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San Francisco, Ca, Us

An experience design and consulting studio connecting people with what it means to be a Future Ancestor.

Kampala, Central, Ug

Fundi Bots promotes improved, practical science education in African schools and communities through the provision of hands-on skills and project-based training, with a strong focus on rural and underprivileged regions and a push for equitable inclusion for girls.

Nairobi, Nairobi, Ke

AkiraChix provides the most promising young women in Africa with technology skills to compete economically and bridge the gender gap in tech.

* Philanthropic advisory for high-net-worth donors, family foundations and donor networks with a focus on justice-informed grantmaking initiatives. * Leadership and strategy coaching for nonprofit leaders, with a specialization in personal sustainability and collective leadership principles for leaders of marginalized identities. * Representative services and engagements include: - Facilitated and wrote report for commission on diversity, equity, and inclusion in international philanthropy. - Developed fund evaluation process for nonprofit strategic plans. - Wrote and facilitated custom fundraising trainings and coaching sessions for early stage organizations. - Managed nonprofit Executive Director transition and strategic planning processes.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Through approximately 50 events per year, two simultaneously run Giving Circles, and a bi-annual Symposium, the Network of Engaged International Donors (NEID Global) offers members a journey that helps them learn, connect, inspire, and act. This journey entails providing members access to experts, to other donor peers and to safe spaces to learn from each other.

San Francisco, California, Us

Big Bang Philanthropy is a group of like-minded funders working together to find and finance high-impact, scalable organizations tackling global poverty. Learn more about us at bigbangphilanthropy.org.

Warren, New Jersey, Us

Segal Family Foundation is the second largest U.S. grantmaker in Sub-Saharan Africa with a philosophy of funding is rooted in deep respect and admiration of its grantee partners. The foundation strives to be advocates of their work by developing long-term relationships—supporting the whole organization, not just projects—led by its team on the ground in East Africa. SFF engages different networks with like-minded funders to learn from each other, partner together to support the best organizations, and advocate for better practices in grantmaking. * Cultivated over $40 million in new funding relationships for social enterprise and nonprofit portfolio, exceeding the annual catalyzed funding target by 100% in 2021.* Revamped the foundation’s approach to peer advocacy in philanthropy by leading the foundation’s equitable philanthropy donor engagement and strategic partnerships strategies to increase grantmaking to proximate, African-led social impact organizations.* Strategic advisor to Executive Director on portfolio relationship management and philanthropic advocacy; prepared briefs and decks for board meetings, staff, and donor organizing.* Provided open-door organizational development and fundraising support to SFF’s over 300 nonprofit and social enterprise partners to build long-term prospect funnels with diverse sources of revenue.* Maintained and curated recommendations for philanthropists from an open source library of diligence on African-led nonprofits and social enterprises. * Spokesperson for the foundation on topics of equity and justice in philanthropy and proximity-informed grantmaking. Designed and hosted educational events, led funder affinity groups.

Washington, Dc, Us

Selected to join a committee of philanthropy professionals who vetted and selected sessions to populate the agenda for GEO's national conference, with a focus on racial equity in grant making methods.

The African Visionary Fund is a pooled grantmaking mechanism that channels unrestricted funding to high-impact African social changemakers, transforming development across the continent while simultaneously tackling inequities, injustices and power imbalances in grantmaking.

Flippable is a political organization dedicated to providing impactful ways for everyday people to get involved in state politics. Flippable has invested in a data-driven model that identifies the most strategically important state legislative seats, spotlighting progressive candidates in those districts and enabling everyday people to take action.* Managed a distributed, cross-functional team of 7 in a fast-paced startup to meet ambitious goals for an adaptive and data-driven political fundraising strategy that helped elect 82 Democrats to state legislatures.* Prepared CEO for media engagements and fundraising meetings to build funding pipeline for organizational budget and key political campaigns; managed partnerships with political organizations to carry out collaborations for content campaigns and fundraising.* Developed content across social media channels, reaching an audience of over 100,000 users.* Planned and managed all team retreats, including one built around a visit to the Equal Justice Initiative and The Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, AL.

