Ann Koontz is a Senior Advisor with Relief International based in Washington DC and in her 14 years with Relief International she has served as a CEO and a Senior Vice President of the Global Technical Assistance Department. Ms. Koontz has vast field experience across forty countries, including Iraq, fostering partnerships with local communities, governments, NGOs, and the private sector, to solve sustainable development challenges which have generated millions of dollars in incomes gains for local communities while conserving the environment and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Ms. Koontz holds a bachelors from Stanford University in International Development and an MBA from the George Washington University