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Angi Yoder Maina

Fund Origination Expert with 28+ years identifying breakthrough solutions and designing evaluation frameworks
Tallahassee, Florida, United States
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Skills

Governance Framework Development | Trauma-Informed Organizational Practice | Healing-Centered Systems Design | USAID Program Management | Large-Scale Budget Management | Research & Evaluation Design | Community-Led Program Design | Conflict Transformation | Post-Conflict Recovery | Peacebuilding Strategy | Youth Leadership Development | Executive Leadership | Strategic Planning | Cross-Cultural Facilitation | Multi-Country Program Coordination | Grant Management | Donor Relations & Fund Origination | Thought Leadership & Academic Writing | Network Building & Partnership Development | Risk Management | Adaptive Programming | Impact Measurement | Stakeholder Engagement | Policy Analysis | Regulatory Compliance (FAR, 2 CFR 200, USAID ADS) | Gender Analysis | Data Analysis | Institutional Dynamics Analysis | Community Knowledge Systems Integration

LANGUAGES: English (Native) | German (Fluent) | Kiswahili (Conversational)

GEOGRAPHIC EXPERTISE: United States | East Africa | West Africa | Balkans | Fragile/Conflict-Affected Contexts

About

Angi Yoder Maina, Ph.D., is a research and innovation leader with 28+ years designing governance frameworks and healing-centered systems transformation across fragile contexts in East Africa, West Africa, and the Balkans. She currently directs the Resilience Institute for Strength and Empowerment at Florida State University and founded Green String Network, where she developed the Wellbeing and Resilience Framework achieving 68% wellbeing improvement and sustaining independently across four countries for 7+ years. Her governance architecture has been adopted by Kenya, Somalia, and Sierra Leone governments, influencing $500M+ in programming, and she has managed $200M+ in USAID programs with rigorous compliance and adaptive management. A Kenyan-American diaspora returnee bringing 30+ years of international experience to institutional leadership, she is author of "Healing is What Makes Peace Work" (Springer Nature, 2022) and recognized expert on trauma-informed organizational practice and community-led solutions.