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Senior Vice President, Global Health Division Rhett Gurian
Rhett Gurian is Chemonics’ Senior Vice President, Global Health Division. He previously served as chief of party on a number of assignments, including the USAID/Lebanon Community Support Program (CSP) from 2018-2024, the USAID/Syria Essential Services (SES) project based out of Jordan from 2015-2016, and the USAID/OTI Haiti earthquake recovery initiative from 2010-2013. Since joining Chemonics in 2003, Mr. Gurian has served in several leadership roles. He has extensive experience designing and implementing programs focused on community stabilization, local development, political transition, local governance, and service delivery in Africa, Haiti, the Middle East, and Afghanistan. He began his development career as a Peace Corps education volunteer in Benin. Mr. Gurian is a Syracuse University graduate with a B.A. in international relations, public relations, and French.
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What It Takes to Beat the Odds
In May, I had the chance to return to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Having previously worked on an ex-combatant reintegration project in the DRC from 2004 to 2006, I was eager to see the progress the country had made in recovering from its protracted civil war. I went to the DRC with…