Mr. David Wall, President of IBI, has more than 25 years of experience successfully managing international development portfolio’s, setting strategic goals, implementing change management, supervising and motivating staff, and developing and implementing policies and procedures.  Prior to assuming this role, he served as IBI’s Vice President for Strategy where he served as part of the executive team responsible for directing and overseeing the implementation of strategy for IBI in the areas of Economic Growth and Governance, Stabilization, and M&E services.

Mr. Wall’s extensive global experience includes technical advisory and project management for USAID, the World Bank, and Asian Development Bank.  He has been recognized by USAID for his service in Iraq where he received a Meritorious Honor Award and was awarded the Commanders Certificate of Appreciation, from Lieutenant. General, John R. Allen, USMC, for his participation in the CENTCOM assessment in 2008.  He has proven experience collaborating with executives, stakeholders, and multinational teams in both the private and public sectors.

Prior to joining IBI, Mr. Wall served as a respected leader and strategist with such firms as AECOM, KPMG and The Nasdaq Stock Market.  He has a proven record in senior line management and boardroom strategic consulting combined with a global background in financial services industry throughout the Middle East, America’s, Europe and the Pacific Rim.

Jason Burneskis serves as IBI’s Vice President of Economic Growth. In this role, he guides and oversees IBI’s economic growth and governance programs and is responsible for ensuring that IBI’s projects are implemented in accordance with the technical and administrative requirements stipulated in each contract. Jason also serves as a technical expert on customs reform, trade facilitation, and public financial management. He joined IBI in 2013.

Jason has over 15 years of experience in diverse international development contexts. Examples of his field work include financial audit and compliance (Liberia, Jordan and Afghanistan), customs reform and risk management (Bangladesh and East Timor), private sector competitiveness (Georgia), process improvement and change management (Romania), and tax policy and administration (Armenia). Prior to joining IBI, Jason worked with Deloitte Consulting.

Jason holds a BS in Finance from George Mason University and a certificate in Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation from the Harvard Center for International Development.

Andrew Dicello leads IBI’s Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) programs. In this role, he provides technical support on IBI’s growing number of MEL projects, contributes to the monitoring and learning components of IBI’s economic growth and governance projects, supports new business opportunities, and strengthens the capacity of IBI teams around the world in MEL. 

Mr. Dicello has worked for nearly two decades in monitoring, evaluation and learning for US government clients, including USAID, the US Department of State, the US Department of Labor, the US Department of Agriculture, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Food and Drug Administration, and the US Department of Defense. He has managed projects, facilitated project and strategy design workshops, developed monitoring tools and systems, supported evaluations, assessments and studies, developed learning agendas, and delivered dozens of courses on MEL to build the capacity of clients and their implementing partners. He has worked extensively throughout Africa and Latin America and is fluent in Spanish.

Mr. Dicello earned his undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA in International Business from the  Thunderbird School of Global Management.

Rebecca Lamberton leads IBI’s efforts to obtain new business by ensuring submission of responsive and cost effective proposals to IBI’s clients. She was instrumental in developing the successful cost and technical proposals for IBI’s USAID monitoring, evaluation, and learning practice contracts,  the 2024 Guatemala Smart and Secure Cities Project, the USAID 2023 Timor-Leste Trade Governance Activity, the 2024 Central America Regional Support Services Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (CARSS IDIQ) contract, as well as a number of other smaller awards.

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Prior to joining IBI she worked at Engility Corporation (then known as IRG), where she supported the development of several successful proposals that won a total of more than $100 million in awards. Ms. Lamberton's 25 years in business development includes 17 years as a Foreign Commercial Service Officer (FCSO) with the US Department of Commerce, serving overseas and at the Inter-American Development Bank. In these positions she consulted for U.S. companies seeking enter new markets overseas on government regulations, customs processes, trade policy, trade and project financing, local partners, and market trends, supporting over $80 million in US Exports. She also served in senior management positions at Commerce HQ in Washington DC as Acting Director for Latin America and the Director of Human Resource Development.

Ms. Lamberton holds a certificate in Human Performance Improvement (HPI) from the American Society for Training and Development, and a Master’s degree in Organizational Development and Knowledge Management from George Mason University.  She graduated from Grinnell College with a BA in International Studies.  She speaks Japanese, and has working proficiency in Spanish and French.

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Ms. Renee Tillery serves as Vice President, Operations. She works across all teams to ensure policies and procedures are followed, improved, and updated as needed. Ms. Tillery also provides strategic leadership on evolving processes and systems to accommodate company growth.

Prior to joining IBI, she worked at the Palladium Group where she led the U.S.-based information technology, facilities, and process excellence teams. As the point person for the rollout and implementation of multiple corporate change initiatives, she helped implement new systems and tools to streamline project management, communications, and internal processes. Ms. Tillery’s experience also includes more than 15 years supporting management of USAID projects. At Chemonics International, she worked on a number of complex post-conflict, civil society strengthening, and governance projects in Haiti, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. She also served as operations director for the Africa Region, supporting the team’s senior vice president and more than 100 staff to solve staffing, budgeting, security, and other challenges.

Ms. Tillery holds a Master’s degree in Liberal Studies from Georgetown University, where she concentrated her work in science, technology, and international affairs. She graduated from Michigan State University with a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations.

IBI’s Layla Slonim is a seasoned financial management professional who brings extensive experience working in donor-funded development projects and environments. She has worked extensively to provide financial and other management support to USAID-funded projects. She brings first-hand experience working in for-profit, non-profit and public sector environments. She has extensive experience setting up financial management, internal control, and reporting systems (including manuals, templates, and handbooks). She has taught Economics at Belmont University in Tennessee and at Turkmen State University in Turkmenistan. She has also worked as a Monitoring and Evaluation specialist for the United Nations Development Program in Turkmenistan.

As Executive Vice President, IBI Finance, Ms. Slonim manages all aspects of IBI’s corporate and project financial management, from revenue projection and financial planning to overseeing day-to-do financial transactions. She also provides IBI’s clients with expertise in economics and econometric modeling, and monitoring and evaluation. She holds a Masters degree in Agribusiness from Texas A&M University, and a Masters degree and Bachelors degree in Economics from Lomonosov Moscow State University in Russia. She speaks fluent Russian and Turkmen.