Eric Bergthold

* International Development professional with more than 30 years of project and business development experience in over 15 countries in Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe. 9 years resident experience in Japan, Eritrea, Ukraine, Cambodia and Indonesia. * Extensive experience managing and implementing international projects for donors such as USAID, Danida, the World Bank, UNDP, Chevron and Government-funded grants and contracts. * Proven business development experience including capture planning, business intelligence, proposal management, recruiting and technical writing. Played key roles in securing over $500m in federal awards and nearly $5m in non-federal awards. * Success communicating and collaborating with high-level government actors, multilateral and bilateral donors, civil society leaders, universities, private companies, and others on policy development and project implementation. * International research experience, including organizing and leading research assessments, preparing survey instruments, managing research teams, collecting, cleaning and analyzing data and writing research reports. * Proven experience developing or strengthening the capacity of local partners, including USAID Mission staff, local grantees, local staff and government counterparts. * Proficiency in Japanese language. * M.A. in Applied Anthropology with a focus on Community, Health and Development.