Emily Hogue is a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist in the Bureau for Food Security (BFS). Prior to working in BFS, she served as the Desk Officer for El Salvador and ECAM, and later for Guatemala and Honduras, in the Central... more America and Mexico Office of the Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean. Before joining USAID, Hogue completed a PhD in Comparative Sociology with a specialization in Anthropology; her dissertation research was an evaluation of the impacts of World Vision economic development programs in Peruvian indigenous communities. Additionally, she has conducted original research on topics such as low-income families’ utilization of social services with U of Chicago, women’s involvement in economic growth in southern Chile, and ethnic identities and development in the Andes. Hogue worked as a development consultant on disaster management for Habitat for Humanity Caribbean and on economic growth for World Vision Chile. Prior to development consulting, she taught English at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador, taught Spanish at Anderson University in Indiana, and served in the AmeriCorps. Hogue has twelve years of experience in international development and social science research. She also holds an M.A. in Sociology and a B.A. in Spanish and English. less

Magda Ismail has been responsible for managing MCC’s compact (economic program) development process for several countries at the US government donor agency: The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). Magda also served as Senior... more Advisor at the Office of Global Hunger and Food Security at the State Department and at the Bureau for Food Security at the US Agency for International Development, where she worked on the presidential food security initiative:  Feed the Future.  Magda has over 20 years of experience in crafting public policies for developing nations and leading national economic development projects.  She has also worked with numerous governments in Africa and South East Asia on developing national information and communication technology (ICT) strategies and policies.  Prior to working at MCC, Magda had a joint appointment as research associate at Harvard University’s Center for International Development and as visiting scientist at MIT’s Media Lab.  She was formerly Director of Information Technology Programs at the Egyptian Ministry of ICT, and at the Egyptian Cabinet of Ministers Information Technology think-tank, where she worked on national information and communication technology projects.   less