PML Staff & Consultants
In addition to managing MEDA programs, PML staff serve as expert consultants to other organizations.
STAFF AT HEADQUARTERS
Jerome Quigley
Director, Production Marketing Linkages
Jerome
(Jerry) Quigley is a graduate in economics and development studies from
the University of Guelph. For the past twenty years, Jerry has successfully integrated the
disciplines of business and development through practical
entrepreneurial experience and numerous consultancies. Jerry has
founded and managed two commercial enterprises for development
organizations with a wide range of successful business activities. In
addition, Jerry's experience in business development consulting
includes the following selected assignments: business plan for
agricultural production and marketing in Northern Pakistan
(International Development Research Centre); design of a national
voucher scheme for insecticide treated mosquito nets in Uganda and
Tanzania (World Bank / Global Fund); business development of long-life
milk products through the Uganda Dairy Processors Association (USAID);
business development of insecticide treated netting and ITN home
re-treatment kits for malaria control in Africa (International
Development Research Centre); and, business plan development for the
PROARTE Handicraft Marketing Company (Nicaragua).
Hear Jerry talk about how assuring that pregnant women and children sleep under ITNs is saving thousands of lives in the battle against malaria on MEDA's World (September 08) .
Nigel Motts
Senior Consultant/Project Manager
Nigel has over twenty
years of African economic development experience in the areas of
enterprise, agricultural production sector and value chains
development, design and implementation of Business Development Services
and the role of information and communications technologies (eg:
e-commerce; supply chain software) in these areas. His focus is on
pro-poor economic development: finding ways to integrate the productive
poor and very small enterprises into value chains and mainstream
markets to improve incomes. Nigel is also experienced in partnering
with the private sector to deliver needed health products and services
to the poor. His skill-set spans policy research, analysis and
formulation, sub-sector analysis, competitive analysis at
firm/sector/value chain level, needs and opportunity assessments,
training and institutional strengthening, project evaluation, strategic
planning and the design and management of agricultural development
projects.
Hear Nigel speak about how MEDA is aiding agriculture in the Ukraine on MEDA's World (October 08)
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Alexandra Snelgrove
Senior Consultant/Project Manager
In her current role as Senior Consultant/Project Manager, Alexandra contributes to projects focused on enterprise development and value chain enhancement including a project in Zambia to accelerate supply chains for irrigation technologies and a project linking homebound rural producers into higher value markets in Pakistan. Alex also delivers short-term consultancy services in the area of value chain development, market research, and program design for a range of clients. She has designed and delivered value chain development training modules for diverse clients including United Nations Development Program, international NGOs, and North American Universities. Before joining MEDA, Alexandra completed her Masters in Economic Development at Columbia University in New York City. Alexandra's previous consulting experience includes analysis of the vegetable subsector and initial needs assessment in Cambodia, participation on a research team analyzing global cashew consumption and possible marketing strategies for cashew processors, and strategic planning for a start-up microenterprise development organization. Prior to entering the international development field, Alex worked in trade promotion in Malaysia in both the private and public sectors.
Hear Alex describe how MEDA is changing irrigation in Zambia on MEDA's World (August 08).
Katie Turner
Consultant/Project Leader
As Consultant/Project Leader Katie conducts research and writes proposals for new business opportunities in small enterprise and value chain development as well as providing support to MEDA's various agricultural and rural development projects in countries such as Nicaragua, Ukraine, Pakistan and Tajikistan. She has strong field experience in agricultural projects coupled with solid analytical skills on issues of gender, technology adoption and micro credit as they apply to rural development. Katie holds a BA in Economics, a Post Graduate Degree in International Development and has recently completed the Pro Poor Market Development Program at Southern New Hampshire University's Microenterprise Development Institute. She speaks English and Spanish.
