OUR STAFF
The Head Global Team
Our reputable team is driven and dedicated to ensuring our clients receive bespoke and high-quality talent that fits well within your organization. With more than 75 years’ of combined experience in international development, and vast talent networks from our experience working in more than 60 countries, our global reach will provide you or your organization with exactly what you need.
Daniel Head
Founder and CEO
Daniel Head is seasoned business development and recruitment specialist with 14 years’ experience recruiting staff worldwide for USAID, USDA, MCC, and DoS partner organizations. He is a confident and competent entrepreneur in the international development industry, with strong reputation for high quality and timely service.
He offers proven capability to conduct successful business development efforts in a wide range of countries and technical sectors, including conducting international recruitment efforts in 26 countries worldwide in the sectors of agricultural development, clean energy, climate change, democracy & governance, economic growth, education, natural resource management, and water & sanitation. Daniel’s specialties include proposal strategy and review, international recruitment, and management of complex and large international proposal efforts.
EducatioN:
Duke University
Master of Business Administration, Cross Continent MBA
Rhodes College
Bachelor of Arts in International Studies/Economics and Business Administration
In-Country Work Experience:
Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Malawi, Mongolia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, West Bank/Gaza, and Zimbabwe.
Yaniv Snir
senior Director of business development and recruitment
Yaniv Snir is a strategy, process, recruitment, and innovation specialist with 20 years’ experience driving business development in the public and private sectors, including advising on bidding strategy, opportunity capture, proposal management, and recruitment in Africa, Eastern Europe, and Asia. His passion for recruitment shines through his extensive experience in assembling top-performing teams for local and international programs, as well as executive and corporate positions. Besides his international work, Yaniv has designed multi-million-dollar crowdsourcing challenges for XPRIZE and HeroX, and has advised consumer brands like Facebook, Wells Fargo, lululemon, American Express, and Google on strategy, sales, and customer service.
Education:
American University, School of International Services
Master of Science, International Development Management
University of California – Santa Barbara
Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies
In-Country Work Experience:
Bangladesh, Botswana, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Indonesia, Israel, Kenya, Liberia, Macedonia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
Kathryn Zongrone
Director of Consultant Success
Kathryn Karl is a proposal development, recruitment and program management professional with a decade of experience working in the international development industry. Kathryn has worked on every stage of proposal development, from capture through submission. She has led and supported efforts in program design, writing, recruitment, partnering, budgeting and formatting/submission prep for clients pursuing funding from various sources including USAID, USDA, MCC, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. She has extensive experience leading recruitment efforts for positions including home-office staff, international COPs and local hires across Latin America/Caribbean, Africa, Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia. As a Program Development Officer in Washington DC, Kathryn was part of a small team that successfully developed agricultural development proposals for 15 programs on 3 continents, adding over $75 million to the company's portfolio. As a Program Development Representative in Ethiopia, she was the lead writer and designer for $4 million in new programming, some of which she went on manage.
During her first three years with Head Global, Kathryn served as the Director of Proposal Services where she directly supported and/or managed the provision of full-cycle proposal services for clients. In her current role as Director of Consultant Success, Kathryn's focus is on ensuring that Head Global has consistent access to talented consultants, that consultants are matched with the assignments that interest them the most and that consultants are set up for success, no matter the client or scope of work. Professionally, Kathryn's personal strengths include multitasking, working under tight deadlines, maintaining a positive work ethic and attitude and collaborating with local staff, home office staff and senior management.
Education:
Loyola University Maryland
Bachelor of Arts in History, Minor in Marketing
In-Country Work Experience:
Ethiopia, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Mary McCabe
Director of Client Success
Mary McCabe is a seasoned program management, business development and training professional. She has over 15 years of experience in the international developing industry, including developing responsive proposals for and implementing USAID-funded programs.
She is deeply familiar with USG rules and regulations and working with clients to ensure successful proposal development and program implementation across a variety of technical sectors and regions. She also offers a proven capability to conduct successful recruitment efforts across the globe. Additionally, Mary supports clients by designing, developing, and facilitating course content for new business and program management trainings.
Education:
Geneva School of Diplomacy & International Relations
Master’s in International Relations
St. Edward’s University
Bachelor of Arts in International Relations
In-Country Work Experience:
Bolivia, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru
Rachel Storey
Director of Operations and Client Services
Rachel Storey is an international development professional with 10 years of experience managing complex programs, facilitating ambitious business development efforts, and building systems that improve operational efficiency. She has worked with diverse organizations across the industry to win new programs and achieve results through effective management in agriculture and resilience, crisis relief, health and nutrition, WASH, and MERL.
Rachel brings broad and extensive proposal development, management, and recruitment experience, with demonstrated success leading efforts across Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, MENA, and Europe. Rachel’s professional strengths include process improvement, budget development and execution, operational planning and management, and contracts/procurement oversight.
Education:
Thunderbird School of Global Management
Master of Arts, Global Affairs & Management
Clemson University
Bachelor of Science, Marketing; Mandarin
In-Country Work Experience:
Afghanistan, Cambodia, China, India, Tajikistan, Uganda