Leigh Ann Evanson
BD strategist with extensive public health background
About Leigh Ann
Short Bio
Seasoned international public health professional with a distinctive combination of technical skills and business development acumen. Technical focus areas include HIV/AIDS and SRHR with exposure to nutrition and MNCH. Extensive new business experience, focusing on technical, partnership, and recruitment strategies. Substantial network including donors, contractors, and implementing partners. Proficient writer with a reputation for delivering compelling text on time. Engaging facilitator and trainer. Diverse experience across sub-Saharan Africa. Self-starter who thrives in collaborative and multicultural settings. Fluent in French (3/3)
Technical Expertise
Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment
Global Health
Donor Expertise
USAID
CDC
Gates Foundation
Regional Expertise
Africa
Roles & Skills
Roles
Technical Writer
Proposal Reviewer
Other Section Writer
Skills
Extensive networks within non- and for-profit orgs
Stellar editor
Storyteller
Allergic to development-speak
Experience
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Capture trip
Various clients
Short Description
Capture trip work
Proposals/Projects
Completed research trips to explore partnerships, assess competition, and develop technical strategies for upcoming opportunities. Recent visits include Ethiopia, Madagascar, and Uganda.
03/01/2017 - 09/30/2017
Co-author
Mann Global Health
Short Description
Co-authored a multi-country analysis of condom programming funded by Gates Foundation for the Global Condom Working Group. Wrote the Zambia country case study.
Proposals/Projects
03/01/2016 - Now
American Cancer Society (ACS)
Short Description
Designing training curricula and materials for in-person and webinar delivery.
Proposals/Projects
Co-authored organizational development training package for ACS Global Capacity Development Program. The sessions build organizational capacity in governance, operations, financial sustainability, external relations and partnerships, and program design and project management. Developed training products on patient support and cancer prevention topics (tobacco taxation and HPV vaccination) for the ACS’s Global Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Program. Designed and facilitated five-day in-person training for cancer patient navigators working at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.
Q/A
What are you known for?
Exposure to an array of health subjects. Ability to make connections between concepts. Strong and direct writing style. Focus on compliance and strengthening evaluation criteria. I ask good questions.
What are you looking for in an assignment?
Strong technical leadership from the client. I love packaging your brilliant ideas into a compelling product.
Your favorite productivity hack?
Safeguard the time when I'm most productive for big ideas by turning off email. Meditation.Letting people know my work style and preferences.