Ann Gordon
Senior Consultant/Project Manager
As
Senior Consultant/Project Manager, Ann comes to MEDA with an extensive
background in rural development in the entrepreneurial, non-profit and
government sectors. Recently completing the Masters program in
Capacity Development and Extension at the University of Guelph, Ann
also holds a BSc. from the University of Western Ontario and is a
Canadian Nuffield Scholar. Ann's 16 years of experience in project
based management which includes research, design, implementation and
evaluation across the agriculture and agri-food industries has taken
her across North America and internationally. This expertise will be
valuable in her role with the Production and Marketing Linkages
Division at MEDA, which includes the coordination of the women's
economic development projects in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Read more about Ann's work at the Waterloo Region Record or the Epoch Times
Rachel Hess
Senior Consultant/Project Manager
As Senior Consultant/Project Manager, Rachel is responsible for developing and managing market-driven projects integrating small scale producers, farmers or business owners into viable market systems for a better return on their labor. She successfully managed MEDA's disaster recovery project assisting business owners as they rebuild after Hurricane Katrina. Currently, Rachel is Manager and Senior Technical Advisor to two of MEDA's projects in Pakistan, Entrepreneurs and Pathways and Pursestrings, focused on capacity building of local organizations. To this role, Rachel brings experience in enterprise development, organizational capacity building and project management in North America and a range of international settings. Prior to joining MEDA, Rachel worked as Purchasing Manager for Ten Thousand Villages, linking thousands of artisans around the world with fair trade markets in North America. Rachel has a background in international studies and economic development with a B.A. in International Studies from University of Virginia.
Simrat Mand
Junior Consultant/Project Coordinator
Simrat Mand contributes in a technical support role to MEDA's International Operations department of Production & Marketing Linkages. As a Junior Consultant/Project Coordinator, Sim assists the PML department with market research, proposal development, drafting and editing technical documents, developing marketing materials, backstopping of project activities and delivering short-term consulting services.
Simrat holds a Biochemistry degree from McMaster University and recently completed her M.B.A. at Wilfrid Laurier University. She has field experience in Tanzania and Pakistan. Simrat is fluent in English, Punjabi and Hindi with conversational ability in Kiswahili, Urdu and French.
Carolina Budiman
Senior Consultant/Project Manager
Carolina Budiman has extensive knowledge of marketing development in the commercial sector. Her work is a culmination of her professional involvement in the private as well as the not-for-profit sector in Canada and abroad. Carolina has worked with UNICEF -Nutrition and CIDA in Nepal (awarded CIDA fellowship) and PATH (Programme in Appropriate Technology in Health) on a Gates Foundation sponsored project in Northeastern Brazil. As a Senior Consultant and Project Manager for MEDA, Carolina is overseeing a project that incorporates the value chain development approach for the distribution of Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets (LLINS) for pregnant women and children under five years old in Tanzania. Carolina has provided consulting services to the Malaria Consortium and in Canada is involved with project evaluation consulting engagements for the Women's Economic Council, Health providers Against Poverty and the Medical Reform Group. Carolina has a background in Nutrition & Physiology, and Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Toronto.
INTERNATIONAL STAFF
Timothy A. Piper
Associate Senior Consultant
Tim Piper has seven years of experience in Tanzania providing logistical and management oversight to the international development sector. In his most recent role as MEDA's country manager of the Tanzania National Voucher Scheme (TNVS), he supervised a staff of 85 in a high-transaction distribution environment. In Tanzania, MEDA conducts this work with funding from USAID and the Global Fund under contract to the Ministry of Health.
Tim is the only non-Tanzania Board Member of the Millennium Challenge Account in Tanzania since 2006, which is a five-year, $698 million program funded by the United States for infrastructure projects: roads, water and energy. He is also the Founding Chairman of the American Business Association in Tanzania, formed with the assistance of the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania and private sector companies.
Prior to joining MEDA, Tim served as Deputy Country Director for TechnoServe in Tanzania. Mr. Piper also has previous experience in both for-profit and non-profit worlds. He has served as Head of an independent school near Houston, Texas, as Vice President of Operations and CFO of a trucking company in Arkansas, held financial and marketing positions with PepsiCo, and was a marketing analyst with American Airlines.
