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Senior Director, Grants Department Roshana Cohen

Currently the director of Chemonics’ Grants Department, Roshana Cohen is an experienced field operations and project manager with more than 27 years of experience administering USAID-funded contracts and grants-under-contract (GUC) programs. Roshana provides strategic direction to a large portfolio of GUC programs in various technical sectors across the world. She serves as a resource to project staff, drawing from her experience to resolve complex implementation issues, including remote monitoring and reporting, competition, and conflict of interest. In her current role, she regularly conducts short-term assignments to work with project offices to strategize and provide oversight for Chemonics grant programs to ensure they focus on capacity building and transparency while staying compliant with U.S. government regulations. She also serves as the co-chair of the procurement task force at the Council for International Development Companies (CIDC), part of the Professional Services Council, where she provides leadership and engagement with clients on key topics that impact the implementing partner community. Roshana has a B.A. in international development and geography from Clark University and was a research scholar for the School for International Training in Bali.