USAID recently confirmed Jeanne Rideout as the chief of party for the Capacity Project’s work in Ethiopia.

Rideout brings a wealth of experience to this position, including serving as chief of party for the Action for the West African Region Reproductive Health Project (AWARE-RH) in Ghana. A former Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco, Rideout completed her master’s degree at the University of Wyoming and has over ten years’ experience with a variety of reproductive health and family planning projects.

She is committed to building and sustaining strong project teams and fostering partnerships, and is especially passionate about working in the field to improve the lives and health of women and children.

January 2009