Linda Bruce, M.S. is a maternal child health nutritionist and has 25 years of experience implementing, monitoring, and evaluating USAID and private donor-funded health projects on infant and young child feeding (IYCF), maternal child health and nutrition (MCHN), reproductive health, family planning, HIV/AIDS, and integrated multi-sector (livelihoods, agriculture and health) interventions. In addition to managing multi-million USAID-funded international health projects, Linda provides technical leadership and guidance to USAID, USAID missions, UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO), Ministries of Health, non-government organizations (NGO), and private-sector companies on how to plan, implement, and monitor facility – and community – based health programs. Her expertise includes program management and technical leadership in multi-sectoral approaches, nutrition, food security, reproductive health, HIV prevention and building capacity of USAID, cooperating agencies, host governments, NGOs, facility-based health care providers and community-based behavior change agents to deliver high-quality programming. Ms. Bruce has worked in over 25 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. She is fluent in Spanish and Dutch with moderate working knowledge of Portuguese.
Linda Bruce
