Shaun McNally’s 30-year career is founded on the belief that effective governance can improve people’s lives. His expertise resides in effective governance generally – systems, policies, legislation, and performance monitoring – that is applied across many sectors, including public financial management. Internationally, he has served as Chief of Party for USAID projects in Jordan, Somalia,…
Jennifer Burdett is a development specialist with 18 years of experience designing and managing donor-funded programs in the education and governance sectors. Her areas of expertise include rule of law, anti-corruption, and civil society strengthening. She has managed large-scale and complex programs aimed to improve government accountability and quality services delivery, access to justice and…
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 and senior advisor for climate and environment at Chemonics, he led several USAID-funded projects: SERVIR and Climate Services Support…
Elizabeth Martin is a conflict specialist with more than ten years of experience in the design, management, and assessment of USAID programs in a variety of developing countries. She also has more than two years of experience working in conflict-affected countries. Prior to joining Chemonics, she worked for the USAID/CMM office, serving during that time…
Lauren Behr is a business strategist with 13 years of experience designing and implementing organizational systems that enable innovation and transformation. As senior advisor for Scaled Impact, she leads efforts and oversees standards for human-centered design, innovation, and scale on programs worldwide. She also manages partnerships and drives investment opportunities that increase Chemonics’ ability to…
Kaelan Sullivan Fleury (she/her/hers) is passionate about supporting inclusive workplaces, programs, and communities. She has 10 years of international development experience in gender and social inclusion integration, project management, operations, training, business development, and research. She currently serves as the Operations Director for Chemonics’ USG Business Line Support Division. In her prior role as the…
Bridget Burke is a director with more than 13 years of experience in conflict, disaster, and post-conflict transitional settings. Bridget works part-time at Chemonics, and part-time as a practicing psychotherapist and consultant on staff care, leadership, and stress/resilience. Bridget is trained in trauma response and applies a unique focus on trauma and mental health to…
Sarah Nugent is a civil society and gender specialist with more than 20 years of professional experience in the Middle East and North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, and South Asia. Her expertise includes designing and delivering training workshops on gender equality mainstreaming, gender analysis, project and grant management, organizational capacity building, civic engagement, and accountability ecosystems.…
Enrique Betancourt is the director of the Citizens Security Initiative at Chemonics, where he contributes to a portfolio of citizen security and justice projects implemented across Latin America and the Caribbean. His work focuses on establishing collaborative mechanisms that bridge the gap between the design and implementation of evidence-based citizen security policies at the national…
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 Managing Director for Chemonics’ Climate Group where he leads a team focused on delivering climate services, implementing Chemonics’ global…
Nancy Zlotsky joined Chemonics in 1988 and has more than 25 years of experience supporting agriculture and other economic growth efforts around the world, especially in Africa. Over 10 years, she served as senior vice president for the Project Development and Support Division, Africa Region, and Strategic Programs. Nancy was based for another five years…
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 for operations on the Guatemala Youth and Gender Justice Project. She has expertise in project communications, contract compliance, financial…