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Toronto, ON, CA

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Responsible for developing, shaping and managing a dynamic $60M+ portfolio of global mental health innovations working to improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people in low- and middle-income countries, with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa.

Funded by the Government of Canada and other partners, Grand Challenges Canada funds global health innovators in low- and middle-income countries and Canada. My role on the Transition To Scale investment team involves sourcing potential investment opportunities, conducting due diligence, managing negotiations and supporting innovators on the pathway to.

Kampala, Uganda

EWB ventures is a seed-stage investment vehicle designed to nurture early-stage enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa through making customized, long-term investments of up to $100,000 USD in first-of-kind scalable social enterprises with the potential to positively impact millions of people living in poverty.

Toronto, Canada Area

I worked on a team of consultants to create a measurement framework to evaluate the impact of global health innovations one year after the transition-to-scale funding period ended.One of the largest impact-first investors in Canada, and with a feminist investment approach, Grand Challenges Canada has supported a pipeline of over 1000 innovations in more.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

As a member of the Client Insights team at the Centre for Financial Regulation and Inclusion, I investigated behavioural interventions that are effective at improving women's financial services access and usage in order to understand how financial service providers can better serve women while narrowing the financial inclusion gender gap.

Toronto, Canada Area

During my time as a research associate for the U of T's Innovation Policy Lab, I explored the applications of blockchain technology within and beyond financial services, examined the global regulatory landscape and outlined some opportunities for the Canadian fintech sector.

Toronto, Canada Area

Working for Professor Sarah Kaplan, I supported research collection and analysis for a project that investigated whether process solutions can address gender biases in technology accelerator programs.

London, UK

• Fin4Fem: I was the project lead on Fin4Fem, and my role included designing the course curriculum, sourcing corporate sponsorship and partnerships including content providers and speakers, and planning the March 8th.
• Cognicity - worked on the team that designed and delivered the Cognicity Challenge for Canary Wharf Group, a multi-million pound technology accelerator programme that incubated 36 smart cities startups competing in six.

Guelph, Ontario

• Managed the Alumni Affairs & Development call centre program while maintaining an active fundraising pipeline of 75 donors. I was responsible for the development of the University’s parent program, including event and.
• Ensured the call centre fundraising goals were met by strategic segmentation of calling pools and continual optimization to ensure maximum prospect contact
• Increased the U of G call centre credit card rate to 83.3% (up from 75.4%)
• Implemented an annual calling plan including stewardship calls and solicitation calls to alumni and parents of U of Guelph campuses, providing suggestions and reporting results to the Associate Director, Annual Fund
• Managed a team of up to 50 student callers, including hiring, training and mentoring a student leadership team to facilitate nightly calling shifts
• Identified, qualified, cultivated, solicited, and stewarded annual fund donors, including identifying other opportunities for involvement with the University as appropriate

Pickering, ON

As a paid search specialist working on the pay-per-click team, I managed over 20 enterprise client paid search marketing campaigns, which included conducting audits and creating and implementing strategic digital marketing strategies as well as reporting on metrics and optimizing campaign performance.

Waterloo, Ontario

Master Of Global Affairs, Munk School Of Global Affairs & Public Policy, International Relations And Affairs

Master Of International Affairs - Semester Abroad, Berlin, International Relations And Affairs

Honours Bachelor Of Arts, Psychology (Research Specialist), Minor: Music