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California, United States

Djibouti, Djibouti

• Provided strategic vision for 400+ person, $25M multi-agency embassy in region with worldwide geopolitical impact.• Achieved integrated country strategy goals on sustainable development, institutional growth, and regional security objectives in coordination with multilateral institutions and diplomatic mission partners.• Led interagency tactics and operations for $50 million environment, education, and infrastructure development assistance, emphasizing sustainability, cost-effectiveness, and stakeholder investment.

Paris, Île-De-France, France

• Led embassy engagement on climate, renewable energy, AI, quantum computing, space, and global health policies. Empowered a multi-disciplinary team to shape tactics and messaging for U.S.-France relationship.• Actively strengthened relationships with government and business partners to achieve tech and health policy goals.• Managed embassy COVID response with the French government, including coordination on vaccine dissemination to developing countries.• Achieved climate policy results by leveraging high-level engagements of U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate; led multi-agency effort to repair U.S.-France relationship through strategic engagement of U.S. Vice President.

Baghdad, Iraq

• Monitored and evaluated $230 million in humanitarian assistance programs for refugees, returnees, and internally displaced persons in Iraq.• Expanded partnerships with multilateral institutions to reprogram $10M toward refugee returns.

Paris, Île-De-France, France

• Managed extensive and rapid changes in office of 20+ staff with $3 million budget to optimize material support to U.S. Embassies in Africa through policy-aligned product offerings and mentorship of officials on the ground.• Privatized warehouse operations, rightsized and restructured staffing, and reorganized budget, saving $500k annually.• Strategically redesigned book and speaker offerings to African public with focus on science, sustainability, entrepreneurship, and business management; increased 100K+ annual book sales; managed grants for 50 targeted speaker events.

Pakistan

• Directed all mission media engagement, message formulation, and external communications for U.S. embassy agencies and ambassadors in Pakistan and Kenya on variety of media platforms.• Provided comms strategy to communicate U.S. policy, development assistance, and crisis management approaches to targeted audiences at local and national levels.• Grew social media presence in Pakistan to over 2 million followers.

Kenya

• Led direct engagement with audiences, institutions, and individuals to advance U.S. policy objectives in Kenya communities across the country.• Coordinated across the Embassy Mission to advance policy issues through exchange programs among Mission agencies and offices.• Managed community grants of $10-25k to achieve strategic development objectives.

Kenya

• Led media affairs and served as the main channel of communication with Kenyan and International press.• Strategized and communicated U.S. policy goals and $1 billion in annual assistance to Kenya.• Designed video campaigns to deepen understanding of U.S. programmatic activities; initiated campaign to establish U.S. ambassador in Kenya as the conservation-minded “elephant ambassador.”

Washington, Dc

• Shaped U.S. policy and advanced transatlantic cooperation with Greece and other European partners.• Developed policy options and recommendations for senior officials focusing on economic reform in Greece and its relationship with the EU.• Drafted press points for the Department and the U.S. Embassy in Athens media teams.

Washington, Dc

Poland

Poland

Mexico City, Mexico

Arlington, Va

Ms, Environmental Science

Mpa, Environmental Policy

Ba, International Relations