Kaj Gass
Senior Operations Advisor for Agriculture, Land and Agricultural Economy @Millennium Challenge Corporation
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Operations Advisor for Agriculture, Land and Agricultural Economy @Millennium Challenge Corporation
Washington, DC, US
Beginning as an Associate Director at MCC, I advised on all agricultural issues pertaining to the development of an irrigation investment in Tunisia and provided project oversight on several interventions in the $442 million agriculture compact with Niger including irrigation, agriculture policy, ag statistics and others.In 2021, I was promoted to Director of Agriculture where I continued work on Niger and led the development of the Program for Reform and Investment in Agriculture project in Mozambique, which includes a result-based financing approach to agribusiness development as well as a tax and investment incentivization reform project. Additionally, I co-authored several tools to improve on how ag investments can be more targeted and efficient.In 2023, I was selected to represent MCC in Niger, eventually as Acting Resident Country Director for the last year of the $442 million investment, centered in agriculture. Upon my return, I was promoted to Senior Operations Advisor in 2024.
EDUCATION
University of Pittsburgh
MPH
Purdue University Global
Crop Professional Certification
Juniata College
B.S.
ABOUT KAJ GASS
Inspired to continue the goal of agricultural development and all the gains it brings abroad and at home. I have 15+ years of experience designing and running agriculture programs for farmers, agribusinesses, and ag financing firms. During my time at MCC I have developed deep expertise in the topics of agriculture policy and irrigation development. Areas of Expertise: ⇒ Diagnosing constraints in agri-food systems within production, policy, and trade dynamics ⇒ Cross-functional project management of large programs >$400 million in challenging settings ⇒ Developing economic rationales for investments in the food and agriculture supply chain ⇒ Resource allocation in agriculture including water and ag inputs ⇒ Developing performance metrics and executing inititives on-time and on-budget
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