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Dr. Martha Muco joined Khulisa in January 2021 as our new Senior Vice President, Monitoring and Evaluation. She will lead US Operations at our Bethesda office in the United States.

With more than twenty years of experience leading portfolio of complex, high priority federal government projects, including complex evaluations, research assignments and data/metrics production and analysis, Dr. Muco brings a wealth of expertise to our team. She is an expert in foreign affairs and international development, social research and economics, with extensive experience working with audiences in many conflict zones around the world, from the Balkans to Middle East and North Africa.

Prior to joining Khulisa, she has worked as a contractor for organizations such as the US Department of Defense, Department of State, Peace Corps, USAID, HHS and consulted for the World Bank, UNECE and ILO. During the last 10 years she has led the design, evaluation plans, instrument development, fieldwork, and report writing of 18 research programs with direct fieldwork experience in 25 countries and US embassies worldwide. She has travelled to and worked with foreign audiences and vulnerable populations in 65 countries around the world.

Amongst other qualifications, she holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Tirana, an Executive Leadership certification from Cornell University, and a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. She has a long career of teaching researching and publishing in Economics - having a variety of fellowships and visiting positions in universities and institutions in Europe and the United States.

She is a U.S. citizen and a resident of Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Muco speaks fluent English, Albanian and Italian; has proficiency in French; and is familiar with Spanish, Turkish, Serbian and Russian.

Ms Jennifer Bisgard co-founded Khulisa Management Services in 1993. An expert in monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and organizational development, she leads evaluations and capacity-building assignments in the Education, Power, and Democracy, and Governance sectors.

Prior to establishing Khulisa, Jennifer was the Senior Education Specialist at USAID/Pretoria from 1988 to 1993. Ms Bisgard has served on boards for the: African Evaluation Association (AfrEA), International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE) and South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association (SAMEA). She is a current board member of BetterEvaluation.org. Jennifer has co-authored a chapter of “Evaluation Failures: 22 Tales of Mistakes Made and Lessons Learned” published by Sage Publishers in August 2018. The book, edited by Kylie Hutchinson, includes a forward by Michael Quinn Paton.

She has a Master’s Degree in Social Change and Development from Johns Hopkins University.

Dr Helene Aiello leads evaluations, assessment and curriculum development assignments in Human and Social Development, including education and agriculture related projects.

Prior to joining Khulisa in 1998, Dr Aiello was Director of Guidance and Assessment for Fairfax County Schools in Virginia, US. She also conducted research and taught assessment courses as an adjunct professor at George Mason University in Virginia in the United States from 1991 to 1998. More recently, she has taught Qualitative Research Methods for Research Psychology Dept for honours students at University of Pretoria.Dr Aiello led the Impact Evaluation of Takalani Sesame, the South African version of Sesame Street. Based on the evaluation findings, Takalani Sesame was awarded the prestigious Tokyo Award in 2004.

Dr Aiello holds a PhD. in Education Administration from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, US.

She is a US citizen with permanent residence in South Africa.

Ms Mary Pat Selvaggio joined Khulisa in 1998. An expert in public health, research, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E), she leads evaluations, performance assessments and data quality audits, primarily in the health sector.

She has designed, implemented, managed, and evaluated international health programs since 1985. Ms Selvaggio took a sabbatical from Khulisa from 2004 to 2005 to set up the South African and Swaziland country offices for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Prior to joining Khulisa, Ms Selvaggio was the Health Officer for USAID in the Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Swaziland Missions from 1985 to 1998.

She has Masters in Public Health from the University of Minnesota, US.a

Ms Selvaggio is a US citizen with permanent residence in South Africa