Portfolio covers climate change, conservation, governance/tenure, health, research and evaluations, donor coordination, and private sector engagement; Lead for Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning; Provided technical assistance to USAID offices in 20 countries across Latin America, Africa, and Asia on the design and implementation of programs with funding levels totaling $300M; Developed new partnerships with the private sector, universities, and other non-traditional partners; Briefed USAID leadership on matters at the intersection of climate change, conservation, health, and governance; Designed, managed, and implemented research and evaluations strategy to improve program effectiveness, and lead author of the research agenda linking high quality science to programs and policies; Designed, managed, and implemented 12 impact evaluations in 6 countries covering climate, conservation, governance, tenure, and health outcomes, including zoonotic disease risk

Lead author of Securing Rights, Combating Climate Change (2014), one of the first reports to synthesize the counterfactual evidence linking climate change mitigation with secure land and resource rights for indigenous peoples and local communities. The report has been cited and discussed in the New York Times, Economist Magazine, and World Development, among others; Designed and implemented a communications strategy for the Securing Rights report; Built and managed communications and field teams to promote the Securing Rights report in Brazil. In coordination with the Ford Foundation and Brazilian NGOs, led site visit to the Xingu Indigenous Reserve in the Amazon with Brazilian and international journalists

Legal and policy advisor to the Government of Liberia on forests, governance, natural resource management, and property rights; Lead drafter of Liberia’s first national land rights policy; Designed and implemented strategy for developing Liberia’s land rights policy and consulting local communities, civil society, donors, and other stakeholders; Led working group of senior Cabinet officials to develop national land rights policy; Prepared presentations on forests, natural resource management, and land policy for the President of Liberia; Organized official ceremony for the President’s adoption of the national land rights policy; Led coordination with government Ministries, donors, international NGOs, and civil society on national policy consultations

Practice covered complex real estate litigation, federal securities law, and public interest law

Represented clients in police custody to assert their constitutional rights; Secured the release of a minor child from police custody who witnessed a police shooting