Olya Jerard

Olya Jerard is AGCI’s Vice President, Finance and Operations. An empathetic, innovative, and solutions-oriented leader, Olya has more than 20 years of experience in strategic planning and execution, business operations, financial management, federal contract and grant delivery, and organizational development.

Prior to joining AGCI, Olya served in a variety of leadership roles with dynamic, rapidly growing mission-driven organizations working in some of the world’s most challenging operating environments. Her work has focused on helping to steer these organizations toward their long-term goals and short-term strategic objectives, while establishing, elevating, and scaling their operations to meet the challenges that come with increasing budgets, deepening portfolios of projects and donors, growing staff, and expanding global footprints.

Olya holds an MS in International Service from American University in Washington. A native of Almaty, Kazakhstan, Olya speaks Russian and has worked in more than 20 countries around the globe. Recently, Olya spent a year living and working in Berlin, Germany, where she led a State Department program focused on strengthening community security in Northeastern Syria.

Together with her husband and twin sons, Olya lives in Northern Vermont, where she enjoys skiing in the winter, mountain biking in the summer, and grumbling about the weather year-round.