Aleksandra Belenkaya

Aleksandra (Sasha) Belenkaya oversees Panagora’s global health practice, with responsibility over the global health business strategy, new business efforts, and successful delivery of multiple global health contracts. She brings over 20 years of experience in international development, having served in leadership roles in new business development, programmatic delivery, and client service. Aleksandra began her career in international development at Chemonics International, where she worked hand in hand with then the Chemonics’ Senior Vice President, and now the Panagora’s founder and President and CEO, Betsy Bassan. She was at the helm of launching Chemonics’ international health practice, taking it from a handful of small projects to a successful major business unit. During the following 12 years, Aleksandra worked in project management and business development, and held leadership positions, first at Booz Allen Hamilton, then at the American Bar Association, and finally at Chemonics again, returning to help stand up its wholly owned supply chain management subsidiary, Connexi. In these roles, she worked in international health, supply chain management, food security, democracy & governance, and rule of law sectors, and managed contracts and grants funded by USAID, Department of State, U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office, DFID, the World Bank, and private foundations. Aleksandra developed organizational vision and strategies, set financial goals and managed financial performance, designed and implemented impactful and sustainable international development programs, facilitated knowledge sharing, and managed and developed staff. Aleksandra holds a change management advanced practitioner certificate from the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, a master’s degree in Slavic studies from Florida State University, and a bachelor’s degree from the Moscow State University of Education. She speaks English and Russian.