OPHELIA MCMURRAY, RN
Position
Program Director | Principal
Role and Technical Experience
Provides overall technical and administrative management and oversight for the project. Provides the strategic vision and direction to guide P4 operations. Manages financial, programmatic, monitoring, and reporting to ensure compliance with USG regulations, including HHS/CDC and OGAC policies and award requirements. Leads the project team in delivering an efficient and innovative approach to managing PPPs.
Ms. McMurray has over 25 years of experience in global program leadership and management of project teams, grants and contracts internationally and domestically, and has served as Vice President of Metropolitan Consulting Corporation and Contracts Manager at Cardno. Her management leadership extends to work with US Government agencies such as HHS/CDC, OGAC, Department of State, USAID, and DoD as well as private sector clients ranging from start-ups to Fortune 100 firms. As P4’s Project Program, Ms. McMurray leads her project team in providing technical assistance to OGAC and CDC to help ensure the efficient leveraging of USG and private sector resources in support of PEPFAR’s goals of improved health outcomes, sustainability, and country ownership under PEPFAR’s 3.0 strategy.
Specialty
Project management, PPP management, public-public partnerships, private sector engagement, USG fiscal and contractual management, subaward accountability, budgets and grants management, reporting requirements, expenditure tracking
Country Experience
Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania
Education
Associate of Science in Nursing, Prince George’s Community College, Maryland
VANCE WHITFIELD
Position
Senior Project Manager & Communications Manager
Role
Oversees strategic approach to knowledge generation, communication and transfer from P4 and PPPs to key stakeholder target audiences, including CDC, OGAC, the private sector, host country governments, and other stakeholders. Develops, monitors and measures communications and knowledge management tools and platforms. Orients PPPs and partners on branding, strategic communications, and knowledge management.
Oversees daily management and administration of program PPPs, subcontractors, resource firms, vendors, and consultants, and ensure all activities are on track for each PPP through the project life cycle. Establishes and executes project expectations in governance frameworks and contracts with partners, subcontractors, firms, vendors, and consultants to ensure all functional areas are engaged on each PPP.
Specialty
Partnership brokering, project management, strategic communications, knowledge management, branding, public-private partnerships, editing, content creation
Country Experience
Botswana, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Mozambique, South Africa
Education
Masters in Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science
VALERIYA BIRYUKOVA
Position
Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist
Role and Technical Experience
Work with the program team and partners to refine and execute the overall project Performance Monitoring Plan. Oversees rollout of monitoring and evaluation activities in order to measure, capture, and document PPP contributions toward accomplishing PEPFAR goals. Advise and provide technical support to PPP evaluation efforts. Manage real-time results reporting and lead adaptive management to ensure program quality assurance.
Specialty
Data quality assessments, HIV/AIDS, project management, PEPFAR strategic information guidance, USAID policies and procedures, results framework, FACTS Info, USG budgeting, planning and reporting requirements.
Country Experience
Egypt, Bangladesh, Kenya, Russia, South Africa
Education
Masters in Economic and Social Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Project Management Professional Certification, PMI
MOHAMMED DERIYE
Position
Financial Specialist
Role and Technical Experience
Responsible for PPP reporting, database management and deliverable and activity tracking. Coordinate partner progress report and process and tracks expenditures and invoices. Supports the internal subaward progress report review process. Assist in the organization and implementation of program activities. Process and track subaward and vendor invoices. Coordinates overall program and administrative oversight for the program and subawardees.
Specialty
Program coordination, invoicing, reporting requirements, documentation management, scheduling, logistics
Country Experience
Egypt and Saudia Arabia
Education
Bachelors of Science in Economics, George Mason University
