AGChange uses Associates to help support AGChange clients on projects related to their areas of expertise.

The AGChange Senior Partners work with the Associates above on many projects to help support our clients. In addition, AGChange contracts directly with the Associates above to work independently with clients.

Elizabeth Adelski

U.S.-based Social anthropologist (PhD) with extensive experience in Africa conducting rural-based household surveys, social impact assessments, gender assessments and natural resource management. Special expertise in food security, health and nutrition. Fluent in French, Portuguese and Spanish.

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Aliou Boly

Burkina Faso-based management training specialist with expertise in African culture and community relations. Specialized in design and delivery of Training of Trainer Programs for Peace Corps and NGOs. Fluent in French.

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Mohamed Coulibaly

U.S.-based human resources specialist, trainer and development consultant with more than 17 years of experience in management and finance. Has designed, prepared and administered hundreds of management training programs and workshops for African professionals from government, NGOs, community-based organizations, micro-finance institutions, ministries and private corporations. Fluent in French and Bamana.

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Daby Diallo

U.S.-based water resources management expert with over sixteen years experience in the United States. Previously managed a portfolio of agricultural projects for USAID in Senegal for six years. Expertise cover hydrology, water quality, natural resources management, agriculture, energy and environmental activities. Fluent in French, Wolof and Peuhl.

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Chris P. Ekoka

Cameroon-based specialist in strategic planning, project design and appraisal, investment and export promotion, micro, small and medium enterprise development and counseling, entrepreneurship development, micro-finance and credit issues, industrial economics and investment financing and the analysis of industrial clusters. Owns and has managed a successful businesses and serves regularly as an international consultant.

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Richard Everett

U.S.-based management and communications strategist with over 15 years of experience in international development and business. Special expertise recently developed in Corporate Social Responsibility issues in relation to extractive industries primarily in Africa. Additional concentration in market research and analysis; strategic planning; project design, management & evaluation; management training; new business development; business/government and business/NGO relations; strategic alliances and public-private partnerships, corporate social responsibility and corporate communications. Experience: Mining, telecommunications, high tech and financial service sectors, and for international development agencies. Fluent in French.

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Sheldon Gellar

U.S.-based expert in African politics and democratic governance with a country-focus on contemporary politics in Senegal. Concentrations also in institutional analysis, project design and evaluation, natural resource management and rural development, decentralization and the decentralized provision of public goods and services. Fluent in French.

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Kenneth Green

U.S.-based senior environmental scientist and program manager with extensive research and management experience in the academic, corporate, international development and government sector. Specializes in both green and brown issues in natural resource management, environmental policy analysis, protected area management, ecotourism, environmental data integration, computer technology, geographic information systems, remote sensing, and environmental assessments.

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Christine Hjelt

U.S.-based expert in development programming and evaluation with extensive experience in post-conflict program management and evaluation in Africa. Served as the USAID acting program officer in Rwanda for three years. Conducted numerous evaluations and design efforts in several African countries, including Rwanda, Uganda and Somalia. Served as project manager on a variety of activities in Somalia, Zambia, Kenya, Uganda and Jamaica

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Thierno Kane

Spain-based human resources and training specialist with extensive field experience throughout Africa. Has worked both for USAID Missions and institutional contractors in a variety of sectors including health, education and private-sector development. Fluent in French, Spanish, Pular, Wolof and Mauritanian Arabic.

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Tracey Mugambiwa

Zimbabwe-based specialist in small business and marketing, entrepreneurship and management development. Fluent in Shona.

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Aba Quainoo

Ghana-based development economist and sociologist specializing in rural development, private sector development, financial management, entrepreneurship development, gender issues, microfinance delivery mechanisms and institutional development. Designed and managed an innovative savings and credit facility targeted primarily at women, as part of the Women's World Banking network in Ghana.

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Jo Marie Render

U.S.-based expert in indigenous peoples, Corporate Social Responsibility and NGO outreach with particular emphasis on extractive industries worldwide. Has also developed experience in multi-stakeholder dialogue facilitation and communications planning and design.

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Richard Wall

U.S.-based human resources and organizational development specialist with more than 25 years of experience in training, group facilitation, project management, institutional assessments and strategic planning. Fluent in French.

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Wendy Wilson

U.S.-based anthropologist (PhD) specializing in agricultural research, community development and natural resource management, with particular concentration in Senegal and Niger. Has conducted field-based research on herders, pastoralism, pastoral economics, gender analysis and farmer participation, particularly among the Fulani. Fluent in French, Fulfulde and Zarma (Songhay).

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