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05 December 2011
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(a partial biography)
Hi, my name is Linda Aines. I am an independent recruiter that specializes in International Development and foreign projects. I am hired by US contractors to USAID, or other large Donor organizations, or government entities that have projects in various developing countries. I own my own business, Aines International that provides recruitment services and advising for International Development Organizations. My current involvement in recruiting for the International Development Sector has gradually evolved over the past 20 years as I became more and more involved in international trade and in developing resources for businesses. My background includes work as University of Vermont Associate Professor and University Extension specialist in Business and Resource Development. From 1990 to 2002, I was a Business and Export Specialist at the University of Vermont (UVM) and coordinated an Export Assistance Program. The Program was a resource center for exporters which provided marketing and export assistance and education for small businesses. From 1983 to 1992, I was the business consultant and coordinator of the Small Business Development Center in Southwest Vermont, a UVM/SBA/State sponsored program which provided management assistance and entrepreneurship education to business owners. I hold BSBA (in Business Administration and Manpower Planning ) and MBA degrees from Ohio State University.
I have served as Consultant or Specialist in these countries:
- Dominican Republic, as Marketing/Value Chain Specialist to Greenhouse Ag Producers; provided technical assistance and training in Marketing and Export development (June 2010)
- Jamaica, as Marketing Specialist to provide technical assistance and assistance and training in Marketing and Export development to members of the to the Jamaica Network of Rural Women Producers and Jamaica Exporters Association (April 2008, Sep. 2002)
- Afghanistan, as Team Leader and Business Planning coordinator in project design for wheat industry and development of Value Chain for fruits/Vegetables (August 2004 and Nov/Dec 2006)
- Haiti, as as Marketing Specialist to provide technical assistance and training in Marketing and Business Planning for the Makooti Agro Enterprises (July 2007)
- Kenya, Africa as Business Planner and Instructor for Dairy Association in Central Region (February-March 2005)
- Russia, as Advisor for International Center for Sustainable Development of Rural Areas to assist Moscow's Timiryazev Ag Academy and the RF Ministry of Agriculture’s Extension Division with set-up of a center dedicated to job creation for rural Russia (Febr-March 2004)
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Armenia, as "Grantwriting for Sustainability" trainer and recruiter for the USDA/Armenia Marketing Assistance Project (April-July 2003)
- Ukraine, as "Agricultural Marketing" Trainer and training module designer for the Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs.(Febr-March 2003)
- Bosnia, as consultant to Counterpart International, designing a future project for SME's, small agricultural producers, and agribusiness (Nov 2002)
- South Caucasus, serving as Trainer-in-Residence for Project Harmony's Program "Internet Community Development in the Caucasus (ICD)," to promote the use of the Internet as a community organizing tool for professionals in the Republics of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia (March 2001)
- Armenia, as International Marketing Advisor and trainer for Agricultural Sector. Assigned by USDA International Programs office (July 1996-June 1997)
- Honduras, to help women's agricultural coop with Marketing strategies for their processed food products (July 1994)