Mahlet Yared is a seasoned senior program manager and operations specialist, boasting over two decades of practical experience in administrative and operational management.
Joining the USAID/Ethiopia Learning Analytics Activity team in June 2023, Mahlet’s role involves supporting the COP and DCOP in managing intervention lifecycles, aligning work plans, budgeting, and finalizing deliverables.
Before Kaizen, Mahlet served as the Deputy Chief of Party for Social Impact Inc’s Ethiopia Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Service (EPMES) Activity, providing vital evaluation, performance monitoring, and management support services to USAID/Ethiopia. From 2007-2014, she contributed significantly to the US Embassy in Ethiopia as the Regional Operations Support Specialist and Deputy Program Manager for the US Department of Defense’s Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) Regional Office, focusing on civil-military relations, defense economics, and democratic governance.
Mahlet holds an MA in International Development from American University and a BA in Political Science from the University of Maryland. She is proficient in English, Amharic, and French.