As Deputy Director, Ms. Alderman oversees the operational aspects of the TEPHINET secretariat. Prior to joining TEPHINET, she served for 11 years as a Supervisory Program Officer and Project Development Officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development in posts throughout Africa including Morocco, Ghana, Tanzania, and Madagascar. In this capacity, she led teams tasked with managing the strategy, project design, monitoring and evaluation, budgeting, reporting, and outreach and communications functions within the operating unit. A native of Atlanta, she began her international development career as a Peace Corps volunteer in Conakry, Guinea. She earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Yale University and an MBA from the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.

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