Rich Lamporte

Vice President, New Program Development @Jhpiego

Baltimore, MD, US

Provide organizational leadership for new program development strategies, approving organizational partnerships, developing and securing public, multilateral and private resources to address global issues with maternal and neonatal mortality, health systems, family planning, infectious and non-communicable diseases. Plays central role in formulation and execution of strategic plan, including assuring absorptive capacity for change, making business decisions on contracts while serving as active member of leadership team for organization of 3,900 employees, active in 55 countries, managing 23 staff and a significant annual budget. Overall program portfolio increased ten-fold since arrival, from $40M to $400M, establishing organization as the number 2 recipient of USAID cooperative agreements in health, including winning large field projects from USAID in Kenya, Afghanistan, Malawi, Ethiopia, Angola, Philippines and Indonesia. Led proposal which prompted USAID to split its flagship global innovations for health project in two (Accelovate), as well as securing global maternal and child health flagship project for the US government (RMNCH/MCSP). Increased number of donors from 8 to 31. Facilitated urban health strategy. Have worked in twenty different SE Asian, Central Asian, Sub-Saharan African and Latin American countries. Developed capacity building system to enable decentralized business development in the field.

Virginia Tech

Master, Urban and Regional Planning; Int'l Development

Virginia Tech

Bachelor of Arts, Literature, History and Philosophy