Team Members

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Sofia Gurgenidze

Sofia is an organizational development professional with intensive experience in designing and implementing government reforms and organizational transformation projects through her work at the US Treasury Office of Technical Assistance, six USAID projects, and European Union initiatives. As a contributor to key organizational transformations and reforms in Georgia, she has been a facilitator of processes

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Halidou Mamadou Mamoudou

Halidou Mamadou Mamoudou is the Communications Officer for the USAID-funded Niger Development Food Security Activity (Wadata) in Zinder, Niger. In this role, he supports the implementation of the project’s internal and external communications strategy and the development of communications materials, ensuring donor branding and branding in all communications products. Prior to joining Kaizen, Halidou served

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Tawfiq Zada

Tawfiq Zada is the Senior Organizational Development Specialist for the USAID/Jordan Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Activity (MELA). Tawfiq is responsible for building the organizational capacity of Local MEL Organizations (LMOs) by overseeing the validation process related to the Organizational Capacity Assessments (OCAs) undertaken by them, developing LMOs’ Capacity Building Plans, and designing and facilitating training,

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Jakleen Kirreh

Jakleen Kirreh is a Senior Operations Coordinator at USAID MELA.  She manages relationships and offers coordination assistance to all technical activities, human resources, and capacity-building efforts while providing general office support. Before joining MELA, Jakleen served as an Administrative Assistant at various USAID projects, such as the Syria Humanitarian Monitoring Support Project (SHMP) II and

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Mohamad Al Dwekat

Mohamad Al Dweket is the GIS Specialist for the USAID/Jordan Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Activity (MELA). In this role, he leads all geographical information system design, collection, analyzation and management. He also oversees the development and management of tools used for data collection and maintenance of the library of geospatial data for USAID activities. Prior

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Mahmoud Heraz

Mahmoud Heraz is a defensive driving expert for the USAID/Jordan Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Activity. He has been working in this field for more than 11 years. In this role, he is responsible for transporting USAID/Jordan Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Activity’s employees, training equipment, and helping staff with event preparations in terms of room logistics

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Lisa Masannat

Lisa Masannat is the Acceleration Manager for the USAID/Jordan Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Activity (MELA). She leads the management of local organizations through Kaizen’s Rapid Vendor Procurement Mechanism (RPM), oversees all acceleration services, and ensures Jordanian organizations are accountable and competitive throughout the procurement and capacity-building process while meeting baseline capacity requirements. Lisa is also

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