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Dakar, Senegal

Responsible for targeting business development opportunities, building relationships, and leading development of funding and collaboration proposals, including financial and technical elementsOversee development of Tostan’s new Partnerships Development sub-department, including delineation of team priorities, KPIs, work plans, and monthly/quarterly reportingCultivate and expand Tostan’s corporate and foundation donor baseDevelop fundraising and public relations capacities within country offices via remote training Assist with strategy delineation for partnerships development and outreach activities; execute and monitor the implementation of these strategies at headquarters and in country coordinations.

Dakar, Senegal

Coordinated Tostan’s existing network of donors and supporters for fundraising; contributed to Tostan’s most successful public fundraising campaigns to date in 2019 and 2020 (combined $2 million)Expanded Tostan’s areas of thought leadership and produce position statements for Executive Team Prepared written communications for donors, including reports, concept notes and proposals, presentations, etc. Developed external messaging to targeted audiences presenting Tostan’s work and mission and create organizational communications materials, including 2019 Annual ReportParticipated in pipeline analysis and develop project proposals including logical frameworks, budgets, and project evaluation plans to monitor program effectiveness Organized site visits for Tostan supporters in coordination with national and regional officesProvided written and oral ENG/FRE translation as necessary

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Responsible for a program budget estimated at $1 million including emergency funds; analyzed program effectiveness and compiled lessons learned to inform strategic discussions and decision making Managed a portfolio of 35 grants across 5 countries and provided programmatic and budgetary guidance to senior leadership and project implementorsEnsured effective, results-driven project design and implementation by sharing information between headquarters, national offices, and finance departmentPlanned and implemented the National Land Institutions Regional Workshop to Secure Community Land Rights in Africa, held in Antananarivo, Madagascar 2019Conducted research for publications; briefs; presentations made to international donors and partners at annual Governance meeting.Contributed to institutional donor reporting and program documents including 2019 work plan. Translated internal documents, reports, social media content from ENG/FRE and vice versa. Performed oral translation as necessary.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

NLSC members make their language skills available to U.S. Government agencies when requirement arises. Members may be asked to interpret, translate, teach or provide subject matter expertise during short term assignments.

Dakar, Senegal

Research assistant to the Director of the institute, Bakary Sambe. Projects included administering and writing a report for a workshop on countering radicalization in youth on the Senegal/Mali border, writing a grant proposal for a TSCPT State Department grant, managing data acquisition for a UNODC project on crime and terrorism in the Sahel, as well as researching and writing the strategic action plan for the African Union on countering radicalization.

Washington, Dc

Research assistant providing direct support to professors and faculty for various publications and projects including but not limited to:-Creating materials for Non-combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) exercise -Editing content for red-teaming presentation-Extensive research for and presentation of a JIM assessment tool used to attain JPME accreditation for CISA-Writing briefs on the outcome of the Turkish elections-Compiling the weekly newsletter "Eagle Eye"-Staffing the joint CISA-NCTC counter-terrorism seminar and writing the adjoining Conference Report-Drafting a Geostrategy syllabus for student and professor use

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), International Studies And French, With Honors

Activities and Societies: Varsity Volleyball Team (Captain), Student Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC)

African Flagship Language Initiative, French/Wolof

Exchange Student, Political Science