Liz Schrayer, President & CEO of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC), joins Mike Shanley to discuss election results, takeaways, and USAID funding, the impact on foreign aid and partners, USGLC analysis of results and Impact 2024 work, and what actions listeners can take.

Resources

https://www.usglc.org/

• Join your state Advisory Committee or become a coalition member

• Interested? Email Alex Grant at [email protected] or Dana Bruce at [email protected]

USGLC’s Global Impact Forum – June 9 & 10, 2025

• Follow USGLC on social media @USGLC and join their email list at USGLC.org

BIOGRAPHY

Liz Schrayer serves as President & CEO of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC), a broad-based coalition of over 500 businesses and NGOs that advocates for strong U.S. global leadership through development and diplomacy. Under her leadership, the USGLC has grown to a nationwide network of advocates in all 50 states and boasts a bipartisan Advisory Council that includes virtually every living former Secretary of State, and a National Security Advisory Council consisting of nearly 200 retired three and four-star generals and admirals.

Ms. Schrayer currently serves on the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation’s Development Advisory Council, USAID’s Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACFVA), as well as several advisory boards and committees for the University of Michigan, including the Ford School of Public Policy. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

In addition to running the USGLC, Ms. Schrayer serves as President of Schrayer & Associates, Inc., a nationwide consulting firm founded in 1995, which works on a wide range of domestic and international issues.

Prior to starting her own firm, Ms. Schrayer served as the national Political Director of AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) for more than a decade. She worked on Capitol Hill, founding the Congressional Human Rights Caucus and in state government. She has traveled across the country organizing citizen advocates in every state. Ms. Schrayer has been published in TIME, Newsweek, USA Today, and The Hill, among other outlets. She has a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and resides in Maryland with her husband Jeff Schwaber, an attorney who helped launch the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless.

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Sabrina Amburgey, Vice President of Business Development at ACDI/VOCA, Udunopa Abalu, Director of New Business at the International Development Group, Velora Loughmiller, Chief Business Development Officer at Blumont, and Christy Hollywood, Chief Operating Officer at Konektid International join Mike Shanley to discuss 2024 market trends, local partner engagement and how contractors can serve in Localization agenda, sustainability plans, and look ahead to the aid market in 2025.

BIOGRAPHIES: Sabrina Amburgey provides leadership to business development at ACDI/VOCA, a US nonprofit that helps people and communities improve their lives by increasing economic prosperity and social inclusion. She has over 25 years of experience in international development in various business development, technical, and project management roles focused on food security, resilience, market systems, agriculture, capacity strengthening, and democracy and governance. As a board member and Global Guidelines Working Group lead for the Agribusiness Market Ecosystem Alliance (AMEA), a global network for accelerating the professionalization of farmer organizations and agri-SMEs, she was instrumental in drafting the recently published ISO18716 Professional Farmer Organization Guidance.

Udunopa Abalu is currently Director of New Business at the International Development Group Advisory Services, LLC (IDG), a rapidly growing international development organization works to reduce global poverty through sustainable and inclusive economic development. Udunopa brings over 10 years of experience in new business development and strategic partnerships, development economics, international trade, and private sector development. Prior to IDG, Udunopa worked for Kaizen - A Tetra Tech Company, Improving Economies for Stronger Communities (IESC), KeyLime International, OFED International, and O’Neill Paragon Solutions. Udunopa also consulted for the International Labour Organization (ILO). Udunopa has lived and worked in Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Brazil. She holds an M.A. in International Trade and Investment Policy from George Washington University and a B.S. in Economics and International Studies (with minors in Political Science and Speech Communication) from Iowa State University. During her personal time, Udunopa enjoys reading, bicycling, hiking, traveling, cooking, Zumba, yoga, and meditation. She is also a member of the Association of Women in International Trade. Velora Loughmiller is a leader in strategy, planning, and business development based on two decades of work across the USG, including USAID, Departments of State, Agriculture, Defense, and Energy, as well as an array of bi- and multi-lateral partnerships. When it comes to market analysis, she’s a firm believer that it takes a healthy combination of deep-dive data analysis and leveraging your network, and equally enjoys catching up with colleagues over coffee or nerding out over CBJ details. Velora holds a master’s in European studies, bachelor’s in geography, and is a certified project management professional (PMP). Based in the DC area for fifteen years, you’ll find her enjoying local and regional outdoor haunts for great hiking; continuing to hone covid-era learned skills of bread and candy making; and trying out the many types of cuisine the area has to offer. Christy Hollywood supports Konektid clients and consultants with skills honed during 20+ years of leadership in international development, professional services, and consulting organizations. She led a successful consulting firm of her own for 11 years. Earlier, she served as Vice President for BD of Cardno (a large USAID and MCC contractor, since acquired) and held pivotal business development roles at KPMG’s Emerging Markets Group, RTI International, PATH, as well as Fidelity Investments and Noblis. A recognized expert in business development consulting, she’s authored several articles and is five-time invited presenter at international conferences on proposal management, competitive intelligence, and business development.

