Michael Moscarelli, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆> Drive the development, implementation, monitoring, and modification of the 2024-2030 Strategic Plan, including developing and overseeing data-driven budget forecasting models, key performance indicators, and targeted revenue diversification and growth strategies.𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁> Develop and drive the organizational revenue generation strategy, including developing multivariate regression models and leading proposal teams on large-scale, complex, multi-million dollar federal proposals.> Led capture planning, strategy, technical design, and technical writing for the winning bids: 2024 $17.3M USDA Food for Progress Tunisia; 2023 $15.3M USDA Food for Progress Mauritania; and 2023 $8.5M USAID/RFS Farmer-to-Farmer Caribbean Climate Adaptation & Resilience bid.𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀> Drove the modification of all HR and Operational policies to comply with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Code of Federal Regulations (2 CFR 200).> Leveraged participatory process improvement methodologies to increase efficiencies and effectiveness of financial reporting processes, information and communication technology systems, and budget forecasting.> Designed, developed, and drove implementation of financial and compliance tracking and accountability system to improve deliverable timeliness and quality.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁> Led strategic planning and business development efforts, including establishing and cultivating relationships with donors and partners, conducting value chain research and analysis, and providing technical writing for food security, nutrition, and agriculture development proposals.> Led capture planning, strategy, technical design, and technical writing for the winning bids: 2020 $23M USDA Food for Progress Colombia; and 2020 $18M USAID/RFS Venezuela Food Security Activity.𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 & 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁> Managed 100+ staff and operational budgets for a $67.25M portfolio of five USAID- and USDA-funded programs, ensuring high-quality technical delivery and financial and administrative compliance.> Served as Program Director (key personnel) of multiple USAID programs.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 & 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁> Managed 30+ staff and budgets for $23.25M portfolio of three USAID programs, ensuring high-quality technical delivery and financial and administrative compliance.> Cultivated relationships with public and private sector partners and donors in Burkina Faso, Myanmar, Morocco, Dominica, Cambodia, the Philippines, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Jamaica, and the Bahamas.𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁> Led strategic planning and business development efforts, including establishing and cultivating relationships with donors and partners, conducting value chain research and analysis, and providing technical writing for food security, nutrition, and agriculture development proposals.> Led strategy, technical design, and technical writing for the winning bids: 2018 $7M USAID/RFS Agricultural Volunteer Opportunity Project (AVOP); and 2018 $12.25M USAID/RFS Farmer-to-Farmer Caribbean Basin.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 & 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁> Managed 30+ staff and budgets for $23.25M portfolio of three USAID programs, ensuring high-quality technical delivery and financial and administrative compliance.> Provided technical trainings for HQ and field staff on topics including program design, monitoring and evaluation, compliance, and fraud prevention and detection.> Cultivated relationships with public and private U.S. partners and donors in Guatemala, Haiti, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, Colombia, and Mexico.𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁> Led strategy, technical design, and technical writing for the winning 2017 $4M USAID/Haiti RANFOSE Food Fortification bid.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁> Backstopped USDA Food for Progress Burkina Faso and DOS Mali Refugee Program> Supported program operations including writing donor reports, tracking financials, managing consulting agreements, and budget analysis.𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁> Provided value chain analysis and technical writing in support of USAID, USDA, and DFID proposals to increase food security and climate change adaptation in West Africa.> Co-wrote environmental impact analysis and technical strategy for the winning 2014 $8M DFID Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters (BRACED) bid.

Ithaca, New York Area

𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 & 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁> Managed conservation agriculture research databases and website.> Researched scientific journals, extracted relevant articles, and maintained Portuguese and Spanish databases.𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘆 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿> Mentored and provided academic guidance to Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows (mid-career professionals from developing nations working in the fields of agriculture and natural resource conservation).> Coordinated and facilitated professional development opportunities for Humphrey Fellows.

Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador

𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 & 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴> Designed, developed, and managed technical and cross-cultural workshop training programs.> Supervised 42 Sustainable Agriculture Volunteers throughout Ecuador.> Identified, studied, and analyzed new host communities in which Peace Corps Ecuador would work.𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 & 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴> Wrote proposals to secure USAID small project assistant grants.> Co-wrote and revised the Annual Project Status Report for Peace Corps Ecuador's Sustainable Agriculture program submitted to Peace Corps headquarters in Washington D.C.

El Tesoro, Morona Santiago, Ecuador

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 & 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁> Led team of community leaders, engineers, and architects to design and build a liquid organic fertilizer plant, which is fully functional and capable of producing 100,000 liters of marketable fertilizer annually.𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻> Designed and led workshops for over 450 smallholder farmers on a variety of agriculture topics including conservation of soils, organic fertilizer, integrated pest management, intercropping, seed selection and storage, post-harvest technologies, pruning, and grafting.> Taught agribusiness courses on project planning, feasibility and market studies, organizational management, accounting, and business strategy.> Developed curriculum and lesson plans and taught classes on environmental issues, nutrition, and sexual reproductive health.

Riobamba, Chimborazo, Ecuador

𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴> Provided technical assistance to smallholder farmers and led participatory community meetings in the province of Chimborazo to develop certified seed production cooperatives. > Organized, supervised, and evaluated workshops to train Ministry of Agriculture extension agents on seed certification process.

𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗵𝘆 (𝗣𝗵.𝗗.), Agricultural Leadership, Education, And Communications

𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Perception of Knowledge Retention and Behavior Change: A Function of Adult Educator-Learner Homophily

𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 (𝗠.𝗣.𝗦.), International Agriculture And Rural Development

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 Tropical Homegardens: A Strategy to Improving Nutritional Status in Rural Amazonia

𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 (𝗕.𝗦.), Business Administration