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Sara Jones is a senior technical lead with specializations in conflict mitigation, governance strengthening, violence prevention, and irregular migration. She has 23 years of experience gained in home office and overseas positions with organizations, institutions, and U.S. Government agencies. In overseas roles, Jones has led technical programming and overseen project operations for U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and World Bank projects in fragile, complex environments. In home office roles, Jones has been project director for over 20 USAID projects across a range of sectors, including work focused on decentralization, public financial management, domestic resource mobilization, transparency and accountability, legislative strengthening, and organizational capacity strengthening. She has also designed conflict-sensitivity assessment tools and conducted conflict-sensitivity assessments for USAID programs.

Robin Koralek is a seasoned evaluator and project director with over 30 years of experience in evaluating federal and state social welfare programs. Her expertise spans areas such as food assistance, employment and training cash assistance, and barriers to employment, including for those recovering from substance use disorders. She has worked with various governmental and non-profit organizations, focusing on program design, implementation, and outcomes.

Lakshmi Shyam-Sunder is the former Vice President and World Bank Group Chief Risk Officer (2014-2024). Lakshmi was previously Chief Financial Officer at the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), and Director of Risk and Financial Policy at the International Finance Corporation both also part of the World Bank Group.

Hélène J. Courard brings two decades of expertise navigating the intricacies of government procurement at federal, state, local, municipal, and provincial levels. She has led global teams at firms such as Google Cloud and Unisys and developed winning proposals in education and advanced IT solutions. Courard’s innovative approaches include implementation of proposal tools, platforms, and systems that could be used enterprise wide.

Rodrigue Anagonou is a medical entomologist with 16 years of experience working on multiple projects for the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), and other publicly funded projects in western Africa and the Caribbean. Anagonou’s expertise is in managing indoor residual spraying (IRS) and insecticide-treated nets projects.