Mike Manske

About Mike Manske

Seasoned international relief and development professional, focusing primarily on public health nutrition, food systems, and hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa since Country implementation and management experience in Guinea, Mali, Senegal and Zimbabwe. Other country-level experience as technical advisor and manager include Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti, India, Kenya, Guatemala, Niger, Malawi, Mauritania, Uganda, South Africa, Sri Lanka, State of Palestine and Ukraine.Possesses senior level experience in developing, advising, evaluating, and managing relief and development-related projects funded by USAID, European Union, and other government donors, and private donors. Innovator in the areas of systems and integration of social and behavior change/behavioral science approaches and conceptual models across multiple sectors including nutrition, health, gender, food systems, and agriculture.Successful new business development expert, including technical writing, budgeting and coordinating successfully funded proposals cumulatively worth over $200 million for USAID, UN, EC and private donors.Languages and level: English–mother tongue; French–advanced written and spoken; Pulaar–intermediate; Haitian Creole–basic; Spanish–basic.

Experience

1. Sr Principal Technical Advisor, Nutrition

   Jhpiego

   Jan 2026 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Provides technical leadership across Jhpiego’s portfolio of nutrition projects, in coordination with technical and program leadership, including country-level nutrition staff- Provides technical and program support for implementation of nutrition projects and workplans- Provides program quality oversight to Jhpiego\'s global portfolio in Africa, Latin America, and Asia.

Education

• Tulane University

  MPH

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Bachelor of Science (BS)