Vanessa Mitchell Email & Phone Number

Baltimore

Leading the strategic direction, management, design, coordination, execution and tracking of program aspects including development and monitoring of workplans, donor reporting, monitoring program performance against targets, tracking spending against approved budget, and supporting learning efforts across 5 countries in the Francophone West Africa region and 3 countries in East Africa.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Provided programmatic leadership to rapidly start-up, implement and close a challenging USAID-funded $72 million/year health service delivery project in Haiti (MCSP SSQH) including development of workplan, budget, contracts, staffing/recruitment and procurement plans, implementation plans; provide daily field team backstopping, and draft USAID progress reports; frequent travel to Haiti to provide programmatic support and other in country assistance.• Coordinated and managed close relationship with MCSP partner organizations in Washington D.C. (John Snow International, Save the Children and PATH), 32 local subawardees, technical teams and program teams at HQ, Washington D.C., and in Haiti.• Provided contractual, financial, and monitoring and evaluation oversight to the project and communicate regularly with the Chief of Party, Technical Directors, M&E Director, Finance Director, HR Director, and program management team in Haiti.• Supported implementation and tracking of HIV/AIDS, RH/FP, MNCH, WASH, immunization, nutrition, gender- based violence and child protection activities and deliverables.• Supervised and mentored Senior Program Coordinator.

Dhaka, Bangladesh

• Provided overall leadership and management for the successful implementation of the Bangladesh Knowledge Management Initiative (BKMI), a $3 million USAID-funded project based in Bangladesh and led by CCP, focusing on strengthening health, population and nutrition (HPN) social and behavior change communication (SBCC) and knowledge management capacity through technical assistance within the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), strengthening HPN communication coordination within key units of the MOHFW, and developing digital knowledge management systems for capturing and disseminating HPN information.• Developed priorities, assigned responsibilities, managed workplan, subcontracts, budgets and monitoring and evaluation reports, and liaised with CCP HQ, the USAID mission, the MOHFW and other partners.• Developed strategies to strengthen health systems and better coordinate BCC and KM among three key HPN units of the MOHFW.• Assisted local research agency to design, implement, monitor and evaluate the BKMI eHealth pilot, whereby HPN digital libraries (eToolkits) and eLearning courses for community level health workers are uploaded to 300 netbooks, and 300 existing personal computers.• Coordinated with USAID, MOHFW units, and NGO community through meetings, working groups, gave presentations as needed on BKMI activities and advised on BCC and KM needs in country.• Provided capacity assessment, technical assistance and capacity building to Institute of Public Health Nutrition (IPHN) in the areas of nutrition BCC and KM as the Nutrition Technical Advisor to the MOHFW.• Reviewed IPHN’s existing nutrition BCC strategy and operation plans, assisted in work plan and program development, and supported development of new nutrition information, education and communication materials.• Participated and improved coordination of Nutrition Working Group and BCC Working Group activities and developed platform for information exchange.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

• Designed, coordinated and conducted FP/RH and HIV/AIDS information needs assessments using qualitative methods in South Africa, Nigeria, Senegal and Ethiopia aimed at understanding the information needs of health professionals working at different levels of the health care system and strengthening knowledge management systems.• Developed K4Health qualitative instruments, training material and field guides to conduct key informant interviews, focus group discussions and social network analysis (using Network Mapping).• Conducted data analysis, wrote results report and presented findings and recommendations to the project and in-country partners.• Developed and wrote a communication strategy for Partnership for Reviving Routine Immunization in Northern Nigeria, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Initiative (PRRINN-MNCH) to address newborn and child mortality in four states.• Developed and wrote eLearning courses and learner assessments on FP/RH and HIV/AIDS topics with content experts.• Developed eToolkits with collaborating partners on FP/RH and HIV/AIDS topics.• Participated in new business, proposal, workplan, contracts and budget development.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

• Managed operations of international medical education projects in Zimbabwe, Tanzania and China. Medical educational projects included health and nutrition components.• Acted as primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders in the public, private, donor and NGO sectors regarding projects.• Organized, managed and facilitated components of the FAIMER Philadelphia fellowship program related to project implementation including recruiting, training, monitoring and communicating with project advisors. Ensured successful implementation of online learning modules.• Built capacity of 20 Fellows to become better educators, researchers, leaders and managers in their medical institutions.• Managed the knowledge sharing and exchange platforms of the FAIMER Community and Zimbabwe MEPI partners, and fostered information sharing, communication, and coordination among partners.• Participated in monitoring and evaluation of projects.

Arlington, Virginia, United States

• Led a four-person team to conduct a qualitative assessment (200 interviews and focus group discussions over three months) of a $4 million HIV/AIDS program to close out the Corridors of Hope (CoH) project in Zambia.• Wrote, edited and formatted reports and documents on topics related to HIV/AIDS for publications andtechnical presentations.• Wrote a concept paper on nutrition for people living with AIDS (PLWHA) that served as an advocacy piece for FHI to incorporate more nutrition programs into its projects.• Conducted research on evolving issues in Care and Treatment of HIV/AIDS and reported findings to members of the division team.• Managed the Clinical Care and ART database for FHI’s programs in Kenya, Ghana, Rwanda and Cambodia.• Coordinated technical requests from field staff to ensure timely and comprehensive responses from the division.

• Collaborated with Carter Center and the Togolese Ministry of Health for a Guinea Worm Eradication program.• Planned, coordinated, implemented and evaluated a $70,000 grant for a nationwide project involving 65 volunteers and 100 villages, which resulted in an estimated 45% decrease in guinea worm cases, down to 669 reported cases nationwide at the end of 2004.• Interviewed, trained and supervised 40 peer educators on HIV/AIDS and other communicable diseases, and conducted health classes in local schools and markets.• Trained individuals and groups in disease prevention and health education, including HIV/AIDS, malaria, cholera, nutrition, immunization, hygiene, water and sanitation, MNCH, FP/RH, and adolescent health.• Networked overseas for book donations from NGOs, schools and individuals for a new public library.• Elicited a $2,500 grant, and managed the construction of six family latrines and two public wells.

Master Of Public Health - Mph, International Public Health/International Health, Nutrition Concentration

Bs, Public Health

Business Administration And Management, General