Allison Kaika Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Manage and support teams to provide impactful strategic content and advising services that address client needs ranging from the areas of strategic planning to community collaborative development, community engagement processes and structures, insight and recommendation generation, and more.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Built a strategic learning and measurement plan for a large foundation team focused on equitable food systems change, including a theory of change, strategic learning questions, measures, and a learning plan• Wrote a community behavioral health needs assessment, identifying key healthcare gaps in Jackson Hole, Wyoming through interviews, focus groups, and survey design and analysis of 1,000+ respondents for a community-based foundation • Streamlined a behavioral health shared measurement framework to embody data collection best practices implemented by a collaborative of 5 mountain ski town communities, including survey revisions and secondary data collection

- Completed a contract to execute 17 rural county profiles aggregating USDA NASS data to display longitudinal trends of land tenure by race and ethnicity, along with change in land use and agricultural sales over time- Contributed to the drafting, editing, and delivery of weekly communications content to a wide range of community based members utilizing the Constant Contact platform- Researched, wrote memos, and drafted comments on pertinent agricultural, rural, and equity centered issues facing the Rural Coalition membership

Edinburg, Texas

• Developed grant proposals for rural, agricultural business owners and performed due diligence to support, analyze, and assist in the review of companies’ annual operating budgets, forecasted costs, and policy implications• Analyzed market data to identify trends, draw conclusions, develop recommendations and help drive data-driven decision-making for clients’ potential business concepts

Served as cooperative facilitator for a start-up farmer cooperativeDesigned and conducted a survey of over 450 residents on food buying habits and civic engagement levels; built statistical models to examine relationships; writing a journal article for publicationManaged a group of 8 research associates to call and administer a survey in Spanish and English

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Conceptualized and implemented the production and distribution of a variety of written products such as reports, issue briefs, presentations, and blogs that advance equitable farm policy • Conducted qualitative research and analyses of statutory, regulatory, and other policy documents• Monitored daily legislative, regulatory, corporate, and other policy developments in assigned areas

Edinburg, Texas, United States

• Synthesized diverse information gathered from senior management and end users to develop and design annual reports of center activities to present to funders, resulting in Center receiving funding for proceeding year • Created a process to quantify the Center’s social impact by coordinating with staff to determine social goals and develop a tracking system to mitigate negative impacts and identify opportunities to enhance community benefits

Greater Boston Area

-Interviewed members of the US Food Sovereignty Alliance and wrote a participatory history document accounting the founding and growth of the organization for publication

Greater Boston Area

- Wrote blogs on international justice issues concerning the right to food, land and water- Performed background research on funding opportunities for development staff

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Coordinated across Coalition membership to design a survey gauging member priorities and assembled a revitalized goal-oriented policy approach for Fall 2017• Conducted in-depth legal, policy and legislative research and analysis and developed policy recommendations• Wrote and edited submitted testimony and comments on federal agriculture policy and led farmers and interest groups to meet with legislators and discuss policy issues

Chestnut Hill, Ma

• Gathered and analyzed ecological and sociological data from cranberry bogs to measure the social and environmental impact of climate change; generated statistical reports on weed and insect species, abundance, and diversity, and reviewed relevant scientific literature, and generated visual materials to represent results

Agricultural, Environmental And Sustainability Sciences Masters

Activities and Societies: National Needs Fellow sponsored by the USDADesigned and conducted a survey of over 450 residents on food buying.

Environmental Studies (Ba), Food And Water Systems

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, Order of the Cross and Crown, Scholar of the College, President Real Food.

Study Abroad, Rethinking Food Security

Activities and Societies:Studied and conducted independent research in Tanzania, India, and Italy regarding food production, distribution.