IDEAL


The Implementer-Led Design, Evidence, Analysis and Learning (IDEAL) activity is funded by USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) that works to support the United States Government’s goal of improving food and nutrition security among the world’s most vulnerable households and communities. IDEAL addresses knowledge and capacity gaps expressed by the food and nutrition security implementing community, supporting them in the design and implementation of effective emergency and non-emergency food security activities. IDEAL is led by Save the Children and implemented by a consortium that includes Mercy Corps, TANGO International, and until 2022, The Kaizen Company. Click here to access our IDEAL FAQ.

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IDEAL aims to answer the needs of the food security community through our Small Grants Program, capacity strengthening activities, peer-to-peer learning opportunities, and stakeholder consultations. Through the activities below, IDEAL facilitates the transfer of knowledge among emergency and non-emergency practitioners and increases the availability of resources necessary to design food security programming.
Meet The Team
Suzanne Ammari
Deputy Activity Director

Lloyd Banwart
Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Advisor

Suzanne Buracas
Lead Associate, Events

Karyn Fox
Qualitative Research & Resilience Specialist

Jenny Haddle
Adaptive Management Advisor

Lexi Kirton
Program Specialist

Dasha Kosmynina
Director, Administration and Operations

Amy Leo
Senior Adaptive Management Specialist

Gitau Mbure
Food Security Technical Advisor

Logan Noonan
Program Specialist

Maja Persson
Communications & Knowledge Management Advisor
Darin Ottenhoff
Emergency Senior Specialist

Elizabeth Pearce
Instructional Design Senior Specialist

Karen Romano
Activity Director
Beatrice Scheuermann
Small Grants Program Advisor

Siddarth Senthilkumaran
Program Associate

Matheson Sharp
Lead Associate, Communications and Knowledge Management

Elly Sukup
Food Security Technical Officer

Camille Tacastacas
Knowledge Management Senior Specialist
Norma Toussaint
Senior Advisor, Food Security & Learning

Laura Zillmer
Research Associate & M&E Specialist