Silvana Vanessa Carrasco Denney Email & Phone Number

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Manage a $30M grant by managing the project budget, creating annual donor reports, and compiling monthly, quarterly, and yearly internal reports to organizational leadership.
• Create and track strategy and project workplans on Smartsheet for 13 sub-projects included in the program grant setting deadlines and milestones, prioritize deliverables, clear obstacles, and allocate resources to help.
• Manage operational processes for a team of 16 people including contracts management, budget management, time and expense reporting, recruitment and onboarding, document management, and set up tracking systems for.
• Led a project to develop a Human Rights Screening Tool for natural climate solutions. Collaborated with a large team including a human rights consultant, an editor, web developers, 10 field teams, and coordinated with.
• Project manage the development of fundraising proposals.
• Supervise an administrative assistant to ensure the delivery of core operational functions.

Arlington, Virginia, United States

• Coordinated the work of 3 natural climate solutions country assessments and associated marginal abatement cost curves which included Colombia, Indonesia, and China. Collaborated with field teams to assess the natural.
• Coordinated the development of a best practice manual for reduced impact logging for climate mitigation for Gabon.
• Organized and facilitated 6 organizational science webinars to disseminate the team's research.
• Managed the global natural climate solutions science team's contract process including drafting contracts, and liaising with legal and finance teams to review and approve contracts, track deliverables and payments.
• Supported coordination and management of 2 grants: a multi-million dollar public grant and a private grant. Responsibilities included budget and financial tracking, creating and editing donor reports, creating and.
• Supported the development of the Natural Climate Solutions Handbook through contract and editing support, and wrote the climate justice appendix.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Support fundraising staff by providing gift planning information to prospective donors, drafting correspondence and acknowledgments, and performing financial calculations.
• Collaborate with staff, donors, financial advisors, and legal professionals to ensure timely transfer of assets.
• Process closed planned gifts including bequests, life-income gifts, and gifts of real estate.
• Manage fundraising database (Blackbaud CRM) to record gifts, produce reports, conduct research, and track donors.

Boynton Beach, FL

Was part of a small team that passionately strives to produce high-quality specialty produce with the lowest environmental impact. - Assisted in the production/growing, transportation, and sale of our products that include dozens of microgreens and specialty vegetables. - Operated a weekly farmer's market to sell our product and educate the public on.

Worcester, MA

-Provided administrative support to both staff and undergraduate students including managing the office email, guiding students through academic policies (course selection, advisor changes, withdrawals, special petitions, and transfer credits).-Managed student records, confidential files and databases

Worcester

-Participated in donor outreach and engagement for University Advancement at Clark University. -Developed excellent communication skills in order to build and maintain alumni and donor engagement with the institution. -Communicated and developed relationships with high-level donors to secure funding for university advancement projects such as scholarships.

Greater Seattle Area

- Ran a bacterial safety screening assessing product safety for macroalgae raised in an intensive land-based system aimed for human consumption. The study was part of NOAA’s Aquaculture group to develop an intensive land-based macroalgal culturing system. - Presented the findings at a national aquaculture conference. - Wrote and published a magazine.

Worcester, Massachusetts

-Cultured fungi for a mycoremediation project aimed to clean water in the Blackstone river. Fungi were part of a living machine with different ecosystems each of which would clean water. -Additionally ran DNA extractions, PCR and sequencing reactions for other laboratory projects.

Worcester

- Created 5 agricultural workshops for teachers and educators to use in the school garden curriculum for local schools in Worcester, MA. - Researched educational resources and created a database for teachers to use in their garden curriculum.

Master’S Degree, Biology, General

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Biology, General