Rachel Benavides

Area of Expertise:

• Administration, Management, Finance/Accounting, Procurement
• Fundraising, Business Development, Grants Writer
• Health, Doctors, Nurses, HIV/AIDS
• Human Rights, Law, Migration, Conflicts, Justice
• Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis

Professional Experience:

Rachel Benavides is a professional with over 12 years of experience in international development project management and grants and contracts management. She has supported and managed contracts, grants, donations, and cooperative agreements funded by a wide portfolio of private foundations such as the MacArthur Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the Democracy Fund; the United States Agency for International Development (USAID); the US CDC; The US Department of State; Global Affairs Canada; the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; the World Bank; private donors; and corporations such as Google and Facebook (experienced with various levels of funding restrictions). Her expertise includes balancing funder regulations and compliance with the complex realities of program management, managing grants and contracts through the full project lifecycle, managing budgets for a combined $100M in international development projects, agreement negotiation and provision analysis, and program and organization risk management. She has an MSc in International Development with Distinction from the University of Edinburgh and a BA in International Relations and History from the College of William and Mary.