Lora Wuennenberg is CARE’s Country Director in Nepal. She joined the CARE Nepal team in January 2016 and is responsible for CARE’s overall program operations and management. She has also worked for more than 25 years with CARE in a variety of country and regional senior management positions in Egypt, Ghana, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Philippines. Prior to her assignment in Nepal, Lora worked in CARE USA Headquarters as Associate Vice President for Donor Compliance Assurance where she established a global grants management and training team to more effectively support CARE’s global grants and sub grants portfolio. Her program operations span the range of emergency preparedness, response and recovery programs as well as longer term development programs that benefit women and girls.

Mona Sherpa joined CARE Nepal in August 2018 and is responsible for providing strategic, management and technical support to all the program teams of CARE Nepal. She brings with her close to 19 years of professional experience in diverse capacities across various countries in South Asia as well as countries such as Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Kyrgyzstan and Switzerland. She has largely contributed in the field of Women’s Rights, Governance, Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management and in the overall management of development interventions ensuring the feminist and human rights angle in all of her work. She also possesses expertise in tactfully working with various Government agencies and donors.

Shivani Dixit Adhikari joined CARE Nepal in September 2015. At CARE Nepal Shivani leads and manages departments like finance, procurement, logistics and warehouse, IT, administration and safety and security. She has more than 15 years of experience in the development and private sector and has handled multi-currency, multi-donor projects successfully. In the past she has worked with several big organizations like International Rescue Committee (IRC), Action Aid International and Population Services International (PSI).

Julie Gurung has been actively engaged in the development sector since last 13 years. Currently, she is working as the Senior Coordinator for Program Development and Impact Assessment at CARE Nepal and her contribution to this unit has significantly supported in developing quality program and securing various grants. She also facilitates in streamlining the organizational processes of impact assessment in order to generate learning and strengthen knowledge management of the organization.