Managing a team of over 40 waterfront slum dwellers in a participatory mapping and planning project. Projects have included:+ GIZ - Recover Better Support Fund 2019-2023. Inequality Challenge and Extension 2018-2020. Led participatory mapping of marginalised informal settlements. Facilitated data-led advocacy response to government demolitions/forced evictions. Launched climate change/environmental workshops and research programme. Launched community-based data and digital storytelling platform. Designed immersive multimedia and mapping online platform. + Cadasta Foundation - Data Accelerator Grant Program. 2020-Present. Lead waterfront community rapid profiling programme. + Global Environmental Facility Small Grants Programme. Providing Demonstration Renewable Energy Alternatives in Okrika Waterfront. 2020-2021. Led climate adaptation and research/data collection capacity building programme. Facilitated community energy and services survey and analysis.+ NoVo Foundation - Radical Hope Fund: Chicoco Collective. 2018-2022. Led capacity building programme for community mapping/planning team. Facilitated public space participatory design. Launched citizen science air quality monitoring project. Developed technical cooperation task force with local government. Supported community-led media programmes.+ World Bank - Technical Assistance to Fecal Sludge Management Services in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. 2017. Adapted World Bank FSM data collection tools for Nigerian context. Trained and managed local data collection team. Contributed to the design of pilot FSM projects. + Cities Alliance - Catalytic Fund: Urban Futures: participatory youth mapping & urban planning initiative. 2016-2018. Delivered training programs, facilitated data collection fieldwork, created public cartographic/infographic displays, organized community/local government exchange workshops. Developed partnerships with civil society groups and government on sustainable and pro-poor development.

+International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)Development of training materials for ‘Nature-based Solutions for Adaptation – Working with Nature to Adapt to a Changing Climate’ programme. 2024. Developing presentations, interactive activities, and facilitator guidelines for NbS-A with sub-topics including equity and justice, EbA, protected areas, conflict sensitivity and ME&L.+Nature 4 Climate Coalition (N4C)Supporting the development of a position on nature-based approaches to adaptation by the Nature 4 Climate coalition (N4C). 2023. Developing a position paper and external messaging for N4C on nature-based approaches to adaptation with feedback from platform partners.+The Nature Conservancy (TNC)Equity and Justice in Nature-Based Approaches to Adaptation. 2023. Conducting research and case studies to identify guiding principles and enabling factors to achieve equitable adaptation through nature-based approaches. +Institute for International Urban Development (I2UD)Development of I2UD Digital Library (educational database of 40+ years of urban planning research and archival photo collection) and study guides. 2023-present. Proposal and grant development, drafting of curated study guides, development of online platform/user interface.+World BankMigrants, Markets and Mayors – Rising Above the Employment Challenge in Africa’s Secondary Cities. 2020-2021. Conducted literature review and drafted background report on internal migration in secondary cities in Africa from the local governance perspective. Co-authored policy document for local government authorities. Drafted local governance section in final report.

+ Lincoln Institute of Land Policy - Exploring the use of land value capture instruments for green resilient infrastructure benefits: a framework applied in Cali, Colombia. 2015-2016. Undertook feasibility assessment of potential land value capture instruments for nature-based interventions.+ USAID - Urban Resilience Climate Change Program, Planning for Climate Change Adaptation (CLIMA-Plan) in the Dominican Republic. 2015-2016. Developed case studies on increasing community participation in land use planning and climate adaptation. + World Bank - Sustainable Cities Program, Turkey. 2016. Drafted and edited City Diagnostic Reports and developed sustainability assessments.- Integrated Development Plan in Support of the Socio-Economic Integration of Former Burundian Refugees in Tanzania. 2015. Contributed to report summarizing priorities for socio-economic investments.+ Rockefeller FoundationCity Resilience Index Pilot Programme in Arusha, Tanzania. 2015. Project Manager. Managed a team of city officials to collect qualitative and quantitative information and facilitated a stakeholder workshops.+ UN-Habitat- Iraq National Urban Strategy. 2015-2016. Data and spatial analysis, drafted maps, prepared workshop materials, development of online platform.- Habitat III Regional Report for the Arab Region. 2015-2016. Co-author of report. Drafted climate change and the environment chapter.- Strengthening Urban & Regional Planning (SURP): UN-Habitat Capacity Building Project in KRG & Erbil Governorate, Iraq. 2015. Prepared case studies and trainings on municipal finance and historic preservation.- Consultancy on National Urban Policies in Arab States. 2015. Background research and co-authored case study on Egypt.+ City of Arusha, Tanzania - Arusha Urban Resilience Forum. 2015. Organized the Forum & facilitated the Forum proceedings & focus group discussions, provided studies on urban resilience.

Provided departmental support and assisted with new faculty hiring process. Assisted with current student and alumni review of the program and planning accreditation report. Provided support and development of NYC semester program.

Interviewed experts in the energy field. Researched and wrote policy focus report on resilient energy infrastructure in the New York City metro area.

Researched wetland restoration and wrote wetland monitoring report. Created several publications promoting the park and sustainability initiatives. Assisted with site tours.

Facilitated sustainable disaster recovery and promoted environmental sustainability at the community level in Greensburg, Kansas and Joplin, Missouri.Organized educational workshops, site tours, and presentations for professionals, local authorities, and visitors from around throughout the US and the world.Wrote publications and managed several websites, on green building and disaster recovery.

Researched and wrote several marketing and business plans, on both a product and sector scale. Identified trends in emerging markets and developed the company’s first marketing strategy.

Organized and lead solar energy workshops open to the campus and community. Initiated Bucknell’s first Wind Scholars program.

Developed green audit certification program. Wrote weekly blog entries. Wrote white paper on green retrofitting of commercial buildings, and created a consolidated sustainability protocol for a client.

Monitored and eradicated invasive plant species, monitored rare, threatened, endangered plants and worked with museum staff and scientists performing research on museum preserves.