Donika coordinates the activities of the Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI) at the Results for Development Institute (R4D) in Washington, DC. Donika leads project efforts under R4D’s private sector in health portfolio with a focus on identifying, analyzing, and diffusing innovative market-based models that work to improve the lives of the poor in developing countries.
Prior to joining R4D, Donika worked at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) where she conducted research on democratic developments in the Balkans and the Black Sea region. Ms. Dimovska obtained a M.A. in International Relations from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University in December 2007. She spent the last semester of graduate studies at the International University of Japan (IUJ) in Niigata where she focused on contemporary issues of economic and political governance. In addition, Ms. Dimovska was a Graduate Assistant with the Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts (PARC) at Syracuse University where she performed a comparative analysis of conflict patterns and the impact of multilateral peacekeeping operations in three West African countries. While pursuing her undergraduate degree, she gained extensive development program experience working with Religions for Peace International in New York, and interning at the Council on Foreign Relations, Action Against Hunger and The Trickle Up Program.