Associated Consultants

Moonshot Global maintains a network of Associated Consultants, all of whom bring specialized knowledge and experience as well as a record of success with their own clients—such organizations asACDI/VOCA, African Development Bank, Consultative Group to Assist,Control Union, FHI360, Florida International University, the Poor, GSMA, Grameen Foundation,GSMA, Nathan Associates, NetHope, UNCDF, and UNICEF.

  • Monica Jerbi, based in Washington, D.C., is a strategic communications consultant with 25 years of experience, much of it with an international development focus. She specializes in conceptualizing and then implementing behavioral, attitudinal, and informational communications campaigns reaching diverse audiences. This expertise includes analyzing quantitative and qualitative audience research; developing messages sensitive to socio-cultural, geographic, or other demographic differences; delivering messages in ways that inform, influence, and motivate; and harnessing information and communications technologies to develop, deliver, monitor, and assess these messages. She holds a Master of International Service from American University and a B.A. in Journalism from Western Washington University.
  • Ana Beatriz Organero, based in Milan, is a digital communications consultant with 20 years of experience. Her expertise includes graphic design for digital and print publications, social media marketing, web design, project management, business strategy, publicity, photography, and video editing. She has done visual communication and web design work for the World Bank, United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and CFI Haiti. Her technical skills include Joomla!, WordPress, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and HTML 5. She holds a Master in Communication Technology from HEAD Genève and a bachelor’s in Visual Communication from HEAD – Genève, Geneva University of Art and Design.
  • Neeran Saraf, based in Washington, D.C., is a senior information technology (IT) and knowledge management consultant with more than 30 years of experience in the development and implementation of enterprise-wide IT strategies, information and solutions architecture, monitoring and evaluation, and technical project management. Her skills and expertise include using existing and emerging technologies when planning IT strategies and designing IT solutions, defining the enterprise business requirements, and applying appropriate technologies to deliver IT products and solutions aligned with immediate and future growing business needs. She has worked in various environments mentoring and leading teams locally and overseas, bridging the business and language culture gaps. She holds a master’s in Information Architecture and Knowledge Management from Kent State University as well as a M.S. in Computer Science from George Mason University.
  • Jill Shemin, based in West Africa, is a digital development and impact measurement consultant working at the interface of mobiles and information and communications technologies (ICTs) and bottom of the pyramid products and scalable service delivery. She brings hands-on operational experience evaluating how the digital landscapes and enabling environments work in different countries, where the barriers are, and where players are most active to generate solutions where donors can be most effective. Her skills and expertise includes public-private partnerships and stakeholder engagement combining development impact with commercial value-adds; program design that inherently incorporate learnings, learning from failures, and scalability; change management for more data-driven decision making; and research engagement for impact analysis, user-centered market research, and data mining to understand uptake. She holds a B.S. in International Agriculture Development and Environmental Studies from Cornell University.