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Advise executive-level leader across a broad set of programmatic and operational issues related to Global Growth and Opportunity Division strategies on agricultural development, digital public infrastructure, financial inclusion, nutrition, sanitation, and global education. Served as interim director for multiple program strategies, including global education, nutrition, and digital public infrastructure. Provide critical support to the President across a range of work— internal management, strategy development and execution, project management, communications and external relations —ensuring follow-through, prioritization, and effective coordination of all engagements and work products. Specific duties are both operational (supporting staffing and talent, change management, communications, president, co-chair and CEO engagement, internal convenings and events, etc.) and programmatic (support for strategy development, implementation and oversight). Select highlights include:• Served as interim Director, Nutrition, overseeing $50M/year strategy, hiring key talent and reestablishing strategy alignment with foundation leadership.Supported President and Gender Equality Director to gain approval of inaugural GE strategy, supported stand-up of new team and strategy execution, and director transition.• Supported onboarding of Global Education strategy into division and serving as interim leader of Global Education. • Responsible for inaugural GGO Leadership Team retreat, LT and division goal setting. Division considered a DEI exemplar for foundation.

Supported the Africa-based leader of the organization's Africa representation team, serving as key link to HQ. Oversaw and managed the external engagement strategies for East African government engagement. Convened internal actors around the development of a prioritized country strategy for Nigeria.

Led the foundation's engagement in the global negotiations of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ensuring foundation priorities were reflected in the final SDGs including specific target language and elevation of extreme poverty as a central priority. Shaped policy positions across a range of issues and sectors under discussion, in consultation with foundation leaders, developed and executed political strategy, and represented the foundation with external audiences. Served as a Foundation leader on development finance trends and policy in global agenda-setting forums, including the UN and OECD. Brought expert analytic capacity to track policy and political proposals; deep program and policy knowledge to advise the Foundation on its development finance policy; and creative approaches in fostering alliances and champions for our issues. Managed strategic grantmaking to advance foundation strategies, including a team of two program officers responsible for $70 million in grants to support the Development Policy and Finance team’s work on aid effectiveness, MDGs/SDGs, gender, and data. Solely managed a grant portfolio of over $60 million supporting grantees in Africa, Europe, and the U.S. in the Global Development Policy and Advocacy program. Grant-funded activities helped hold the line on aid despite the global financial crisis.

Sole US and Canada representative of a global United Nations’ public engagement campaign on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a set of globally agreed development targets. Responsible for creating and building a broad coalition and campaign in support of action to achieve the MDGs.

Progressed from International Policy Analyst to Deputy Director to Director of FoE US’s international program. Responsible for overseeing the program’s work on reform of International Financial Institutions (IFIs), trade, and corporate accountability, and leading IFI campaigns, with responsibility for all facets of the campaigns, including lobbying the US Congress, US Treasury Department, and officials of the institutions on IFI policy reform and program design; building and leading effective coalitions; and public and media outreach to generate attention.