Valerie Koscelnik is a Senior Implementation Director at ICAP overseeing programs in West, Central and Southern Africa. Valerie has 19 years of experience designing, managing, and implementing reproductive health and HIV/AIDS programs in the United States and in developing countries.

Prior to joining ICAP, Valerie established the CDC Global AIDS Program in Rwanda, and provided the U.S. government strategic leadership for PEPFAR’s rapid expansion in that country. After Rwanda, Valerie continued to be involved as a PEPFAR Coordinator in Vietnam, an Acting PEPFAR Coordinator in Ethiopia, an OGAC point person for the Southern Africa Prevention Initiative, and a strategic planning consultant for PEPFAR in Côte d’Ivoire. Valerie has also worked for USAID as a Regional Program Manager for the West Africa Regional Program based in Abidjan and as a technical advisor at USAID/Washington, D.C., in the Office of Population. Valerie has a master’s in public health from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.