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Our People .

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Technical Areas

  • Economic Growth and Trade
  • Resilience, Agriculture and Food Security
  • Peace, Stability, and Transition
  • Democracy and Governance
  • National and Local Governance
  • Business Enabling Environment

Integrated Solutions

  • Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning

Senior Director Tracy Shanks

Technical Areas

  • Economic Growth and Trade
  • Resilience, Agriculture and Food Security
  • Peace, Stability, and Transition
  • Democracy and Governance
  • National and Local Governance
  • Business Enabling Environment

Tracy Shanks is an international development leader with 22 years of experience in private sector development, trade and investment, business enabling environment, democracy and governance, strategy, and program management. Previously, Tracy served as the senior vice president of the Afghanistan and South America regions at Chemonics and as a four-time chief of party for USAID projects. She led a procurement MCC Threshold program focused on improvement and efficiencies of federal government business services and investment promotion in Paraguay, a firm level assistance program in Azerbaijan, a transitions initiative program in Libya. Additionally, as chief of party in the West Bank, she worked to implement big data revenue management systems, tools, and business reforms that promoted private sector development. Tracy has an M.B.A. in international business from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and a B.A. in international affairs from George Washington University.