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Tokyo, Jp

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Amman, Jordan

Strengthening Governance Structures in Syria (SGS)• Managed startup for Blumont’s USD 45 million governance contract with a donor consortium of DfID, the European Union, and the Canadian government; represented Blumont at stakeholder meetings in Turkey and Jordan; established two regional offices, hired over 30 personnel, and produced operational manuals.• Conducted technical assessments for 13 Syrian communities across four conflict-affected provinces, highlighting demographics, key events, government officials, and the presence of displaced persons and malign actors. The assessments shaped engagement criteria, including community profiling, risk assessments, town hall meetings, and processes for selecting small grants programming. • Oversaw Blumont’s small grants portfolio, allocating USD 7 million to Syria in the first half of 2018 for infrastructure, essential services, good governance, economic recovery, emergency response, income generation, women’s empowerment, youth, and supporting people with disabilities.• Established a memorandum of understanding between DfID and USAID to share data and resources between Blumont’s Syria projects to improve project efficiency and reduce donor fatigue in Syria.• Managed procurement, finance, human resources, information technology, logistics, and subcontracts for four major partners. Negotiated and co-managed the financial pipeline and cost-sharing agreements of Blumont’s Jordan office for 350 staff working for 10 donors across 26 projects.

South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda

Systems to Uphold the Credibility and Constitutionality of Elections in South 300 days; 40 hrs/week Sudan (SUCCESS)• Appointed as Acting Chief of Party of the USD 75 million project after violence in South Sudan forced staff to evacuate to Kenya in July 2016; remained in this role for 270 days of a 300-day contract.• Moved the remaining staff from Kenya to Uganda, reestablished the project in Uganda, instituting safety protocols and programmatic procedures to track staff and project resources; provided psychosocial support to 52 local staff who experienced acute war traumas.• Communicated detailed instructions on resuming the project through remote implementation, budget management, compliance, and monitoring and evaluation. Accounted for all project funds and resources displaced by the evacuation and reestablished all operational and programmatic procedures compliant with Democracy International and USAID policies. • Safely returned 70 expatriates and local nationals to South Sudan nine months after the evacuation.

Kabul, Afghanistan

Community Cohesion Initiative (CCI)• Managed OTI’s USD 161 million Task Order with Creative Associates to implement and evaluate activities in 19 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces on an ongoing basis to determine individual project outcomes and impacts.• Directed the development and implementation of 700 stabilization and transition activities tailored to address U.S. foreign policy priorities, including USD 4.5 million in programming for Afghanistan’s 2014 parliamentary and presidential elections. • Supervised and mentored two expatriate staff and provided guidance to Creative’s staff of 220 expatriate and local nationals.• Negotiated with USAID to ensure that USD 25 million in programming for OTI’s partners received federal vetting clearances from the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.• Served as acting Country Representative for four months, coordinating the work of four implementing partners with USAID’s mission directives and the U.S. Department of State’s foreign policy objectives.• Provided strategic direction to Creative’s COP to conduct regional performance assessments, reallocate .resources, and set regular benchmark goals for CCI. Successfully improved organizational performance and the completion of contractual responsibilities within original timeframe.

Kabul, Afghanistan

Community Cohesion Initiative (CCI)• Established the verification methodologies and case study parameters for CCI’s Independent Monitoring Unit (IMU) for evaluating the outputs and impact of over 150 activities for CCI and USAID Afghanistan. • Oversaw the production of all communication products such as success stories for USAID’s Development Outreach and Communications office in promoting its work to Congress and on USAID’s website.• Liaised with USAID Mission Director and Deputy Mission Directors, summarizing project updates, raising issues for action, and attending classified briefings on in-country developments.

Gaziantep, Turkey

Syria Regional Option (SRO)• Supervised a team of five responsible for SRO’s field presence, including grants, procurement, human resources, inventory, communications, IT, and security procedures for all SRO properties. • Secured export licenses from the U.S. Department of Commerce for all products designated for beneficiaries in Syria subject to Export Administration Regulations. • Administered the USD 1.5 million project pipeline and cash flow management, monitored obligations and disbursements, and ensured compliance with all financial reporting requirements.• Executed a comprehensive closedown process and transferred all resources to OTI’s follow-on partner.

