MEET OUR EXPERTS

CRS has a large team of senior advisors who provide technical assistance in a variety of areas. With a wealth of experience in their fields, they help ensure that CRS programming meets the needs of the people we serve. On this page you will find the directors of CRS' Program Quality and Support Department based in Baltimore, Maryland (USA) and senior-level advisors located in Baltimore and other countries around the world.

Directors
Dorrett Byrd is an expert in technical assistance, innovation in international development and the quality and effectiveness of CRS programs.		David Leege specializes in the integral human development framework, a holistic approach to programming used in strategic planning and project design processes.		Shannon Senefeld advises on HIV and AIDS, including psychosocial support, counseling, home-based care, PEPFAR, anti-retroviral therapy and nutrition.
Agriculture
Rupert Best provides technical assistance and training on innovative technologies and methods for the production and marketing of smallholder products.		Shaun Ferris specializes in agroenterprise development and Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D).		Geoffrey Heinrich is an expert in agricultural development and livelihood strategies for smallholder farmers, and provides a wide range of technical support to CRS field programs in southern Africa.
Tom Remington supports CRS' relationship with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, partnership with research institutions, the rice value chain and seed systems and security.		Valerie Rhoe provides technical advice on integrating agriculture with nutrition and on developing gender-inclusive agricultural innovations.
Education
Naoko Kamioka helps strengthen knowledge-sharing on education issues and donor trends, and promotes cross-sectoral collaboration including youth programming, WASH in school and child labor.		Anne Sellers provides a broad range of technical support to CRS’ education programs, with a particular focus in the areas of food-assisted education, school health, and early childhood development.
Gender
Trish Ahern provides technical assistance to regional and country programs for implementing CRS’s integral human development framework and mainstreaming gender integration in CRS programming
Health and HIV
Dorothy Brewster-Lee specializes in HIV prevention and the care of orphans and other vulnerable children.		Kate Greenaway is an HIV expert with a special interest in nutrition, vulnerable children and treatment adherence.		Mary Hennigan provides technical advice on issues related to health and nutrition.
Mwayabo J. C. Kazadi provides technical support and training on HIV care and treatment for program quality improvement.		Lee Losey is deputy director and senior technical advisor for the CORE Group Polio Project.		Elena McEwan specializes in maternal and child health, tuberculosis, malaria and health systems.
Orhan Morina provides technical advice on issues related to Health Systems Strengthening.		Paul Perrin provides technical support on health-related operations research, monitoring and evaluation, and information dissemination.		Kristin Weinhauer focuses on health in emergencies, community systems strengthening and home-based, palliative and end-of life care.
Institutional Strengthening and Partnership
Alberto Andretta specializes in the application of knowledge management and organizational learning to promote institutional strengthening and partnership development.		John Donahue works to improve CRS partnership and capacity strengthening, and he serves as the deputy chief of party for AIDSRelief.		Sarah Ford is an expert in organizational development and non-formal education.
Microfinance
Tom Shaw works with CRS country programs and partners to develop sustainable, cost effective, and affordable financial solutions for poor and vulnerable communities worldwide.		Guy Vanmeenen helps strengthen the microfinance capabilities of CRS and partner staff and developed CRS’ Savings and Internal Lending Communities (SILC) program, including the innovative fee-for-service Private Service Provider (PSP) delivery model.
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)
Hap Carr helps CRS improve the way it monitors and evaluates its projects and programs by developing or revising agency-wide M&E processes.		Guy Sharrock has shared global responsibility for advancing CRS’ M&E agenda.		T D Jose provides technical advice in the design and implementation of systems that generate data to inform evidence-based programming decisions and innovations in programming.
Peacebuilding and Governance
Tom Bamat specializes in justice and peacebuilding, including human rights, people-to-people relations, cross-sector project integration, and church/inter-faith initiatives.		Aaron Chassy is an expert in integrating democratic local governance and civic engagement across multiple technical sectors.
Water and Sanitation
Vanessa Tobin is an expert in water and sanitation and in the management of integrated development programs.