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Ensuring operational excellence, efficiency, and rigor in implementing the development team's fundraising strategy.

Led department- and organization-wide efforts to enhance performance, identify new strategies, and ensure overall success. Supervised a team working across functions and departments, including staff focused on fundraising data, grant development and management, and cross-departmental project delivery.

Denver, Colorado, United States

Leading the Grants Unit as an internal support hub which ensures colleagues have access to the materials, guidance, and skills they need to pursue, capture, and deliver on grant opportunities that meet their stated objectives.

Denver, Colorado, United States

Provided grant management leadership to the organization by establishing Grants Unit. Provided training and guidance to teams across organization in managing their grants. Coordinated complex grants, including the organization's first successful USAID prime proposal, and established new processes and procedures for administering grants from bilateral and multilateral donors.

Greater New York City Area

Provided financial management, operations support, and business strategy support for semi-autonomous cross-cutting conservation teams working on global challenges including climate change adaptation and mitigation, conservation finance and markets engagement, and community livelihoods strengthening. Responsibilities included program budget leadership, improving and developing best practices, and supervising an administrative assistant and a grants manager.

Greater New York City Area

Provided budgetary and financial management support for cross-cutting conservation efforts such as climate change adaptation and mitigation, conservation finance and markets engagement, and community livelihoods strengthening. Responsibilities included financial management and reporting for multiple large government and foundation grants, as well as supervising cross-cutting administrative and financial assistants.

Bronx, Ny

Supported research on poverty concentration in the Bronx

Washington, Dc

Managed a portfolio of work focusing on strengthening civil society capacity in integrated landscape management in Ethiopia; Researched innovative approaches to financing integrated landscape management; Managed the Learning Network of the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature (LPFN) Initiative - sharing the stories, tools, and best practices of landscape leaders throughout the world.

Washington, Dc

Supported the Landscape Strengthening Working Group for the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature (LPFN) Initiative, a project whose aim is to understand and support integrated agricultural landscape approaches to simultaneously meet goals for food production, ecosystem health and human wellbeing. Contributed research and writing on topics related to integrated landscape management, including: Innovations for marketing products (Landscape Labeling); Developing a community markets-based approach to conservation and smallholder farmer livelihood security; Landscape governance, or how multiple stakeholders come together to govern a landscape for multiple benefits; and Strengthening civil society capacity in integrated landscape management in East Africa.

Bronx, Ny

Led collaborative application effort (consisting of consisting of 3 of the best community development corporations in the NW Bronx) for 4 year, integrated community development grant

Greater New York City Area

Developed business and supply chain strategies for Soil Doc, a mobile soil testing technology that provides immediate results to farmers in the developing world

Greater New York City Area

Assisted SIPA students and staff with Information Technology issues

Dili, Timor-Leste

Analyzed seed production value chainResearched business opportunities for farmers and seed production groups

New York, Ny

2011: Contributed research to study of Malawi’s maize subsidy program2012: Contributed economic indicator research to Millennium Village studies

Amparafaravola, Madagascar

• Trained farmers’ cooperative on management, accounting, and marketing• Coordinated certification and export of organic rice to the United States (“Madagascar Pink Rice” sold by Lotus Foods) • Trained cooperative to meet fair trade and organic standards in reporting and production

Ambatondrazak Area, Madagascar

• Worked individually and in groups with small farmers to adapt new agricultural practices for reducing environmental impact (including SRI/rice, agroforestry, hillside farming, etc.)• Taught weekly gardening and permaculture classes to primary school youth• Worked with national park to improve infrastructure, marketing, and increase tourism• Trained local guide association on ecotourism, management, and language• Planned and led nine town, ten-day bike tour to raise AIDS awareness; managed 22 Peace Corps volunteers and reached over 4000 people• Created and hosted weekly radio program about the environment

Washington, Dc

• Maintained databases of member agencies• Provided administrative and technical assistance for office• Assisted in organizing convention with over 1000 attendees

Washington, Dc

• Provided administrative, technical and substantive support for ten attorneys• Created and maintained databases for over fifty cases• Communicated with thousands of class members via phone and written correspondence

Master Of Public Administration In Development Practice (Mpa-Dp)

Ba, History, Peace Studies

Activities and Societies: Phi Alpha Theta, Notre Dame London Program Spring 2004