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AISD
principals have worked in 28 countries, on over $700 million
in projects, with over 45 years of combined experience. AISD’s
management team combines commercial, consulting, public sector,
donor, and civil society experience that inform AISD’s
integrated approaches to economic growth and development.
AISD offers its partners and clients the flexibility and low
overhead of a small business along with the assurance of high
performance standards. AISD is headquartered in Taos, New
Mexico.
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Cecilia
Ciepiela, President
Email:
cecilia@ais-development.com
CV [PDF]
Ms.
Ciepiela is a senior economic development specialist
with twenty years of private and public sector international
development experience, including design, implementation
and management of over $100 million in economic growth
projects, specializing in enterprise development, competitivenes,
and local economic development. She has worked extensively
in the emerging markets of the former Soviet Union and
Central and Eastern Europe, as well as countries in
Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. Ms.
Ciepiela holds a Master of International Affairs degree
from Columbia University’s School of International
and Public Affairs (SIPA), with a specialization in
Latin American economic development, and a Bachelor
of Arts in History from Williams College.
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Andrew
J. Kaelin, Senior Advisor
Email:
andrew@ais-development.com
CV [PDF]
Mr.
Kaelin has over 30years of international development
consulting and commercial agribusiness experience, with
a specialization in fisheries, aquaculture, and food
safety. He has started up, owned, operated and advised
private commercial agribusiness ventures and cooperatives
in Africa, Asia, the former Soviet Union, and Latin
America. His commercial and consulting experience extends
all along the supply chain from primary production to
value added products for end consumers. Over the last
ten years, Mr. Kaelin has provided consulting services
to the World Bank on hundreds of millions of dollars
of investments in sustainable fisheries, aquaculture
and coastal resources management in China. Mr. Kaelin
holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Zoology
from the University of Miami, a Masters degree in International
Management from Thunderbird, and has completed graduate
coursework in Development and Agriculture Economics
at the University of Colorado. Mr. Kaelin is a member
of the World Aquaculture Society and the Global Aquaculture
Alliance, and is a regular speaker at the annual China
Fisheries and Seafood Exposition and the annual Global
Shrimp Outlook conference.
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The
AISD logo is based on the Native American
"dreamcatcher", a round wooden hoop surrounding
a web with a hole in the center. According to legend, the dreamcatcher
helps “people reach their goals, making good use of their
ideas, dreams and visions.” It is designed to capture
good ideas and allow bad ones to go through.
AISD chose this symbol because it reflects our approach to capturing
opportunity by building on the ideas and experiences of individuals,
communities and enterprises, to help them achieve their goals.
The web in the middle of the AISD logo also represents for us
the community, market and technology networks through which
we work. Lastly, we embedded the dreamcatcher within the Zia
Sun symbol, a symbolic reference to New Mexico state where we
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Located in Taos, New Mexico, AISDevelopment is
qualified as a HUBzone company, registered with the Small Business
Administration under PRONET Number: P0248147
The purpose of the HUBZone program is to provide federal contracting
assistance for qualified SBCs (small business concerns) located
in historically underutilized business zones in an effort to
increase employment opportunities, investment, and economic
development in such areas. The HUBZone Act of 1997 amended the
section 8(d) subcontracting program to include qualified HUBZone
SBCs in the formal subcontracting plans described in €125.3
of Title 13 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The HUBZone
program applies to all federal departments and agencies which
employ one or more contracting officers as defined by 41 U.S.C.
423(f)(5).
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Taos
Mountain, The view from our office. |
New
Mexico Location |
| Phone:
(575) 776-2227
Fax: (575) 751-7668
515
Gusdorf Road, Suite #6
Taos, NM 87571 |
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