Debra Egan Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc

Advise undergraduate Honors students majoring in Sciences, Engineering, Architecture, Math, Philosophy, Theology, and Education.• Meet with students for strategic enrollment planning to pursue their passions while completing requirements for majors, minors, certificates, liberal arts, and honors tracks.• Connect with students and campus resources, including scholarships and fellowships, international and cultural engagement, counseling, and disability services.• Tailor career services for undergraduate and graduate students and alumni on resumes, cover letters, interviews, internships, and job searches.• Liaise with staff teams, faculty, and academic leaders to address issues• Present on academic and career topics for orientations, courses, and events.

Washington, Dc

Connect with prospective students in-person and via technology for advanced degree in economic development policy, management, and data analysis to measure impact. Forecast recruitment costs, research and implement new approaches. Plan and deliver curricula to sharpen student skills as they prepare for next career steps. Present career and course information, provide job-search guidance.• Recruit graduate students worldwide, adding students from several new countries and cultures.• Address up to 1000+ inquiries a year, guide prospective applicants through admission process; present up to 20 events annually to raise visibility.• Assess applications; interview and recommend candidates for admission and scholarships; initiate weekly status system and reports.• Comply with application and visa policies, bridge communications with key university offices.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund, Partnership for Skills in the Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology• Assessed roles and structure of a proposed team in Africa to implement a groundbreaking Ph.D. scholarship program launched by African governments and the private sector, facilitated by The World Bank, to strengthen human capital in applied sciences, engineering and technology for socio-economic development.• Conducted technical review, improved and edited a 90-page draft operational manual. • Analyzed proposed processes and reports; identified potential risks and bottlenecks.

Washington, Dc

Delivered strategic leadership to scale up, diversity, and strengthen programs to achieve donor missions, forged high-level collaborative relationships with federal government, higher education, and foundation partners.• Executed new grant agreements from concept to proposal, budget, and delivery, including with Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY) and Terra Foundation for American Art.• Directed inaugural year of African Diaspora Fellowship Program funded by CCNY, recruited African-born scholars in U.S. and Canada for collaborative projects requested by African universities in all fields, sourced web application vendor, drafted impact evaluation surveys. • Headed systems operation improvements that introduced efficiencies, including transmitting candidate data online to J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FFSB), which reduced decision turn-around time from several weeks to less than a day.• Contributed to long-range strategic planning; advised Executive Director on program management, resolved issues essential to Fulbright program mission.• Partnered with staff teams to create and edited major deliverables, annual reports, Advisory Board presentations, and print and web marketing materials for Fulbright Scholar and foundation-funded programs.• Contributed to long-range strategic planning, advised Executive Director on program management, resolved issues essential to Fulbright program mission.

Washington, Dc

Managed U.S.-based program operations for Fulbright U.S. and foreign scholar programs in 125+ countries worldwide. Ensured compliance for major cooperative agreement with U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) for research and teaching grants to faculty and professionals. Led 30+ team members with regional portfolios for East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Eurasia, Middle East and North Africa, South and Central Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Western Hemisphere, or with global functions.• Managed relations with host country networks.• Supervised, mentored, and coached eight Assistant Directors and managers for key program operations and to address funder requirements; led staff meetings, hired and trained team, evaluated employee performance and supported their professional development, managed administrative and structural transitions.• Continuously improved program systems, procedures, resources, communications, budgets, and online tools for grant stewardship; complied with laws and regulations to administer government programs.• Collaborated with teams across organizations to communicate issues, make decisions, innovate, incorporate technology, and address priorities; presented to Advisory Board.

Washington, Dc

Supervised Fulbright U.S. and Visiting Scholar program team for largest number of countries, 30+ in Africa and, except in 2008, 20+ in Latin America and the Caribbean, empowered team to set and exceed goals; served on Executive Director manager team.• Chaired committees to transform database and grants platforms, adding value for State Department, scholars, and staff teams; performed program officer roles including grant budgeting in Excel.

Washington, Dc

Streamlined management of Fulbright programs; administering grants for U.S. scholars to Africa and African scholars to the United States, coordinated with African country representatives. • Used country and regional knowledge to develop promotional materials and recruit applicants; managed application peer review of cutting edge and highly competitive applications, administered grants including budgets.• Modeled compliance with ECA, FSSB, and IIE/CIES policies and procedures for team.• Presented Fulbright opportunities at area studies meetings, academic conferences, and campuses.

Washington, Dc

I rose in five promotions to lead a diverse staff team for Africa on the largest U.S. Agency for International Development participant training contract of its time. PIET managed 2,000 trainees annually, including 500–800 per year that I oversaw from 20+ Sub-Saharan Africa countries. I drafted proposals and budgets, secured admissions, monitored grantees, and conducted program evaluations. The trainees completed graduate degree and tailored programs at universities, training sites, and businesses in the U.S. and abroad. I expedited consolidation from five PIET offices to one, which significantly improved structural efficiency and reduced costs.

Bachelor Of Science In Foreign Service, Development Economics

Certificate in African Studies, junior year abroad at University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Master Of Education

Student teaching 2nd and 6th grades in Arlington, Virginia Public Schools