Contributes to the development of CARE's $500 million portfolio of pursued US government funding by leading gender integration and gender-focused program design for proposals over $10 million.Leads capture and technical design for CARE's USG Gender Portfolio Leads global capacity building efforts around gender integration within program design and proposal development. Provides field-based technical expertise on women's economic empowerment, gender, and resource… Show more Contributes to the development of CARE's $500 million portfolio of pursued US government funding by leading gender integration and gender-focused program design for proposals over $10 million.Leads capture and technical design for CARE's USG Gender Portfolio Leads global capacity building efforts around gender integration within program design and proposal development. Provides field-based technical expertise on women's economic empowerment, gender, and resource mobilization to CARE country offices globally. Show less

Founder and former Director of Feminist Job Board, a leading online non-for-profit international feminist job search site launched in 2012. Currently merging with GenderJobs.org.

Designs, develops, and manages innovative EU and international social impact projects and programmesLeads project and policy portfolio on technology and digital society in the EUManages and develops strategic partnerships with EU institutions, Fortune 50 corporations, foundations and other key stakeholders for the largest umbrella organisation of women's rights associations in Europe with 1.2 million euro budgetIn 2017, met annual stretch financial goal of 20% budget… Show more Designs, develops, and manages innovative EU and international social impact projects and programmesLeads project and policy portfolio on technology and digital society in the EUManages and develops strategic partnerships with EU institutions, Fortune 50 corporations, foundations and other key stakeholders for the largest umbrella organisation of women's rights associations in Europe with 1.2 million euro budgetIn 2017, met annual stretch financial goal of 20% budget growth within first half of fiscal year; closed six-figure partnerships with Fortune 50 companiesIn 2016, grew corporate funding by 150%; increased total organisational budget by 5%, eliminated a 15-year financial deficit and created a reserve fundSupports the organisation’s socio-economic policy team in delivering gender-specific technical assistance to external international development stakeholdersDesigns and leads #EmpowerMAP, a field-based research project focusing on mapping thelivelihood needs of economically vulnerable women in four EU countries (Poland, Romania, Spain,France) and profiling best practices amongst women’s economic empowerment programmes.Manages four full-time researchersLeads the European Women’s Lobby’s strategy and vision for youth women’s leadership via thedevelopment of the AGORA Young Women’s Leadership Network—a multi-year evidence-basedYouth Programme, which aims to impact 20,000 young women in 31 countries by 2020Designed and developed #HerNetHerRights, a research project focusing on understanding andending online violence against women and girls, culminating in an online youth-focused conferencein November 2017Leads project and policy work on women's social entrepreneurship and women's entrepreneurshipRepresents the European Women's Lobby to the press and media via interviews, debates, talk shows, and contribution to in-print and online news Show less

Responsible for designing and leading the first ever pan-European research project mapping the state of women's social entrepreneurship in 10 EU countries, funded by CHANELRepresented the European Women's Lobby in national and EU level conferences, working groups and seminars on socio-economic policy with a focus on women's entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship.Provided expert guidance to policy makers within the European Parliament and European Commission regarding… Show more Responsible for designing and leading the first ever pan-European research project mapping the state of women's social entrepreneurship in 10 EU countries, funded by CHANELRepresented the European Women's Lobby in national and EU level conferences, working groups and seminars on socio-economic policy with a focus on women's entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship.Provided expert guidance to policy makers within the European Parliament and European Commission regarding legislation concerning women's entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship and women's social entrepreneurship. Convened the WEstart Advisory Group: a working group of high-level policy and research experts in the field of social entrepreneurship.Designed and implemented a participatory, rigorous cross-cultural research methodology.Created dynamic cross-cultural quantitative and qualitative research tools.Managed and trained a team of 10 international research consultants to produce digital and printed outputs in English and national languages. Show less

Research Assistant for ActionAid/IDS project on women's rights focused economic social movements in urban Latin America, and for InterAction/IDS project on care and gender narratives in international early childhood education/development policy. Undertook comprehensive literature review, cleaned and translated data from Spanish, French and Portuguese.

Researched and created content (multimedia content, interviews, stories, infographics etc.) for the Women’s Refugee Commission website; managed and updated site; maintained, synthesized and reported on analytics; liaised with external web team to re-design and upgrade key site elements to facilitate user access to online research and resourcesCoordinated the WRC blog and Executive Director’s Huffington Post blog; wrote blog posts on behalf of Executive Director, Senior Program Team and… Show more Researched and created content (multimedia content, interviews, stories, infographics etc.) for the Women’s Refugee Commission website; managed and updated site; maintained, synthesized and reported on analytics; liaised with external web team to re-design and upgrade key site elements to facilitate user access to online research and resourcesCoordinated the WRC blog and Executive Director’s Huffington Post blog; wrote blog posts on behalf of Executive Director, Senior Program Team and as a representative of the organization for Huffington Post and ReliefWebProvided support to Executive Director and Senior Management for meetings, presentations and events including in the preparation of talking points, briefing notes, speeches and other materialsSpearheaded and designed a social media campaign for CSW 2013 entitled “The Power of Prevention” on GBV in refugee settings; created multimedia content including branded infographics, blog posts, twitter chats and photo essaysAssisted in coordinating major events including: UNHCR/WRC World Refugee Day; 2013 Voices of Courage Gala; 2013 IRC/WRC International Women’s Day Breakfast; and interagency “brown bag” field mission briefingsAssisted in writing, developing and producing printed and online materials including reports, tool kits, and briefings; disseminated materials to strategic partners and key international stakeholders including UNHCR, AUSAID, NGO and civil society partners and national governmentsCoordinated regular cross-department meetings to enhance internal communication and to identify needs and opportunities for collaborationDrafted media materials, including pitches, press releases, media advisories and fact sheets; researched media contacts and potential opportunities for specific program areas. Drafted and produced e-blasts and monthly email newsletters Show less

