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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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What We Do
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
Govinda Prasad Acharya
Senior Advisor, Social Cohesion/Social Accountability
Reem Almadhoun
Program Coordinator
Suzanne Ammari
Deputy Activity Director
Lloyd Banwart
Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Advisor
Suzanne Buracas
Specialist, Events and Knowledge Management
Anna Cloud
Senior Associate, Knowledge Management, Learning, and Communications
Bella Girthofer
Program Associate
Valentina Ferrante
Senior Food Security Advisor
Karyn Fox
Qualitative Research & Resilience Specialist
Jenny Haddle
Program Learning and Adaptive Management Advisor
Nicole Helme
Senior Advisor, Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting
Dasha Kosmynina
Director, Administration and Operations
Bethany Leech
Specialist, Small Grants Program
Amy Leo
Senior Advisor, Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting
Nick Macdonald
Senior Advisor, Humanitarian, Development, and Peace Coherence
Logan Noonan
Program Specialist
Maja Persson
Communications & Knowledge Management Advisor
Frank Riely
Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Advisor
Karen Romano
Activity Director
Beatrice Scheuermann
Small Grants Program Advisor
Matheson Sharp
Specialist, Knowledge Management and Communications
Camille Tacastacas
Advisor, Knowledge Management
Norma Toussaint
Senior Advisor, Food Security & Learning
Michael Wilcox
Specialist, Monitoring and Evaluation
Laura Zillmer
Research Associate & M&E Specialist