Schala Battle has over 18 years of experience promoting peace and stability in complex and conflict-affected environments. Her technical expertise lies in designing and managing civil society, political transition, stabilization, preventing/countering violent extremism, conflict mitigation and peacebuilding programs. She brings diverse programmatic and operational experience, having served in a variety of field and DC-based positions on USAID and Department of State-funded programs. She is adept at working across the full program cycle including program design, project management, MEL, and reporting. Ms. Battle most recently served as a Strategic Planning and Activity Design Advisor with USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance. Prior to joining USAID, she provided technical, design, writing, and facilitation support and training to for-profit, non-profit, and small business clients as an independent consultant. She previously provided technical leadership on several-large scale democracy and conflict programs, leading country assessments, strategy development, and context-driven program design and serving as senior field leadership on programs in Africa and the Middle East. Schala holds a Master’s degree in international affairs and development from the Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University.