Provided capacity-building and technical assistance to community-based organizations on the front lines of COVID-19 response.

Managed and facilitated a variety of convenings and educational offerings for a vibrant community of 5,500 philanthropy professionals joining together to advance equity in grantmaking practice and narrow the power gap between funders and community partners.

Led a multi-country, multi-disciplinary project piloting innovative training and technical assistance models for building regional and grassroots capacity to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights and reduce stigma. Designed and conducted in-person, virtual, and blended learning experiences including needs assessment, curriculum design, establishing learning objectives, audience analysis, and master-level facilitation.Created key training resources for policy advocacy and… Show more Led a multi-country, multi-disciplinary project piloting innovative training and technical assistance models for building regional and grassroots capacity to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights and reduce stigma. Designed and conducted in-person, virtual, and blended learning experiences including needs assessment, curriculum design, establishing learning objectives, audience analysis, and master-level facilitation.Created key training resources for policy advocacy and community engagement efforts, including Roots of Change: A step-by-step advocacy guide for expanding access to safe abortion (2018), an accompanying Roots of Change: Facilitation guide (2020), and an updated facilitator toolkit for abortion values clarification (forthcoming).Led global policy monitoring and evaluation efforts including spearheading the development and implementation of qualitative tools and analysis of qualitative policy data, resulting in an improved ability to identify lessons learned and make connections across country contexts.Served in key advisory role on the Technical Excellence team providing high-level guidance and technical assistance for sexual and reproductive health policy advocacy and community engagement programming and monitoring, learning, and evaluation efforts.Led Ipas’s work with UN human rights treaty monitoring bodies, including analysis and application of human rights jurisprudence in advocacy efforts as well as leading delegations to advocate in Geneva at the review sessions of Committee on the Rights of the Child in September 2017 and the Committee on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women in July 2019, resulting in progressive recommendations from those treaty bodies.Managed graduate interns and guided graduate student research, providing direct supervision as well as professional development coaching.Senior Advisor, Access (2019-2020)Senior Advisor, Policy Advocacy (2018-2019) Show less

Provided high-level technical assistance and guidance to Ipas country programs, governments, and partners on policy and advocacy strategies to improve the legal and policy environment for SRHR, with a focus on safe abortion and contraceptive access. Experience working with country programs including Sierra Leone, Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique, DRC, Zambia, Cote d'Ivoire, Bolivia, India, and Nepal. Scopes of work included: abortion policy analysis, law reform and advocacy strategy… Show more Provided high-level technical assistance and guidance to Ipas country programs, governments, and partners on policy and advocacy strategies to improve the legal and policy environment for SRHR, with a focus on safe abortion and contraceptive access. Experience working with country programs including Sierra Leone, Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique, DRC, Zambia, Cote d'Ivoire, Bolivia, India, and Nepal. Scopes of work included: abortion policy analysis, law reform and advocacy strategy development, policy M&E, coalition building, human rights accountability, facilitation and TOT of values clarification workshops, and other strategies to advance equitable access to safe abortion and contraception.Policy Advisor (2015 - 2017)Community Engagement and Policy Advocacy Advisor (2017 - 2018) Show less

Facilitated a series of focus groups with youth on the topics of reproductive rights and justice and leveraged those research findings to develop and facilitate programming for 2014 Youth Reproductive Justice Summit. Managed crisis pregnancy center research and produced summary reports.

SAS 100 - Strategies for Academic Success.

Graduate Teaching Assistant: HEA 325 – Introduction to Data Analysis, HEA 308 – Introduction to Public Health PracticeCommunity Leadership and Mobilization Research Team: Gathered, documented, and analyzed systems change data for Young Families Connect (YFC): Engaging Communities, which served expectant and parenting teens and young adults in five counties across North Carolina including Bladen, Onslow, Rockingham, Robeson, and Wayne.

Coordinated events such as weddings, receptions, showers, parties, and corporate meetings held at the historic Manor House at Wildwood Preserve Metropark. Administered and grew rental program and available rental offerings. Supervised Manor House event assistants and interns. Winner of the 2011 Gold Leaf Award for Customer Service.

* Development Manager, Humanities Troupe: Theatre for Community, Diversity, and Change (2008-2009)* Publicity Manager (interim), Department of Theatre & Film (2009)* House Manager, Eva Marie Saint Theatre (2009-2010)