Mark Sevier provides technical direction to projects and new business opportunities, particularly focusing on engaging with private sector business to strengthen market systems. Mark worked for ACDI/VOCA from 2010 to 2012 and its affiliate Tanager from 2012 to 2014. Prior to rejoining ACDI/VOCA in 2020, Mark codesigned and managed an investment fund focused on scaling agriculture technologies and last-mile service delivery across 60 agribusinesses. He has worked in 10 countries in private sector engagement, investment, and economic growth. Mark is a returned Peace Corps volunteer from Uganda, where he supported a local organization’s microfinance activities. He holds a BS in business administration from Ithaca College and is fluent in Luganda and English. Mark holds a certificate from the Springfield Centre and co-led the Sustainable Agribusiness Working Group at the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs.
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Replicating Adaptive Partnerships Across Your Organization
This blog was authored by Mike Klassen, an independent consultant and a part-time member of the BEAM Exchange core team, …
Beyond the “Unicorn”: Creating Adaptive Partnerships Across an Organization
This blog was authored by Mike Klassen, an independent consultant and a part-time member of the BEAM Exchange core team, …
Engaging the Private Sector Series: Five Building Blocks of Transformational Partnerships
ACDI/VOCA recently hosted a technical exchange focused on transformational partnerships. While the purpose of this exchange was to share examples …
Making Markets Inclusive: Tips for Advancing Inclusion Through Co-Creation with the Private Sector, Part 2
Many agricultural market systems development (MSD) programs have been turning their attention toward the inclusion of women, youth, and other marginalized groups …
Making Markets Inclusive: Tips for Advancing Inclusion Through Co-Creation with the Private Sector, Part 1
Many agricultural market systems development (MSD) programs have been turning their attention toward the inclusion of women, youth, and other marginalized groups …
Engaging the Private Sector Series: Funding for Transformation
ACDI/VOCA has a growing portfolio of market systems development projects that engage with the private sector, industry chambers, and market …
Engaging the Private Sector Series: Delivering on the Hype of Transformational Partnerships
ACDI/VOCA has a growing portfolio of market systems development projects that engage with the private sector, industry chambers, and market …
Five Market Systems Strategies to Revive Food & Agricultural Systems During COVID-19
COVID-19 is challenging the world to adapt, and, in doing so, creating two distinct problems in our food and agricultural …