Keith is an international development and partnerships expert with 25 years of experience. He has a successful track record of building multi-stakeholder partnerships, cultivating corporate relationships, and catalysing investment to achieve sustainable enterprise-driven results. Keith leads the USAID's Private Sector Engagement Secretariat in the Bureau for Resilience, Environment and Food Security (REFS). He actively supports US government collaborations with companies to address poverty and hunger around the world. Before joining RFS, Keith served as the Director for External Partnerships at USAID's New Partnerships Initiative (NPI) Incubator. At the Incubator, he helped expand USAID's capacity for partnerships, diversifying and strengthening its partner base, and helped organisations (particularly the private sector) work more efficiently with the Agency. Keith's previous experience includes creating shared value partnerships with private sector companies to improve supply chain resilience in cooperation with the US government, multilateral donors, NGOs, and foundations. Keith believes in the private sector's power to deliver innovative and impactful market-based solutions through thoughtful partnerships. He holds an MBA in International Business and Marketing from Loyola University Chicago, an MTA in International Development from The George Washington University, and a BA in Financial Management and Marketing from Hillsdale College.