Resources https://blumont.org/ https://www.internationaldevelopmentgroup.com/ https://www.acdivoca.org/

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SHOW NOTES Stacy Young, Chief Knowledge Officer at USAID and Melissa Patsalides, Senior Advisor for Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning, join Mike Shanley to discuss Knowledge Management, AI, and the new Knowledge Management and Learning Policy at USAID. RESOURCES USAID's Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning Policy USAID's Artificial Intelligence Action Plan USAIDLearningLab.org where people can find the Knowledge Retention and Transfer Toolkit BIOGRAPHY Stacey Young, PhD is USAID’s first Chief Knowledge Officer (formerly Agency Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning Officer), leading Agency-wide knowledge and learning approaches. Dr. Young also co-chairs the Multi-Donor Learning Partnership of 11 major donor organizations working to advance organizational learning and knowledge management in international development.From 2011-2019, she served as a Senior Learning Advisor for USAID's Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning. Through her vision and leadership, USAID developed a holistic approach to Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) that is integrated across USAID’s country programs. Part of a long-term Agency effort to more firmly anchor USAID programs in strong evidence and local leadership, CLA is acknowledged as leading the field in learning and adaptive management for international development. She also served as the Senior Technical Advisor for USAID’s first Agency-wide learning agenda, on the Journey to Self-Reliance. Dr. Young joined USAID in 2003 as the Senior Knowledge Management Advisor for USAID's Microenterprise Development office, where she led an award-winning knowledge management program to facilitate learning in microfinance, market development and poverty reduction. She also led the development of USAID’s congressionally mandated poverty measurement tools; managed the congressionally mandated Microenterprise Results Reporting activity; and co-led an external affairs portfolio to support USAID’s engagement with Congress and industry groups around microenterprise development and poverty reduction.From 1993-2003, Dr. Young lived and worked in Kenya, Uganda and the US as an independent consultant specializing in research and policy analysis in philanthropy, development policy, HIV/AIDS and family planning, and agriculture and food security.Dr. Young has published several books and articles on development and knowledge management, and has taught political science, women's studies and writing at Skidmore College and at Cornell University, where she earned a PhD in Government. Melissa Patsalides is an international development professional with more than 20 years of experience inside and outside of the federal government. Currently she serves as a senior advisor for knowledge management and organizational learning in the Bureau for Planning Learning and Resource Management at USAID. She leads a practice group that supports implementation of USAID’s new KMOL policy, advances agency practices around data use and performance and collaborates deeply with the USAID’s Chief Information office on IT systems that support KM. In the past year and a half, she has focused on artificial intelligence and exploring ways to leverage it for KM at the agency level.Throughout her career, Patsalides has worked across various sectors and geographic regions, and has served in various leadership roles at USAID, including Director of the Office of Learning, Evaluation and Research (LER), Agency Evaluation Officer and Deputy Director of the Office of Strategic Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation in the Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs. Prior to joining USAID, she worked with international human rights and advocacy NGOs and served as a Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa. Patsalides holds a Master of Science in National Resource Strategy from the Eisenhower School and a Master of Arts in International Development from the Joseph Korbel School for International Studies at the University of Denver. LEARN MORE Thank you for tuning into this episode of the Aid Market Podcast. You can learn more about working with USAID by visiting our homepage: Konektid International and AidKonekt. To connect with our team directly, message the host Mike Shanley on LinkedIn.

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first female elected head of state in an African nation and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate joins Mike Shanley to discuss the role of aid donors, localization, and women and development. This episode was recorded live at the Society for International Development-US Annual Dinner on 13 November 2024.

