Our Team
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Kevin Andrezejewski, Global Supply Chain Manager |
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Kevin joined iDE in January 2012 to head the organization's Global Supply initiative. He has over 8 years of experience in international Supply Chain Management, including product sourcing, logistics, procurement, and inventory management. He also has firsthand experience building socially responsible businesses and nonprofit programs in developing countries including Cameroon, Kenya, India and the Philippines. Along with a B.A. in Supply Chain Management from Michigan State University he recently completed the Global Social and Sustainable MBA program at Colorado State University. |
Kebede Ayele, Country Director, Ethiopia |
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Kebede started an iDE pilot project in Ethiopia in March 2005 and helped it grow to a full-fledged country program with legal registration in July 2007. Kebede has 23 years of work experience with government, non-government, and bilateral organizations in different capacities (grass-roots practitioner, trainer, planning officer and manager). He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Applied Sociology, a Post Graduate Diploma in Water Supply and Sanitation, and a Masters Degree in Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development. |
Luke Colavito, Country Director, Nepal |
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Stephanie Cox, VP, Africa |
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Stephanie oversees iDE's Africa operations in Ghana, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Zambia and Mozambique. She has been with IDE for more than 10 years, including a three-year assignment as Deputy Director based in Nepal. From 2007-2010, she managed the Rural Prosperity Initiative, a $20 million multi-country technology development and value chain program. Stephanie has technical expertise in developing and managing agriculture, irrigation and livelihood programs from a market-based perspective. She began her career as a journalist and was the recipient of an International Association of Business Communicators' Award while Editor-in-Chief at the Council of State Governments. She holds a Master's Degree in International Development from the University of Denver's Josef Korbel School of International Studies, as well as a B.A. in Literature from George Mason University. |
Heidi Cuppari, Director, Investor Relations |
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Heidi joined iDE in February 2010 as the Director of Investor Relations, based in Denver, CO. She works with individuals, corporations, and foundations to increase engagement, awareness, and investment in IDE's work. After a business development role in the dot-com days of "Silicon Alley," NY, Heidi became the NY State Deputy Campaign Director for Dean for America, and then went on to become Director of Investor Relations at Acumen Fund, where she led the fundraising department. Heidi then moved to Boulder, CO and was the co-founder of mShopper, a mobile shopping start-up with socially conscious programs. Heidi is a graduate of Brown University. |
Al Doerksen, CEO |
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Al's involvement with iDE dates back to 1983 when he was with Mennonite Central Committee India. His working career divides about evenly between non-profit and for-profit worlds; he has held senior leadership roles with Canadian Foodgrains Bank, Palliser Furniture, and Trojan Technologies. He has lived in Mexico, India, Germany, Canada, and the USA, and has travelled to around 90 countries, Over the years, he has developed a strong preference for market- based approaches to rural wealth creation, and for treating smallholder farmers as customers. He is passionate and purposeful about the mission of IDE. |
Suzan Esteves, Deputy Country Director, Mozambique |
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Suzan Esteves joined iDE in January 2010 She has worked on development issues in Mozambique since 2005 as a Program Officer for the Canadian International Development Agency and most recently as a Business Development Officer for the Aga Khan Foundation, Mozambique. Other work experience includes commercial banking, value chain development and a broad base of management skills. Suzan is a graduate of the University of Manitoba (B.A.) and Carleton University (MPA, International Development). |
Urs Heierli, Coordinator, Latin America Projects |
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Urs has worked with iDE since 1987 when he was country director for SDC (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation) in Bangladesh and then in India. He is an economist and is coordinating the Latin American program and acts as liaison person to SDC and partners in Switzerland. |
Laryl Hutchin, Donor Relations Manager |
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Laryl focuses on community and corporate grants, event planning, and donor cultivation. She has been in this position since 2010. Prior to joining iDE, Laryl was the Founder and Executive Director of The Odyssey Institute in Denver. She has also served as US Program Manager for Students Partnership Worldwide (now Restless Development), an international development organization based in London. Laryl is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (B.A.) and attended the School for International Training (SIT) in Brattleboro, VT for her Masters in International Management, Service, and Leadership. |
