People

TANGO is a dynamic and growing team, including a network of consultants from around the
world. TANGO works with a core team of 20 consultants who are dedicated to five to six
projects per year. In addition, TANGO’s roster has over 50 consultants to draw upon for the
technical needs of specific projects. Established in 2000, we are headquartered in Tucson,
Arizona, USA with a regional office in Bangkok, Thailand.

TANGO Team
Executive Officers

 Tim Frankenberger, President

 Jeanne Downen, Vice-President
 Mark Langworthy, Vice-President
 Bruce Ravesloot, Vice-President
 Phil Sutter, Vice-President

Associates

 A.K.M. Towfique Aziz, Design, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

 Lloyd Owen Banwart, Economist
 Tom Bower, Economist
 Vicki Brown, Research Methodologist
 Niloy Krittika Chowdhury, Research Assistant
 Elizabeth Cuellar, Research Associate
 Padraic Finan, Research Consultant
 Karyn Fox, Senior Research Specialist
 Barbara Huddleston, Senior Food Security Expert
 Jeremie Kaelin, Research Associate
 Stephanie Martin, Senior Research Consultant
 Monica Mueller, Senior Technical Advisor
 Edith Mutalya, Senior M&E Specialist TOPS Program
 Suzanne Nelson, Senior Research Scientist
 Carrie Presnall, Research Associate
 Lisa Smith, Research Consultant
  Raniya Sobir, Research Associate
 Maryada Vallet, Design, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
 Lisa Woodson, Research Consultant

Operations

 Lindsey Deeren, Accounts & Contracts Manager

 Neena Murickan, Business Analyst
 Dennisse Valdez, Office Coordinator

Expertise
TANGO’s active contributions to thinking on resilience

TANGO is taking a leadership role in resilience, currently working with USAID, FAO, WFP,
DFID, IFPRI, World Bank and NGOs. The following are papers authored by TANGO on a
range of resilience topics:

Enhancing Resilience to Food Insecurity amid Protracted Crisis (2012)

Enhancing Resilience to Food Security Shocks in Africa (2012)

Background for the Expert Consultation on Resilience Measurement for Food Security
(2013)

Summary of the Expert Consultation on Resilience Measurement for Food Security (2013)

Feed the Future Literature Review: Improving Resilience of Vulnerable Populations (2013)

Community Resilience: Conceptual Framework and Measurement (2013) and Webinar

(2014)

Resilience Measurement Principles – Toward an Agenda for Measurement Design, Technical

Paper No. 1 (2014)

Current Approaches to Resilience Programming Among Non-Governmental Organizations

(2014) and Brief

A Common Analytical Model for Resilience Measurement, Technical Paper No. 2 (2014)

DM&E of Resilience Interventions: Conceptual and Empirical Considerations (2015)

Ex-post impact assessment review of IFPRI’s social protection research program of 2000-
2012 (2015)
Report 3: The Effect of Livelihood Diversity on Recovery and Shock Impact in Ethiopia,
Kenya and Uganda (2016)

Report 4: The Effects of Social Capital on Resilience Capacity: Evidence from Ethiopia,
Kenya, Uganda, Niger and Burkina Faso (2016)

Report 5: The Influence of Subjective and Psycho-social Factors on People’s Resilience:

Conceptual Framework and Empirical Evidence (2016)

Report 6: Shocks, Resilience Capacities and Response Trajectories Over Time (2016)

Should Resilience be Conceptualized and Measured Differently in Asian Rural and Urban
Contexts? (2016)