Alaa Zaza was the team lead for the Syria Education Programme. He is an education and child protection specialist with 15 years of experience in inclusive education and school social work. Alaa has targeted experience in education in emergency, early childhood development, social emotional learning, psychosocial support, and peace- and conflict-sensitive education.
Michael has spent much of the past decade working in conflict-affected environments, mostly as an adviser for FCDO and USAID OTI programs in locations including Uruzgan and Syria. He also served as the civilian stabilization adviser to the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Syria/Iraq Stabilization Review in 2017. In 2020 he led the startup team…
Daniel Emory has more than five years of international development experience supporting USAID and U.K. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)-funded projects in west and southern Africa spanning conflict prevention, democracy and governance, and agricultural development. He currently serves as project manager for the Transparency and Accountability for Inclusive Development in Mozambique project, and recently…
Jaclyn Grace is a Programme Technical Manager in Chemonics’ United Kingdom Division. She is concurrently pursuing her MPhil in Development Studies at the University of Oxford, focusing on conflict and stabilisation in West Africa. Her ongoing academic research undertakes a comparative analysis of evolving conflict dynamics across Malian and Burkinabe borderlands. At Chemonics, she most…
Heather Goldsmith was formerly the human rights advisor for the Asia Business Unit.
Ashwin Suryavanshi is a former senior associate for the New Business Development team in Chemonics’ UK Division.
Lisa Ruch is a senior international development professional with 20 years of experience in designing and delivering economic growth programming for UK and US donors specialising in enterprise development, trade facilitation, and job creation in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean. She holds a Masters degree in International Economics from…
Lance Morrell is a financial specialist with more than 35 years of professional experience, and is the Founder and Managing Director of FEI Consulting.
Niki Wood is an award-winning mixed-methods Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) expert, specializing in weaving together behavior change theory, complexity science, and systems-thinking into accessible and participatory approaches for project teams. Niki has led the design and delivery of complexity-sensitive MEL for projects funded by USAID, FCDO, DFAT, the U.N., and NORAD across Africa, Eastern…
Dr. Baz Semo is a medical doctor and public health specialist with 30 years of experience in infectious diseases and health systems strengthening. She serves as the managing director of global health programs at Chemonics. Prior to Chemonics, Baz worked for ministries of health in several African countries, U.S. academic institutions, U.S. nonprofits, and the…
Mauricio Moscoso currently serves as the chief of party for Peru Institutional Strengthening Partnership for DEVIDA. He has over 15 years of experience in consulting, designing, and implementing economic development projects in Latin-American, Asia, and Eurasia. He has previously served as the general director of the Productive Development Department at the Ministry of Production in…
Rebecca Logan is an experienced senior executive and certified Project Management Professional with 23 years of professional experience, including 17 years in the humanitarian and international development fields with expertise in strategic planning and project implementation, risk mitigation, crisis management, and personnel management. As senior vice president, Rebecca oversees Chemonics’ portfolio of supply chain programs, including…