Branden Ryan is a gender equality and social inclusion subject-matter expert with ten years of experience in international development. In his role, he ensures that projects and proposals mainstream and integrate gender equality and social inclusion principles and serves as a technical expert for inclusive development in full-cycle business development and activity design & implementation. Prior to joining Chemonics, he worked with Crown Agents USA on full proposal recruitment, project management, and GESI integration activities. Branden is also a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer from Tanzania, and during his time coordinating the post’s gender equality portfolio, he developed and facilitated training on student-centered secondary education, small-scale agriculture and animal husbandry, gender equality, sexual and reproductive health, women’s health and menstrual hygiene management, and arts-based empowerment. He has an M.A. in security policy studies with a focus in peace and conflict resolution (gender/East Africa) from George Washington University and a B.A. in international affairs and Spanish from Mercer University.