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King County, Washington, United States

I work on planning, monitoring and evaluatoin of the capital improvement program at King County International Airport.

As the Public Administration intern with King County International Airport's Capital Improvement Program team I worked with a diverse team to plan, implement and monitor capital projects.Authored the capital project manual update which incorporated King County requirements and project management institute best practices.Led a series of workshops to define requirements for the project management resources (flexible excel spreadsheets) and reporting documents to accompany the updated manual.Conducted a program evaluation of the community engagement strategy.Provided analysis of the capital portfolio using custom software (PRISM), Excel, R, and Power BI.Analyzed Census data to support community impact study and engagment strategy decision making.

Seattle, Washington, United States

As the Stratigic Recruiter I work with the network of career advisors at University of Washington to provide tailored information sessions about the United States Peace Corps. Additionally, I work with external stakeholders to organize volunteer service panel discussions for University of Washington students.

Carnation Washington

Orenda winery was a wonderful opportunity to help friends start a new buisness. I organized the "crush" season logistics: picking up grapes from our vineyards in Eastern Washington, prepping the equipment and processing grapes for fermentation. I also worked with the bees we kept on site. The less glamorous work included setting up the accounting systems and other standard buisness operations.

Moshi, Tanzania

As the General Manager I plan and direct all aspects of the 5 program areas and administration, ensuring that the day-to-day operations create a productive work environment for volunteers and staff. I develop long-range project plans, goals, objectives and work with the team to evaluate the effectiveness of programs.Our 5 program areas are• Women’s Empowerment • Health• Access to Water• Environment and Conservation• EducationAdditionally, I lead the income generating Tatu Adventures responsible tourism program, the Fundraising and Communication department and the Research and Development department.

The Gambia, West Africa

As the Operations Director I manage the administrative and technical staff as we deliver grant funded agricultural development projects across West Africa. I oversee administrative systems including monitoring and evaluation, accounts and maintaining capital resources. I have also developed local governance and management systems to increase autonomy of the local subsidiary charity and minimize reliance on overseas grant funding.To achieve local autonomy, I created a bee product supply network across Gambia, Senegal, Guinea Bissau, and Guinea Conakry. This supply network is bundled into our Market Support Programme that includes the purchasing, bottling, and sales of 3,000 liters of honey annually to the local and tourist markets. This Market Support Programme is run as an independent social business that aims to support local farmers and provide income for the charity.Additionally, I worked with the staff to guarantee their safety during the disputed presidential election of 2016. This included temporarily winding down operations, hiring guards and securing capital investments. By taking these measures, the local staff could be with their families in dangerous and uncertain times.

The Gambia, West Africa

As the Development Manager, I created and secured funding for sustainable agriculture projects. The project centers on promotion of pollinators, integrated agriculture and the empowerment of village beekeepers. I wrote and managed ten grants from USAID, the European Union, the Global Environment Facility and other sources. These grants provided training for 857 beekeepers across four countries and 120 villages over a three year period.I developed and trained nine staff on new curricula to incorporate biodiversity and increased agricultural yield into beekeeping education.

Greater Chicago Area

As the manager of youth sailing, I created and managed a variety of camps, activities, curricula and outreach programs. This work increased the number of patrons by adding a variety of classes and opening activities in new areas of the city. I oversaw the conduct, development and lesson plans of instructors. Additionally, I worked with the "After School Matters" program to train high school students in seamanship, class management and lesson planning to prepare them for internships with the Park District and careers in the maritime industry.

Department Of Rural Water Supply, Government Of The Gambia

As Project Implementation Specialist I was posted with the Department of Rural Water Supply to work on diverse aspects of water resources management. I worked directly with the head of Rural Water Supply, the Deputy Director and the Director of Water Resources.My work included assessing the needs of communities across the Gambia and assign them to various rural water supply and sanitation projects that provided new “improved water sources” for beneficiary communities. This process included meeting with representatives from the communities, making field visits to assess populations and working with project managers to correctly identify the intended beneficiary population for each project. I developed grants ranging in scale from 25+ village rural water supply and sanitation projects to smaller grants focusing on the collection of water quality data in the urban centers. Technical field based work included advising contractors on borehole drilling locations, logging sediment and designing the screening of boreholes. Smaller side projects included building a database that centralized 20 years’ worth of hydrogeology data and training 20 hand pump mechanics on the installation, maintenance and repair of simple hand pumps used for accessing clean drinking water. Additionally, I represented the Department of Water Resources on collaborative projects with the United Nations Refugee Agency (survey of refugee resources and constraints), The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (provision of gardens to drought affected communities).

The Gambia

Natural Resources Management I worked extensively with the Village Development Committees in the North Bank Region of the Gambia on natural resources management strategies. This work was focused on motivating and training the members of the committee to set goals, maintains ledger books for village funds, open a bank account, collect funds and organize a maintenance schedule for the various income generating activities, namely the village gardens, community centers and apiaries (bee keeping area). I created a training program to support and education to local bee keepers to build, maintain and expand local honey production in five villages by incorporating modern techniques and materials.Sexual Reproductive Health EducationI founded of the Know Your Status Football Tournament, a HIV/AIDS education and outreach initiative to rural communities in West Africa. The tournament focused on creating a new HIV/AIDS education platform. The founding Peace Corps Volunteers and I worked with the Regional AIDS Committee (RAC) to develop an education curriculum tailored specifically for the Gambia. The curriculum focused on prevention, transmission, and the variety of services available in the Gambia. This curriculum was used during a special training for the players where 120 players and coaches, and modified for the benefit for the spectators at each game in the tournament.

Master Of Public Administration - Mpa

Bachelor'S Of Science, Geoscience