Claire Brown Lyons Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Enabling global scale of WaterCredit and innovative models of water supply and sanitation financing through highly leveraged, mutually beneficial partnerships with leading financial institutions, international NGOs, development agencies and water and sanitation donor ministries.Water.org is a non-profit organization that has transformed thousands of communities in Africa, South Asia, and Central America by providing access to safe water and sanitation over the past twenty-one years. Founded by Matt Damon and Gary White, Water.org works with local partners to deliver innovative financing solutions for long-term success and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal #6. Learn more and make a difference at http://Water.org.

The Partnerships Advisory provides due diligence, strategic guidance and shared value program development and execution to nonprofit organizations, corporate philanthropy teams and businesses seeking to establish or evolve social responsibility. Specialities: - stakeholder strategy and engagement- shared value partnerships- cross sector collaboration- global advocacy- philanthropic portfolio design and management- cross functional alignment - partnering practice methodology and KPIs- water, sanitation and hygiene - fine tuning program relevance, resonance and resourcing

Purchase, New York, Us

Claire stewarded TM Pepsi through the ground-breaking Pepsi Refresh Project overseeing the award winning and seismic "lift and shift" to crowd-sourced marketing establishing the current practice of community and consumer engagement. Claire developed the Purpose Spectrum an enterprise framework for investment and stakeholder engagement spanning operations sustainability, brand cause and philanthropy. Claire reset PepsiCo's strategic focus and managed the Philanthropic Strategies of the Social Investment Portfolio & Stakeholder Engagement at the Foundation catapulting it from US-only giving into the global giving arena. Led design of strategic investment plans, theories of change, designed-in multi dimensional resource leverage, co-created grant programs of measurable impact in Global Health, Education and Environment. Ensured aligned integration with PepsiCo's core business strategy Performance with Purpose. Diplomas Now: Co-developed the scope of work for and invested in the development of a Johns Hopkins-City Year-Communities in Schools novel, award winning partnership turnaround-intervention model targeting the lowest performing public schools in the nation Water.org: First major corporate foundation donor to enable the expansion and replication of the WaterCredit pilotSave the Children: Major investment in Maternal & Child Health Programs in BangladeshAll China Women's Federation: Co-investor in government expansion of community water infrastructure and access for impoverished rural communitiesInterAmerican Development Bank: Led first ever corporate foundation investment in IADB's AquaFundSafe Water Network: Major donor founding the mission, organization, and water kiosk strategy Columbia University Earth Institute: Major donor to found the Columbia Water CenterPepsiCo Foundation in Brazil & Mexico: Advisory consultant to launch and grow both independent corporate philanthropies

Downside Up is the Russian Federation's groundbreaking non-profit, community-based "early intervention" service for children with Down syndrome and developmental disability. As Downside Up's first Executive Director, Claire conceived of and shaped Downside Up's professional scope of services -a pioneering educational and social service- which was a first-of-its-kind special needs education program in Russia. Claire was recruited to establish and manage what quickly became a highly successful early growth period. She oversaw all aspects of daily operations of the philanthropic start-up, staff and services and facilities including the raising of and management of its operating corpus. Led complex negotiations and application process resulting in the legal registration and establishment of Downside Up as a Russian charitable service organization.Claire led Downside Up to significant national and sector prominence among global and local business, diplomatic and expatriate communities.Talent: Supervised the first national cohort of special education educators; managed cadre of national and international volunteers; steered staff growth of 200% year over yearAdvocacy: Oversaw the translation of two leading international books on Down syndrome; Annual Meetings of Medical Associations and Genetic specialists to raise awareness and shift practices away from institutionalization; Hosted UK and USA experts Family and Community Services: Launched first-ever special education home visiting services for children ages 6 months to 6 years; secured and opened first-ever central Moscow-based education-training-advocacy facility for children with Down syndrome and their families; awarded USAID grant, designed and launched a successful Train-the-Trainer expansion program replicating Downside Up's methodology and resources to states across the Federation.High Profile Fundraising & Events Management, Three Climbs of Mount Kilimanjaro, Published quarterly newsletters

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Counseling Psychology

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Independent Major, Urban Studies

Diploma, Secondary School

Liberal Arts