Bethany Craig Email & Phone Number

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

I play the role of a pivotal leader responsible for orchestrating strategic planning, driving organization-wide transformation, and spearheading change initiatives. I lead cross-functional teams, ensure seamless transitions and contribute to cultivating a dynamic organizational culture that thrives on change.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

I support change readiness and organizational development efforts for Corus International. In my role I help to ensure organizational effectiveness and alignment, as well as a common understanding of strategic direction and culture.

Washington, Dc

I lead country program teams in the identification of strategic partners; guide jointly-developed strategic partnership plans; define metrics for impact; and aid in transitioning and exiting partnerships with success. I also advise teams on best practices and approaches to managing partnerships, capacity building, and providing organization development support.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

As part of a new team responsible for designing an all-new unit within American Red Cross International Services; I get to drive the development of innovative tools, resources, policy and trainings for current and future Recovery programs. In this role I seek out industry best practices to inform my work in the areas of Recovery operations, program design and management; partnerships; and technical intervention areas like shelter, WASH, livelihoods and others.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Responsible for supervising a team of program officers and program associates supporting the American Red Cross Haiti Assistance Program (HAP). Provided oversight and support for the HAP $40 million dollar annual program budget committed to recovery work in Haiti.

Responsible for a $38 million + portfolio of partnerships and programs supporting post-earthquake recovery programs in Haiti:Create small grants and capacity building programs for non-government and community based organizations. Develop and maintain partnership networks.Manage grant agreement compliance, accountabiilty, reporting requirements.Develop essential knowledge management tools and processes to maintain open and clear communication between partners and within the American Red Cross.

Developed Team Building initiative to enhance communication, program management processes, clarity on roles and responsibilities, and mentored four junior program staff.Designed a regional framework for resilience programs.Managed organizational development portfolio.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Managed organizational development portfolio with partner organizations in Asia, Middle East, and Europe.Designed global youth-focused small grants competition.Supported cross-regional learning for programs on resilience, youth, and health.Provided technical support to small grants initiatives in Latin America, Asia and Africa.

• Manage large federal and private-funded grants in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.• Coordinate technical and fundraising support for Child Survival, HIV/AIDS, and disaster management projects.• Lead evaluations and strategic planning processes for country programs.• Ensure project compliance with all donor and ARC policies and procedures.• Prepare project briefs for marketing and fundraising purposes.• Travel to region 20-30%.

Managed day to day office and program operations in American Red Cross Regional Office, based in Almaty Kazakhstan.Supervised nine program and administrative staff.

• Managed start-up Tsunami response team in charge of logistics, communications, and staffing.• Ensured effective and efficient project design, implementation, and administration of 50+ small grants. • Prepared contracts, terms of reference, and managed contractors for short-term consultancies.• Communicated with Office of Public Policy, Board of Governors, Fundraising departments to ensure advocacy activities in US reflected overseas priorities.• Identified cross-regional training and exposure visit opportunities for partner organizations and overseas staff.• Travel to region 30%.

• Spearheaded advocacy/policy working group.• Wrote LWR’s Advocacy Policy Paper in collaboration with the Office of Public Policy.• Developed and updated program policies and procedures for project management, and backstopping.• Backstopped 40+ community development projects in India, the Philippines, and the Middle East.• Assisted Regional Director in preparing and presenting project proposals for approval.

• Researched social, political, environmental, and economic trends in Latin America.• Collaborated on development of a Colombia Advocacy Strategy.• Translated documents and project proposals from Spanish to English.• Supervised data entry interns for project monitoring database.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Research, translation, resource center administrative support.

Washington, Dc

Research, translation, administrative support to small grants programs.

Santiago, Chile

Teaching English as a foreign language; business English training; translation of academic and technical documents; curriculum development.

Manchester, Vermont

Prepared and processed purchase orders to wholesale book sellers and major publishers.

Prague, Czech Republic

Taught English as a foreign language and provided editorial support for an art magazine in Prague, Czech Republic.

Certificate In Change Leadership, Management

Developed organizational awareness to identify opportunities for change, negotiate support, and mobilize people to act. Learned how.

Ma, Intercultural Communications

Developed advanced foreign language proficiency in Spanish, training and preparation for a career in intercultural environments in fields.

Ba, English/Creative Writing; Spanish

Liberal Arts

High School