Imara-IHG’s Humanitarian Practitioners bring deep, field-based experience from working directly in crisis-affected environments. They understand how systems perform under extreme pressure—where resources are scarce, timelines are compressed, and decisions have immediate human consequences.
What makes this group unique is their operational realism. They have coordinated responses across NGOs, UN agencies, governments, and communities, and they understand the informal dynamics—trust, power, culture, and local knowledge—that often determine whether interventions succeed or fail.
By grounding resilience strategies in lived experience, our Humanitarian Practitioners help clients design approaches that are not only technically sound, but also ethical, inclusive, and workable in the most complex and vulnerable contexts.
Zack Adinoff, M.S.
Purvi Patel, J.D.
Hector Rivera Echevarria, M.A.
Volker Hüls, M.A.
Frederick Spielberg, MPP
Carlos Mejia, M.A.
Matthew Ellingson, M.A.
Andrew Cunningham, Ph.D.
Nina Goričar, M.A.