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Melissa (Scudo) Gasmi joined Chemonics in 2007 and brings more than 20 years of experience managing complex international development programs. Melissa served as team leader for Chemonics’ Tunisia Tax and Customs Reform Activity in Tunisia, chief of party for Chemonics’ Asia and the Middle East Economic Growth Best Practices project, and program manager and deputy program manager of the global USAID Financial Sector Knowledge Sharing project. She began her career at Corporate Executive Board as a senior manager of a financial sector program providing strategic, best practices research for executives of commercial, small business, and market research divisions at more than 150 financial institutions worldwide. Prior to Chemonics, she was a program officer with Grameen Foundation USA and Philippines Country Representative for Innovations for Poverty Action. Her expertise includes mobilizing finance for development, public financial management, and forging public private sector partnerships. Melissa received a M.A. in international development with a specialization in developmental economics from the Heller School of Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University and a B.A. in International Studies, Spanish, and History from Dickinson College.
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Chemonics is an international development company that combines broad regional experience with technical depth and unparalleled management skill. Their portfolio covers agriculture and food security, conflict and crisis, democracy and governance, economic growth and trade, education and youth, environment and natural resources, gender equality and social inclusion, health, supply chain solutions, and water, energy, and sustainable cities. Their management systems allow us to document, measure and apply both recent innovations and proven best practices across multiple regions and sectors. In nearly 70 countries around the globe, their network of 4,000 specialists delivers results. Because of decades of experience operating in the most complex social and political environments in the world, they know how to quickly mobilize resources, seamlessly adapt to change and strategically apply lessons learned across thousands of projects.