Eliza Wethey Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC, US

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Selected IAF grantees via proposals, vetting, and field visits, negotiated projects and funded between $1.5 to $2 million of new funding per year in the portfolios in Eastern and Southern Caribbean and Jamaica.
• Increased funding from 4 to 25 grants in three years. Managed and monitored a $5 million portfolio of 25 active grants in smallholder agriculture, natural resource management, social inclusion, women’s entrepreneurship.

Blacksburg, VA

• Management of two annual international service immersion programs in Peru and the Dominican Republic including marketing, recruitment, pre-trip preparation, trip management, re-entry reflection and funds management
• Negotiation and implementation of new partnerships in Peru and Cambodia; exploration of new programs in Puerto Rico
• Curriculum development and management of student leadership program for leaders focused on international service
• Management of tutoring program for six families and thirty-five children through the Blacksburg Refugee Partnership
• Support faculty’s integration of community engagement projects in global programs and local classes through partner support and identification, syllabus support and implementation of reflection
• Management of the Campus Kitchen at Virginia Tech program including leader recruitment, budget, training, partner management and daily operations (October 2016-January 2019)

Cusco, Peru

• Management of International Volunteers at Picaflor House afterschool program
• Lesson plan development with volunteers for English, Art and Photography classes
• Negotiation and implementation of new partnerships in South America
• Strategic planning and development of operational policies and procedures for Globalteer’s programs
• Marketing and website content development for South America programs and Picaflor House
• Administration and management of staff at Picaflor House

Cusco, Peru

• Oversee operational programming in Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, and Mexico including strategic planning, partnership development, employee review and evaluations
• Development of operational policies and procedures for ProWorld programs
• Planning and leadership of program delivery and operations of global semester programs
• Day to day management of country directors and performance management
• Review of financial expenditures for all programs
• Negotiation of relationships and agreements with local universities and partner organizations

San Jose, Costa Rica

• Site set-up and management of new programs in Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and Panama
• Fostered and established relationships with organizations in Costa Rica, Panama and Dominican Republic for group, semester and volunteer programs
• Managed existing and creation of new ProWorld Semester Programs in Peru, Ghana, Thailand, Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, South Africa
• Managed creation of new ProWorld Programs including the Discovery Program
• Coordination and liasing between the Central American offices and the head office in San Francisco on marketing, program enrollment, program description

Cusco, Peru

• Direct management of three staff members and the implementation of the Cleaner Burning Stoves and Healthy Families Projects in the region of Cusco
• Implementation and creative development of semester programs with the Centro Bartolomé de las Casas & Univerisdad San Ignacio de Loyola
• Fostered and established relationships with organizations (non-profits, schools, health clinics, etc) in Cusco for group, semester and internship programs
• Coordinated and managed over 200 volunteers yearly for the implementation of semester, group and internship programs in Cusco with local organizations and communities
• Development of group programs including program design and coordination with local communities including coffee farmers, women’s groups and others
• Coordination and liaising between the Cusco office and the head office in San Francisco on marketing, program enrollment, program description

Urubamba, Peru

• Program design, coordination and development of six environment, women and youth development projects with local partners and foreign volunteers including monitoring and evaluation of progress
• Developed a new education project in the Sacred Valley with Frida’s Place
• Coordination and management of volunteers before and after internship programs in Urubamba – developed work plans, project assignments, correspondence and evaluations
• Fostered relationships with organizations in the Sacred Valley for group, internship and volunteer programs
• Completed annual reports with financial and project evaluations of progress for group and volunteer programs

• Programmatic research regarding indigenous peoples rights and sustainable development in the Andean region (including gender mainstreaming and a rights based approach) for the development of regional programmatic papers
• Panel review, management and disbursement of over 50 grants per fiscal year for the SAMRO office on livelihoods, disaster risk reduction, indigenous peoples and climate change using the rights based approach
• Coordination and liaising between headquarters and the regional office in Lima, Peru as well as frequent trips to the regional office for workshops, meetings, and partner visits
• Grant Policy Development and Diffusion agency wide via trainings and presentations
• Active participation in Annual Planning and Evaluation workshops in Boston and Lima, Peru and Gender Mainstreaming Initiative workshops and assessment in Lima, Peru and Ecuador
• Support in development of proposals for funding from the McKinley Fund and others as well as submission and writing of project reports for donors

Cusco, Peru

• Developed CTTC’s education program and detailed budget of three courses for foreigners and programmed visits and activities for school children.
• Graphically designed and produced a 45 page Museum Catalogue with photos and text from the exhibition, “Weaving Lives.”
• Produced and developed additional publications, including postcards, Christmas Cards, photographic tags, brochures for the exhibition and the community of Chinchero and contributions to CTTC’s newsletter La Tejedora.
• Compiled 150 woven designs from six highland communities for the education of children, foreigners and future weavers.
• Monitored community program success and production of written articles to the US Board.
• Corresponded with potential volunteers and coordination with CTTC US-Board of Directors as well as visitors’ schedules.