Elise Garvey Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Wa, Us

Greater Seattle Area

• Lead and work in teams to analyze quantitative and qualitative data and deliver impactful recommendations on the performance of local government projects, programs, and agencies• Lead audits for the Transit Audit Program and coordinate with capital project oversight of Metro Transit projects• Summarize complex and technical information into written and oral reports useful for decision-makers and audited agencies

Medford, Ma

• Coauthored working paper on potential of small-scale maize farmers in Mexico to sustainably reach domestic production goals• Gathered and analyzed data and literature on first generation biofuels, global governance of food and agriculture and projections of global food production needs• Synthesized research into usable summaries for domestic and international coauthors for publications and projects

Buffalo, Ny

• Developed and executed over 50 training events to bridge identified gaps in service provision for human trafficking victims in eight counties in Western New York for groups of up to 150• Assisted in the successful development of federal grant applications and headed local efforts to raise over $600,000 for services to immigrant victims of human trafficking and domestic violence

Kyiv, Ukraine

• Carried out a research grant on the governmental, international, and nongovernmental response to human trafficking in Ukraine through interviews and review of previous work and legislation• Managed multi-partner project to study the trends in xenophobic violence in Ukraine, specifically to collect current data and qualitative research on the experience of foreign students in Kyiv• Drafted findings of study on xenophobia, which was then used by the U.S. State Department for the 2008 Human Rights Report on Ukraine and the Diversity Initiative

Buffalo, Ny

• Organized volunteers and executed refugee awareness events while serving as key contact point between the service learning program at Canisius College and Journey’s End• Assisted dozens of refugees and refugee families through the resettlement process in Western New York, including transportation, apartment set-up and creating arrival packages

M.S., Agriculture, Food And Environment

Mald, International Environment And Resource Policy, International Labor Migration

Ba, Political Science, International Relations, Modern Languages, European Studies

Activities and Societies: International Affairs Society, Pi Sigma Alpha, DiGamma, EuroSim, Model United Nations, Undergraduate Student.

Nys Regents Diploma