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Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Working with our affordable housing partners to meet their energy efficiency and green building goals.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

I am responsible for supporting the Multifamily team and client partners to achieve various green ratings and certifications such as ENERGY STAR, LEED for Homes, National Green Building Standard and more.

Chapel Hill, Nc

- Supporting business development activities such as research and bid writing- Technical assistance on monitoring & evaluation projects

Lilongwe, Malawi

- Business development, project management and consulting in areas of REDD+, integrated land use planning, monitoring and evaluation, climate change adaptation and sustainable land management.- Setting up and managing LTSM Chitukuko Ltd in Malawi, including regional business development in Southern Africa.Countries of experience: Canada, Cameroon, Comoros, DR Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Tanzania, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia

Penicuik, Scotland

- joined LTS in 2010 while undertaking a dissertation research project that developed storyline scenarios for Malawi’s energy mix and determined the potential challenges of implementing a national REDD strategy in Malawi.- business development & project delivery in areas of REDD forest carbon projects, monitoring & evaluation, climate change adaptation, climate finance and forestry- project management for multiple projects, notably DFID M&E of Enhancing Community Resilience Programme (Malawi), World Bank Integrated Assessment of Land Use Options (Malawi), and UNDP Estimating Costing Elements of REDD+ in TanzaniaCountries of experience: Canada, Cameroon, Comoros, DR Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Tanzania, Uganda, United Kingdom

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Analysed carbon reporting data of over 600 brands through both CSR reports as well as Carbon Disclosure Project questionnaires

Bamako, Mali

- Organised workshops to incorporate climate change adaptation policies in their 5-year development plans- Organised a regional CDM Workshop for improved stoves with participants from 7 African countries- Designed and produced MFC Nyetaa’s 10-year anniversary report- Produced focused communication tools for each area of work (i.e. renewable energy, climate change, gender equality, local economic development)

- Produced communication materials for the Natural Resources & Energy Critic of the New Democratic Party- Assisted with Member’s constituent and critic-related correspondence (issues ranged from coal-bed methane drilling to sustainable fisheries)

Smithers, British Columbia

- produced an integrated Community Energy Plan for Burns Lake, BC- Engaged 16 municipalities - with a total population of 800,000 - in British Columbia to reduce their energy footprint through a CIDA-funded public engagement project called Energetic Olympics by incentivising action through healthy competition

Bamako, Mali

- Drafted a Communication Strategy for 5-year strategic plan- Produced communication material for ongoing projects such as posters, brochures, press releases and newsletters- Coordinated all communications-related activities during the organisation of the 2nd Annual National Environmental Forum in Bamako, Mali, where over 1,200 people, from every region of Mali, participated in the 3-day discussions and workshops

Conducted a study on Social and Private Rates of Return to Official Development Assistance in Education, Health, Infrastructure, Governance and Agriculture

Project Management Certificate

This course is aligned with A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, (PMBOK® Guide) - Fifth Edition. The course begins.

Msc Carbon Management, Climate Change, Carbon Management

Activities and Societies: Director of Communications Development - Carbon Management SocietyThe programme's intent is to bring together.

B, Com International Management