Jennifer Ingram, Senior Accountant |
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Based in Denver, CO, Jennifer has been with iDE since Fall 2009 and joined as a permanent employee in January of 2010. Prior to joining IDE, Jennifer was the Accounting Manager for ResortQuest in Aspen, CO and spent 14 years at Universal Forest Products, Inc, a company based out of Grand Rapids, MI, where her last position held was Senior Corporate Accountant. Jennifer is a graduate of Davenport University in Grand Rapids, MI, with a B.A. in Accounting. |
Aaron Langton, IT & Communications Administrator |
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Based in Denver, CO, Aaron is responsible for the Salesforce.com database platform, e-mail and print communications, maintaining the iDE website, evaluating and implementing IT solutions, and other communications initiatives. He joined IDE in 2006, after ten years as Communications Manager for the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce. He holds a B.A. in English from Kenyon College and is a certified Salesforce Administrator. |
Leslie Light, Project Manager |
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Leslie has worked with iDE since 2010, supporting the product and service offering. She studied Product Design engineering at Stanford, spending the subsequent 5 years developing consumer products in Pune India and the Silicon Valley. She shifted focus to entrepreneurship after obtaining an MBA at the Wharton School, advising small business owners in several continents, before joining with Deere & Company. At Deere she served in a variety of project management and strategic planning capacities. |
Marco Machado, Country Director, Mozambique |
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Sudip Mahapatra, Data Manager |
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Sudip Mahapatra has worked in the development sector for fifteen years. Prior to joining iDE, he worked as a M&E Management Specialist in the India office of Family Health International. Sudip has a statistical background and his core areas of expertise are data management and analysis. He is also experienced in designing intervention programs, monitoring program inputs, outputs and outcome, system strengthening, building capacities for improving quality of monitoring data and use of data for evidence based planning. He has contributed to development and implementation of management information system at different levels to measure the effectiveness of iDE programs. |
Bruce McCrae, VP, Asia |
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Bruce McCrae oversees iDE's programs in Nepal, Bangladesh, Cambodia and Vietnam, and also coordinates iDE's support systems for human resources, information/communication technology and legal matters. Bruce began his career with a decade as an international business attorney with the firm Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly. Since then he has been involved in the international development world in both field and headquarters roles. Bruce is a U.S. national and has lived for a total of 16 years in Germany, D.R. Congo, Belgium, and Vietnam. He is a graduate of Yale University and the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall). |
Blake McKinlay, New Business Development Coordinator |
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Blake joined iDE in June 2009 as an intern and has since continued his involvement, working in both the Denver headquarters and as a volunteer with iDE Honduras. He is currently the New Business Development Coordinator, based in Denver, CO. He has both his B.A. and M.A. in International Relations from the University of Denver's Josef Korbel School of International Studies. |
Bob Nanes, Country Director, Ghana |
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Bob has been with iDE for more than twenty years, during which time he has served as Director of Training, Nepal Country Director, India Country Director, and Bangladesh Country Director. He has been Country Director in Ghana since July 2009. Prior to working with iDE, Bob started and ran an irrigation contracting business and a food marketing business and worked for several years on a 4,000 acre dry land farm. He is a graduate of Cornell University with a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering. |
Quang Nguyen, Country Director, Vietnam |
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Mr. Quang has been with iDE for 12 years, playing a key role in IDE's rural marketing and local private sector supply chain development, along with his managerial responsibilities for programs in Vietnam. Quang's background is in engineering, with a Master's Degree in Chemistry from Russia and an M.B.A. from the USA. |
Lucy Pieterse, GIS Specialist |
