Leadership | USAID Advancing Nutrition

USAID Advancing Nutrition brings together a diverse group of experts drawn from across sectors to bring new perspectives on multi-sectoral nutrition. They are led by the directors profiled below.

Project Director

Deputy Project Director

Nazgul Abazbekova

Chief of Party, Kyrgyz Republic

Chief of Party, Burkina Faso

Selorme Kofi Azumah

Chief of Party, Ghana

Monica Rodriguez

Chief of Party, Honduras

Marily Knieriemen

Chief of Party, Niger

Hadiza Joy Marcus

Chief of Party, Nigeria

Chief of Party, Kenya

Chief of Party, Uganda

Chief of Party, United Republic of Tanzania

Avinash Upadhyay

USAID Advancing Nutrition India Project Director

Director of Country Programs

Director of Knowledge Management

Jennifer Yourkavitch

Director of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning

Director of Measurement

Director of Nutrition and Health Systems

Director of Social and Behavior Change

Dr. Kavita Sethuraman

Director of Nutrition in Humanitarian Contexts

Antonina (Ann) Miceli

Technical Director, Capacity Strengthening, USAID Advancing Nutrition

Chief of Party, Mozambique