As Senior Director iDE’s Global Nutrition portfolio, Dana oversees technical implementation, program design, and cross-country learning and collaboration across iDE’s portfolio of nutrition work. Dana is a passionate believer that good nutrition is a foundational base on which communities thrive and brings this passion to her work. She has over seventeen years of experience in technical support on nutrition, food security, gender, and agriculture programming; operational compliance; and donor engagement.

Dana has implemented development initiatives across Africa, Asia and Latin America, supported by major donors including USAID, DFID, GAC, EU and others. Previously, she served as iDE’s Senior Director for Operations. Her passion for development stems from early experience witnessing income inequality and small-scale agricultural production while living in Central America. Dana holds a MA in International Development from the University of Denver, specializing in food systems and gender, along with a Certificate in Graduate Studies from Tufts University in Global Nutrition Programming, and a BA in Anthropology from the University of Georgia.