Nikki Reisch
Consultant, Africa Program
Nikki served as BIC's Africa Program Manager from November 2002-2007 and is currently working as a consultant with BIC. She has a background in international political economy and development. From 1999-2001, Nikki served as a public health and community development worker in southeastern Senegal, where she coordinated trainings for health educators, advised the local health district on service delivery improvements, taught microenterprise strategy, and facilitated community access to technical and financial resources. As a policy analyst and researcher in South Africa during 1997-1998, Nikki helped draft an audit of the ANC's Reconstruction and Development Program and studies of municipal service privatization, with an emphasis on the water sector. She has a B.A. in Ethics, Politics and Economics from Yale University and speaks French, Pulaar, and Wolof.