Andrea Gosselin Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington D.C., Us

Strategic thought partner to the CEO, driving organizational alignment and accountability across Relief International’s global operations. I lead internal communications, ensuring consistency and clarity in messaging that supports our mission and strategy. I manage the development, implementation, and measurement of our 2023-2028 strategy, collaborating with senior leadership to ensure cross-functional coordination and accountability.

Washington D.C., Us

Served as Interim Co-Chief of Development and Communications. Led external communications efforts, overseeing donor engagement strategies and managing media relations to enhance organizational visibility.

Washington D.C., Us

Oversaw incident management and investigations, reporting, global assurance, safeguarding, enterprise risk management, and ethics and compliance program functions. Reported to the Audit and Risk Committee of the Board of Directors. Managed various internal and external compliance requirements, including the development and roll out of RI’s annual, mandatory Ethics training for all team members globally. Led cross functional Ethics and Compliance working group to ensure learning and improvement across stakeholders. Participated in the selection process of the full-time CECO and provided handover/onboarding.

Washington D.C., Us

Reported Directly to the General Counsel and worked closely with Interim CEO and Board Audit and Risk Committee to lead Ethics and Compliance Program transformation and improvement.

New York, Ny, Us

As a GLG Council Member, I provided expert insights and strategic guidance on international humanitarian and development issues to GLG’s network of clients, which includes investors, corporations, and nonprofits. Leveraging over 15 years of experience in global development, I contributed to high-level discussions on topics such as communications, ethics and compliance, strategy development, and program management. Through this role, I helped organizations navigate complex challenges in diverse and evolving environments.

BCDC is a nonprofit early childhood center providing quality care for children ages 4 months to 5 years with a 40 year history in Washington, DC. I joined the Board of Directors in January 2019 and was elected Chair in August 2019.

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Worked with the Executive Director and business development team members to assess business development and partnership opportunities.Led program design and proposal development processes.

-International humanitarian and development program design and management-Fundraising (grant writing, individual giving campaigns, and strategy)-Partnership development and management-Non-profit board development and management -Internal systems, management, and organizational strategy-Grant management, ethics and compliance, programmatic and operational investigations

Washington D.C., Us

Oversaw grant management and program quality of Relief International's Middle East portfolio, including IDP and refugee responses in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, and Yemen. Acted as Interim Regional Director and various Country Director positions.

Washington D.C., Us

Washington D.C., Us

Nablus, Ps

Acting Director/Deputy Director focused on TYO's operations and implementation, program and partnership development, digital strategy, communications, and fundraising.

Washington, Dc, Us

-Coordinated the global Farmer to Farmer program funded by USAID. Drafted program reports to the donor and reviewed, edited, and provided guidance to field offices on program documents.-Relationship Development and Management: Created, developed, and managed relationships with domestic and local partner organizations in order to facilitate program activities. Recruited and contracted in-country coordinators. Maintained close communication with and provided support to local contacts in diverse program locations.-Network Development: Developed and maintained positive relations with organizations that can strengthen recruiting and program activities.-Fielding of Volunteers: Recruited, briefed, coordinated logistics for, and debriefed volunteer consultants, whose qualifications best met the needs of program host organizations, identified through the collaborative development of assignment scopes of work by the hosts and CNFA.

-Supported the Creative Health Campaign, a health promotion program focused on children, youth, mothers, and families in Palestinian Refugee Camps throughout Lebanon.-Health Festivals: Contributed to the organization, planning and implementation of several intercommunity health festivals throughout Lebanon focusing on mother and child nutrition, healthy habits and anti-smoking with participation between 100-500 people.-Capacity Building Activities: Participated in the organization, planning and implementation of training sessions for health/education activists.-Digital Content Development: Wrote articles and announcements for the ANERA website about CHC events; photographed events and created accompanying photo essays using Adobe LightRoom software; contributed to the overall development and editing of the CHC website.-Production of Educational Materials: Collaborated on the creation of 14 coordinated anti-smoking productions (cards, games, posters, stickers, etc) including artwork and layout design; Pretested productions with sample end-users; Prepared packaging plan for the printing and distribution of total 500,000 materials to more than 30 organizations throughout Lebanon.

Washington, Dc, Us

-Proposal Development: contributed to agriculture development proposals submitted to multiple donor organizations [USAID, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation & Alliance for a Green Revolution Africa (AGRA)] in technical writing, research, editing, graphics, past performance and corporate capabilities, including lead writing and management roles on several winning proposals.-Communications: developed branding and marketing strategy; contributed to development of organization website; and created promotional materials and presentations.-Recruitment: recruited volunteers, paid consultants, and key staff candidates for new proposals and existing programs.-Program Backstopping: provided support to international programs, including: translation of documents (French/English), recruitment, and editing of periodic reports.-Program Launch: coordinated internal and external program communication; developed work plans, arranged travel and logistics; created scopes of work and job descriptions; translated program materials (French/English).-Administrative: managed reception; compiled meeting/briefing materials; designed logos and visual presentations.

-Managed English language programs at four public, primary schools, coordinating with school faculty and administration and instructing children (ages 8-11).-Developed and organized lesson plans that facilitated the mastery of basic language function, presented in simple, meaningful, motivating situations, with a cultural dimension when appropriate.

Ba, Linguistics And French

Ma, Middle Eastern Studies And International Education

Middle Eastern Studies & Arabic