Senior Vice President, Monitoring and Evaluation
With more than twenty years of experience leading portfolio of complex, high priority federal government projects, including complex evaluations, research assignments and data/metrics production and analysis, Dr. Muco brings a wealth of expertise to our team. She is an expert in foreign affairs and international development, social research and economics, with extensive experience working with audiences in many conflict zones around the world, from the Balkans to Middle East and North Africa. Prior to joining Khulisa, she has worked as a contractor for organizations such as the US Department of Defense, Department of State, Peace Corps, USAID, HHS and consulted for the World Bank, UNECE and ILO. During the last 10 years she has led the design, evaluation plans, instrument development, fieldwork, and report writing of 18 research programs with direct fieldwork experience in 25 countries and US embassies worldwide. She has travelled to and worked with foreign audiences and vulnerable populations in 65 countries around the world.
Amongst other qualifications, she holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Tirana, an Executive Leadership certification from Cornell University, and a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. She has a long career of teaching researching and publishing in Economics – having a variety of fellowships and visiting positions in universities and institutions in Europe and the United States.
Dr. Muco speaks fluent English, Albanian and Italian; has proficiency in French; and is familiar with Spanish, Turkish, Serbian and Russian.