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San Francisco, Ca, Us

San Francisco, California, United States

Develop business value justification analysis to help organizations understand the financial impact of a technology investment.

San Francisco, Ca + New York Metro Area

Accelerant offers a unique approach to your business strategies and communications products. With a broad range of skill sets across industries, advisers collectively possess decades of experience in strategy consulting, resource mobilization, financial planning & business value analysis, big data analytics and data-driven decision-making, and a full suite of communications and marketing services.

San Francisco Bay Area

Responsible for developing long-term philanthropic relationships to support investments in TheFreshwater Trust's growing operations in California

Honolulu, Hi

• Responsible for HILT’s overall fundraising and development program and building a culture of philanthropy• Serve as the organization's Major Gifts Officer to structure and direct HILT’s major donor programs• Design, develop and implement successful fundraising campaigns and strategies for the organization• Train and staff board of directors, island councils, staff and volunteers in fundraising skills to assist the organization’s overall fundraising campaign• Oversee the HILT's fundraising events and donor outreach activities

Honolulu, Hawaii

• Managed a portfolio of 60 current and prospective donors and co-managed an additional 40 donors at the Major and Principal Gifts level; met annual fundraising goal of $1 million in first year; negotiated complex, high-profile, sensitive gift agreements• Served as internal campaign counsel, advising on campaign plan and vision for a $50 million Hawai‘i campaign as part of the TNC $6.6 billion ​Our World​ global campaign

San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, Washington D.C.

• Managed and supported two multi-year capital campaigns with combined goals of $500 million• Designed and executed two capital campaigns with combined goals of $5.5 million fromconception to completion, which went 14% and 17% over goal• Planned and conducted two feasibility studies with combined working goals of more than $70million, including 120 interviews; completed four strategic development assessments andplans for annual fundraising, corporate in-kind donations policy, grateful patient fundraising• Drafted business development presentations and client materials for the President’s globalportfolio of dozens of current and potential clients to advance multiple initiatives simultaneously• Developed internal and external trainings and presentations on Kresge & Challenge Grants,Intergenerational Fundraising & the Transfer of Wealth, The CCS Philanthropic Landscape,Building Giving Circles, and other fundraising principles and best practices

Conakry, Guinea

• Successfully managed the proposal development process of a $46 million malaria grant for the Government of Guinea’s 10th round submission to the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, awarded in December 2010 • Recognized the absence of and advised on promoting a gender perspective in the proposal• Monitored proposal team’s work plan, prioritized objectives, coordinated meetings

Bujumbura, Burundi

• Coordinated the Political Directorate for the Burundi Peace Process, the Partnership for Peace in Burundi, meetings of the Group of Special Envoys to the Great Lakes Region;• Directly supported the Executive Representative of the Secretary-General and the Special Representative of the African Union Commission in Burundi• Drafted meeting reports, correspondence, code cables to UN headquarters, declarations, communiqués, and press statements related to the above international bodies; contributed to and edited various mission reports• Positions served during contract:■ Note taker & Coordinator, Political Directorate of the Burundi Peace Process■ Note taker & Coordinator, Partnership for Peace in Burundi■ Interim Special Assistant to Executive Representative of the Secretary General, BINUB■ Interim Special Assistant to the Country Director, United Nations Development Program■ Interim Special Assistant to the African Union Ambassador to Burundi

Koror, Republic Of Palau

• Streamlined operations for the: Palau National Hospital’s Medical Library; Medical Referral Program; Palau Board of Medical Professions; Palau Institutional Review Board

Greater New York City Area

• Coordinated, attended, interpreted, and recorded minutes of extremely sensitive, high-level, international peace negotiations, conducted primarily in French• Drafted meeting reports, correspondence, code cables to United Nations headquarters, declarations, communiqués, and media statements on peace, security, and development• Contributed to and edited mission reports from the Secretary General to the Security Council on human rights, conflict resolution, peacebuilding, security sector reform, and elections

Providence, Rhode Island Area

Providence, Rhode Island Area

Master Of Science, Public Policy And Management

Activities and Societies: Teaching Assistantships: Women in Public Policy; International Policy; Strategic Writing Student Leadership.

Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science

Activities and Societies: • Honors: Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha • Internships: United States Senators Jack Reed and Lincoln Chafee.

Education record

Activities and Societies: - Agile and Scrum: Dramatically Improving Software Delivery - Building a Marketing Plan - Introduction to Growth.

Study Abroad Program, International Studies, Organizations, And Social Justice - Geneva, Ch

Activities and Societies: Independent Study: “Mainstreaming a Gender Perspective into United Nations Peacekeeping Operations – an analysis.