Tunis, Tunisia

Tunisia Transition Initiative (TTI)• Recruit and train grants and procurement managers to build democratic resiliencies through the provision ofmaterial and technical support to civil society institutions pursuing citizen-led reforms.• Establish new programmatic standards to improve synchronized management of activity design and implementation efforts across seven areas of operation.• Address the backlog of activities by coordinating implementation with grantees and subcontractors.

Jalalabad, Afghanistan

Afghanistan Stabilization Initiative (ASI)• Recruited, trained, deployed, and managed nine District Development Teams responsible for implementing activities, and to maintain situational awareness of social, political, environmental, and kinetic events. • Designed, implemented, and managed a 150-project portfolio of procurements, in-kind, and fixed-obligation grants addressing sources of instability affecting district government entities.• Established procedures for implementing grants with community consent, ensured QA/QC of grant outputs, evaluated accuracy of field reports, documentation, and contributed to M&E methodologies.• Regularly served as Deputy Chief of Party managing a staff of 180 expatriates and host country nationals. Advised Chief of Party on changes to current political, legal, and mediation efforts in Kunar Province, and coordinated with regional U.S. Government entities.• Contributed to the closedown of ASI’s regional and main offices, including activity closeouts, inventory processing, staff drawdown, and facility closures.

Kabul, Afghanistan

Afghanistan Stabilization Initiative (ASI)• Wrote USD 3 million in small grants ranging from training sessions for government officials to large-scale infrastructure projects on behalf of Field Directors across five Afghan provinces.• Streamlined ASI’s grants production, provided guidance to Grants Managers and Field Directors to ensure standardized high-quality proposals resulting in a 95%+ donor approval of projects for grant funding. • Backstopped for Field Directors and assumed responsibility for all aspects of grant portfolios from design through implementation and close-out.

Chiang Mai, Thailand

• Founded the department with the creation of three capacity building and service-learning programs designed for migrants, refugees, persons with disabilities, university students, and future leaders of Burma’s civil society. Doubled the size of the department by writing a USD 110 thousand proposal funded by Open Society Foundation, allowing for a redesigned project that operated more effectively at transferring knowledge between institutions. • Established a network of universities and civil society organizations to cultivate opportunities for internships, empirical research, volunteerism, and institutional staff exchanges.• Designed all mechanisms for departmental programs, including funding proposals and reports; timelines and applications; candidate selection processes; travel logistics for participants; and achievement assessments.

Bethesda, Md

• Researched, compiled, and analyzed statistics on Nielson’s Designated Market Areas for all Congressional and Gubernatorial races to provide executives with resources for reviewing campaign spending.• Implemented statistical models to generate performance and financial forecasts for company executives to prepare strategies for national election cycles.• Purchased political advertising time on designated cable television systems and worked to ensure proper receipt and execution of ads.

Washington, D.C.

• Scheduled high-profile specialists from the national media, think tanks, advocacy groups, pollsters, campaign consultants, and politicians to provide election insights through a combination of lectures, site-visits, tours, and special events for “Inside Washington ’08”, a two-week seminar for 250 U.S. and international college students focusing on the 2008 Presidential elections.• Maintained partnerships with 30 university presidents and department liaisons for all Campaign 2008 seminars for faculty and student participants, including Inside Washington ’08, The Democratic National Convention, The Republican National Convention, and The Presidential Inauguration.

Silver Spring, Md

• Drafted speeches and press releases for print, radio, and television advertisements for corporate and non-profit clients, as well as Presidential, Gubernatorial and regional campaigns during the 2004 election cycle.• Responsible for client event promotions, monitored media coverage, and organized production logistics of radio, television, and printed ad campaigns.• Managed general accounting for client billing, payables, deposits, budget reporting, and projections.