OUR TEAM

Get to know our staff. We come from all walks of life and more than 50 countries, bringing a wide range of technical, practical and analytic skills to our daily work, whether working in our headquarters or in one of our far-flung locations around the world.

OUR EXPERTS

Deborah Mancini Griffoli

Technical Director

Conflict and Violence Prevention, Justice and Security, Peacebuilding, Rule of Law

Kent Mortimore

Chief of Team, Palestine

Civil Society, Conflict Mitigation, Countering Violent Extremism (CVE), Democracy and Governance

Sam Bryar

Technical Manager

Civil Society, Justice Sector Reform, Rule of Law and Government Accountability

Pranvera Kirkbride

Senior Technical Director

Anti-corruption, Human Rights, Justice Sector Reform, Rule of Law and Government Accountability

Rodeina A. Fattah

Senior Vice President

Conflict Mitigation, Public Sector Management and Decentralization, Stabilization, Strategic Planning

Joseph Christoff

Senior Technical Director

Education, Evaluation and Research, Leadership and Organizational Development, Performance Monitoring, Scaling Up, Strategic Planning, Strategy Evaluation and Analysis

Larry Cooley

President Emeritus and Senior Advisor

Democracy and Governance, Leadership and Organizational Development, Public Sector Management and Decentralization, Scaling Up, Strategy Evaluation and Analysis, Training

Erin Stone

Controller

Andrew Griminger

President

Democracy and Governance, Public Sector Management and Decentralization, Stabilization

Ellen Yount

Vice President and Practice Area Lead

Crisis Communications Planning, Democracy and Governance, Media Relations and Media Analysis, Strategic Communications, Training and Capacity Building

Chip Temm

Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

Michelle Adams-Matson

Senior Vice President

Democracy and Governance, Evaluation and Research, Leadership and Organizational Development, Performance Monitoring, Strategy Evaluation and Analysis

Alaa Al Zubaidi

Senior Project Manager

Peace and Stability, Performance Monitoring, Strategy Evaluation and Analysis

Diana Alexanderson Alvarez

Senior Project Manager

Conflict Mitigation, Evaluation and Research, Peace and Stability, Stabilization, Strategic Planning, Strategy Evaluation and Analysis

Sara Ambler

Deputy Director, Business Development

Business Development

WORK WITH US

Our diverse and dedicated international development professionals range from recent graduate students to seasoned experts.