ICGFM March 2, 2016 DC Forum Lucheon - Engaging the Private Sector in Development

Engaging the Private Sector in Development

International Consortium On Governmental Financial Management (ICGFM)
DC Forum Luncheon
March 2, 2016, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

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Our Speaker:
Jason Bauer

Director, Finance, Investment & Trade

Millennium Challenge Corporation

• Hear about the role of the private sector in contributing to economic growth and poverty reduction in emerging markets.
• Learn how processes are created to identify and engage businesses in programs, develop and implement frameworks to analyze economic sectors.
• Discover how projects are designed that effectively incorporate private sector led solutions to development challenges.

Our Speaker:  Mr. Jason Bauer is a Director in the Finance, Investment and Trade team which seeks to catalyze private investment through strengthening the environment for private enterprise.  Prior to this role, Mr. Bauer established the Private Sector Initiatives team which was charged with creating innovative mechanisms to leverage MCC investments.  Mr. Bauer was an associate with OTF Group, where he worked with private and public sector leaders on a range of strategy issues.  Mr. Bauer worked at a financial institution performing financial and strategic analysis in the energy, telecommunications and agribusiness sectors.  At the World Bank, Mr. Bauer worked on a micro-credit and SME project.  He was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Benin.  Jason holds a Masters in Sustainability Leadership from Cambridge University; an MBA from Cornell University and; a BA in Economics and Political Science from the University of North Carolina.

Location:  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW

Washington, DC 20036

Time:  12:00-1:30pm

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ICGFM February 3 2016 DC Forum Luncheon - US African Development Foundation

The US African Development Foundation

International Consortium On Governmental Financial Management (ICGFM)
DC Forum Luncheon
February 3, 2016, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

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Our Speaker:
Lisa Fiely
CFO, US African Development Foundation (USADF)

• Learn about USADF and their mission supporting African-led development.
• Hear how USADF’s grants provide capital and local technical expertise to grassroots enterprises.
• Discuss challenges facing small federally funded development corporations.

Our Speaker:  Ms. Lisa Fiely currently serves as the Director/CFO of the US African Development Foundation.  She previously retired from the Federal Government after 30 plus years of service.  When she retired she was the Deputy Chief Financial Officer of the US Department of Labor and before that served as the Chief Financial Officer at the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

Ms. Fiely began her Federal career at the Department of the Interior as an auditor then moved on to Health and Human Services, Treasury Department, and the Environmental Protection Agency serving in the audit capacity.  While working at EPA, she transitioned from audit to finance taking on the role of Branch Chief for the Financial Policy Branch.  After moving to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to head up the Accounting Standards and Evaluation Division within the CFO Office, she was promoted to National Director of Finance/Deputy Chief Financial Officer and served in that capacity for the remainder of her Federal career.

Location:  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW

Washington, DC 20036

Time:  12:00-1:30pm

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ICGFM November 4, 2015 DC Forum Luncheon - PFM Assistance: What Works, Doesn't Work and Why with Former Ambassador Pam White

November 4, 2015

PFM Assistance:

What Works, Doesn’t Work and Why

International Consortium On Governmental Financial Management (ICGFM)

DC Forum Luncheon

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Pamela White,

Former Ambassador to Haiti

Former Ambassador Pamela White will talk about the pitfalls of public financial management assistance in developing countries and how to overcome them.  Ms. White will also discuss how she has been successful in many developing countries as Mission Director for multi-million dollar USAID

development projects.

Our Speaker:  Former Ambassador Pamela A. White was officially sworn in as Ambassador to the Republic of Haiti on July 18, 2012 and retired in September 2015.  In Haiti, Ambassador White oversaw a budget of over a billion dollars spanning 13 agencies.  Previously, she served in Haiti from 1985-1990.  Prior to serving as Ambassador she served as head of USAID programs in Mali (2001-2005), Tanzania (2005-2008) and Liberia.  Ambassador White previously served as Ambassador to The Gambia from 2010-2012. Prior to this role she served as Mission Director for United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Liberia where she managed USAID's second largest development budget in Africa, averaging over $200 million a year.  Ambassador White holds the rank of Career Minister. She has over 35 years of experience from serving mostly in Africa where she began her public service as a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon (1971-1973). Ambassador White joined the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in 1981 after several years of work in education and research.

Location:      Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

                   1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW

                   Washington, DC 20036

Time:           12:00-1:30pm

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