Alan Saunders Email & Phone Number

STRENGTHSSolid directorial and managerial skills with track record of encouraging and empowering staff to get projects doneGoal-orientedExcellent administrative skills and abilitiesExcellent presentation skills/public speaking Extensive experience with non-profit and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), government agencies, and community-based organizations Publications production experience, including books, reports, brochures, and character development and communication skills curriculaExperience working with teachers, administrators, university students, community and business leadersOBJECTIVESTo use my project management, administrative, presentation and publications skills to assist non-profit organizations, educational institutions and schools, and businesses in attaining their goals

• Supervised the executive committee and the two sub-committees on HIV/AIDS. Worked with committee members to plan, organize and strategize for meetings, conferences and briefings at the UN with organizations such as UNAIDS, UNDP and ambassadors to the UN• Facilitated the advocacy sub-committee which is working on a project to bring low-cost medicine and inexpensive anti-retroviral treatment to HIV/AIDS patients in developing countries, especially in Africa • Attended the CoNGO Board Meeting in Thailand in February, 2009 and gave a report from the NGO committee on HIV/AIDs to the board members• Represented the CoNGO chairs from the New York region on the International Steering Committee which planned the Civil Society Development Forum which was convened in Geneva in July and was conducted in NYC in October, 2009

• Trained teachers, student leaders and students in an urban extra-curricular program• Developed and implemented presentations for middle and high school students with an emphasis on character-based sexuality education and relationship skills building• Conducted workshops and presentations for parents, teachers, administrators, university students, peer leaders and community leaders in Paterson and Jersey City, working primarily with Latino and African American community leaders

Managed every aspect of the New York office; organized and ran international conferences, assisted in production phase of publications and PowerPoint presentations; secured a contract with the Character Development Group to publish the IEF-generated textbook Cultivating Heart and Character, Educating for Life’s Most Essential Goals; served as campus liaison.

Bachelors Of Science, Sociology And Education

Sociology, character education, training

Bachelors In Science, Sociology

Activities and Societies: I worked extensively with service learning organizations at SUNY Albany Conducted teacher training workshops.