Janina Acevedo-Yates

Collaborating as a Senior Learning Specialist on the Learning and Leadership Development team at EnCompass LLC, Janina Acevedo-Yates brings over 10 years of experience working as an instructional designer, project manager, trainer, and facilitator. Janina has supported the design of face-to-face workshops, e-learning modules, virtual sessions and leadership development tools for clients such as the International Organization for Migration (IOM), World Health Organization (WHO), and United States Agency for International Development (USAID). She has facilitated and produced global-level leadership design rollouts for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, the United States Department of State (DOS) and the United Nations Secretariat, as well as their implementing partners. One of Janina’s passions exists in creating participatory sessions related to leadership, grounded in adult learning theory and appreciative inquiry. Janina’s content specialties include gender; working with supervisors and heads of offices to strengthen leadership skills; life skills/behavior change programs; cross-cultural training; and non-formal education. Integrating these content areas into participants’ technical and sector work has been an area of focus in Janina’s training designs and deliveries.

Janina is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer who served in Botswana and El Salvador; she holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Latin American Studies and Political Science from the University of Arizona and a Master of Arts degree in International Peace and Conflict Resolution from American University’s School of International Service.