Tim holds a B.S. in Psychology, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Santa Clara, California, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Catherine Sobrevega
MEDA Afghanistan Country Manager
As MEDA Afghanistan Country Manager, Catherine is responsible for the 4-year CIDA funded Project "Through the Garden Gate: Value Chain Strategies for Integrating Women into Sustainable Horticultural Markets in Afghanistan". This project will help women improve the quality and yield of their home based gardens and then build links to sustainable markets in order to increase family incomes.
Prior to joining MEDA, Catherine had been managing economic development and microfinance projects for CARE Philippines (8 years), CARE Eritrea (3 years) and International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Bosnia (1 year). Most recently Catherine was Microfinance Program Manager of CARE Afghanistan's Economic Independence for Women in Afghanistan (EIWA) Project, funded by the World Bank. She helped established MoFAD (Microfinance Agency for Development) to become an independent microfinance institution in Afghanistan. In addition, Catherine is one of the founding members of Afghanistan Microfinance Association (AMA).
Catherine holds a B.S. in Management and Industrial Engineering degree from Mapua Institute of Technology in Manila and a post graduate course on Microfinance from Asian Institute of Management in the Philippines.
Bradley Beeler
Field Project Manager, Tajikistan
Brad Beeler recently transitioned from his role as MEDA's Field Project Manager on the successfully completed ‘Farms to Markets' project in Tajikistan to his current staff status as Deputy Chief of Party of the USAID funded Productive Agriculture in Tajikistan (Pro-Apt) project. MEDA has partnered with ACDI/VICA and the International Centre for Soil Fertility and Agriculture to implement the Pro-Apt project where project objectives include smallholder farm productivity, strengthening private sector capacities and expanding access to financial services.
In addition to Brad's extensive experience in the agricultural sector in Tajikistan, Brad also brings strong experience in the field of business development, planning and management. He has degrees in Animal Science and Reproductive Physiology from the University of Connecticut. Following graduation he was employed as a Cooperative Extension Specialist for Cornell University where he lead the development and implementation of Extension programs in dairy and livestock management, agricultural engineering and business development.
Throughout his career Mr. Beeler has continued his studies with advanced courses in agricultural economics at The Ohio State University, business management at the University of Toledo and international business at Western International University. He also formed two agricultural business development and management consulting firms which provided agricultural business consulting services throughout the northeast United States.
In 1992 Mr. Beeler joined the faculty of The Ohio State University where he was responsible for the development of a new federally funded Agricultural Business Enhancement Center. In 1996 he developed a similar center for the Ministry of Agricultural in Leningrad (Saint Petersburg), Russia under the USDA Russian/American Farm Privatization Project. Brad maintains a strong international development relationship with both The Ohio State University and USDA. He recently completed a three-year assignment as Project Director for a $2 million New Jersey multi-college Consortium grant to develop a regional veterinary technology program focusing on biotechnology.
Lemmy Manje
Field Project Manager, Zambia and Ethiopia
As Field Project Manager for the Innovation Fund project in Zambia and Ethiopia, Lemmy is responsible for a three year market development project that seeks to successfully integrate smallholder farmers into mainstream markets through the facilitation of increased access to low-cost water technologies.
Prior to joining MEDA, Lemmy was managing a market development project for the International Labour Organization. He has ten years of professional work experience specializing in microfinance and business development services; credit and finance, micro-small enterprise development; private sector development, poverty reduction strategies, policies, interventions and programmes and application of information and communication technologies for market and business linkages. He has consulted and worked for various international organisations including the European Union, United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DfID), Africa Development Bank, Microfinance Opportunities, USAID, Development Alternative Inc, European Union, CGAP, International Labour Organization, University of Manchester and CARE International. In the last five years, Lemmy's professional experience has been focused on the development of innovative and sustainable business solutions that increase the incomes and performance of poor entrepreneurs who are operating in productive economic sectors but have failed to enter mainstream markets. His work has included value chain analysis and upgrading of productive economic sectors.
Lemmy has a Masters degree in International Development from the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. He has a recognised international publication record in microfinance with CGAP, USAID, Development Alternatives Inc, University of Manchester and the International Labour Organization. He also has practical experience as an entrepreneur in various business lines in Zambia including shareholder and partnership in a management consultancy firm. He has also served as board member in development organizations and private companies.
