Eric Baranick

Background

About Eric Baranick

More than 25 years of experience developing organizational strategy, and applying innovative program design to improve delivery of health, disaster risk reduction, institutional strengthening, shelter, and water and sanitation programs in complex development environments-Program and project management including project design, start-up, work planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, resource management, and reporting-Team building and management applying collaborative management to create systems and processes to oversee operations, finances, and human resources in culturally diverse environments-Capacity building and training increasing team effectiveness and improving overall response to general health, maternal and child health, vaccinations, and water and sanitary health (WASH) issues in development-Partnership development assembling strategic alliances with USAID, national Red Cross societies, governments, and donors to strengthen benefits and to develop business; over $1 million a year-Disaster response and planning providing health and housing aid to those affected by disasters such as Hurricane Mitch in Nicaragua (1998), the Peru earthquake (2007), the Haiti earthquake (2010), and the Chile earthquake (2010)-Health systems strengthening institutionalizing community health and risk reduction programs in Armenia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, and Peru-Strategic planning applying a multidisciplinary approach of capturing, developing, and sharing best practices and lessons learned to effectively achieve health and disaster preparedness and relief objectives-Organizational development integrating evidence-based research into managing processes and systems to take advantage of available resources, often developing effective and dynamic responses to extremely fluid and chaotic conditions.