Cheryl Wilson

Cheryl Wilson serves as Supervisory Executive Officer for USAID/Guinea/Sierra Leone, overseeing the strategic planning and execution of technical assistance contracts that advance democratic governance, public health resilience, and conflict prevention across West Africa. In this leadership role, she ensures procurement activities align with USAID’s mission to strengthen local institutions and deliver sustainable development outcomes. Her portfolio primarily encompasses professional, scientific, and technical services aimed at institutional capacity building, electoral integrity support, gender-based violence prevention, and health security infrastructure. Wilson directs the acquisition lifecycle from needs assessment through contract award and performance monitoring, ensuring compliance with federal regulations and USAID’s development effectiveness standards. While no specific contractor relationships are currently identifiable in the data, Wilson’s procurement patterns indicate a preference for engaging a broad spectrum of qualified professional service providers, including international consulting firms, local civil society organizations, and technical experts with deep regional expertise. Her office fosters collaborative partnerships with vendors capable of delivering context-specific, evidence-based solutions tailored to fragile and conflict-affected environments, emphasizing adaptive management and local ownership. Wilson’s contracting activity reflects a 100% non-set-aside approach, indicating a focus on open competition rather than socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. This reflects the nature of her acquisitions, which often require specialized technical capabilities not readily available among small business vendors in the region, though she remains committed to equitable access and fair competition under full and open competition principles. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 541990—All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services—encompassing governance advisory, election monitoring, public health systems strengthening, data analytics for conflict early warning, and institutional training programs. Wilson’s expertise lies in securing high-impact technical services that build the capacity of local actors to sustain development gains beyond USAID’s direct involvement.