Faculty

FACULTY

Dr. Laxmi Bilas Acharya

Health Practice Lead

Dr. Laxmi Bilas Acharya

Dr. Laxmi Bilas Acharya brings extensive experience in the disease management area as he has worked as a Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation lead at FHI360, Nepal Country Office, for about a decade.

Dr. Winnie Lanoix

Advisor And Faculty

Dr. Winnie Lanoix

Winnie Lanoix is a certified executive and leadership coach, with area of expertise in executive presence, organizational dynamics, global leadership, emotional intelligence, interpersonal skills, communication, on-boarding, team alignment and influencing skills.

Suman R Timsina

Executive Director, Consultant & Faculty

Suman R Timsina

Suman brings over 30 years of experience working in the private and public sectors, managing small to large projects with donor agencies.

Douglas K. Berry

Advisor And Faculty

Douglas K. Berry

Douglas K. Barry is the Director of Communications and Publications at the US-China Business Council. Before joining USCBC, Doug worked in the private sector as a strategic communications consultant, assisting clients in industries including healthcare, data analytics, and higher education.

Prof. Carl Levan

Advisor And Faculty- African Studies

Prof. Carl Levan

Prof. Carl Levan is an Associate Professor in the School of International Service at American University in Washington. He is the author of Dictators and Democracy in African Development: the Political Economy of Good Governance in Nigeria (Cambridge University Press, 2015).

David Bulova

Faculty- Government Affairs

David Bulova

David Bulova is an elected representative to the State of Virginia(USA). Professionally, David is a Project Manager at Amec Foster Wheeler Environment & Infrastructure, Inc. and works to help governments and industry comply with state and federal environmental regulations.

Sakil Malik

Principal Consultant And Advisor-Education

Sakil Malik

Sakil is a Senior Global Education Consultant. A native of Bangladesh, Malik began his career in international development with BRAC, one of the largest nongovernmental organizations in the world. He is a great advocate of Universal Design for Learning (UDL).

David Baxter

Senior Consultant- Public Private Partnership (PPP)

David Baxter

Mr. Baxter is a South African who lives in the USA. He is currently a Senior Advisor to the International PPP Resilience Center (IPPPRC) in New Orleans which is affiliated organizations of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).

Dr. Roshan Sherchan

Expert & Consultant:Environment And Climate Change

Dr. Roshan Sherchan

Mr. Sherchan has had over 25 years of working experience in community-based natural resource management, local livelihoods, and biodiversity conservation. Mr. Sherchan started his professional career as a conservation officer in the Annapurna Conservation Area Project.

Ana M. Ferreras

Consultant And Faculty- Stem And Education

Ana M. Ferreras

Dr. Ana M. Ferreras often serves as a speaker, professional developer, consultant, evaluator, researcher, fundraising expert, and advisor for organizational leaders in the private sector, academia, and federal government. She is a Senior Program Officer at National Academy of Science.

Kerin Hilker-Balkisson

Consultant And Faculty- Stem, Education And Executive Leadership

Kerin Hilker-Balkisson

Kerin Hilker-Balkisson brings twenty years of experience engaging K-12, post-secondary, non-profit, and workforce sectors through innovative systems collaboration; strategic and collective impact partnerships; blended academic, navigational and career pathways design.

Dr. Arun R. Joshi

Principal Consultant & Faculty- Learning & Development

Dr. Arun R. Joshi

Dr. Arun R. Joshi is Founder of Leadership Academy Nepal (LAN) and a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS) in Kathmandu, Nepal. He is also an Adjunct Professor at George Washington University, Washington D.C.

Simeon Sahaydachny

Faculty- Public Procurement

Simeon Sahaydachny

Mr. Simeon Sahaydachny has over 30 years of experience as an international consultant to governments, international organizations and development institutions (World Bank, African Development Bank, ADB, USAlD, MCC, CARlCOM, COMESA) on public procurement

Ambassador (retd.) Charles A. Ray

Faculty- Govt. Affairs Aand Diplomacy

Ambassador (retd.) Charles A. Ray

Charles A. Ray is a retired Foreign Service Officer who served 30 years in the US Foreign Service, and before that, 20 years in the US Army. During his army service, including two tours in Vietnam, he served in Military Intelligence, Special Operations, and Public Affairs.

Kevin N. Green

Faculty- Fintech

Kevin N. Green

Kevin N. Green is a Vice President at Bank of America. E currently supports US Card Finance Managing the development and implementation of valuation tools and methodologies for the US Credit Card Business. A six Sgma Green Belt, Kevin has an extensive background in banking Marketing

Matthew Uzukwu

Director And Faculty- Africa Programs

Matthew Uzukwu

Matthew Uzukwu is an Adjunct Professor of Healthcare Administration at the Newport News Virginia Center of Saint Leo University. He was an Adjunct Professor of Production and Operations Management at Bowie State University, Maryland, USA for several years.

Jim Rives

Advisor And Faculty

Jim Rives

Jim Rives worked as a Senior Director at FTI Consulting and is based in Washington DC as a Bank Regulation and Governance Practice within the Forensic and Litigation Consulting Segment. Mr. Rives is a financial services regulatory professional with more than 25 years’ experience in consumer finance

Ameen Habibi

Director & Faculty- South, Central Asia And Middle East

Ameen Habibi

Ameen Habibi served in many capacities in the government of Afghanistan including Acting Deputy Minister for Policy and Director General for Policy, Coordination and Program Implementation at the Ministry of Finance and Co-chaired the Asset Transfer Commission

Laxmi Dutt Bhatta

Expert & Faculty- Environment And Climate Change

Laxmi Dutt Bhatta

Mr. Bhatta brings over two decades of national and international experience in the field of natural resource management and governance. He is passionate about knowledge sharing on sustainable ecosystems and poverty alleviation.

Sidi Sanneh

Faculty- Fintech

Sidi Sanneh

Sidi Sanneh is a versatile and skilled diplomat, professional economist, and development specialist with leadership qualities and excellent hands-on experience in development finance, governance and post conflict countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

Nancy Overholt

Faculty- HR & Leadership

Nancy Overholt

Nancy Overholt is an expert in international education and professional training. Nancy has conducted training in the government sector, including Ministerial level executives from several countries, e.g., the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the the Government of Chile.

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