2015 USAID/ASHA ANNUAL PARTNERS CONFERENCE
PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND SUSTAINABILITY
DAY ONE: MARCH 30
SPEAKERS
Abstract
Title
Presenter
Opening Remarks
Bob Leavitt,
Deputy Assistant Administrator,
USAID Bureau for Democracy,
Conflict, and Humanitarian
Assistance
Bob will provide the opening remarks to the 2015
USAID/ASHA Annual Partners Conference.
Rachel Gutter,
Senior Vice President, Knowledge,
U.S. Green Building Council
Rachel will champion the goal of putting every
student into a green school within our generation,
tell why this goal is important, and share what the
U.S. Green Building Council is doing about it.
Green Schools
and the Triple
Bottom Line
http://www.usaid.gov/who-weare/organization/bob-leavitt
www.usgbc.org/
Sustained
Stakeholder
Engagement for
Resilient Cities
Colleen Murphy-Dunning,
Director,
The Urban Resources Initiative,
Yale School of Forestry
& Environmental Studies
Colleen will share about the Urban Resources
Initiative (URI), a non-profit, Yale University
partnership, and how it forges lasting partnerships
with key interest groups to sustain engagement in
urban forestry program efforts. URI’s approach
offers lessons that can help USAID/ASHA partners
across all disciplines find common purpose and
sustain stakeholder engagement.
http://environment.yale.edu/uri/
WORKSHOPS
Abstract
Title
Presenter
USAID/ASHA
Environmental
Safeguarding &
Compliance
Erika Clesceri, PhD,
Bureau Environmental Officer,
USAID Bureau for Democracy,
Conflict, and Humanitarian
Assistance
Erika will provide an overview of USAID’s
environmental safeguarding and compliance
requirements for USAID/ASHA construction and
commodity investments. This session is intended for
new and current award recipients.
http://www.usaid.gov/who-weare/organization/bureaus/bureau-democracyconflict-and-humanitarian-assistance
Working with
Global
Development
Alliances
Cecilia Brady,
Partnerships Advisor,
USAID U.S. Global Development
Lab
Cecilia will outline Global Development Alliances
(GDA), a model for public-private partnerships. More
than just philanthropy or corporate social
responsibility, GDAs leverage market-based
solutions to advance broader development
objectives.
http://www.usaid.gov/who-weare/organization/bureaus/us-global-developmentlab
USAID/ASHA 101
Andrea Molfetto,
Program Analyst, AOR,
USAID/ASHA
Kerrin Goodspeed,
Senior Program Analyst
USAID/ASHA
Andrea and Kerrin will provide a synopsis of the
USAID/ASHA program and take general questions
that are not directly related to the open solicitation.
This session is intended for new and potential
applicants.
Global Climate
Change: Key
Considerations &
Opportunities
Becky Chacko,
Senior Climate Change Integration
Specialist,
USAID Global Climate Change
Office
Becky will share the implications of Global Climate
Change on construction, operation and maintenance,
highlighting key environmental and climate change
considerations and opportunities to foster resilient
education and health projects.
http://www.usaid.gov/who-weare/organization/bureaus/bureau-economicgrowth-education-and-environment/office-global
Integrating
Gender in USAID
Capital
Improvement
Projects
Nancy Martin, PhD,
American Association for the
Advancement of Science Fellow,
USAID/GenDev
Felicia R. Wilson Young, PhD,
Co-Chair, Inter-Agency Gender
Advisory Committee, Senior
Gender Advisor USAID & U.S.
Department of State,
USAID GenDev
Nancy and Felicia will provide a practical workshop
on assessing the gender implications of your capital
improvement projects, engaging you in a discussion
about the intersection of gender analysis and
infrastructure, fixtures, and equipment improvement
projects.
http://www.usaid.gov/who-weare/organization/bureaus/bureau-economicgrowth-education-and-environment/office-gender
USAID/ASHA
Communications
Maggie Moore,
Communications Analyst,
USAID/ASHA
Maggie will overview updates to USAID/ASHA’s
Branding Strategy and Marking Plan requirements.
Participants will review guidance documents, sample
templates, and receive success story writing tips.
USAID Global
Development Lab
Alexis Bonnell,
Director,
Office of Engagement and
Communications,
USAID Global Development Lab
Alexis will share the Global Development Lab’s
search for a diverse set of partners to discover, test,
and scale breakthrough solutions to achieve what
human progress has only now made possible - the
end of extreme poverty by 2030.
http://www.usaid.gov/GlobalDevLab
USAID Limited
Excess Property
Program
Hannah Marsh,
PVO Registrar & Program Manager,
USAID Limited Excess Property
Program
Hannah will present the Limited Excess Property
Program (LEPP) and its innovative model of
recovery and reuse to promote sustainability,
improve lives and build local capacity in developing
countries by providing access to U.S. government
excess property to Private Voluntary Organizations
(PVOs), USAID missions, and their partners.
http://www.usaid.gov/partnershipopportunities/ngo/limited-excess-propertyprogram
USAID/ASHA
Reporting
Eric Abdullateef,
Performance Advisor,
Kaleb Johnson,
Grants Specialist,
Familiarize yourself with USAID/ASHA’s Activity
Monitoring and Evaluation Plan (AMEP), reporting
requirements, audit requirements, and Letter of
Credit (LOC) requirements.
