Patricia McLaughlin

I am an experienced Chief of Party and Deputy Chief of Party-Programs, and enjoy being brought in, and have been successful in helping turn around problematic programs. Here are some skill highlights: Client Relationship management Country Program Management Country/organizational strategy development and implementation. Performance Improvement/Monitoring/Evaluation (I recently completed a three part course in quaitative research methods offered by Emory University) Mentoring and Technical Assistance HR (Performance objectives/appraisal, salary scales, recruitment) Financial and Administrative Management/Oversight Experience highlights: Effective programs (up to 24 million annual) that benefited intended population as evidenced by achievement of project indicators and operations research. Maintained and ensured team maintained excellent relationship with clients. Led country teams of 100+ and as low as 12 full-time staff and enjoyed both USG(USAID/CDC/OFDA/BPRM/DOD), European (DFID/EU/ECHO/Irish AId/etc) and private foundation donors Managed a technical assistance team that ranged from 3-16 members and provided technical oversight to headquarter and field staff and their counterparts responsible for millions of dollars. Participation in successful proposal development in health/HIV, child rights/protection, rural development, decentralized planning, nutrition Transitioned country program to all national staff management in Ethiopia Instrumental in helping establish national NGO of staff in Mozambique- still going strong 20 years later