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According to [[Devex]], the firm offers [[capacity building]], communications, [[corporate social responsibility]], [[knowledge management]], [[performance management]] and [[Performance appraisal|appraisal]], and program design services, and has worked on projects in more than 150 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East.<ref name=Orlina/> Funders have included the [[Overseas Private Investment Corporation]], [[United Nations Development Programme]], [[United States Agency for International Development|U.S. Agency for International Development]] (USAID), [[United States Trade and Development Agency|U.S. Trade and Development Agency]], U.K. [[Department for International Development]] and [[World Bank]].<ref name=Kyiv>{{cite news |title=Q&A with Thurston Teele |url=https://www.kyivpost.com/article/content/ukraine-politics/qa-with-thurston-teele-1380.html |access-date=February 12, 2019 |work=[[Kyiv Post]] |date=October 7, 1999}}</ref><ref name=Villarino>{{cite news |last=Villarino |first=Eliza |title=Top DfID contractors: A primer |url=https://www.devex.com/news/top-dfid-contractors-a-primer-75680 |work=[[Devex]] |date=August 23, 2011 |access-date=April 22, 2019}}</ref>
According to [[Devex]], the firm offers [[capacity building]], communications, [[corporate social responsibility]], [[knowledge management]], [[performance management]] and [[Performance appraisal|appraisal]], and program design services, and has worked on projects in more than 150 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East.<ref name=Orlina/> Funders have included the [[Overseas Private Investment Corporation]], [[United Nations Development Programme]], [[United States Agency for International Development|U.S. Agency for International Development]] (USAID), [[United States Trade and Development Agency|U.S. Trade and Development Agency]], U.K. [[Department for International Development]] and [[World Bank]].<ref name=Kyiv>{{cite news |title=Q&A with Thurston Teele |url=https://www.kyivpost.com/article/content/ukraine-politics/qa-with-thurston-teele-1380.html |access-date=February 12, 2019 |work=[[Kyiv Post]] |date=October 7, 1999}}</ref><ref name=Villarino>{{cite news |last=Villarino |first=Eliza |title=Top DfID contractors: A primer |url=https://www.devex.com/news/top-dfid-contractors-a-primer-75680 |work=[[Devex]] |date=August 23, 2011 |access-date=April 22, 2019}}</ref>


As of December 2023, the firm has offices in [[Downtown (Washington, D.C.)|downtown Washington, D.C.]], and [[Crystal City, Virginia|Crystal City]] in Arlington County, Virginia, headquarters in [[Navy Yard (Washington, D.C.)|Navy Yard]].<ref name="Giambrone">{{cite web |last1=Giambrone |first1=Andrew |title=D.C. approves $26M in tax breaks for two large District-based companies |url=https://dc.curbed.com/2018/12/19/18146248/dc-eab-chemonics-tax-breaks-companies-headquarters |website=[[Curbed]] |publisher=[[Vox Media]] |access-date=February 12, 2019 |date=December 19, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Sernovitz">{{cite journal |last1=Sernovitz |first1=Daniel J. |title=Forest City finds an anchor tenant for The Yards' next phase, with nearly $6M in help from D.C. |journal=Washington Business Journal |date=November 19, 2018 |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2018/11/19/forest-city-finds-an-anchor-tenant-for-the-yards.html |access-date=February 12, 2019 |publisher=[[American City Business Journals]]}}</ref> Chemonics employs approximately 1,200 people in Washington, D.C., and Crystal City, as of December 2018.<ref name="Ryals">{{cite news |last1=Ryals |first1=Mitch |title=Will D.C. Give Millions in Tax Cuts to a Company With a Record of Racially Discriminatory Hiring Practices? |url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/loose-lips/article/21035400/will-dc-give-millions-in-tax-cuts-to-company-with-a-record-of-racially-discriminatory-hiring-practices |access-date=February 12, 2019 |work=[[Washington City Paper]] |date=December 7, 2018}}</ref> In 2019, Chemonics established an office in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]], to increase its aid work with the UK's Department for International Development and [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]].<ref name="London">{{cite news |title=Chemonics lands in London |url=https://www.devex.com/news/chemonics-lands-in-london-9501 |access-date=June 13, 2019 |work=[[Devex]] |date=June 6, 2019 |first1=Sophie |last1=Edwards}}</ref> As of 2019, there were approximately 5,000 employees in 100 countries.<ref name="London"/> Susanna Mudge chairs the board of directors.<ref name="Igoe-leaders"/><ref name="OurBoard"/> Jamey Butcher serves as president and chief executive officer (CEO).<ref name="Igoe-solutions"/><ref name="OurLeadership"/> The company has said 63 percent of its employees in Washington, D.C., are women, and 39 percent are racial [[Minority group|minorities]].<ref name=Ryals/>
As of December 2023, the firm has offices in [[Downtown (Washington, D.C.)|downtown Washington, D.C.]], and [[Crystal City, Virginia|Crystal City]] in Arlington County, Virginia, headquarters in [[Navy Yard (Washington, D.C.)|Navy Yard]].<ref name="Giambrone">{{cite web |last1=Giambrone |first1=Andrew |title=D.C. approves $26M in tax breaks for two large District-based companies |url=https://dc.curbed.com/2018/12/19/18146248/dc-eab-chemonics-tax-breaks-companies-headquarters |website=[[Curbed]] |publisher=[[Vox Media]] |access-date=February 12, 2019 |date=December 19, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Sernovitz">{{cite journal |last1=Sernovitz |first1=Daniel J. |title=Forest City finds an anchor tenant for The Yards' next phase, with nearly $6M in help from D.C. |journal=Washington Business Journal |date=November 19, 2018 |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2018/11/19/forest-city-finds-an-anchor-tenant-for-the-yards.html |access-date=February 12, 2019 |publisher=[[American City Business Journals]]}}</ref> Chemonics employs approximately 1,200 people in Washington, D.C., and Crystal City, as of December 2018.<ref name="Ryals">{{cite news |last1=Ryals |first1=Mitch |title=Will D.C. Give Millions in Tax Cuts to a Company With a Record of Racially Discriminatory Hiring Practices? |url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/loose-lips/article/21035400/will-dc-give-millions-in-tax-cuts-to-company-with-a-record-of-racially-discriminatory-hiring-practices |access-date=February 12, 2019 |work=[[Washington City Paper]] |date=December 7, 2018}}</ref> In 2019, Chemonics established an office in [[London]], United Kingdom, to increase its aid work with the UK's Department for International Development and [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]].<ref name="London">{{cite news |title=Chemonics lands in London |url=https://www.devex.com/news/chemonics-lands-in-london-9501 |access-date=June 13, 2019 |work=[[Devex]] |date=June 6, 2019 |first1=Sophie |last1=Edwards}}</ref> As of 2019, there were approximately 5,000 employees in 100 countries.<ref name="London"/> Susanna Mudge chairs the board of directors.<ref name="Igoe-leaders"/><ref name="OurBoard"/> Jamey Butcher serves as president and chief executive officer (CEO).<ref name="Igoe-solutions"/><ref name="OurLeadership"/> The company has said 63 percent of its employees in Washington, D.C., are women, and 39 percent are racial [[Minority group|minorities]].<ref name=Ryals/>


==History==
==History==