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Malini Patel is the Senior Director for Middle East and North Africa and Acting Senior Director for Economic Empowerment at\xa0Vital Voices Global Partnership. She is responsible\xa0for vision and leadership; day-to-day program and financial management; program design, quality and integrity; new business development; and internal and external relations.

With 20 years of international development experience, Ms. Patel has led teams globally in Europe, the Caucasus, Africa, Middle East, Latin America and the Pacific and has overseen technical programs in SME/MAGE growth, community development, democracy and governance, advocacy, local and regional economic development,\xa0micro-finance and organizational development globally.

Prior to joining Vital Voices, Ms. Patel worked at numerous non-profit, for-profit, educational, and government entities\xa0including\xa0CHF International (Global Communities)\xa0and\xa0Peace Corps. Ms. Patel received her Bachelor of Arts from University of Michigan and Masters in Public Administration\xa0from\xa0New York University\u2019s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.