 

BIOGRAPHY:

Internationally known as Africa’s “Iron Lady,” President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is a leading promoter of peace, justice and democratic rule. She grew up in the Liberian capital of Monrovia, where she married and had four sons. President Johnson Sirleaf later moved to the United States where she earned an accounting degree from the Madison College of Business and a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. In her efforts to bring justice to her people in Liberia, she has spent more than a year in jail at the hands of the military dictatorship of General Samuel Doe and had her life threatened by former President Charles Taylor. She campaigned relentlessly for Taylor’s removal from office and played an active and supportive role in the Transitional Government of Liberia as the country prepared for elections in October of 2005. President Johnson Sirleaf was a presidential candidate in the 1997 Liberia general election where she finished second in the field of 13. Before that, she served for five years as Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Africa of the United Nations Development Program as Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations and was the first woman to lead the United Nations Development Project for Africa. She served as the Chairperson of the Governance Reform Commission of the National Transitional Government of Liberia until she resigned in March 2004 to accept the nomination of the Unity Party of Liberia as the party’s leader. In November 2005, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was elected President of Liberia and became the first woman to lead an African nation. In the elections she defeated popular world-class soccer star George Weah with an impressive 59.4 percent of the vote. In October 2007, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States’ highest civil award, for her personal courage and unwavering commitment to expanding freedom and improving the lives of people in Liberia and across Africa. And in 2010, as the only female and African Head of State, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was named by Newsweek Magazine as one of the World Top Ten Leaders.

 

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You can learn more about the Society for International Development-US online here. 

Dr. Jerry Brown, TIME Person of the Year, joins Mike Shanley to discuss Dr. Brown's work during the Ebola crisis, COVID-19 response and lessons learned for global pandemic preparedness, becoming TIME Person of the Year, and the role of international aid donors and implementing partners.

Co-host: Care Africa Medical Foundation (CAMF) focuses on building clinics in rural Liberia, starting with their hometown of Buchanan in Grand Bassa County, where they have organized free health fairs to provide essential health resources. In addition to their nonprofit efforts, Henry and Gormah run successful businesses that cater to the aging population and assist the homeless in Colorado, creating over 60 local jobs. CAMF plans to open its first medical center in Grand Bassa County in the spring of 2025, addressing urgent healthcare needs. However, the lack of reliable electricity poses a significant challenge to operating medical equipment. As a registered 501(C)(3) organization, CAMF aims to make a lasting impact on healthcare in Africa and inspire others with its dedication to health and community service.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/care-africa-medical-foundation-536206336/

https://www.camedfoundation.org/about/

Biography

Jerry Fahnloe Brown was born on October 18, 1968. Dr. Brown has worked in several capacities as physician. He worked as Escort Doctor for MERCI on boats repatriating Sierra Leonean Refugees back to Sierra Leone. He then worked as the County Health Officer for Grand Bassa County and Medical Director for the Buchanan Government Hospital from 2006 to 2008 after working as a Volunteer Physician at the ELWA Hospital and General Practitioner from 2004 to 2006. In March 2014 he was employed as Medical Director and General Surgeon at the ELWA Hospital a position he held until February 2018 when he was appointed by the President of Liberia to serve as the Chief Medical Officer of the John F. Kennedy Medical Center, the premier teaching and referral hospital. During those years at ELWA, he worked tirelessly performing varieties of surgeries in this low resource setting. He became Clinical Supervisor and Clinician at the ELWA II Ebola Treatment Unit from July 2014 to June 2015. Under his leadership and guidance this unit produced the highest number of Ebola survivors changing the survival rate from ten percent to seventy percent of Ebola Patients at his Center.

From October 2014 to December 2016, he served as Principal Investigator on two research projects with the Clinical Research Management on convalescent plasma and the sequelae of Ebola in survivors. In 2018, he was appointed by the President of Liberia as the Chief Executive Officer of the John F. Kennedy Medical Center, the premier referral hospital in Liberia, a position held until January 30, 2024, due to the political transition of power. While at JFKMC, he established the only active functional Intensive Care Unit in country with support from partners such as Project Cure International and NOCAL. Under his leadership JFKMC, obtained accreditation for training specialists in the areas of pediatrics, internal medicine, general surgery, ophthalmology and psychiatric. He also established the only histopathology unit; a state of the art executive private ward; a dialysis center among others. On May 23, 2019, he was elected Civilian Representative and Advisor to APORA. He also serves as Acting Faculty Head, Department of Surgery, A. M. Dogliotti College of Medicine for two years, and is currently a Part-Time Faculty member, in the Department of Surgery, Liberia College of Physician and Surgeon.

