Professional Experience:
Mr. Demeter has 15+ years of experience designing, implementing, and evaluating international development programs focused on community development, capacity building, local governance, civil society, gender empowerment, youth programs, and elections processes. He has served as Chief of Party (CoP) and other senior technical leadership positions in 17 countries in the Middle East, the Balkans, Africa, and the former Soviet Union. He has spearheaded over 250 high-profile trainings and conferences in over a dozen countries worldwide. In addition, he has organized and participated in election observation missions in Iraq, Kuwait, West Bank/Gaza, Sierra Leone, Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Kenya, Lesotho, and Romania.
Mr. Demeter has successfully built coalitions in highly charged environments, managing complex relationships on aggressive schedules. He has expertise and experience in convening and leading multistakeholder groups to foster change, including the U.S. and foreign military, world leaders, passionate local activists, police and the local media. His demonstrated gender expertise includes serving as Chair of InterAction’s Gender Integration Working Group. He also initiated and chaired the International Relief and Development (IRD) Gender Team.
He has made contributions to all aspects of the business development lifecycle, including writing state of the art capacity building and conflict mitigation proposals. As a result he has helped organizations win awards from clients such as USAID, the U.S. Department of State, UNDP, and DfID.