Nancy Ostrowski

Served as the chief development advisor to the Ambassador, managing a team of twelve.

Oversaw $50M in development and humanitarian assistance across various sectors.

Acted as the principal advisor to the Combined Joint Task Force/Horn of Africa’s Civil Military Affairs units.

Engaged with international development partners and cabinet-level ministers in Djibouti.

Advanced public-private partnerships and ground-breaking pilot projects across multiple sectors.

Senior Action Officer (Colonel/FS-01 Level) within the Geographic Combatant Command. Represent all aspects of USAID's portfolio, serve as a development advisor on all USAID related issues, and ombudsman for reach-back to all offices and levels of USAID operations.

Serve as an advisor and coordinator providing intellectual leadership and focus to initiate dialogue; generate policy recommendations, interventions, and agency mechanisms to enable coordinated civilian military planning at the senior actions officer (Colonel/FS-1 level) in order to support sustainable development within the development assistance area.

Principal representative and consultant for the agency at interagency and international meetings dealing with issues and information in the area of expertise and program responsibility. Ensure the Senior Development Advisor maintains effective working relationships with General Officer/Flag Officer members of the COCOM's Command Group and equivalent at the Department of State, Joint Staff.

Manage four U.S. direct hire staff (USDH) six four Foreign Service National (FSN) staff and a portfolio covering trade, investment, energy, and agriculture. Currently serving as Acting Office Director.

Served as Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) for a five year, $82 million trade program, the Southern Africa Trade Hub in its final year of implementation, supervising and directing two Activity Managers, one USDH and one FSN.

Led the design for the $86 million follow-on program, the Southern Africa Trade and Investment Program.

Served as alternate COR during startup of a five year, $17 million agriculture program, supporting SADC’s Harmonized Seed Regulations Protocol.

Current Agreement Officer’s Representative (AOR) for a $1.5 million Cooperative Agreement with the TRALAC (Trade Law Center).

Current Chair of the development-themed interagency Economic Cluster.

Currently also serving as USAID/Southern Africa's Mission Civilian-Military Coordinator, the Mission's primary point of contact for non disaster-related collaboration.

Served as the Mission Economist and Deputy of the Economic Growth (EG) office, often acting as Director of this group of seven USDH with a $120 million annual budget.

Managed the largest economic governance activity in South Sudan ($92 million over five years), working closely with Embassy officers, USAID/Washington, donor partners such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF), and RSS officials.

Led the institutionalization of economic analysis within the Mission’s Economic Growth portfolio to support improved activity targeting and increased value for money of U.S. foreign assistance resources.

Mentored and trained Mission and other US Government professional staff to increase their ability to incorporate economic analysis into Mission and other agency programming and policy formulation.

Led the Government of Republic of South Sudan (GoRSS) toward the development and implementation of core economic governance functions in key ministries.

Provided expert economic analysis to the donor community to facilitate unified responses to evolving South Sudan economic policy decisions. Received a Meritorious Honor Award for “Influencing Macroeconomic Policy” in the country. Distinguished Honor Group Award for developing a new strategic operational framework to redefine USAID’s purpose and operations in addressing fundamental development issues in the post-crisis environment.

Led the preparation of an economic growth sector assessment to form the basis of the Mission’s five year strategic plan for economic development in Moldova. Received a Meritorious Honor Award in recognition of outstanding performance in this leadership role.

Managed contractor mobilization and program start-up for a new $9 million business regulatory environment program from award to implementation. Led introductory meetings between the project implementer and the Government of Moldova representatives with oversight of economic affairs. As a result of these efforts, the host government asked the project to serve as the lead donor for coordination efforts, emphasizing USAID’s leadership in the donor community.

Established a North American Regional division for the UK-based volunteer organization specializing in conservation and community projects. Responsible for all marketing, finances, and operations of the division. Provided volunteer mentoring and pre-departure support for approximately 300 volunteers and applicants annually.

Increased volunteer recruitment in North American Division by 50% after one year of establishing U.S. presence.

Secured partnership with Whole Foods Foundation, resulting in the creation of a new division: GVI Corporate Alliance.

Assisted in developing the Division’s Strategic Plan by monitoring national, local, and industry trends in the housing market. Provided research results to the Land and Accounting departments to assist in future and pending negotiations and land acquisitions.

Created a task-management system and related training program that was required of all high-level employees in the division.

Managed the Association Library (IRC), providing research and analysis for approximately 380 member companies, government officials, and industry partners. Provided product analysis for aerospace, automotive, electronics, and medical industries.

Participated in Global Strategy Marketing events, working with the CEOs of member companies to assess potential markets and set strategic goals. Conducted mini-workshops on how the members could utilize the department’s services to achieve these goals.

Supervised a staff of three Information Specialists and acted as Project Manager for a team of four industry analysts. Ensured QC over team efforts for accurate information and maximum value added per project.

Participated in Government Relations task force activities. Efforts included presentations to Congress, the DOC, ITC, and USTR. Spearheaded industry white paper on the contributions of manufacturing technology to productivity. Featured in the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Industry Week and various industry trade journals