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Lucy has been employed by iDE as a consultant GIS specialist for the African region since May 2010. Her duties include conducting spatial analysis to support IQ for mature programs and site selection for start ups, as well as producing map documents. Lucy holds an M.Sc. in Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis from the University of Southampton, and a B.Sc. from Royal Holloway University of London. |
Rajiv Pradhan, Country Director, Bangladesh |
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Rajiv has more than 18 years of experience working with the private and the development sector. After managing an export company for 8 years, Rajiv teamed up with some like-minded people and started a socially responsible investment company in Nepal with the idea of catalyzing social and economic development through the private sector. He initiated the Enterprise Development Network (www.edn.org.np) and the Socially Responsible Business Development Network (www.srbdn.org.np) in Nepal. Rajiv moved to Bangladesh in 2006 while heading the Business Environment Division of the Katalyst project. In 2008 he became the Director, Industry and Rural, Sectors Group, where he headed a team responsible for the growth of the fish, shrimp, furniture, and seed value chain sectors. He has served as Secretary, Floriculture Association Nepal and also the Chair, Market Development Forum in Bangladesh. He is also an Accredited Member of Partnership Brokers Accredited Scheme (PBAS)/International Business Leaders Forum. |
Duncan Rhind, Country Director, Zambia |
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Duncan Rhind is Country Director of iDE Zambia. Zambian-born and with a background in smallholder agriculture, Duncan joined iDE in 2011. Duncan has worked in the field of international development for all his career; initially this was within crop protection and pest management and in this capacity worked extensively in Africa and Asia, working long term in Somalia, Egypt, Sudan and Mali. Much of this was spent introducing new technologies into smallholder agriculture and he worked for nine years on successive jobs introducing novel, low water volume application technologies into smallholder agriculture as part of integrated pest management systems for more efficient and safer application of pesticides. For the past 10 years Duncan has been Business Development Director of Harewelle International, a UK-based consulting company working in development aid and for the past three years was also Managing Director of Harewelle's Zambian subsidiary, PMTC (Zambia). Duncan has a BSc in Applied Biology from University of Bath, an MSc in Insect Pest Management from the University of Southampton and an MBA from the Open University in the UK. |
Michael Roberts, Country Director, Cambodia |
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Michael Roberts has been with iDE since 2000 and has been Country Director of iDE Cambodia since 2002. Michael has twenty years of professional experience in water resources engineering and management of international development programs. Specific areas of expertise include private-sector development, small-scale irrigation, drinking water supply, and sanitation. International work has emphasized the integration of engineering, social, and economic considerations. Michael has a Master of Science degree in water resources engineering. |
Andrew Romanoff, Senior Advisor |
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Andrew Romanoff joined iDE as a Senior Advisor in 2010. He won election to four terms in the Colorado House of Representatives, including two terms as Speaker of the House. Romanoff earned national acclaim as one of the most effective legislative leaders in America. His work was honored by more than 50 state and national organizations, including Governing Magazine, which named him in 2008 as a Public Official of the Year. Romanoff has taught in Colorado and in Central America, worked in Nigeria for the National Democratic Institute, and served as a Scholar in Residence at the University of Colorado's School of Public Affairs. Romanoff earned a Bachelor's degree with honors from Yale, a Master's in public policy from Harvard, and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Denver. |
Elizabeth Snow, Business Development Specialist |
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Prior to joining iDE in 2010, Elizabeth spent seven years working in the international development field in a variety of roles, including project administration, new business development, and business intelligence. She also has two years of experience with geographic information systems (GIS). She is a graduate of Duke University and the University of Denver. |
Gayle St. John, Controller |
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Gayle has been in this position, based in Denver, CO, since 2005. Gayle has previously been the Finance Director for the Jared Polis Foundation and the Association of Brewers. Gayle is a graduate of Regis University with a B.A. in Business Administration and from Aims College with an AAS in Accounting. |
Laurent Stravato, West Africa Regional Coordinator |