* Developed and managed accounting processes for an organizational budget of ~$1.2 million annually and supported external compliance reporting at federal and state levels.* Planned and hosted fundraising and community educational events hosting speakers including former Congressman Steve Israel, former Governor Howard Dean, and Georgia Gubernatorial Candidate Stacey Abrams.* Developed and managed HR policies and management methods to promote a strong team culture in a swift, constantly changing environment.* Developed internal systems to provide consistent payroll, healthcare benefits, and professional development opportunities to all staff.

Ke

The Microfinance Partnerships team works with key financial inclusion partners to increase the availability of quality financial services for small-scale farmers by making a business case for smallholder finance to the wider sector.* Prepared and facilitated biannual meetings for CEOs of 6 of the world’s most influential agricultural microfinance providers as Secretariat for Propagate, a coalition of smallholder finance practitioners* Led ideation process, internal terms negotiation and first stage market testing of $100 million debt facility to support agrifinance product development.* Led analysis and program design for One Acre Fund’s first partnership with BRAC, the world’s largest nonprofit, rolled out in-kind loan and training pilot program to 80 farmers in Tanzania.* Led coalition-level gap analysis on global service provision to smallholder farmers to identify strategic opportunities for sector-level initiatives.* Created operational partnerships strategy and prospect pipeline, with a focus on agrifinance consulting offerings for microfinance banks in Sub-Saharan Africa.* Conducted market research, structured loan products, arranged supply chain contracts, and created extension service curricula for microfinance institutions expanding services to smallholder farmers in rural East Africa.

Ke

One Acre Fund provides over 1M small-scale farmers across East Africa with the tools and financing they need to increase their harvests.* Organized and executed the Rwanda core program’s largest (at that date) product distribution, delivering over 2000T of inputs to more than 110,000 farmers over 19 days; executed program’s first ever live plant distribution.* Distributed over 8100T of fertilizer and seed inputs in 2014 through sales program, managing a client portfolio of over $4 million in credit, with a repayment rate above 95%, which increased Rwanda program’s financial sustainability by 20%.* Managed team of 36 running 8 warehouses with over 7100T total inventory; revamped warehouse management and delivery protocols for faster, more accurate deliveries.* Hired, trained and managed a team of 14 sales representatives to over 200 entities, including agro dealers, farm cooperatives, distributors and government programs, doubling sales territory in one year.* Reduced inventory shrinkage through improved paper tracking and data management processes; established client delivery hotline processing over 300 service claims in its first month.* Coached district Field Director to improve field operations performance and customer service, increasing client enrollment, retention, and repayment consistently over three seasons.

Designed and produced sets and costumes for a feature-length film shot in Rwanda that went on to premiere at Sundance Film Festival in the New Frontier program. https://www.sundance.org/projects/things-of-the-aimless-wanderer

Boston, Ma, Us

* Scaled a community health program to 35 youth support chapters with over 1,000 members; provided training and oversight for 16 youth-led community health campaigns.* Trained and managed HIV associations serving 200+ members in income generation, savings, and insurance.* Managed a team of 6 program managers and field staff.* Led strategic planning process, taking executive team and board of directors through literature and program reviews, focus groups, and a working group to expand programs to university students.

New York, Ny, Us

* Secured a highly competitive fellowship to join a cohort of young global health professionals placed in co-working pairs at health organizations across Sub-Saharan Africa and the United States. * In addition to full-time responsibilities in placement role with co-fellow, participating in year-round trainings, retreats, and mentorship from senior public health professionals

* Staffed the initiative's directly observed therapy (DOT) tuberculosis program, maintaining records and providing medications to visiting patients.* Accompanied community health workers on home visits for health check ups and domestic violence reporting. * Secured a grant to start the 'Give Us Wings' program, training members of women's group 'Sauti ya Wanawake' to provide instruction to school aged girls on menstrual health and hygiene, and on the community-level creation of reusable cloth sanitary pads.