B. Keith Cole Email & Phone Number

Bryan, Tx, Us

Bryan, Texas, United States

SATO, a part of LIXIL, is an award-winning social business that has positively impacted the lives of more than 35 million people across 44 countries. Our purpose is simple: to empower people everywhere to live a better life, every day, and to enjoy a brighter future through innovative sanitation and hygiene solutions. We are proud of our impact and continue to work hard to deliver the overall goal LIXIL has set of improving sanitation and hygiene for 100 million consumers by 2025 as we contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal SDG6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.

College Station, Tx

As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, leads the new business development group in collaboration with the Institute’s Regional Directors, internal stakeholders, and external partners to expand and diversify the Institute’s donor, project, and partner portfolio. Donors include USAID, USDA FAS and NIFA, Millennium Challenge Corporation, UN FAO, UN IFAD, multilateral banks, foreign governments, and foundations. Serves as a key member to develop and implement the Borlaug Institute’s strategic plan. Achievements (select):• Successfully developed the Borlaug Institute’s first multi-donor proposal ($5M) with the International Fund for Agricultural Development of the United Nations.• Served as Acting Deputy Director from September 2021 through May 2022 during temporary leadership change. • Named Texas A&M AgriLife’s Liaison to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 2021.• Expanded the Borlaug Institute’s existing network of partners by cultivating and managing new relationships.• Managed the overall proposal process resulting in a unique USAID Global Development Alliance (GDA) partnership with over 50 private sector coffee companies to improve coffee production in 9 Latin American/Caribbean countries: "USAID/BFS Revitalizing the Central American Coffee Sector"​ ($4.9M) 2014-2018.• Prepared the entire cost-proposal and managed the submission process resulting in the single largest award to the Institute to date: "USAID/BFS Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation" ($12.4M) 2013-2018.

College Station, Tx

Held overall responsibility for managing the Institute’s operations, both at home and abroad. Forecasted, developed, and managed the Institute’s annual $1 million+ core operational budget. Responsible for financial and contractual oversight and compliance of one of the largest university-based international agricultural development portfolios. Directly developed or supervised cost proposals. Donors included USAID, USDA, DOD, DOS, DoED, UN FAO, multilateral banks, foreign governments, and foundations. Led, trained, and managed Business Operations staff to continually improve business processes. Developed new policies and procedures in partnership with Texas A&M’s offices of Sponsored Research Services, Fiscal Management, General Counsel, Human Resources and Payroll, Purchasing, and Risk Management. Established field offices, conducted on-site administrative and financial reviews, and assisted with project close out. Achievements (select):• Successfully managed a dramatically increasing international development project portfolio value (400% increase) despite only a minor increase in home office support and backstopping resources without having any material audit findings.• Relocated to Jalalabad, Afghanistan on short notice to serve as Afghanistan Acting Country Director from December 2011 through April 2012. Successfully managed construction of the Dr. Wakil Abdul College of Agriculture building at the University of Nangarhar funded by the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, as well as developed agribusiness plans funded by the U.S. Department of Defense Task Force for Business and Stability Operations (DOD TFBSO). Remotely supervised team responsible for construction of the College of Agriculture building at the University of Herat funded by the DOD-TFBSO, as well as establishment of a Herat-based women's food processing center and a center-pivot irrigation site, both funded by the Howard G. Buffett Foundation.

College Station, Tx

Created new financial management procedures and processes to manage international projects where none had existed before. Responsible for cost proposal development. Donors included USAID, USDA, DOS, UN FAO, and foreign governments. Managed all international project financial operations, accounts, donor reporting, and compliance. Assisted with international project backstopping. Achievements (select):• Created and established standardized budgeting and financial reporting procedures for field offices where none had existed previously and provided subsequent training, all of which became the basis for the Institute’s current continually improving financial management process.• Led the entire proposal effort resulting in the first USDA/FAS Food for Progress grant ever awarded to a U.S. university: "USDA/FAS Guatemala Food for Progress Program" ($3.4M) 2005-2009.

Created and managed regular communication and services for more than 1,500 alumni worldwide. Helped stage four successful fund raising dinner and award programs netting over half a million dollars in revenue. Executed special events, educational opportunities, and outreach programs for alumni and business leaders. Provided program support for the Center for China-U.S. Cooperation and the Center for Middle East Studies. Assisted in the identification, cultivation, and solicitation of key prospects for annual and major gifts. Coordinated all media relations efforts. Served as primary liaison with the Office of the Governor (Colorado), Office of the Mayor (Denver), and the local Consular Corps.Achievements (select):• Reestablished an alumni relations program that earlier had ceased to exist in any formal, structured sense.• Asked to step in and successfully served as the emergency, last-minute emcee of the Josef Korbel Fundraising Dinner and Awards Ceremony in 2001.

Ms – Management (Customized Mba), (International Management)

Activities and Societies: President - Graduate Student Associations Council Vice-President - Graduate Student Associations Council.

Ma - International And Intercultural Communication, (International Development)

Activities and Societies: President - Graduate Student Associations Council Vice-President - Graduate Student Associations Council.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), English Literature. Minors In Both Marketing And Speech Communication

Activities and Societies: Fish Camp, International Marketing Association, Student Conference on National Affairs (SCONA), T-Camp.