Extensive management experience, most recently as Chief of Party in Tanzania, Haiti, Nigeria, and Kenya for a consortium that provided high quality HIV care and treatment to under-served populations. Served as Executive Director of a vibrant, growing international development organization. Solved every imaginable crisis as Peace Corps Country Director in the Comoros Islands and Gabon. Excelled in key leadership positions at Lutheran World Relief. I understand budget and finance while “seeing the larger picture.” Strong record of piloting projects, establishing standards, mentoring associates, and articulating philosophy to government representatives, volunteers, partner agencies, board members, donors, and international news media. Peace Corps Volunteer forester, trainer of several groups of Peace Corps Volunteers, and Hausa language instructor (Niger).Goal: to use my considerable skills in leadership to make a difference.Approach: employ asset-based approach to problem-solving, and use Appreciative Inquiry to structure achievement of results.Specialties: NGO leadership, multi-national staff management, food aid, crisis management, PEPFAR funding.Proven ability to inspire confidence.Can capably fill leadership vacuum.
Listed skills include French, Africa, International Development, Budgets, and 23 others.