• Co-lead subcommittee of state-level anti-trafficking task force. Work with service providers and agencies across the state of Maryland, collaborating on efforts to provide housing solutions for survivors of human trafficking and promote trauma-informed best practices

• Teach Ethics and Human Trafficking course (online) focused on applied ethical decision-making through a trauma-informed, survivor-centered lens and multi-disciplinary approaches • Redesigned university’s course content to emphasize disparities and dynamics at the intersection of gender and race/ethnicity• Taught workshop on ethical advocacy, Ensure Justice Conference (March 2022)

• Oversaw operations and performance of nonprofit with offices in Baltimore and Washington, D.C., focused on empowering women ages 18 to 25 with experiences including gender-based violence (human trafficking, domestic violence, sexual exploitation), homelessness, substance use disorder, and poverty, through intensive case management, job readiness workshops, referrals, and street outreach• Guided day-to-day operations, including core program implementation, grants management, human resources, finances, technology, and facilities • Managed grants compliance for $1.4M in government and private grants• Audited program outputs and outcomes, developing strategies to increase measurable results for programs reaching 175+ individuals annually• Led human resources during expansion phase with 40% increase in staff size, including policies creation and clarification, hiring and transitions, regulatory compliance, and onboarding • Overhauled systems to improve results and interrupt cycle of high staff turnover• Oversaw office expansion and relocation, ensuring minimal disruptions in program delivery

• Guided program strategy for nonprofit serving child sex trafficking survivors and working to prevent the trafficking of youth vulnerable to exploitation• Led full-cycle grants process for federal, state, and city funding, including developing policies to ensure compliance with contractual guidelines • Audited program outcomes, developed strategies to increase measurable results• Overhauled data management through case management software and internal systems to ensure accurate reporting and improved program evaluation methods• Advised CEO on communication strategy during rebranding process, including doing-business-as name change, logo redesign, mission articulation, and website redesign• Organized and co-led training for Marriott Marquis (D.C.) hotel staff on identifying and responding to signs of human trafficking • Testified at Baltimore City Council investigational hearing on human trafficking• Led organization’s advocacy campaign to support successful passage of Maryland’s Safe Harbor law to ensure underage victims no longer face charges for related crimes (SB292/HB297)

• Directed all aspects of sheltering program for trafficking survivors providing 24/7 emergency and transitional housing, crisis response, intensive case management, and wrap-around referral services for survivors of sex trafficking and labor trafficking• Increased funding by $1.1M in grants and major donors; secured $750K grant funding in first year, including $500K U.S. DOJ Office for Victims of Crime grant • Led crisis management during COVID pandemic and increased number of clients served by 75% through expanded scattered-site services when similar programs were decreasing numbers • Improved success rate for clients: 50% increase in transitions from emergency placements to supportive transitional and long-term housing • Completed Roper Victim Assistance Academy of Maryland specialized 40-hour training in victimology, victim rights, and victim assistance• Presented (panel) at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center’s Human Trafficking Awareness Training for 46 federal, state, and local officers/agents from 23 agencies through the National Capital Region • Served on research panel for RAND Corporation/RTI International report, “The U.S. Criminal Justice System in the Pandemic Era and Beyond” (published 2021)

• Led grants process for global NGO with $4M in annual public and private revenue• Supported work in varied sectors: emergency relief and humanitarian aid, water and sanitation, health care and HIV/AIDS, women and girls empowerment, anti-human trafficking, holistic child development, and youth mentoring• Led collaborative process with local team in Liberia to develop theory of change, logic model, and evaluation plan for women’s economic empowerment initiative, reaching 200+ annually across three communities • Provided capacity-building support and technical assistance to enhance outcomes for local partners worldwide; key projects: Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh; community health in Papua New Guinea, Ghana, Kenya; HIV/AIDS in eSwatini; youth mentoring in the U.S.• Liaised with NGO partners to identify mutually beneficial opportunities to strengthen local project implementation

• Coordinated anti-human trafficking programs: red-light brothel drop-in center in India; child sex trafficking assessment center in the Philippines; mobile intervention clinic in Moldova; and post-trauma support in the Democratic Republic of the Congo • Created successful ongoing “Freedom Sunday” advocacy campaign through network in U.S. and 15 other countries, with 450+ groups participating; created curriculum with national organizations Stop the Traffik and Faith Alliance Against Slavery and Trafficking • Taught ethical advocacy workshop, Humanitarian Disaster Institute conference (Wheaton, IL, June 2018); served as panelist, Ensure Justice Conference (Costa Mesa, CA, March 2018); created and directed anti-trafficking track for global Compassion Conference (Bourbonnais, IL, July 2016); led community response workshop, Zamboanga City Human Trafficking Forum (Philippines, Dec. 2015); served as panelist, Freedom Summit (Orlando, July 2015); served as panelist, The Justice Conference (Chicago, June 2015)

• Created and led integrated communications and messaging strategy to advance mission of global relief and development organization with $9.9M revenue • Oversaw writing, editing, design, and video for print and digital channels: website (full redesign), social media, magazine, fundraising campaigns, marketing collateral, annual reports, direct marketing, and news releases • In Hungary, co-facilitated development of Syrian Refugee Crisis response plans with teams from Middle East and Central Europe; created advocacy campaign to raise $1.1M for projects• Wrote and photographed for magazine stories on location in Sierra Leone, Liberia, India, Bangladesh, and Mexico• Led communications training for NGO leaders in Africa region; collaborated with colleagues worldwide to convey impact and raise support for 50+ relief and development projects • Increased number of online gifts by 82% and total online giving by 63% • Increased direct mail net income by 37% and direct mail ROI by 124%• Increased Facebook followers by 207% and Twitter followers by 145%

• Led full life-cycle grants process for international NGO focused on reforestation, sustainable agriculture, and economic development in six countries; brought in 25% of $3M budget • Managed research, proposal development, and reporting for foundation grants and major donor projects ($758K, FY13) • Initiated improved cross-functional data management processes for more efficient reporting • Created messaging for white papers, annual reports, year-end campaigns; ; developed first organizational messaging style guide• Served as contract grant writer April - June 2012

• Wrote and edited donor-directed content: magazine articles, news releases, direct mail, website • Collaborated with colleagues worldwide to share their stories of community-based development

• Based out of Haiti; coordinated community development and disaster response plans in Caribbean region (10 countries), including child sponsorship and child development centers • Directed 2010 Haiti earthquake response ($4.5 million raised); hired and trained national staff and volunteers to implement projects: 30 post-trauma camps for 3,000 children; 3 food-security agriculture projects involving development of community farms in three areas; and distribution of $1 million in gifts-in-kind and food aid • Created and led the Haiti Water Project, which has provided access to safe water for an estimated 150,000 people and raised more than $1.5M to continue the work

• Recruited and led volunteer teams in Haiti; trained teams in cross-cultural competencies • Increased volunteers to Haiti by more than 50%, with teams bringing $11,000 average for projects

• Led editorial/design team to publish monthly magazine for young professionals, 50,000 circulation• Led redesign process for increase in advertising sales and improved audience appeal• Created and implemented training plans for new managing editor, copy editor, and interns

• Led as interim editor in chief, one year• Managed editorial/design team of monthly magazine for families, 335,000 circulation• Led process to redesign and reposition magazine to better target audience needs• Served on strategy team for women’s publishing, which was top sales performer for $450M revenue company