Olga Ponamarova (she/her/hers) is a gender and social inclusion specialist with more than 10 years of experience in project management working with and within civil society organizations and humanitarian response and development projects in Ukraine. Olga worked for the USAID-funded Democratic Governance East project as a gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) specialist contributing to…
Marlene Amedome is a U.S Army Veteran and Supply Chain Director with over 20 years of experience in Supply Chain. Marlene was born in Sierra Leone, West Africa, in the region also known as the Lion Mountains. At the age of 14, she moved to the United States due to the civil war in Sierra…
Simon Vickers is an experienced Project Director who has specialized in designing and managing programs in fragile and conflict-affected states for FCDO, UN, EU, Canadian and Dutch donors. He has experience in conflict management, peacebuilding, security and justice sector reform, local governance, research, CVE and stabilization; mostly across the MENA region and Sahel. Simon joined…
Mette Bastholm Jensen has spent more than a decade working on and in fragile and conflict-affected environments. Combining a research background with extensive field and government experience, she has spent much of her career conducting and translating analysis into actionable advice, particularly in stabilization contexts. Prior to joining Chemonics, Mette served most recently as an…
Charlie de Rivaz is an expert on transnational organized crime and conflict. He is currently the Research Fund and Uptake Director on the UK aid-funded Cross-Border Conflict, Evidence, Policy and Trends (XCEPT) research program, the UK government’s largest-ever conflict research program. Before joining Chemonics, Charlie was a research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute…
Ryno Badenhorst is a supply chain expert with more than 30 years international experience in operational, procurement and commercial roles at executive and director level. Ryno has extensive experience in transport and supply chain modeling and has implemented many large software systems and solution specific trainings. He has successfully combined private sector commercially driven methodology with…
Tara Sabre Collier is the Practice Lead for Climate and Private Sector Engagement at Chemonics UK. A sustainable finance advisor to governments and development finance institutions, Tara also leads the Chemonics UK-led MOBILIST policy platform and is the Director of Impacting Investing and Sustainable Finance at Chemonics UK. Tara has more than 15 years of…
Judith Heichelheim is a senior vice president at Chemonics and indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) director for the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project.
Kevin Biggs is a chemist and country director for the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project in Myanmar. He specializes in data-driven solutions for the healthcare industry and has held diverse positions through his career, which ultimately led him to the working in the development field.
Tim Rosché has more than 35 years of development‑related experience in Africa, primarily with USAID-funded activities in commodity logistics, HIV/AIDS, malaria, and family planning, as well as some agriculture-related project management.
Phetogo Phoi is a seasoned public health professional with 29 years of experience in health practice, 14 years of which were spent in supply chain management. Her key qualifications include project management and leadership.
Max Kabalisa is a public health expert with nearly 17 years of Pharmaceutical Supply chain experience, including 16 years implementing USAID-funded public health supply chain projects in countries across Africa and Asia. He is currently the Country Director for the USAID Global Health Supply Chain – Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) Project in Nepal. His…