Team Members

Melanie Mahlstedt is a Senior Program Management Manager at The Kaizen Company, where she has managed a portfolio USAID-funded projects in which local and expatriate teams were fielded to Uganda, Ethiopia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Jordan. Ms. Mahlstedt also contributes to Kaizen’s corporate operations, strategic initiatives, and business development. Prior to Kaizen, Ms. Mahlstedt held […]

Michael Luckert is the Associate Human Resources and Office Manager at Kaizen, A Tetra Tech Company. In his role, he provides routine human resources support to Kaizen’s US-based operations and EXPAT staff. Some of his duties include general HR operations that focus on performance management, onboarding offboarding, leave, and benefits. He leads Kaizen’s staff care

Sarah has 18 years of experience in the international development consulting industry, in project management, operations and project and corporate finance. Prior to joining Kaizen, Sarah worked for Abt Associates as a financial controller for several of the company’s operating units and most recently as senior finance manager for corporate departments. Prior to Abt Associates,

Alexandra is a Business Development Manager at Kaizen. She supports the development and delivery of competitive proposals in response to solicitations across sectors from donors such as USAID, OTI, Department of State (DoS), MCC, and others. She provides capture and proposal management efforts in support of the New Business portfolio. Prior to joining Kaizen, Alexandra

Smriti has over fifteen years of experience in international development with expertise in capacity strengthening of civil society organizations, strategic planning and rural development. Her technical skills include organizational development, systems thinking and adaptive management. As Senior Technical Specialist at Kaizen, Smriti provides technical support to a portfolio of USAID projects and contributes to business

Lauren Dunn is a Pricing Associate Manager at The Kaizen Company. She supports the business development team in preparing cost proposals for new business opportunities and uses her pricing experience to strengthen the corporate pricing function. She works in partnership with proposal teams that cross sectors and regions and presents pricing solutions to various stakeholders

Maxwell Reikosky is a Program Management Manager at The Kaizen Company, where he plays a leading role managing USAID-funded projects with teams fielded in Georgia and Papua New Guinea. Additionally, Mr. Reikosky contributes to the company’s corporate operations, strategic initiatives, and proposal development, focusing on Sustainability & Resilience and Innovations. His past experiences include numerous

Nikki has more than 10 years of experience in program management and implementation. Currently, Nikki leads all program management initiatives at Kaizen. Prior to her role as Program Management Director, she was the USAID Secretariat Senior Manager for the Water and Energy for Food (WE4F) Program where she oversaw the contractual, operational, and financial aspects

Deepa (She, Her, Hers) is an Associate Program Management Manager at Kaizen. Deepa serves as a Program Manager for USAID Uganda Organizational Development Activity and Task Order Manager for the USAID/OTI Middle East and North Africa Regional Support. Deepa contributes to inclusion practice group and business development efforts. Prior to joining Kaizen, Deepa worked for

Alex Langlois is an Associate Program Management Manager at The Kaizen Company. He currently supports a USAID-funded project focused on improving education systems in Jordan and will support business development efforts. Alex is interested in peace and conflict programming, with a focus on the Middle East. Prior to joining Kaizen, Alex was a Senior Program