Benson Adoko – Technical Adviser, Market Systems Development, IRC Benson Adoko has been working for the International Rescue Committee for over a decade, and previously served on the Advisory Committee of the Markets In Crisis (MIC) Community of Practice. Benson has worked across technical sectors, including in cash and voucher assistance(CVA), Agricultural Livelihoods and Value Chain and Markets Development, Enterprise Development and Employment;and has worked with conflict, marginalized and disaster-affected communities in East Africa.
Jamie Meacham is the formerHead of Strategic Resourcing and Global Programmatic Procurement at Save the Children. He has 15 years of experience in technical procurement, including as a procurement specialist forprivatesector before joining Save the Children. Since joining Save he has overseen the increasing use of local supplies.
Megan McGlinchy - Markets Team Lead, Global Supply Chain
Management Department, Catholic Relief Services
Megan McGlinchy has been working at the intersection
of humanitarian response programming and markets for over 15 years. Megan
joined CRS in 2006, and in 2010 led the agency’s emerging prioritization on
markets-based programming. Since 2018, she has developed markets capacity
within the Global Supply Chain Management (GSCM) Department, with a focus on
CVA, LRP and market monitoring and analysis. She has worked on international
responses in Darfur, Haiti, Syria, Philippines, the Horn of Africa, and Sahel,
to name only a few.
Hannah Miles - Research Manager, Ground Truth Solutions, ELRHA Hannah Milesmanages research projects onpeople’s experiences ofcash andvoucherassistanceat Ground Truth Solutions, primarily focusing on Nigeria and Somalia. Ground Truth Solutionsaimsto bring the views and perspectives of people affected by crisis to theforeground, andmake their opinions and recommendations a core part of humanitarian programming.
Paola is a procurement professional with over 10 years of experience in the private sector; she started her journey in the Humanitarian Sector joining the Global Logistics Cluster WREC team as the procurement environmental specialist. She is dedicated to raising awareness andprovidingspecialized guidance to logisticians and procurement professionals in the humanitarian sector to support them in implementing environmentally sustainable initiatives.
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