In March 2020, he was appointed by the president of Liberia to serve as the Head of the National Case Management Pillar of COVID-19. He coordinated the management of COVID-19 patients across the country and the care of patients with COVID-19 vaccine related complications. He supervised the drafting of Liberia COVID-19 Clinical Guidelines. Dr. Brown has received many honors to include, Time Person of the Year in 2014; among Time 100 Most Influential Persons, 2014; Civil Servant of the Year, 2014, Republic of Liberia; President of Liberia Highest Honor, Star of Africa in 2015; Golden Key Awards, 2018; He has spoken as several places to include Keynote Speaker, PICC 2016, 8th World Congress on Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care, Toronto Canada, June 2016; keynote Speaker, Case Western University, Ohio, October 2015; Keynote Speaker, Risky Business Conference, London, UK, May 2017; Speaker, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, (ASTMH) 64TH Annual Meeting, ASTMH Ebola 360 symposium, October 2015; Pepperdine University, Dean Honorary Speaker—Leadership June 2017. 

 

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Bill Steiger, former USAID Chief of Staff: Partnerships and Innovation at USAID, joins Mike Shanley to discuss USAID’s role in foreign policy, innovation at USAID, partnerships and localization, and USAID funding and direction. 

Biography:

Bill Steiger is a Global Health Consultant at the George W. Bush Institute. Previously, he was Managing Director of Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon, focusing on combating breast and cervical cancer in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. He led strategic planning for the initiative's expansion.

In 2012, Steiger served as a Senior Advisor at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, where he helped restructure the Secretariat and design a new funding model. He also directed a panel reviewing the Global Fund's operations, leading to significant reforms.

Steiger has worked with Leavitt Partners on international health projects and held key roles at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from 2001 to 2009. There, he advised on global health issues and represented the U.S. in various international organizations.

He has served on the boards of major health organizations like the World Health Organization and the Global Fund. Steiger holds a Ph.D. in Latin American History from UCLA and a bachelor's degree from Yale.

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Aron Cronin, Managing Director and Anthony Gardner, Principal Consultant at GIC Limited, join Mike Shanley to discuss the UK Aid Market and the impact of the elections.  RESOURCES Subscribe to the FCDO Supplier Portal, enabling you to receive its weekly supplier engagement newsletter free of charge here. BIOGRAPHIES Aron Cronin established GIC Limited in 1991 where he is the Managing Director responsible for the firm and its services. Previously he led the London international development practice at Touche Ross Management Consultants (now Deloitte Consulting). He is an established consultancy practitioner who brings over 40 years’ experience of planning and management of studies and projects in advanced and emerging market countries, most recently in relation to economic diversification and growth, private sector development and increased access to finance. He is a widely recognised authority on the correct application of the financing, tendering and procurement procedures of DFID (where he held an interim Private Sector Development Adviser position), FCDO, the EBRD and other major donors He has wide training and mentoring experience in Proposals and Tender Dossiers preparation and Monitoring and Evaluation and has led numerous tailored in-house seminars and strategy development workshops internationally. He leads and now concentrates on the firm’s Bid Management service line working with client organisations to strengthen their new business acquisition, bidding skills and capacities and has authored several official guides to effective business development and tendering processes. Tony Gardner spent over 40 years as a member of the UK Department for International Development (DFID) as a development and procurement professional. A longtime member of the Chartered Institute for Purchasing and Supply, he was the Head of the Procurement Department, leading a large department responsible for contracts worth over £1bn per annum. His last post with DFID was as deputy head of the Kenya office from 2014-17. He joined GIC Limited in January 2018 to work on the firm’s Bid Management service line. As a consultant, he provides significant advice in contract tendering and management, notably value for money, risk management, due diligence, and capacity building. He has wide training and mentoring experience and leads tailored seminars and strategy development workshops. Aron and Tony are currently concentrating on developing training and support to the provider market to respond to the changes in UK LEARN MORE Thank you for tuning into this episode of the Aid Market Podcast. You can learn more about working with USAID by visiting our homepage: Konektid International and AidKonekt. To connect with our team directly, message the host Mike Shanley on LinkedIn.

Geoff Buteau, Director of Booz Allen Hamilton AI Practice and Saeed Uri, SVP for the Sustainable Development Impact Lab at Chemonics International join Mike Shanley to discuss AI in Federal & USAID Markets. Specifically, this episode covers:  - Status of AI in USAID market - Status and applications in Federal market - AI beyond GenAI - Ideas for USAID AI applications   RESOURCES

• The Helix, BAH Center for Innovation
• Geoff Buteau LinkedIn
• Saeed Uri LinkedIn

  BIOGRAPHY

Mr. Buteau is an Artificial Intelligence technical delivery consultant and project manager with more than 19 years of experience in the defense and public sector. Geoff leads the Booz Allen Hamilton's ML Ops delivery portfolio across defense, civil, and law enforcement agencies, which includes product management, the management of technical build and integration teams, AI requirements development, and AI business, technical, and ethical risk analysis for US federal agencies. Geoff’s work in Booz Allen’s AI practice also includes investment initiatives in AI strategy, responsible AI, and emerging technology scouting.