Roy Jones,
Financial Analyst,
USAID/ASHA
Anthony Timpanaro,
Accountant,
USAID OAA Ombudsman's Office
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DAY TWO: MARCH 31
SPEAKERS
Abstract
Title
Presenter
Building Bridges
Between USAID
and Overseas
Publics
Ambassador Alfonso E. Lenhardt,
Acting Administrator,
USAID Office of the Administrator
Ambassador Lenhardt is the keynote speaker at
USAID/ASHA’s Annual Partners Conference. He will
address the importance of USAID partners and
reinforce their strategic role in U.S. development and
international diplomacy efforts.
http://www.usaid.gov/who-weare/organization/leadership
21st Century
Public
Diplomacy
Mark Toner,
Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Bureau of European and Eurasian
Affairs,
U. S. Department of State
DAS Toner will examine public diplomacy - how it
strengthens relationships between the U.S. and
overseas publics, and how USAID/ASHA award
recipients, as implementers of programs sponsored
by USAID, are enacting public diplomacy programs.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/bureau/231275
.htm
Linking USAID’s
Message to
Impact
Stephanie Bluma,
Deputy Assistant Administrator,
USAID Bureau for Legislative and
Public Affairs
Stephanie will share USAID’s new mission and
strategic messaging. Featuring several of the
Agency’s most engaging videos, she will highlight
examples of how to link USAID/ASHA-funded
projects with USAID’s mission and ASHA’s mandate.
http://www.usaid.gov/who-weare/organization/bureaus/bureau-legislative-andpublic-affairs
WORKSHOPS
Abstract
Title
Presenter
How are
Nonprofits
Public
Diplomats?
Michael Schneider, PhD,
Director,
University of Syracuse, Maxwell
School Washington Public
Diplomacy Program
Dr. Schneider will provide insight into the
importance of U.S. public diplomacy, highlighting the
important role that you can play as diplomats
demonstrating American ideas and practices.
Aaron Miles,
Higher Education Specialist,
USAID Office of Education
Aaron will describe current and future opportunities
to work with the USAID Office of Education,
emphasizing the Office’s support for mainstreaming
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and
information technology.
USAID Office of
Education
https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/dc/publicdiplomacy/f
aculty/
http://www.usaid.gov/who-weare/organization/bureaus/bureau-economicgrowth-education-and-environment/office-education
USAID/ASHA
Challenges in
Engineering &
Construction
Mohammad Latif, P.E.
Senior Engineer,
USAID/ASHA
Mohammad will discuss how to
document implementation plan milestones and a
narrative timeline for executing construction and
renovation projects including USAID’s pre-design
Engineering Due Diligence. Gain an understanding of
requirements for final design and construction
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documents to include final cost estimate, plans and
technical specifications. Undertake a virtual tour of
construction in Crystal City, VA, and USAID/ASHA
sites to underscore site preparation, construction and
safety, operation and maintenance aspects.
How the MCC
Contributes to
U.S. Diplomacy
Van Crowder, PhD,
Practice Lead/Senior Director,
Jennifer Bowser Gerst,
Associate Director,
Carolyn Wetzel Chen,
Senior Program Officer,
MCC Human and Community
Development
Receive a rundown of the Millennium Challenge
Corporation (MCC) and how it contributes to U.S.
diplomacy, highlighting exemplary education and
health activities and featuring Plan International USA,
an NGO partner with MCC who will share how the
organization partners with MCC.
https://www.mcc.gov/
http://www.planusa.org/
Winnie Tay,
Senior Program Advisor,
Plan International USA
U.S. Department
of Education
Foreign School
Participation
Program
Mike Stein,
Senior Institutional Review
Specialist, Federal Student Aid,
U.S. Department of Education
Mike will share eligibility and certification
procedures for the U.S. Department of Education
Foreign School Participation Program which attracts
eligible U.S. students to use Federal student aid to
help pay their education expenses while attending an
approved institution located outside the U.S.
https://ifap.ed.gov/ForeignSchoolInfo/ForeignSchoo
lInfo.html
USAID/ASHA
Maggie Moore,
Communications Communications Analyst,
USAID/ASHA
Maggie will overview updates to USAID/ASHA’s
Branding Strategy and Marking Plan requirements.
Participants will review guidance documents, sample
templates, and receive success story writing tips.
Innovations in
Libraries
Engage a panel discussion of champions for
innovations in libraries and emerging opportunities
for the overseas library.
