Catherine Kannam is Chemonics’ chief operating officer. Prior to this role, she was the senior vice president (SVP) for Chemonics’ Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and Afghanistan region as well as the SVP for Chemonics’ Gender, Equality, and Social Inclusion and Peace, Stability and Transition technical practices. She also oversaw our unit focused on Office of Transitions…
Shane McGee is an international development professional with 15 years of experience in government, non-profit, and for-profit organizations. With Chemonics International, he currently serves as deputy country director in Zambia for the GHSC-PSM project. In this role, Shane helps develop the technical vision and strategic direction of GHSC-PSM in Zambia, while managing technical implementation for…
Samantha Salcedo-Mason leads the knowledge management and communications, monitoring and evaluation, and data analytics teams for the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program – Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project. Samantha has worked in the public health supply chain space for more than a decade. She previously served as director of knowledge sharing and communications…
Kate Woods has nearly 20 years of development experience leading operational, administrative, and management processes for USAID-funded projects. She is currently the director of the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) Project. Prior to that she lead a USAID-funded supply chain technical assistance project as the country director in Côte d’Ivoire,…
Dr. Florence Guillaume is a licensed pediatrician with 30 years of public health experience in Haiti. Before joining the GHSC-PSM project, she served as Haiti’s health minister for five years, providing strategic support to colleagues at the central and departmental levels, while also giving technical guidance to USAID for health programming in-country. As health minister,…
Daniel Taddesse has more than 18 years of pharmaceutical and public health development experience with government and development organizations, including project management, system design, capacity building, monitoring and evaluation and cultivating strategic relationships with stakeholders. Currently, Daniel leads a team of more than 150 in Ethiopia for the GHSC-PSM project. He has extensive experience in…
Benjamin Ongeri is a pharmacist and a Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) with more than 15 years of pharmaceutical management experience. He provides overall strategic direction for the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program – Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project in Namibia. This includes leading the development of pharmaceutical supply chain systems strengthening technical…
Joshua Leland is a development professional with more than two decades of progressive experience managing teams and driving growth. His expertise spans strategic leadership, entrepreneurial initiatives, and executive management in both headquarters and overseas roles. As vice president for corporate development, he leads execution of Chemonics’ inorganic growth strategy through strategic partnerships, investment, and acquisition.…
Michael Geertson is a democracy and governance and conflict mitigation specialist with two decades of experience in the management and technical direction of international development programs. He currently serves as chief of party for USAID’s Office of Transition Initiatives’ Ukraine Confidence Building Initiative in Kyiv. Michael has led design and implementation teams in more than…
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 States. During this time he has worked with various clients, including USAID, regional development banks, national and local governments,…
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 Chemonics Agriculture and Food Security Practice and then led as Senior Vice President of Chemonics’ portfolio in West and…
Safir Sahar is a trade and customs legal expert with nearly 15 years of trade and customs reform experience, including six years implementing USAID-funded economic growth projects in Afghanistan and Central Asia. He is currently a project management unit director in Chemonics’ home office, managing the USAID Afghanistan Capacity Building Activity. He recently completed his…