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New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

*Led strategy, operations, culture, and monitoring, evaluation and learning projects in the areas of: - Climate, including solar energy, electric mobility, AgTech, and sustainable aviation - Innovation - Housing - Gender and racial justice - Blended finance - Development policy & finance - Integrity and anticorruption*Supported business development efforts*Mentored consulting teams

New York, New York, United States

*Led the transformation of IPPFWHR's new Partnership Strategy and Framework, managing different stakeholders.*Co-directed a newly formed unit of ~20 staff that combines IPPFWHR's programmatic and institutional work. *Continued providing support to the transformation of IPPFWHR's governance structures.

New York, New York, United States

• Led the transformation of IPPF/WHR’s governance and business models, negotiating with 24 partner organizations in a rapidly changing environment to ensure stakeholder buy-in.• Designed a strategy to strengthen partners’ resilience, improving their governance, management, and income generation models, resulting in a 20% decrease in partners facing high financial risks over 4 years.• Managed an annual $500,000 budget for capability building-sharing activities and administered a $1 million fund to provide flexible loans to partners implementing sustainability projects. • Coordinated the design and implementation of a COVID-19 relief package for partners in the Americas, creating criteria to allocate $1.5 million in grants and loans based on impact and need.• Supported a restructuring and change management process as a Senior Management Team member.

New York, New York, United States

• Developed and nurtured relations with the Boards and Executive Directors of 30 partner organizations, representing a combined annual income of over $130 million. • Advised the Board and the Regional Director on partner-related decisions, including investing in clinics infrastructure and joint ventures, mediating political crises, and initiating and terminating partnerships. • Led teams in charge of reviewing partners’ compliance with accreditation standards, assessing their strategies, governance structures, operations, quality of care practices, and programmatic work. • Supported the Regional Director in planning and coordinating governance meetings, including triannual Board of Directors meetings, and regional biennial conferences with over 100 participants.

Bogota,D.C., Capital District, Colombia

• Designed a strategy to replicate a Colombian foundation’s intervention model that has impacted over 350,000 teenage mothers in over a decade. The model was successfully replicated in Chile and Panama.• Designed a major real estate company’s sustainability strategy, whose annual income is $25 million. • Developed projects for more than 10 nonprofit, public, and private clients in Colombia, Panama, Honduras, and the U.S., focusing on improving strategies, business and operating models, and Boards’ performance.• Defined and coordinated the implementation of the firm’s knowledge management strategy.• Provided mentorship and support to project managers and consultants engaged in different projects.• As part of the management team, participated in the redefinition of the firm’s strategy, developed current and future client relations, advised on talent management decisions, and monitored financial indicators.

Bogota,D.C., Capital District, Colombia

• Coordinated the implementation of the Access to Justice national program for people living in extreme poverty in Colombia, via supervising the work of approximately 40 regional advisors.• Negotiated and drafted five cooperation agreements with public agencies to expand access to justice programs for families living in extreme poverty, with a focus on afro-Colombian and Indigenous communities.• Mapped access to justice barriers for vulnerable populations and launched a mobile justice unit program offering alternative dispute resolution sessions in more than 30 cities.

Bogota,D.C., Capital District, Colombia

• Researched the short- and long-term economic impact of potential post-conflict scenarios. • Coordinated the implementation of the national policy on cyber security and cyber defense.• Evaluated requests and recommended budget allocations totaling $25 million for the Ministry of Defense’s investment projects in 2012.

Greater New York City Area

• Researched on illicit financial flows, marine life resource crimes, trafficking in persons, and gangs in Latin America.• Elaborated presentations and outlined speeches for the Deputy Director.• Translated documents (English-Spanish-English).• Supported the organization of the publication launch of “The Criminal Response to Support Victims of Acts of Terrorism” at the United Nations Headquarters.

Bogota,D.C., Capital District, Colombia

• Evaluated U.S. cooperation programs to the Colombian Ministry of Defense, using quantitative and qualitative data; wrote reports for internal and external audiences.• Analyzed the financial sustainability of programs financed by the U.S. Government and developed a transition plan to transfer their financial responsibility to the Colombian government.• Drafted high level policy documents for the Vice-Minister of Defense.

Bogota,D.C., Capital District, Colombia

• Built daily financial reports to the Department of Public Credit.• Organized the Minister of Finance’s agenda and that of his delegation for the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) annual meeting held in Guatemala.• Documented the annual 18-K report to the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) in New York City.

Master In International Development Studies, Social Sciences

UvA Amsterdam Merit scholar. Graduated with honors (Cum Laude).

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Economics

Bachelor in Economics with minors in International Business and Languages.

Certificate, Social Programs Impact Evaluation, 85%

Online course through the edX platform taught by the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab J-PAL.

Certificate, The Challenges Of Global Poverty, 87%

Online course through the edX platform. Professors were Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee and Esther Duflo.

Advanced Course, Strategy And International Security