Meeting the Moment: Local Changemakers Lead in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States

Chemonics was joined by a diverse group of 40 local changemakers, partners, and project staff representing over 20 countries to discuss best practices for promoting locally led approaches to conflict-aware development and peacebuilding in fragile and conflict-affected states.
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Invest in Emerging Economies to Protect Our Future

Chemonics' CEO and president Jamey Butcher penned an article for Fast Company about emerging and frontier economies and their role in the game-changing solutions needed to unlock creative problem-solving to tackle the global crises of our times.
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Centering Youth in Green Workforce Development

In partnership with Unbounded Associates, we developed a set of resources to help international development organizations design inclusive, green programming and prepare young people for the transitioning workforce.
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Creativity and Innovation Can Save the Day

Innovation & Investment Senior Advisor Lauren Behr discusses the urgency for innovation and the difficulty of scaling it to respond to today’s challenges on this World Creativity & Innovation Day.
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Global Change Requires Local Leadership

Building sustainable development solutions with local communities’ experience and knowledge at their foundations.
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Wayne Lifshitz

Senior Director, Supply Chain Management

Wayne Lifshitz is an entrepreneurial senior leader, systems-thinker, business strategist, and strategic connector with more than 20 years of cross-cutting experience in Big 5 consulting, start-up, nonprofit, federal, and social enterprise sectors. He is currently a…

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Kirk Ramer

Chief of Party, USAID Agribusiness Development Activity (ADA)

Kirk Ramer has over 25 years of experience managing projects to promote agricultural and small-and medium-sized enterprise development in southeastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. He is currently the chief of party of the Agribusiness…

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Luis Chavez

Project Management Director, Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Business Unit

Luis Chavez has over 30 years of experience designing and managing economic growth projects in Latin America and Africa. As a Chemonics home office project director, he is responsible for managing projects in the Latin America…

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Melissa Logan

Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer

Currently leading the corporate ethics and compliance program, Melissa Logan has more than 20 years of experience as a development strategist and executive at Chemonics. She has served on Chemonics’ executive team for more than a…

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