Fazila Banu Lily
Field Project Manager, Pakistan
Fazila Banu Lily joined MEDA in January 2008 as the Field Project Manager for the Pakistan office. In her role, Fazila manages the ongoing implementation of MEDA's Market Access for Women Producers in Pakistan Project.
In her 20 + previous years before joining MEDA, Fazila worked for CARE Canada and was posted in Afghanistan from July 2005 to December 2007 where she managed both humanitarian aid and development programs for poor and vulnerable women in Afghanistan. She has managed projects and programs by both working with partners and doing direct implementation. Fazila has extensive experience working in different sub sectors in the natural resources sector in addition to infrastructure development in flood prone areas in Bangladesh.
Fazila obtained her PhD in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India in 1998.
Helen Loftin
Senior Consultant/Project Manager
Helen Loftin is Regional Project Manager at MEDA in the Production & Marketing Linkages department. From her new base in Islamabad Pakistan, Helen manages the ongoing development and implementation of MEDA's women's economic development projects in Afghanistan and in Pakistan. Her role is also to foster new networks in the region in order to expand MEDA's work with the communities in these countries.
Helen has expertise in building and renewing business plans for enterprises in India, Bangladesh and right here in Canada - addressing the myriad business challenges faced by marginalized women and facilitating their participation in commerce.
Other consulting assignments in Ethiopia and Mozambique provided clients with deeper understanding of, as well as tools for, the practical application of value chain principles in building effective pro-poor programs.
In her 20+ previous years before joining MEDA, Helen co-managed the successful family contracting business and consulted for many small businesses in Canada in a diverse range of industries. She is a graduate of business administration studies and holds a MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada.
Read more about Helen's work at the International News (Pakistan)
Sonia Domínguez
MEDA Peru Country Manager
As the MEDA Country Manager for Peru, Sonia is responsible for the promotion of market-driven development, value chains analysis, conservation and service development for rural and Natural Protected Areas in Peru. Her team has recently achieved the first Total Administration of the National Sanctuary of the Manglares de Tumbes in Peru.
Sonia brings her previous experience from the private sector to the development and implementation of social projects in Peru. Prior to joining MEDA in 2001, Sonia worked extensively in the private sector in the areas of procurement, import, logistics, financial analysis, contract negotiation and project evaluation.
Sonia holds a BA in Industrial Engineering from the University of Lima in Peru and an MBA form Clarion University of Pennsylvania in the USA. She is fluent in English and Spanish.
Steve Wright
Field Project Manager, Ukraine
Steve joined MEDA in July 2008 from The International Finance Corporation (IFC) where he was a project manager in Tajikistan on two projects for the value added and access to finance business lines. His expertise includes both agriculture lending and banking sectors. In his role in Ukraine, Steve will be managing the implementation of the Ukraine Horticulture Development Program sponsored by CIDA.
Prior to Tajikistan he worked in southeast Ukraine on SME development and credit unions. He has a Masters degree in International Development and is enrolled in the University of Phoenix on-line Doctorate of Management in Organizational Development program.
Steve and his family are permanent residents of Ukraine. His native language is English and he speaks fluent Russian.
Faith Patrick
MEDA Tanzania Country Manager
Faith
has served as MEDA's Country Manager in Tanzania since August 2009 and
manages MEDA's projects that provide rural and remote communities with
greater access to health products and services such as Insecticide
Treated Mosquito Nets (ITNs). In Tanzania, MEDA conducts this work with
funding from USAID and the Global Fund under contract to the Ministry
of Health.
Prior to this role, Faith worked with MEDA as the
Programme Manager for the Tanzania National Voucher Scheme from 2004 -
2009. Faith has over 5 years of experience in the finance sector and
has worked with the Ministry of Finance, Government of Tanzania, as
well as the banking Sector where she was the first manager of the
Credit Department at Akiba Commercial Bank. Faith has also served as
Programme Officer with the Dutch Development Organisation for Private
Sector Development for 4 years.
Faith holds an L.L.B from the
University of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, and L.L.M in International
Business Law from the University of London, UK.