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Laurent Stravato joined iDE in March 2011 as West Africa Regional Coordinator (Burkina Faso, Mali, Chad, Niger). He was previously Coordinator of the Water Quality program at FAO and Project Coordinator (Water and Sanitation) at IFAD. He has worked for a water consulting firm in Italy (SGI Studio Galli Ingenieria) and the International Water and Sanitation Centre (The Netherlands). He has also experiences with local NGOs/CBOs in Africa, Asia and Central America. His areas of expertise are in the fields of rural water supply and productive sanitation, water for food (wastewater reuse, micro irrigation), institutional development, and management of projects. He holds a Master of Geography specializing in planning and land use at the Institute of Alpine Geography in Grenoble (France) and a MA in Development Studies from the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague (The Netherlands). |
Sudarshan Suryawanshi, Technology Specialist |
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Sudarshan works with the Project Support Unit for the GATES Project in India and is responsible for technology dissemination to other countries. He has 20 years of experience in micro irrigation systems. He began his career with a private sector irrigation company in India and joined iDE in 1997. Sudarshan has managed iDE's field program in Himachal and U.P. hills of India and implemented action research projects such as Multiple Use Services and Mountain Marketshed. He has written technology and marketing manuals for IDE and has consulted on technology dissemination in several countries in Asia, Africa and Central America. |
Stuart Taylor, Director, iQ |
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Stu holds a Master's degree in epidemiology from the University of Ottawa, where he developed a keen interest in international health. From 1998 to 2003 he worked with the Canadian Foodgrains Bank as the program analyst, with a focus on the nutritional impact of food aid and food security projects. With his family, he moved to Zambia in 2004 to serve as a volunteer with the Mennonite Central Committee. They returned to Canada in 2006, at which point he took over as Executive Director of iDE Canada. He remained in that position until 2010, when he assumed his current role. |
Carlos Urmeneta, Country Director, Honduras |
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Prior to joining iDE in 2009, Carlos spent five years as Supply Chain Improvement Desk in Honduras for Ecom Coffee (Sogimex, SA); was a founding member of local NGO, Alianza para la Sostenibilidad (APS); and was a recipient of the Sustainability Award from Specialty Coffee Association of the Americas (SCAA). While with Ecom, Carlos collaborated with iDE to promote low-cost supplementary drip irrigation for specialty coffees. He also served as a trainee for Ecom's Agroindustrial oilseed operation in Paraguay and Brazil in 2003. Carlos holds a degree in Global Business from the University of Mobile in Alabama. |
Andrew Vermouth, Director, Marketing and Communications |
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In this role, Andrew has managed integration and launch of iDE's web-based communications systems, social media, and press relations. Before joining iDE, from 1988-98 he worked in the field of commercial architecture/planning, and branched into interactive design and multimedia production starting in 1998 to work on new business and brand initiatives for the agencies Digitas and Arnold Worldwide. He has traveled extensively throughout the developing world, and authored numerous articles, essays, videos, and visual art installations focused on intercultural relations and sustainability issues. His design and film work has been exhibited in various venues, and has received several awards. |
Michelle Warner, Executive Assistant |
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Michelle joined iDE in 2007 and has enjoyed many administrative challenges over the past four years. Her passion for the rural poor and HIV/AIDS orphans in Africa began in 2003, which has led to multiple trips to Kenya and to her position with iDE. |
Ryan Weber, Water Resources Engineer |
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Ryan started working with iDE in 2009 as a GIS volunteer in Ethiopia and continued as a consultant in Ethiopia and Myanmar, primarily focusing on manual well drilling, low cost irrigation methods, low pressure drip systems, and small engine pump implementation. He is currently based in Denver, CO as an irrigation and water resource specialist. Prior to iDE, Ryan worked as an engineer for the East Columbia Irrigation District which provides irrigation water to nearly 700,000 acres of land. Ryan holds a B.S. degree in Biological Engineering and an M.S. degree in Irrigation Engineering from Utah State University. |
Gary Zamis, VP / Finance |
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Gary has been with iDE since 2008. His prior experience includes positions as CFO and VP of Finance and Administration for the Urban League of Broward County Inc.; Director of Housing Development for the Central County Community Development Corp.; COO and Partner in Florida Total Supply Inc.; Director of Finance and Operations and Partner for Uniglobe Inc.; Controller for M-Z Engineering; and Advanced Accountant for Ernst & Ernst. Gary holds a M.S. in Accounting and Taxation from Colorado State University, a B.A. in Accounting from the University of Akron, and a B.S. in Biology from Ohio State University. |
