Rob Schneider is the Division Chief, Global Partnerships within USAID’s U.S. Global Development Lab, a new entity within USAID that brings together a diverse set of partners to discover, test, and scale breakthrough solutions to end of extreme poverty. Rob leads the Partnering to Accelerate Entrepreneurship (PACE) Initiative, which aims to catalyze private-sector investment into early-stage enterprises through identifying innovative models or approaches that help entrepreneurs bridge the pioneer gap – unlocking the potential of thousands of promising enterprises around the world.