LEADERSHIP and CORE TEAM
Dr. Abebe Abadi is a Medical Doctor and Senior Public Health Expert with extensive clinical, public health experience. Additionally, He is a Business Manager and a specialist in International Cooperation and Humanitarian Studies, with over two decades of experience supporting national health systems strengthening, policy development, Nutrition and Livelihoods, implementation research, and large‑scale program delivery in Ethiopia and beyond. He has held senior advisory and leadership roles with the Ministry of Health, PATH Ethiopia, IOM, UN agencies, international NGOs, and global consulting firms.
His areas of expertise include Health Systems (RH, MCH, AYH, and immunization and cold‑chain systems), health care financing and costing, implementation research, emergency preparedness and response, and rights‑based SRH and RMNCAH programming. He has led and contributed to multiple national strategies, guidelines, costed implementation plans and regularly supports decision‑makers through evidence synthesis and technical advisory.
Mr. Tezera Mamo Gebre is a social development and qualitative research specialist with 15+ years of experience in community‑level programming, gender, youth, social inclusion, and safeguards‑relevant analysis. He has extensive experience conducting KIIs, FGDs, community consultations, and social risk monitoring in fragile and displacement‑affected contexts.
His expertise includes gender and social inclusion analysis, stakeholder engagement, social safeguards, grievance mechanisms, and qualitative field verification supporting accountable and inclusive programming.
Professor Kebede Woldetsadik is a senior agronomist and livelihoods specialist with 40+ years of experience in agriculture, horticulture, irrigation, post‑harvest systems, and farm economics. He has served in senior academic and advisory roles at Haromaya University and has supported large‑scale livelihood and value‑chain programs across Ethiopia.
His expertise includes productivity and sustainability assessment, livelihood and income analysis, value‑chain bottleneck analysis, irrigation and natural resource management, and linking field‑level evidence to economic and policy decisions relevant to food security and resilience.
Mr. Yakob Wondarad Tadesse is a senior M&E and health information systems specialist with 10+ years of experience supporting national health programs in Ethiopia. He has led development and implementation of national M&E frameworks, DHIS2‑based systems, immunization data quality reviews, coverage estimation, and performance monitoring at federal and regional levels.
His expertise includes health data analysis, dashboards, data quality assurance, supportive supervision, digital health systems (DHIS2, e‑CHIS, EMR), and translation of routine data into policy briefs and decision‑making products.
Ms. Martha Belayneh is a gender, disability, and social inclusion specialist with 10+ years of experience in rights‑based programming, policy advocacy, and social risk advisory roles at national and regional levels. She has worked closely with government institutions, UN agencies, and civil society organizations to advance gender equality, disability inclusion, and women’s empowerment.
Her expertise includes gender‑responsive and disability‑inclusive programming, SEA/SH risk sensitivity, stakeholder engagement, inclusive policy development, and safeguards‑aligned monitoring.
Ms. Selamawit Tsegaye is a monitoring, evaluation, and research specialist with 15+ years of experience designing and leading mixed‑methods studies, evaluations, and learning initiatives. She has worked extensively with international NGOs, research institutions, and humanitarian partners in fragile and displacement‑affected settings.
Her expertise includes research design, quantitative and qualitative data collection, data quality assurance, analysis and synthesis of findings, and development of actionable recommendations for program improvement.
Dr. Lulit Yonas Mengesha is a monitoring, documentation, and knowledge‑management specialist with strong experience in operational research, report writing, evidence synthesis, and guideline development. She has supported development of inception reports, monitoring reports, validation workshop outputs, and final deliverables for government and UN‑supported programs.
Her expertise includes documentation quality assurance, synthesis of qualitative and quantitative findings, guideline drafting, and translation of evidence into clear, decision‑ready reports for policy‑makers and development partners.