Archives: Team

As Communications Manager, Sarah builds brand awareness and strengthens fundraising efforts through content development, media relations, and digital marketing and fundraising.

Sarah brings seven years of experience in communications and marketing, digital strategy, and project management and nearly a decade in the nonprofit sector. She loves leveraging compelling storytelling and data-driven digital tactics to help raise the profile of BRAC’s programs, attract funding, and boost its impact.

Prior to joining BRAC, Sarah worked in program management, marketing, and business development at local NGOs in Nicaragua and Brazil and spent two years working in the education sector in Mexico and the U.S. She holds a B.A. in International Relations from Western Washington University with minors in Business and Spanish.

Meghan plays a key role in enhancing BRAC’s online presence in North America. She boosts brand awareness and fuels fundraising efforts with innovative digital marketing strategies.

Before joining BRAC USA, Meghan honed her skills at the American Health Information Management Association and the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. There, she managed multi-channel marketing and membership campaigns, successfully increasing conference attendance and growing association membership.

Lynnelle Evans is a Senior Manager on the Business Development team at BRAC USA. She contributes to the growth of BRAC’s North American bilateral portfolio through the development and management of proposals to US and Canadian government agencies. Lynnelle previously served as BRAC USA’s Senior Manager for Humanitarian Programs, mobilizing resources and managing grants in support of BRAC’s humanitarian programs globally.

Prior to joining BRAC USA, Lynnelle worked for the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Rome as well as for the WFP Somalia Country Office, where she managed a multi-year joint WFP UNICEF resilience program. Lynnelle also worked with the International Rescue Committee in Pakistan and International Medical Corps in Sudan, Afghanistan, and Washington, DC.

As Director of Business Development, Lauren Godfrey leads the development of and oversees the US Government and Canadian Government portfolio for BRAC. Lauren drives partnerships, manages proposal development, writes proposals, and supports start-up of programs. Prior to her role as Director, Lauren supported BRAC’s education and youth portfolio globally in the technical areas of early childhood development, education in emergencies, accelerated and alternative education, and skills development.

Before joining BRAC USA, Lauren managed USAID-funded cooperative agreements and contracts at EnCompass LLC and World Learning. She has expertise in program design, gender and social inclusion, capacity development and systems strengthening, training and facilitation, monitoring and evaluation, and project management.

Emily Gosselin is the Senior Manager, Corporate and Foundation Partnerships at BRAC USA, where she oversees a multi-million dollar portfolio of agriculture and skills development projects in Africa and Asia and supports North American business development for BRAC International’s $200 million USD microlending portfolio.

Emily previously worked in global operations at One Acre Fund in Kenya, a social enterprise and microcredit provider working to alleviate poverty in rural Africa. At OAF, she helped rapidly scale new policies and processes across an organization spanning more than eight countries, impacting hundreds of staff and over 400,000 clients.

As Director of Corporate and Foundation Partnerships, Devon leads a talented team with a successful track record in fundraising for BRAC’s programs globally. These programs include BRAC’s early childhood development; education; gender equality; health; humanitarian; agriculture, food security, and livelihoods; climate change and emergencies; ultra-poor graduation; youth empowerment; and skills development programs. Devon also leads BRAC’s global advocacy efforts to expand equitable access to play-based early childhood development and education programs to the most marginalized children.

Before joining BRAC in 2016, Devon was Head of Education at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). She also worked for USAID’s Center for Education where she worked across the Agency’s education portfolio to design, monitor and evaluate education programs for children and youth worldwide. Devon holds master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in Latin American and Latino Studies and Spanish from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

As the Regional Advisor for Youth Empowerment, Carrie provides technical support to BRAC International countries in Africa on youth programming, including program design, proposal development, and quality program implementation. She is based in East Africa.

Prior to joining BRAC, Carrie was the COO of Kepler, an innovative higher education program serving vulnerable students in East Africa. Carrie led the drive to prepare for expansion and ensured graduates were ready for transition to employment. Carrie was also the inaugural Country Director for the Akilah Institute for Women in Bujumbura, Burundi. She started with Akilah as the Academic Director in Rwanda.

Before beginning her work in East Africa, Carrie served as the National Program Director of Girls for a Change for seven years, overseeing strategy and program implementation. She also served two terms in the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps, worked for the Girl Scouts of Silicon Valley, and was a consultant to NGOs for more than seven years.

Carrie earned a Master’s in International and Multicultural Education with an emphasis in Human Rights Education from the University of San Francisco. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Michigan State University. She is also an American Association of University Women Career Development grant recipient.

As Director of Human Resources, Cathy works closely with BRAC USA leadership, to help create a culture that enables BRAC USA to attract, develop, and retain the best people, while fostering a collaborative, trusting, open, and energetic work environment. Cathy is responsible to lead, direct, develop, and coordinate HR policies and activities, and ensure legal compliance and implementation of the organization’s mission and talent strategy.

Cathy brings over 25 years of experience helping small businesses and non-profits create and grow their human resource capital and development functions. Before joining BRAC USA, Cathy had been consulting non-profit and private sector clients providing strategic guidance in areas of talent management, compliance, best practices, and process improvements across the various aspects of HR.

Anand Sridharan is a Senior Manager on the Business Development team at BRAC USA. He contributes to the growth of BRAC’s North American bilateral portfolio through the development and management of proposals to US and Canadian government agencies. Anand previously served as BRAC USA’s Program Manager for Health, mobilizing resources and managing grants in support of BRAC’s health programs globally.

Prior to joining BRAC, Anand secured and strengthened foundation and corporate partnerships at Possible, an organization that improves healthcare for underserved communities in Nepal. Anand has also contributed to the expansion of safety-net healthcare services through his work on the planning and development team at the Institute for Family Health, a large community health center network based in New York.

Dan Stoner is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at BRAC USA, where he serves as a key leader in BRAC USA and across the BRAC entities. He oversees the operations of BRAC USA, including institutional fundraising, communications, finance and human resources. He also is the global lead for establishing and building funding relationships with the U.S. Government, Global Affairs Canada, and North American foundations.

Dan is a seasoned international development professional with more than 25 years of experience, including 17 years working and living in South America and East Africa. Dan spent eight years at Save the Children, where he was the Vice President for Education and Child Protection at its U.S. headquarters. In his 15 years at Plan International, he worked at its headquarters, in regional offices in Nairobi and Quito, and in country programs in Tanzania, Bolivia, and Brazil.