Geoff holds a BS in Journalism and Public Relations from Ithaca College and a Master of Int’l Affairs with a focus in development economics and management analytics from the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs.

---- Saeed Uri is Chemonics’ senior vice president for impact. He has more than fifteen years of experience managing development projects, including more than ten years in complex, high-speed, and challenging positions in fragile or transitional environments such as Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Sudan, and Libya. While leading Chemonics’ efforts on adaptive programming in dynamic environments, Saeed also spearheaded the adoption of innovative approaches and technologies to achieve greater impact. In Syria, Saeed led Chemonics’ partnership with the Syria Civil Defense (also known as the White Helmets) to provide emergency response services to millions of civilians. Most recently, Saeed led programming to strengthen community resilience against climate and other sources of instability by working with local partners to increase community involvement in addressing issues. Saeed also has expertise in supporting early recovery and durable returns, and countering disinformation. He holds an M.A. in international peace and conflict resolution and speaks Arabic fluently.  LEARN MORE Thank you for tuning into this episode of the Aid Market Podcast. You can learn more about working with USAID by visiting our homepage: Konektid International and AidKonekt. To connect with our team directly, message the host Mike Shanley on LinkedIn.

Kimberly Ball, Director of USAID's Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization joins Mike Shanley to discuss small businesses and localization, success in using small businesses, how to connect with OSDBU, and what's next. 

  RESOURCES:

• Learn More about the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
• Connect with Kimberly Ball on LinkedIn
• Aid Market Podcast
• Aid Market Podcast YouTube
• Mike Shanley LinkedIn

BIOGRAPHY:  Kimberly Ball serves as the Director of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU).  USAID/OSDBU coordinates the Small Business Program and is the initial point of contact at USAID for all categories of U.S. small businesses.  USAID/OSDBU also oversees USAID’s efforts to increase the participation of Minority Serving Institutions of Higher Education in USAID-sponsored programs and activities.

Prior to joining OSDBU in 2008, Ms. Ball served as a Contract Specialist in USAID’s Management/Office of Acquisition and Assistance (M/OAA).   During her ten year stint in M/OAA, she supported the Global Health (GH), Europe and Eurasia (E&E), Economic Growth and Trade (EGAT), Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA) Bureaus and M/OAA’s Policy Division.  She ended her M/OAA career as a Contracting Officer and Team Leader supporting various divisions in the DCHA Bureau.

Prior to joining USAID, Ms. Ball worked as a contract negotiator with the United States Air Force.  As a civilian employee of the U. S. Air Force, Ms. Ball served at Nellis Air Force Base, Gunter Annex and Bolling Air Force Base.  She began her career with the U.S. Air Force as a Palace Acquire Intern.

Ms. Ball holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Hampton University.

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Konektid Chief Operating Officer, Christy Hollywood, and CEO of Pope International and former Senior USAID staff member, Chuck Pope, discuss key trends in the USAID market and the impact of the upcoming election. The discussion included insight on USAID solicitation delays; localization; new partners and barriers to entry into the USAID Market; and the potential impact of the election on USAID. 

QUOTES

4:42: “USAID is continuing to broaden their definition of what local inclusion and new partners look like. Also starting to make sure missions have access to ways to engage with local organizations more systematically”. – Christy Hollywood

5:42: “We’re seeing both USAID and implementing partners look at capacity strengthening beyond just compliance and proposals, which is a really nice change, especially as USAID continues to try to lower barriers to entry. – Christy Hollywood

6:47: “Whatever happens, localization is here to stay…it makes sense.” – Chuck Pope

BIOGRAPHY

Christy Hollywood: Christy Hollywood supports Konektid clients and consultants with skills honed during 20+ years of leadership in international development, professional services, and consulting organizations. She led a successful consulting firm of her own for 11 years. Earlier, she served as Vice President for BD of Cardno (a large USAID and MCC contractor, since acquired) and held pivotal business development roles at KPMG’s Emerging Markets Group, RTI International, PATH, as well as Fidelity Investments and Noblis.

A recognized expert in business development consulting, she’s authored several articles and is five-time invited presenter at international conferences on proposal management, competitive intelligence, and business development.

Chuck Pope: Charles S. “Chuck” Pope is a recognized global leader of acquisitions and agreements and is a formerly commissioned Foreign Service Officer and warranted senior Contracting/Agreement Officer for USAID. Chuck is a development professional with over a quarter century of experience on four continents working for the US Government and implementing partners (contractor/recipient).