-August 2012