OUR TEAM

Get to know our staff. We come from all walks of life and more than 50 countries, bringing a wide range of technical, practical and analytic skills to our daily work, whether working in our headquarters or in one of our far-flung locations around the world.

OUR EXPERTS

Kathy Shelton

Senior Director of Operations

Leadership and Organizational Development

Gäelle Simon

Practice Area Lead

Education, Evaluation, Monitoring, Strategy Evaluation and Analysis, Student Assessments

Lisa Slifer-Mbacke

Technical Director

Education

Leah Sly

Senior Project Manager

Analytics And Training, Democracy and Governance, Education, Evaluation, Evaluation and Research, Gender and Inclusion, Leadership and Organizational Development, Performance Monitoring, Scaling Up, Strategic Planning, Strategy Evaluation and Analysis, Training

Natalia Stadler

Director of Operations, Europe/Eurasia and Africa

Jennifer Ulman

Technical Director

Analytics And Training, Conflict Mitigation, Democracy and Governance, Peace and Stability, Stabilization, Training

Noah Wilderman

Senior Advisor, Digital and Creative

Crisis Communications Planning, Digital Content and Video Production, Social and Website Production, Strategic Communications, Training, Training and Capacity Building

John Wildgrube

Deputy Director of Cost and Pricing

Gwynne Zodrow

Technical Manager

Evaluation and Research, Performance Monitoring, Scaling Up, Strategic Planning, Strategy Evaluation and Analysis

Naeem Rasooly

Director of Operations, MENA and Asia

Democracy and Governance, Evaluation and Research, Performance Monitoring, Stabilization, Strategy Evaluation and Analysis

Kwashie Strong

Vice President for Human Resources

Kara Frazier Perlman

Strategic Communications and Project Manager

Crisis Communications Planning, Event Planning and Management, Social and Website Production, Strategic Communications, Training and Capacity Building

Adam Bloom

Graphic Designer

Digital Content and Video Production, Social and Website Production, Strategic Communications, Training and Capacity Building

Gustavo Castillo

Technical Associate

Education, Evaluation, Evaluation and Research, Strategy Evaluation and Analysis, Student Assessments

Ranelle Sykes

Chief of Party, Kenya DOC

Digital Content and Video Production, Media Relations and Media Analysis, Social and Website Production, Strategic Communications

WORK WITH US

Our diverse and dedicated international development professionals range from recent graduate students to seasoned experts.