Karen Adler Feeley

Senior Consultant @IFC - International Finance Corporation

Washington, DC, US

On various development projects in a wide range of emerging markets, I advised on business learning topics, conducted training needs analyses, developed training and post-training support strategies, created training courses, and taught courses on topics that increase food security and improve smallholder farmer productivity and income. In India, the Philippines, Indonesia, Kenya, Cote d\'Ivoire, Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, and Jamaica, I contributed to the increase in smallholder farmer income and productivity levels by assessing training needs and identifying and implementing training solutions, for cocoa, tea, rice, poultry, coffee, and corn farmers on financial education and basic business management topics. I designed new no-electricity, limited paper methods to train hundreds of thousands of marginally literate farmers with little to no access to technology in developing nations within 3 - 5 year timeframes as part of large-scale, development projects. I taught and mentored new, local training providers in instructional design, adult learning principles, and effective training techniques. With a focus on agribusiness environments, the Training of Trainers course has prepared local extension workers to train farmers on how to improve business management, financial management, or good agricultural practices. I helped build the skills capacity of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Georgia and Ukraine by scripting and storyboarding videos on bank products that facilitate in international trade and by advising on how to improve training programs for agribusiness distributors on promissory note financing for farmers. I peer-reviewed the structure and content of instructor-led courses and self-study workbooks to help MSMEs around the world grow their businesses. Topics include Business Planning; Accounting and Finance; Marketing and Sales; Human Resources; and Technology Business Planning.

The George Washington University School of Business

MBA, HR Management, Training & Development

American University

BA, Chinese Area Studies/International Relations