Mindy has more than 25 years of experience working in the Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning field, focusing on international public health and HIV. She has worked in domestic and international (low-resourced) settings with national governments, non-governmental organizations, and technical assistance agencies. A significant focus of her career has been to strengthen capacity and systems to access high-quality, relevant data and use data for improving programs, demonstrating technical excellence, and advancing thought leadership.

Before Project Concern International (PCI) merged with Global Communities in 2021, she led the PCI Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning team (2017-21). Before PCI, she worked in various capacities to strengthen monitoring and evaluation systems at the Department of Defense’s HIV/AIDS Prevention Program’s (DHAPP) program headquarters. She worked for more than a decade in the PEPFAR/CDC field offices in Malawi and Mozambique. She also has worked in domestic public health and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco.

Mindy holds an undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of Virginia and a master’s degree in Public Health at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. She is fluent in Portuguese.