Senior Technical Director, Agriculture and Resilience

As senior technical director, Lizzie Jones manages U.S. Government and private sector-funded agriculture development programs and leads teams delivering high-quality program implementation to achieve maximum impact for beneficiaries and to exceed donor expectations. 

Jones brings experience in a broad range of technical areas to her role at CNFA, ranging from food aid programming to private sector-driven, high-value agriculture export activities. Her field-based experience includes both long- and short-term assignments in Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, Honduras, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Timor-Leste, and Ukraine. Since joining CNFA in 2015, Jones has overseen CNFA’s USAID Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance-funded Amalima Loko and USAID Food for Peace-funded Amalima programs in Zimbabwe, as well as the Feed the Future Food Security and Agribusiness Support project in Egypt. Additionally, she contributes to technical program management and new business development. 

Prior to joining CNFA, Jones spent two years based in Maputo, Mozambique, managing a five-year, $9 million peri-urban horticulture value chain project with ACDI/VOCA. She also previously worked as a senior project coordinator at ACDI/VOCA’s headquarters, providing technical and administrative support to a portfolio of USAID and USDA-funded projects and supporting new business efforts. 

Jones’ technical focus areas and interests include resilience, market systems programming, food security, and input supply. She holds a Master of Arts in International Development from George Washington University with a concentration in Rural Enterprise Development.