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Designed first agency positioning training curriculum based on agency tools and successfully piloted in the Dominican Republic, South America, Haiti, and Guatemala.As Proposal Coordinator for the Haiti Title II and Dominican Republic USDOL/ILAB proposals, supervised large, diverse proposal teams of up to 20 staff and consultants toward concrete results and quality submissions; shepherded design processes, facilitated design workshops and oversaw field assessments; managed consortium negotiations and relationships; facilitated design, staffing, and budgetary decisions; managed technical and budgetary reviews across agency and consortium; liaised with agency experts to ensure integration of best practices and evidence-based approaches; led robust after action reviews and lessons learned analyses.Developed and facilitated five project design workshops across region using agency and industry best practices.Built proposal development capacity of over 30 regional staff through a proposal development training and follow-on accompaniment.Developed FY14 Regional Resource Mobilization Action Plan outlining key action steps to improve growth capacities and systems within the region; provided significant input into FY13 Regional Resource Mobilization Action Plan.Supported multiple country program capture efforts for strategic funding opportunities, including team and process planning, consortium formation, and value proposition development.

Managed a winning $10 million HIV/AIDS proposal funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), resulting in care, support and treatment services for nearly 300,000 Zambians.Led the design, strategy and proposal development of $10 million food security and economic resilience concept paper recently submitted to USAID.Built capacity of large local organization to apply for their first USG grant, winning over $1 million to provide HIV/AIDS care, support and treatment services for 100,000 rural Zambians.Led numerous winning proposals to private donors, including the Raskob Foundation and Foods Resource Bank, bringing in over $250,000 in new funding to the CRS country program.Built the proposal development and fundraising capacity of numerous local partner organizations by designing and conducting interactive, practical trainings tailored to their realities and needs.Increased skills of CRS country program staff, through trainings and mentoring, to develop quality USG proposals.

Co-coordinated a winning $10 million USAID-funded agroenterprise proposal benefiting 7,000 small producers.Led and wrote the first annual report for a new USAID-funded Child Survival Project. Developed a food aid pilot application submitted to USDA.Coordinated the budget for a water and sanitation proposal and co-wrote a winning drought proposal.

Wrote an article on savings-led microfinance published in the book Financial Promise for the Poor by Wilson, Harper and Griffith (Kumarian Press, 2010).Spearheaded the creation of operations manuals for savings groups and conducted monitoring activities.Provided technical assistance in microfinance for a Buffet Foundation-funded fair trade coffee project.Co-led regional trainings on savings-led microfinance.Wrote final draft of country program's Strategic Program Plan; developed country program website content.

As part of a three-person graduate research team, administered the FINCA Client Assessment Tool (FCAT) to 900 rural village banking clients, gathering internationally comparable data on client poverty levels and access to financial products.Data was used as a baseline study for a USDA-funded agricultural loan analysis.Developed comprehensive report and presented findings to FINCA headquarters and Nicaragua teams.

Assisted Development Manager in developing high-value proposals.Secured sponsors and assisted in organizing high-profile microfinance events.

Managed daily operations of this non-profit organization, supervising ten staff, coordinating over 2,000 community volunteers, and providing food and outreach services to over 200 clients each day.Spearheaded the expansion of outreach services to include job fairs, English as a Second Language courses, computer training, and substance abuse outreach services.Cultivated strong relationships with key faith-based, public, and private donors and secured new funding.Developed strategic alliances with community organizations; co-founded the Immigrant Resource Network (IRN), a consortium of 50 community organizations, and spearheaded its first community event.Designed and conducted hunger-awareness training for ten local schools.

Monitored and reported on the building of 50 rural schools, ten potable water systems and eight health clinics.Coordinated Oprah Winfrey School inspections.Developed proposals for water and livestock production projects, bringing in over $300,000 of new funding.