James Butcher is the executive vice president of Chemonics International's global health and supply-chain office and currently oversees the USAID global health and supply chain program — procurement and supply management project. A private sector development and supply-chain specialist, Butcher has spent more than 20 years at Chemonics where he launched Chemonics' first knowledge and innovation department, and served as senior vice president for the global health division, strategic solutions and communications division, and Africa and Haiti, East Africa, and Europe and Eurasia regional business units. He has also conducted technical assignments worldwide and served as a regional representative in Southeast Europe, and as chief of party of the Armenia Micro Enterprise Development Initiative.