Usman Kirmani is a seasoned economic growth and private sector development professional with more than 16 years of experience in international development and humanitarian contexts, including in leadership positions, most notably in Pakistan and Nigeria. Usman’s expertise includes facilitating access to finance and investments for private sector-led economic growth, particularly focusing on micro, small, and…
Rick is the Senior Advisor, Energy at Chemonics, after recently serving as Chief of Party for USAID’s Sri Lanka Energy Program. He has forty years’ experience in formulating and implementing international infrastructure development and institutional strengthening programs. Energy Infrastructure is a particular specialty for him, with extensive work in renewable energy and energy efficiency, power…
Jill Ralph serves as the Vice President of ChemCapital, a subsidiary of Chemonics, where she leverages over fifteen years of expertise in investment and finance. Previously, she held the position of Head of Global Membership at The Motley Fool, where she excelled in incubating, launching, and scaling financial products and services on a global scale.…
Jessica Jones is an international development and global health expert with more than 20 years of experience in systems innovation, market dynamics, private sector engagement, strategy development, and innovation. She is currently a director on the Global Health Division, where she supports cross-cutting efforts around private sector engagement and health systems, and a technical advisor…
Drew Gillispie is treasurer for Chemonics. With more than fifteen years of experience in international development, Drew specializes in USAID contract management, project operations, and finance. Before moving into a finance role, Drew supported projects in Afghanistan, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Zambia in various project management roles. Those projects focused on supply chain, public health,…
B. James Soukamneuth is a strategic and analytical professional with more than 20 years of experience working across the private and public sectors in North America, Southeast Asia, Australia, and West Africa. He brings experience in economics, trade, investment, concessional development and blended finance, gender lens investing, impact investing, ESG standards, statistical evaluation, and credit…
Mark Lawler is the Team Leader for the FCDO programme, The Research and Innovation Systems for Africa (RISA) Fund. RISA is a multi-country fund, with the core team based in Nairobi, Kenya and partnerships across 6 African countries. Previously, Mark worked on several USAID-funded projects for Chemonics in Kenya, Cote d’Ivoire and Rwanda as well…
Tukur Ibrahim is an expert in Drug Revolving Fund (DRF) design and implementation with 28 years of supply chain experience, including 7 years implementing health programs focused on ensuring the availability of essential drugs in Nigeria. He has expertise in logistics and supply chain management, designing programs that ensure availability of medicines through an effective…
Catherine (Kate) Maldonado is the Senior Advisor for the Agriculture and Food Security Practice. With 20 years of experience in international programs, Kate has designed and implemented agriculture, resilience, nutrition, and food security programs in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Kate served as the Chief of Staff to the USAID Bureau for Resilience and Food…
Babar Tasneem Shaikh is a physician with a sound expertise in health systems & policy. He has successfully steered projects funded by several multilateral and bilateral organizations, mainly for strengthening health systems in collaboration with provincial health departments. He has contributed to more than 135 peer-reviewed publications in both national and international indexed journals and…
Tamah Kamlem is the Senior Technical Advisor for Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health (MNCH) Task Order at the Chemonics-led USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program–Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project. The focus of his work includes policy, procurement, data analytics, and technical project implementation in multiple countries. Mr. Kamlem is a multilingual development professional with…
Dr. Mariya Saleh is a public health physician who currently serves as Chief of Party for USAID Frontier Health Markets (FHM) Engage project in Nigeria. She has seventeen years of experience delivering reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) interventions for strengthening integrated service delivery, governance, health financing, supply chain, health policy, and more recently…