Daphne Sorensen Email & Phone Number

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

I am responsible for realizing MiracleFeet’s overall global mission, in close collaboration with our Board of Directors, Leadership Team and the partners we support around the world. I hold overall strategic responsibility for MiracleFeet’s impact and the way we conduct business, and I set high-level goals and develop the organization's long-term strategic.

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

• I lead MiracleFeet's global strategy and am responsible for the implementation of our operating plan, which includes enrolling >10,000 children per year in clubfoot treatment in collaboration with national and local.
• Strategic, programmatic and operational leadership
• Organizational culture and team engagement
• Relationship-building and representation

Panama

• Provided overall leadership and representation of Lumos across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region, so that by 2050, all children can grow up in loving families (and orphanages will seize to exist)
• Responsible for overall operational and programmatic delivery, policy development, advocacy and training in LAC
• Developed the LAC regional strategy to ensure regional structures prioritize the issue of deinstitutionalization

La Paz

• Overall accountability for Save the Children’s international development and emergency programming in Bolivia, with a staff >130 people
• Led the country office towards further growth and continued to deliver quality programs, including advocacy and campaigning, for and with children
• Developed strategies and operational plans in line with Save the Children's 2030 Ambition for Children and country's 2016-2018 strategy
• Built, developed and mentored a team of senior… Show more
• Built, developed and mentored a team of senior managers and program teams Show less

El Salvador (2014) & Brazil (2013)

• Developed two rights-based Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) projects per DIPECHO’s South & Central America HIP and other guidelines including Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) and UNISDR campaigns, in collaboration with.
• Conceptualized and wrote key sections of the Single Form, including logical framework, needs assessment and response analysis

Guatemala & El Salvador

• Led field work related to “Understanding Community Perceptions of Resilience” study to gauge how communities that have participated in community-based disaster preparedness programs and emergency recovery projects.
• Designed the field work using participatory methodologies – including focus group discussions, social mapping exercises, key informant interviews, and community timelines – to engage with local communities (1 in.
• Designed the field work using participatory methodologies – including focus group discussions, social mapping exercises, key informant interviews, and community timelines – to engage with local communities (1 in.
• Collaborated with local CRS staff and partners to ensure mutual buy-in and ownership during the field work, data analysis and review Show less

Oneonta, NY, USA

• Instructor of “Rights-Based Approach to International Development” – a mini course that explored how international development evolved from traditional ‘needs-based’ to a ‘rights-based approach’ that promotes.
• Created class plans that were participatory and promoted experiential learning and reflection for the students

Petrópolis Area, Brazil

• Responsible for >US$1 million emergency response program after devastating floods struck Rio de Janeiro state on January 12, 2011, including distribution of emergency kits and other supplies to affected households in.
• Coordinated all aspects of the post-emergency (2nd) phase of the program, which focused on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Restructuring, through distribution of cash grants for targeted beneficiaries, training and.
• Coordinated all aspects of the post-emergency (2nd) phase of the program, which focused on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Restructuring, through distribution of cash grants for targeted beneficiaries, training and.
• Managed the initial ECHO grant and follow-up DIPECHO action (including developing DIPECHO proposal) through report writing, donor visits, budget monitoring, and M&E of activities per the projects’ logical frameworks
• Represented CARE Brasil at municipal, state and national level through various media appearances, public hearings and other forums, including the “Brazilian National Forum on Climate Change” (through the “Working Group.

Quelimane, Mozambique

• Purpose:
• Member of Extended Country Senior Management Team (ESMT) and directly responsible for strategic development and effective and professional management of the Zambézia Provincial Program
• Provided leadership, technical support and management to provincial program and support-function managers and staff (>60 people)
• Oversaw provincial grants from USAID, PEPFAR, DFID, SIDA, ECHO and other donors, and budgets worth US$3 million/year
• Represented Save the… Show more Purpose:
• Represented Save the Children in province, influenced national program and policies, and furthered the organization’s national strategies Main achievements:

Washington DC (Guatemala & Angola)

• Managed community/economic development programs in Guatemala and Angola worth >US$2 million/year through regular field trips, oversight of program activities, training of local staff, budget formulation, financial.
• Guided the creation of local organizations to implement programs, as part of overall sustainability strategy
• Developed the strategies, implementation plans and budgets of both programs, in collaboration with various… Show more
• Developed the strategies, implementation plans and budgets of both programs, in collaboration with various stakeholders
• Provided technical assistance on a range of issues, such as program and workplan design, report-writing, impact assessment, and documentation of best practices and lessons-learned
• Supported partners and staff in developing policies, strategic plans, M&E tools and budgets appropriate to each local organization Show less

Luanda, Angola

• Facilitated and supported the on-going strategic development and sustainability of ACORD’s Angola program
• Developed and designed specific program components/interventions within organization’s strategic frameworks
• Wrote funding proposals and networked with local donors to secure additional resources from DFID (now UKAid), USAID and Intermón

Tallahassee & Tampa, FL, USA

• As Field Organizer for USPIRG, coordinated national environmental campaigns in Florida through coalition-building, media, advocacy and grassroots organizing
• Organized multi-faceted media campaigns through press conferences, editorial board meetings, opinion pieces and Letters to the Editor (generated > 50 print media hits, 20 TV stories and 10 radio feeds in 18 months)
• Educated journalists, coalition partners and other stakeholders on national strategies and priorities… Show more
• Educated journalists, coalition partners and other stakeholders on national strategies and priorities through briefings, action alerts and workshops
• As Canvass Director for the Fund for Public Interest, directed Florida’s largest canvass office (Tampa) which grossed > US$60K between May-Aug ’02 (duties included hiring, training and overseeing a team of 20+ people.

Maputo, Mozambique

• Managed and implemented the USAID-funded Community-Based Distribution (CBD) project in select provinces of Mozambique, which aimed to expand access to reproductive health services and HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment.
• Organized community meetings with local Ministry of Health (MOH) officials, international NGOs, local CBO partners and community representatives to assess the strategic objectives and training needs of the CBD Project.
• Organized community meetings with local Ministry of Health (MOH) officials, international NGOs, local CBO partners and community representatives to assess the strategic objectives and training needs of the CBD Project.
• Developed and designed training materials and modules for Community-Based Reproductive Health Agents (CBRHAs)
• Led study tours of CBD programs to Kenya and Malawi with MOH representatives, responsibilities of which included facilitating discussions of best practices, creating inter-country networks/relationships and documenting.

Kampala, Uganda

• Supported the COP of the USAID-funded DISH (Delivery of Improved Services for Health) Project compile quarterly and other reports per donor guidelines and the project’s results framework
• Organized community health fairs with local partners – including churches, youth groups, women’s groups, peer educators and village councils
• Monitored the CBD (Community-Based Distribution) component of the DISH Project through periodic field visits and interviews
• Implemented a… Show more
• Implemented a pilot initiative – the Masindi Youth Sexuality Education Program (MYSEP) – in five secondary schools Show less

Master Of Science (Msc), Leadership (Focus: Organizational & Community), 3.94 Gpa

Bachelor Or Arts (Ba), International Studies & Economics, Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa