A trained project manager, supervisor, and facilitator, Joan Marshall-Missiye is a Senior Project Officer with Management Sciences for Health. Since 2011, she has provided project management and technical support to the USAID flagship project in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Integrated Health Project, as well as Leadership, Management, and Governance field support. She provided technical assistance to the West African Health Organization in preparation for the first ECOWAS Forum on Good Practices in Health. Prior to MSH, Joan lived in Togo as a community health volunteer with the Peace Corps, taught English in South Korea, received a Master's degree in Social and Public Policy from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, researched and wrote about women’s role as peacebuilders in Cote d'Ivoire and Rwanda, and worked as an international development fellow for Catholic Relief Services based in the DRC.