Lukas Barake

Lukas Barake has extensive experience in monitoring and evaluation roles. Lukas started their career at Kenya Wildlife Service as a Monitoring and Evaluation Officer in 2001. Lukas then worked as a Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator at Plan International and later as an M&E Manager at Hope for African Children Initiative. Lukas also held the position of OVC Project Officer at Catholic Relief Services. In 2010, they became a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist at Tetra Tech, where they worked until 2014. Lukas then served as an M&E Specialist at The State University of New York for a brief period. From 2015 to 2019, they worked as a Monitoring and Evaluation Manager at DAI's USAID East Africa Trade and Investment Hub. Lukas then joined Palladium as a Monitoring and Evaluation Director for USAID's Kenya Investment Mechanism and later became the Deputy Chief of Party for the same project. Currently, they hold the position of Deputy Chief of Party for the USAID Somalia Evaluation, Learning, Monitoring Initiative at Social Impact. Overall, Lukas Barake has a strong background in managing and implementing monitoring and evaluation activities in various development projects.

Lukas Barake's education history begins with their Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Planning and Management from Kenyatta University, which they obtained from 1996 to 1999. In 2001, they pursued a Master's degree in Environmental Studies from the same university, completing it in 2005. In 2003, Lukas attended the Kenya Institute of Administration, where they studied Project Management for a brief period. Lukas then returned to the University of Nairobi to acquire further knowledge and skills. In 2009, they took a course in Monitoring and Evaluation of Population and Health Programs. The following year, Lukas enrolled in the University of Nairobi once again to study Advanced Health Research Methods in 2010. The provided information does not mention any degree obtained for the courses taken at the University of Nairobi in 2009 and 2010.