2013 PSLO Water & Sanitation Mission Profile Booklet - Greater ...

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
Dr. Jerry Dutkewych, Director for Diplomatic and External Relations, Millennium Challenge
Corporation (MCC)
Dr. Jerry Dutkewych is the Director for Diplomatic and External Relations at
the Millennium Challenge Corporation. He is responsible for bi-national relations
with Millennium Challenge Account’s partner countries, foundations,
academia and development organizations.
Prior to joining the ‘MCA Working Group’ which helped to formulate the
MCC, Dr. Dutkewych developed and coordinated the implementation of the
Strategic Human Capital Plan at the Department of Homeland Security
(2002-2003), insuring its alignment to both the President’s Management
Agenda and to the DHS Strategic Plan. This SHCP was recognized by the
GAO in 2004 as one of six leading Human Capital Plans in the Executive Branch of federal government.
Dr. Dutkewych established and led the first Peace Corps Program in the former Soviet Union, in
1992. During an unprecedented eight years as Director, U.S. Peace Corps-Ukraine, Jerry managed
a staff of 300, who impacted several million beneficiaries directly and indirectly. The Peace
Corps – Ukraine has been the largest Peace Corps program in the world since 1995. In addition,
he represented the United States government's Foreign Technical Assistance Program of business
development, environment and education initiatives with the President of Ukraine's Advisory
Council, Cabinet of Ministers, Parliament; national, regional and municipal administrations; as
well as with national and international media.
He has served as Senior Advisor for International Development to the American International
Health Alliance (where he designed, developed and implemented the first USA/NIS Hospital Partnership
programs in the former Soviet Union), as well as at Clapp and Mayne International, and
Romyr Associates. Prior to international development roles, Jerry served as Assistant Vice President,
Human Resources at the Henry Ford Health System, the largest private, not for profit
health system in the USA.
Dr. Dutkewych maintains a very active schedule with board appointments at foundations, universities
and civic non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and has authored over twenty professional
articles/monographs. He has served on the Editorial Boards of International Personnel
Management, Today’s NGOs, Personnel Journal and the ASTD Journal. His educational credentials
include: Ph.D. in Economics, National Academy of Sciences (Ukraine), Salzburg Fellowship
(Austria), Post-Masters, Organizational Behavior (University of Michigan); Master of Public Administration
and Bachelor of Arts’ degrees [Political Sciences and Education] from Wayne State
University, Detroit, Michigan.
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