Founder and CEO of Girl Got Grants, a feminist fundraising collective and independent consultancy specializing in grant writing and research solutions for progressive organizations. Manages a staff of five international writers.

Grant reporter for major international development intermediary NGOTranslated grant reports for varied Latin American development projects funded by large corporate donors from Spanish into EnglishEdited reports for content, clarity and brevity, according to the needs of the Resource Foundation and corporate donorsAnalyzed budgets and financial documents to ensure continuity with original proposal

Head grant writer for a major New York non-profit home healthcare company with 400 employees and a 40 million dollar budgetAs part of a two person team, developed and managed donor and institutional relations for all four offices, including Manhattan, the South Bronx, Westchester and Suffolk CountyUndertook strategic planning and development, including program design, evaluation, and foundation and corporate fundraising for special programs, including the Infant Toddler Parent… Show more Head grant writer for a major New York non-profit home healthcare company with 400 employees and a 40 million dollar budgetAs part of a two person team, developed and managed donor and institutional relations for all four offices, including Manhattan, the South Bronx, Westchester and Suffolk CountyUndertook strategic planning and development, including program design, evaluation, and foundation and corporate fundraising for special programs, including the Infant Toddler Parent Program in the South Bronx, and Senior Community Care in Westchester Show less

Developed DSFHS' Ryan White Part D grant proposal, obtaining over $500,000 in federal funding to provide state-of-the-art medical and social support services to low-income women, children, youth and infants living with HIV/AIDS in the South Bronx

Raised over two-thirds of Mercy Center's annual operating budget through corporate and foundation grant-writing and reportingUndertook prospect research and managed a portfolio of current and prospective foundation supportersDeveloped relationships and built partnerships with stakeholders including foundations, individuals, government groups, and local community-based organizations Worked closely with Program Coordinators to develop program goals and objectives, create… Show more Raised over two-thirds of Mercy Center's annual operating budget through corporate and foundation grant-writing and reportingUndertook prospect research and managed a portfolio of current and prospective foundation supportersDeveloped relationships and built partnerships with stakeholders including foundations, individuals, government groups, and local community-based organizations Worked closely with Program Coordinators to develop program goals and objectives, create measurement and assessment tools, and enhance program designProduced print and online communications materialsManaged social media Assisted with the planning and production of special events Show less

Planned and coordinated Boiling Point Workshops for 1) Unilever Product Development project focusing on brand expansion and natural products with a new product target goal of $10 million dollars in new revenue in 2011, and 2) Compass Knowledge Group brand expansion project with a target goal of$20 million dollars in net new revenue by 2012. Assisted CEO with workshop development and facilitation. Designed and executed online exercises. Organized and analyzed online responses. Created written… Show more Planned and coordinated Boiling Point Workshops for 1) Unilever Product Development project focusing on brand expansion and natural products with a new product target goal of $10 million dollars in new revenue in 2011, and 2) Compass Knowledge Group brand expansion project with a target goal of$20 million dollars in net new revenue by 2012. Assisted CEO with workshop development and facilitation. Designed and executed online exercises. Organized and analyzed online responses. Created written presentations for the client. Show less

Developed key relationships with Argentine and International NGOs working with issues of homelessness, gender violence, and reproductive health and facilitated collaboration betweenorganizations. Maintained contact with organizations through traditional and social networking.Created and managed a data-base of partner organizations. Developed materials for Sol Naciente, and partner organizations in preparation for the Hauralde Foundation-Sol Naciente Annual Gender… Show more Developed key relationships with Argentine and International NGOs working with issues of homelessness, gender violence, and reproductive health and facilitated collaboration betweenorganizations. Maintained contact with organizations through traditional and social networking.Created and managed a data-base of partner organizations. Developed materials for Sol Naciente, and partner organizations in preparation for the Hauralde Foundation-Sol Naciente Annual Gender Conference.Researched, wrote and edited proposals for two development projects presented to Hauralde Foundation and the Cooperación Española: 1) a mobile sexual health unit to bring reproductive health education, contraception and primary and preventative sexual health care to five hundred women living in Buenos Aires’ eight largest slums, 2) a halfway house for homeless and slum-dwelling children and teens recovering from addiction to crack cocaine. Show less

Constructed a computer center and implemented a self-designed computer skills training program and child-care system in the Sol Naciente women’s shelter, with $10,000 grant from Davis Projects for Peace. Raised public awareness and monetary and material donations for the project through printed and online media sources, including a self-designed interactive donation web-site, blog, and social networking site for the project. Trained and managed project interns/volunteers.