Michael Midling (He / Him)

Dr. Michael Midling is highly skilled project manager and principal investigator with 30 years of professional experience in humanitarian development programming. He began his career in humanitarian development assistance as a country director for Crossroads African summer programs in West Africa in the 1980s; was education officer, also in West Africa for USAID in the 1990s and has since held various postions as an officer for USAID/Mail as education officer in 1997, and left USAID after serving as its research group lead (GS15) at the Global Development Lab. His most recent evaluation research was focused on maternal, neonatal and child health in low- and middle-income countries. Dr. Midling also has extensive experience in education, environmental protection and climate change, youth development, workforce development, economic development, and labor. He has experience working in emergency and conflict zones. He served for 5 years in Beijing working on issues related to labor protection for the ILO, USDOL, and on environmental policy at Tsinghua University, where he served as distinguished visiting professor. Dr. Midling combines deep understanding and experience of managing relationships with government institutions and other stakeholders while also providing timely guidance and thought leadership, vision and strategy, preventing and solving programmatic challenges, and financial management for several large programs ($50 million USD) as well as for smaller programs and non-profits directed toward the achievement of objectives with measurable results. Dr. Midling is a former National Academy Spencer fellow and holds a PhD in International Education and Administration and Policy Analysis from Stanford University. He is a native speaker of English, and is fluent in French, Spanish, and Mandarin Chines with high-level proficiency in other European and Asian languages. Dr. Midling received top secret clearance with the United States Government in 2011.