Ricardo Sánchez is currently the Chief of Party on the USAID Natural Wealth project in Colombia. He has over 20 years of experience implementing complex environment and natural resource (ENR) programs for international donors, including USAID,…
Luis Fernando Jara is a forestry and climate change expert with 40 years of experience in project design and management, capacity building, and development of the forestry sector across the climatically diverse regions within Colombia, Costa…
Alejandro Arrivillaga is a biologist with more than 25 years of experience with complex, multi-country biodiversity conservation and sustainable resource management projects, in government and non-governmental settings. Alejandro has a proven scientific record and experience with…
Carlos Morales has over 20 years of experience implementing USAID and other donor funded projects in Latin America. He worked for over than ten years in the Guatemalan food industry, developing an exhaustive understanding of the…
Dr. Efrain Laureano is a senior natural resources economist with more than 30 years of experience managing USAID development programs. He currently serves as the senior vice president of Chemonics’ Asia Division. Previously, Efrain was the chief…
Greg Minnick is a natural resources and environmental management and forestry specialist with more than 40 years of experience across a broad range of ecological zones, from the Sahel in Western Africa to the humid tropics…
David Fratt is a senior director with more than 25 years of experience working in environment and natural resource management in Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the United…
Philip DeCosse leads development and implementation for Chemonics’ applied research, evaluation, and learning agenda in the U.S. An agricultural economist, he brings 30 years of substantive experience as a development professional. In recent years, Philip led…
For over 30 years, Carlos E. Quintela has managed environment, climate, and sustainable finance programs. In 2020, he joined the Land Innovation Fund for Sustainable Livelihoods, established by Cargill and implemented by Chemonics. As a director…
Chris Perine is an environmental management specialist with over 25 years of international experience working on climate change mitigation and adaptation, environmental impact assessment, urban environmental infrastructure development and natural resources management. He is currently the…
Marcela Youle is a senior project management specialist with 15 years of professional experience and over a decade managing international development projects throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Marcela is currently the deputy chief of party…
José Félix Montoya currently leads the USAID-funded Colombia Amazon Deforestation Control task order under the Natural Wealth project. José has over 30 years of experience designing and leading rural development projects and more than 20 years…
