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Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Implement a growing portfolio food security and market systems development projects• Support grants, budgeting, strategic planning and reporting for the $13,500,000 Feed the Future Rwanda Orora Wihaze (OW) Activity • Manage integration of market systems principles in designing, tracking, and managing of co-investments partnership to disburse OW’s $1,620,000 Market innovation fund in compliance with USAID Regulations• Guide close out of Feed the Future Resilient Agricultural Market Activities – Beira Corridor • Backstop USDA Food for Progress Georgia Safety and Quality Investment in Livestock (SQIL) project• Supervise and mentor Program Specialists as they grow with Land O’Lakes Venture37• Facilitate the development of grant manuals and Market Systems Development processes for new contracts

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Led grants support, work planning for the Feed the Future Rwanda Orora Wihaze Activity to increase access to and consumption of nutritious animal sourced foods• Collaborated with Orora Wihaze’s Chief of Party to manage subcontractor relationship with Catholic Relief Services, MarketShare Associates and The Manoff Group• Backstopped Lebanon Investment in Quality (LINQ) in-country staff to increases the competitiveness of value-added agribusinesses through access to new markets, productivity and quality improvement and product innovation.• Successful closed LINQ and submitted all required documentation to USAID despite national economic collapse• Supported new business develop proposals for USAID’s Feed the Future Initiative, and USDA Food For Progress• Designed and piloted the first training course on Venture37 digital training platform, KAYA

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

• Managed the Small Grants Program for the $30,000,000 USAID-funded IDEAL Activity• Planned, drafted and released 4 Requests for Application with the goal of addressing priority food security knowledge and capacity gaps leading to $2,200,000 in committed subawards• Partnered with technical experts across the food security and agriculture community to fully vet project applications, monitor activity implementation, provide technical assistance and disseminate project results• Designed and implemented small grant program strategies and workplans alongside the IDEAL Director and Deputy Director• Collaborated with Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance to align small grant activities with USAID strategy and global awards portfolio
• Supervised and mentored the Small Grants Senior Coordinator• Supported the IDEAL activity start-up, Theory of Change development and working planning• Championed the development and roll out of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform for the IDEAL Activity

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Oversee VA’s operations in Africa reaching over 14,000,000 children and mothers with micronutrients • Develop, track, and manage an annual budget of more than $1,000,000 for Africa specific projects• Coordinate technical assistance, vetting and data management for a portfolio of vitamin grants across 22 countries• Hire, train and backstop six long-term consultants based in Nigeria, DR Congo, Uganda & South Africa• Supervise and mentor a Program Manager as she expands operations in South Africa and collects marketing content• Manage GIK donations and logistics for a $3 million Global Affairs Canada project, Every Child Thrives, to reduce vitamin A deficiency and Neglected Tropical Disease prevalence in Kenya & Cote d’Ivoire• Maintain an international travel schedule to maintain sustainable partnerships with local stakeholders and ensure projects meet required technical and financial guidelines• Collaborate within Vitamin Angels organization to draw in the right expertise at the right time to support work in Africa (e.g., Accounting, Logistics, Learning Solutions, HR, and Marketing)• Supported the collection and quantitative analysis of constituent feedback to direct organizational strategy •Member of Infant and Young Child Feeding Task Force to expand organizational capacity for nutritional counseling and breastfeeding promotion

Santa Barbara, California Area

• Manage Vitamin Angels' grants for 50 NGOs in 19 countries throughout Africa• Oversee relationship with large US development partners including Food for the Hungry and AmeriCares• Supported the business development team to engage retail donors (Walgreen, Vitamin Shoppe) in cause marketing• Developed and evaluated programs in Nigeria and Uganda that grew from 100,000 to 3,500,000 beneficiaries in two years• Collaborate with a team to oversee the shipping, import and temporary storage of vitamins in four contract warehouses across Africa• Directed recruiting, training, management of bi-annual Programs Internship to support Vitamin Angels programmatic goals•Travel regularly to Africa for meetings with NGOs receiving Vitamin A and multivitamins grant to strengthen partnership and improve local coordination• Represented Vitamin Angels at international conferences, government meetings, and corporate fundraising events

Santa Barbara, California Area

• Researched, analyzed and approved NGOs applying for micro-nutrient grants in Southern Asia• Strengthened standard operating procedures to ensure the quality of all NGO partnerships• Supported the development and integration of Salesforce database into Vitamin Angel grant management framework

Cambridge, Mass

• Served as research assistant for MSH mHealth working group researching mHealth tools and communities of practice • Collected qualitative data through staff interviews and conducted SWOT analysis for mHealth strategy development• Drafted flyers and meeting records for mHealth knowledge exchange

Kisumu, Kenya

-Designed individual baseline surveys, registration forms and women’s group constitution templates-Formally created two women’s livelihood groups to receive micro-loans and education for agribusiness start up-Composed a successful grant to Vitamin Angels for 16,000 Vitamin A supplements & 32,000 Multivitamins-Performed basic health examinations of malnourished children under 5 at weekly clinics

Kimana, Kenya

• Conducted bilingual quantitative and qualitative research to measure water use, quality, and access• Interviewed community stakeholders within the Maasai Tribe and led multiple focus group discussions on the community’s perception of their current water situation• Analyzed community water use survey data using CSPro and EpiInfo• Presented findings to over 200 Kimana community stakeholders in bilingual presentation

State College, Pennsylvania Area

• Provided administrative support and MRI analyses to pilot supplementation study which brought in funding• Researched, collated, scanned all available publications on Iron Deficiency as part of a literature review

Mph, Public Health

Activities and Societies: President of Boston University School of Public Health Student Senate-Merit Scholar -Santander Award Recipient.

Bs, Nutritional Science

Activities and Societies: Healthworks, Student Nutrition Association, Kappa Omicron Nu National Honors Society, Penn State Dance Marathon.