Mary Liz Mann

About Mary Liz Mann

Bilingual professional with 15+ years of experience working in international development; specializing in Latin America, community engagement and environmental resilience. Experienced in strategic growth initiatives, business development and program design. Experienced full cycle project management with USG and private foundations. Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills. Successful team leader. Excellent communicator demonstrating effective engagement with multiple stakeholders. Highly adaptable to working within different environments with varying cultures and dynamics.

Experience

1. Senior Associate, Business Development & Marketing

   Environmental Incentives Inc

   Mar 2022 — Present

   Lead and support new business development efforts by coordinating teams through high quality client and opportunity cultivation, capture planning, proposal development and start-up of new projects.Engage with internal technical teams to design winning strategies and write technical and management sections for proposal responses.Launch early-stage efforts to identify near and long-term opportunities aligned with business strategy and organizational purpose, values, and culture by tracking and analyzing market trends, conducting competitive analyses and preparing capability statements.Support partnering strategies by engaging with potential partners around opportunities, reviewing qualifications and advising on partner decisions.Serve as the USAID Central America Support Services (CARSS) IDIQ Manager, regularly communicating with consortium members around regional updates and possible opportunities and coordinating responses as they arise.Worked with the LAC Portfolio Director to set annual strategic planning and implementation goals, including impact, team development, new business and organizational learning and development. Collaborated with LAC Portfolio Director and Business Development and Marketing team to cultivate new business opportunities and partnerships, including conducting LAC landscape analysis to identify regional opportunities and trends and inform portfolio growth strategy.Contributed to pursuit of new business opportunities in the region through proposal development, including technical writing for the Central America Regional Support Services IDIQ and responding to various Requests for Information.Responsible for maintaining LAC Portfolio’s knowledge management, including reorganization of the portfolio’s SharePoint site and sharing knowledge and capabilities during LAC Portfolio meetings.

Education

• The University of Sevilla

  Bachelor of Arts, Study Abroad

  2000 — 2000

• The George Washington University

  MA, International Development

  2008 — 2010

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Latin American Studies and Political Science

  1998 — 2002

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, Latin American Studies; Political Science