Christie Vilsak,
Senior Advisor for International
Education,
USAID
Jane Meyers,
Founder and President,
Lubuto Library Partners
Kathy Kwan,
Staff Scientist, National Center for
Biotechnology Information, U.S.
National Library of Medicine,
U.S. National Institutes of Health
http://www.usaid.gov/who-weare/organization/christie-vilsack
http://www.lubuto.org/index.html
http://himmelfarb.gwu.edu/headlines/2012/03/alin
ton.cfm
Anne Linton,
Director, Health Sciences Library
George Washington University
Gaining the
Diaspora's
Support for
Overseas
Institutions
Leigh Moran,
Program Manager, International
diaspora Engagement Alliance
(IdEA), and
Senior Officer, Strategic Initiatives,
Calvert Foundation
With Leigh and Sara, delve into how USAID/ASHA
partners can strengthen and sustain diaspora group
engagement for the long term with a spotlight on
various diaspora engagement efforts that USAID and
State are leading in partnership with the Calvert
Foundation.
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USAID/ASHA
Reporting
Sara Gallagher,
Program Officer, IdEA,
Calvert Foundation
http://www.diasporaalliance.org/
Eric Abdullateef,
Performance Advisor,
Familiarize yourself with USAID/ASHA’s Activity
Monitoring and Evaluation Plan (AMEP), reporting
requirements, audit requirements, and Letter of
Credit (LOC) requirements.
http://www.calvertfoundation.org/
Kaleb Johnson,
Grants Specialist,
Roy Jones,
Financial Analyst,
USAID/ASHA
Anthony Timpanaro,
Accountant,
USAID OAA Ombudsman's Office
DAY THREE: APRIL 1
Title
Presenter
Abstract
Working with
USAID Missions
Kate Crawford,
Director,
USAID/ASHA
Examine how your organization can work with USAID
missions and build partnerships through discussion
with experienced USAID Foreign Service Officers.
Laurie de Freese,
Director,
USAID Office of Program,
Policy and Management
http://www.usaid.gov/who-weare/organization/bureaus/bureau-democracy-conflictand-humanitarian-assistance/office-program
Elizabeth Warfield,
Coordinator,
USAID Local Solutions
http://www.usaid.gov/policy/local-systemsframework
Partner Reflections
on Sustainability
Gary Barrett,
Senior Program Advisor,
USAID/ASHA
Organize into groups to discuss sustainability and
report on takeaways from the conference.
Partner Reflections
on Public
Diplomacy
Gary Barrett,
Senior Program Advisor,
USAID/ASHA
Organize into groups to discuss public diplomacy and
report on takeaways from the conference.
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EXHIBITORS
Title
Presenter
Abstract
Integrating Gender
in USAID Capital
Improvement
Projects
Nancy Martin, PhD,
American Association for the
Advancement of Science
Fellow,
USAID GenDev
Nancy and Felicia will present selected brochures and
resources on women’s empowerment.
Felicia R. Wilson Young, PhD,
Co-Chair, Inter-Agency Gender
Advisory Committee, Senior
Gender Advisor USAID & U.S.
Department of State,
USAID GenDev
http://www.usaid.gov/who-weare/organization/bureaus/bureau-economic-growtheducation-and-environment/office-gender
USAID Limited
Excess Property
Program
Trevora Saunders,
Program Coordinator,
USAID Limited Excess
Property Program
Trevora will present USAID Limited Excess Property
Program brochures.
Defense Security
Cooperation
Agency, Logistics
and shipping grant
programs
Phylliss Marshall,
Transportation Management
Analyst/Interim HAP-EP
Director,
Defense Security Cooperation
Agency
Phylliss will provide information on the Defense
Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA)’s Humanitarian
Assistance and Disaster Response and Mine Action
Division. Programs include but are not limited to the
Denton and Funded Transportation Program
USAID Office of
Small Business
Utilization
John Watson,
Minority Serving Institutions
Coordinator,
USAID Office of Small and
Disadvantaged Business
Utilization
John will present resources on USAID procurement
assistance for small and underutilized businesses.
USAID Global
Development Lab
Althea Lyness-Fernandez,
Administrative Assistant,
USAID Office of Science and
Technology, U.S. Global
Development Lab
Althea will provide materials for USAID’s Signature
Higher Education initiatives including the Higher
Education Solutions Network (HESN)
Will Center,
Director, International
Financial Organizations,
Enterprise & Government
Solutions
Will will demonstrate Philips’ base of pyramid
healthcare solutions.
Philips Electronics
North America
http://www.usaid.gov/partnershipopportunities/ngo/limited-excess-property-program
http://www.dsca.mil/programs/humanitarianassistance-disaster-relief-mine-action
http://www.usaid.gov/who-weare/organization/independent-offices/office-smalland-disadvantaged-business-utilization
http://www.usaid.gov/hesn
http://www.philipsxpress.com/namap/st-dcwashington.html
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