Team Members

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Ashlee Schutte

Ashlee Schutte is a Senior Program Management Coordinator at The Kaizen Company; she originally joined Kaizen as a Program Management Associate. She supports projects in Djibouti and Jordan related to strengthening Civil Society Organizations and Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning. Additionally, Ashlee supports Kaizen’s Innovation Strategic Objective Group and the Sustainability & Resilience Working Group. Ashlee […]

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Alvine Ngo Bell

Alvine Ngo Bell is a Senior Program Management Coordinator at The Kaizen Company, currently supporting the USAID/Ethiopia Learning Analytics Activity. Prior to her role at Kaizen, she contributed to USAID projects at IESC, a nonprofit, focusing on youth, workforce development, and entrepreneurship. Alvine played a key role in supporting the youth component of a market

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Samey Noor

Samey Noor is an Associate Program Management Manager at The Kaizen Company. He has worked on projects in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and South Asia regions, and currently supports the Ethiopia Learning Analytics Activity (LAA). Prior to joining Kaizen, Samey worked as a Policy Associate working with various donors. He has also

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Sophia Rubin

Sophia Rubin is a Senior Program Management Coordinator at The Kaizen Company; she joined The Kaizen Company as a Program Management Associate. She currently supports the USAID New Partnerships Initiative Incubator, promoting local leadership and improving equity and inclusivity within partner relationships. Prior to Kaizen, Sophia worked with the Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees and

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Abigail Young

Abigail Young is a Senior Program Management Coordinator at the Kaizen Company where she provides support to USAID-sponsored development projects around the world. She is currently supporting the Pakistan Capacity Development Services (PCDS) project, OTI Middle East Regional Support (MENARS) project, and the Uganda Organizational Development Activity (ODA) project. Abigail is also involved in Kaizen’s

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Maddie Sizemore

Maddie Sizemore is the Senior Program Management Coordinator at Kaizen where she provides support to USAID-sponsored development projects around the world. She joined Kaizen as a Business Development associate, but has transitioned to the Program Management team and is currently supporting the Global Development Lab Technical Assistance and Professional Support Services (TAPSS) project and the

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Natalia Kolbjornsen

Natalia is a Senior Program Management Manager at the Kaizen Company. She currently manages the USAID New Partnerships Initiative Incubator, promoting local leadership and improving equity and inclusivity within partner relationships. Natalia also serves as the Task Order Manager for USAID/OTI Middle East North Africa Regional Support. Natalia has over five years of experience in

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Amy Watve

Director of Strategic Initiatives Amy Watve has 16 years of experience in strategic planning and analysis, financial processes, service and process improvement, and other related management and organizational development issues for private, non-profit and public sector clients. She is currently based in Uganda as an Organizational Development Expert for Kaizen. Formerly, as Kaizen’s Strategic Initiatives

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Andrew Kaiser

Andrew founded the Kaizen Company in 2004 with the vision of leveraging new media and market forces to create unprecedented opportunities for people to improve their lives, organizations, and societies. Currently serving as Kaizen’s President, he has 20+ years of experience supporting development innovation, strategic management, organizational transformation, and peer-to-peer networks. Andrew has an MBA

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Lisa Letke

Lisa has 18 years of experience managing development assistance projects. At the Kaizen Company, Lisa leads initiatives and oversees corporate operations. Prior to joining Kaizen, Lisa worked for AECOM International Development managing projects, IQCs and numerous business development efforts. Lisa has professional experience in Latin America, Africa, Asia, Europe and the US starting up, implementing

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