Dear Colleagues,

I am delighted  to let you know that Andrea Burniske accepted our offer to become the Projects Manager for the Innovation in International Development Lab (I²D Lab) and started in GEP today Jan 4, 2016. In her role as I²D Lab Projects manager, Andrea will work closely with engineering faculty and other partners on campus to identify appropriate grant opportunities from USAID and other donors for engineering innovation in international development and help develop proposals with strong project management, monitoring and evaluation, and gender integration components. Additionally Andrea will help manage the I²D Lab seed grant program, ensure smooth running of the program and supported projects, and help organize the I2D Lab Expo (scheduled for April 1 this year). Her brief bio is appended below.

Andrea will take over from Anne Dare who has been a postdoc with GEP. Anne has worked at GEP for many years, helped start the I2D Lab, and will be on assignment this semester in Washington DC as a Christine Mirzayan S and T policy fellow with the National Academies.

Please join me in welcoming Andrea to Engineering,

Regards,

Arvind

Andrea Burniske has a BA from UC Berkeley in Russian language and literature, and an MA from University of Oregon in Journalism and Communication, focusing on promoting social change through communication and technology. She has more than 20 years’ of experience in international development, 15 of which were spent living and working outside of the US in countries such as Tajikistan, Peru, Colombia and Russia, as well as shorter assignments in many other countries, writing proposals, developing strategy and implementing programs (including small grants programs) for organizations such as Mercy Corps, CARE, Save the Children, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and Washington State University. Her work has centered on environmentally sustainable economic development, Water and Sanitation, emergency response, among other areas.

Since September 2013. Ms. Burniske worked as International Extension Program Coordinator for the College of Agriculture's International Programs in Agriculture (IPIA) , where she managed projects in Guinea and Colombia, and supported gender integration considerations throughout IPIA projects, including in sustainable development, climate change, and promotion of local food systems. In her role at IPIA she wrote and managed $1.6 M of grants from USAID and other partners.