Deborah H. Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation is a USAID program that helps businesses bring new agricultural technologies to emerging markets.
• Team leader for communications and knowledge management including social media, online communities, branding, marketing, and public speaking.
• Created and implemented a communications and knowledge management strategy.
• Developed and branded the AgAccelerator Lab workshop series and the AgTechXChange online community to help agricultural technology developers scale their products for the smallholder markets.

Washington, DC

• Forged new corporate partnerships for education programs, including new curricula on climate change, green chemistry, and sustainable agriculture.
• Worked with the Board of Trustees, CEO, and senior leadership team to consistently meet total organizational budget of $8 million.

A Project Of The Keystone Center

• Key player and co-creator of this coalition of nonprofits, corporations, certifiers, and government agencies seeking to increase the uptake of greener products in the marketplace.
• Group developed a new framework for differentiating green products and launched a new organization focused on sustainable purchasing.
• Raised more than $1 million in funds to support this project over three years.

Washington, DC

• Produced one of the first national conferences to be held in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
• Exceeded revenue and attendance goals through innovative marketing and educational programming.
• Built and led a high-performing team to produce educational programs, print, and online materials and deliver first-rate customer service to the 3,000+ association members.

Washington, DC

• Public speaker, trainer, and writer on family philanthropy governance and management.
• Audiences included private banks, wealth advisory groups, and foundation boards and donors.

• Successfully mediated more than 100 small claims court cases.

Arlington, VA

• Marketed new Internet technology for event planning and e-marketing to nonprofits, businesses, and associations.
• Negotiated sales and partnership contracts.
• Supervised product implementation for new clients.

Washington, DC

• Founded a new initiative to provide management assistance and program guidance to newly created healthcare foundations.
• Raised a three-year grant of more than $1 million from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
• Executed training programs for foundation staff and trustees, including a curriculum on community consensus building and defining healthy communities.
• Produced the national survey on the size, scope, and funding areas of new health foundations.

Washington, DC

• Created a new program to provide guidance on best practices in grantmaking, management, and governance to private and family foundations.
• Authored publications and articles on family philanthropy and best practices.
• Developed innovative education and training programs and materials, including a curriculum on conflict resolution and family dynamics.

Washington, DC

B.A., English, History

Activities and Societies: Ralph Bollard Prize for Distinguished Work in American History History Department honors Cum Laude Student.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Public Policy

Activities and Societies: Merit Scholarship

Education record

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society, Girls’ State, Forensics, Doug Dell ScholarshipClass President