Aida Falan has worked as a Project Manager for Education Development Center for over seven years. She has managed five different projects, overseeing all office operations, budgets, financial reporting, and project close-out activities. Aida also conducted technical activities like market analyses and worked with monitoring and evaluation. The letter writer praises Aida's intelligence, strong interpersonal skills, ability to grasp complex situations quickly, and provide excellent project management even under challenging circumstances. The letter writer highly recommends Aida for any project management position.

1. Education Development Center, Inc. 55 Chapel Street Newton, MA 02458-1060
617-969-7100
March 1, 2014
To Whom It May Concern:
It is with the greatest pleasure that I write this letter of reference for Aida Falan. Aida has
worked with EDC as Project Manager for over seven years (2007 – 2014). She has been a truly
outstanding team member and leader. From the outset, she fully understood our projects’
innovative approach and helped to ensure that our local partners understood and supported the
project activities. She proved to be extremely entrepreneurial, creative, insightful and effective as
Project Manager, skillfully handling multiple projects. It is clear that her colleagues on project
teams, both on the ground and in the Home Office, hold her in extremely high regard.
As Project Manager, Aida held a leadership position on five different projects. Her
responsibilities include:
• Managing all office operations
• Overseeing project financial management and reports
• Working with Project Directors to develop and oversee project budgets
• Ensuring that financial and administrative requirements and deliverables are completed
with high quality in a timely manner
• Working with Project Directors to oversee and conduct project close-out activities
• Working with Project Directors and project staff to manage international and local
subcontractors
• Interfacing with the Home Office to ensure clear communications and complete
information are provided effectively and efficiently
In addition to these responsibilities, Aida worked with Project Business Development staff to
conduct technical activities, including involvement in market analyses of target sectors, working
with monitoring and evaluation activities to ensure activities meet project goals and objectives,
and interfacing with small business owners that partnered with the projects.
Aida’s intelligence, strong interpersonal skills and ability to grasp of complex situations quickly
enable her to provide superb project management even under very challenging circumstances.
She rapidly incorporates new information and has the ability to develop effective, comprehensive
yet practical approaches to managing complex projects. She is an exceptional problem solver,
able to address difficulties with a combination of rational problem-solving and skillful
interpersonal techniques.
Aida is one of the rare individuals who can skillfully manage both the financial and the
interpersonal side of project activities. She is excellent in managing international and local

2. Education Development Center, Inc. 55 Chapel Street Newton, MA 02458-1060
617-969-7100
staff, as well as consultants, and is also able to help establish strong work relationships with
counterparts and local partners. She assesses people’s skills well and makes excellent staffing
judgments. Her management style provides effective leadership, helping to foster teamwork and
a team spirit. She is also a very hard worker, providing a valuable model for other project staff.
It is also important to mention Aida’s integrity. She is an extremely honorable individual. She
will, I am certain, bring top-notch skills and experience as well as personal honesty and good
judgment to any project and organization. Finally, it is important to say that Aida is a complete
pleasure to work with. She has a wonderful sense of humor, is generous with her colleagues and
direct reports, has an extremely positive outlook, and listens to the opinions of others with
respect even when their views differ sharply from her own. There is no one I would feel more
confident in hiring or recommending than Aida for any project management position.
Should you have any questions or need further information, please do not hesitate to contact me
(phone: 617-618-2620; email: jbrodman@edc.org).
Very truly yours,
Janice Brodman, Ph.D.
Director
Center for Innovative Technologies