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Director, East and Southern Africa Peter Nash

Pete Nash is an international development leadership and management specialist with more than 17 years of experience, including 13 years implementing and providing administrative, financial, operations, and technical support for USAID-funded programs in east and southern Africa. He is currently a director in Chemonics’ East and Southern Africa Division overseeing the USAID Tanzania Heshimu Bahari (Respect the Ocean) Project which aims to improve the ecological resilience and productivity of Tanzania’s high marine biodiversity areas. His technical expertise includes natural resource management, biodiversity conservation, water resources management, environmental education, climate change adaptation and mitigation, and value chain development. Since joining Chemonics in 2011, Pete has served as director of the USAID Tanzania Lishe (Nutrition) Project, director of USAID Southern Africa Resilient Waters Program, director of the USAID VukaNow Activity, director of the USAID South Africa Low Emissions Development Program, deputy chief of party of the Feed the Future Uganda Commodity Production and Marketing (CPM) Activity, operations manager of the USAID Southern Africa Regional Environmental Program (SAREP), and has also served as a project manager and a project associate. Pete holds a M.S. from Colorado State University in human dimensions of natural resources and a B.A. from Connecticut College in environmental studies and anthropology.