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New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

- Developed the strategy for The Rockefeller Foundation Opportunity Collective (ROC), which I now manage. This collective of 12 urban places across the US aims to reduce the racial wealth gap through investments to stabilize and grow Black and Latinx small businesses. Check out The ROC strategy at the link below. - Lead The Foundation's Equitable Vaccination Initiative in Houston, Texas where we are supporting dozens of community based organizations to reduce racial disparities in vaccination rates.

Greater New York City Area

- Led the U.S. based team responsible for providing technical assistance and evidence-based urban analysis using quantitative, qualitative, and spatial methods to a portfolio of cities in the Americas and Africa.- Provided technical assistance, supervised the development, and supported the implementation of multi sector Resilience Strategies in a portfolio of cities in the Americas. - Delivered early stage framing and problem definition for social programs and infrastructure investments; drafted and negotiated concept notes, contracts, and RFPs; and led technical pre-feasibility of projects.- Developed and maintained partnerships with city leaders, government staff, non-profit organizations, private businesses, and technical experts.- Responsible for managing and providing thought partnership on the organization’s solid waste management and circular economy portfolio.

Greater New York City Area

Within the Bureau of Recycling and Sustainability, I started as a key member of a team that designed, implemented, and evaluated a 2 year pilot food waste collection program. I was then promoted to develop and lead a new commercial recycling program for the Department. In this role, I assisted in drafting new rules and policies that impact over 400,000 businesses. I also designed a comprehensive outreach and education program to implement the new rules and policies. As part of this effort, I designed an evaluation process and continuously used this process to improve the efficiency of the program. I managed a team of outreach specialists and worked with other city agencies, business groups, elected officials, and private businesses in a resource constrained environment.

Greater New York City Area

Within the Bureau of Recycling and Sustainability in New York City's Department of Sanitation (DSNY), I spent the first year with DSNY building the process for recruiting, evaluating, and enrolling buildings with 10 or more units into the city's pilot Organics Collection Program. I was also responsible for interfacing with the public and elected officials at numerous community district meetings, town hall type settings, and panel discussions. As part of the 5 person Organics team, I was responsible for providing input on program policies and public outreach materials, collecting and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data, and planning future program expansions. In late 2014, I successfully transitioned my hi-rise recruitment and enrollment responsibilities to a colleague and began working on policy and analysis for DSNY's commercial programs.

As a bus rapid transit and electric vehicle intern, I assisted in researching for and preparation of city briefs, network documents, and global webinars. I also drafted organization key performance indicators (KPI) and Electric Vehicle Network Best Practices document. In addition, I participated in designing network strategies for reducing GHG emissions, and facilitate communications among 63 cities spread throughout the world.

New York City

Rubik, Albania

Master, Urban Planning

Bachelor Of Science, Regional Development