Special Advisor

Based in Washington DC, Todd has proven expertise across a 28-year career designing, facilitating, and implementing social impact and sustainability partnerships while promoting private sector investment in emerging markets for multinational corporations, international donors, foundations and non-profits. He has spent over two decades brokering partnerships with major donors such as the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (NMFA), Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), United Nations Development Program (UNDP), World Bank (WB) and  the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF).

Todd is highly skilled in partnership co-creation and training, organization enhancement, market assessments and directing multi-sector partnership platforms across industries such as renewable energy, agriculture, extractives, mobile technology solutions, tourism and manufacturing. He also brings demonstrated marketing communications experience which includes strategic planning, public speaking, data visualization, social media, brand management, advertising and event marketing. Todd earned an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University. His extensive career has taken him to over 40 countries and he speaks five languages.