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Chapel Hill, NC, US

Seattle, WA, US

Seattle, WA, US

Seattle, WA, US

Write technical country briefs to inform investors, government officials and other stakeholders how to leverage digital systems as part of the COVID-19 response by configuring findings from a large, multi-country landscaping of existing and adaptable software platforms

Chapel Hill, NC, US

• Advised CEO and executive team to ensure company practices aligned with company’s vision and mission.
• Designed and implemented streamlined systems that facilitated the smooth operations of the President’s Office, including drafting and writing company correspondences to employees (i.e., strategy documents, company.
• Assisted with board relations and recruitment.
• Provided technical coordination of the President’s engagements with the global development community, including Researching and developing PowerPoint presentations and talking points.
• Represented IntraHealth at high-level meetings organized by multilateral institutions, including United Nations General Assembly, World Health Organization’s Global Forum on Human Resources for Health.
• Built innovative partnerships with the private sector, like the Shared Value Initiative and Novartis Foundation.

• Managed programming in the Uganda and Tanzania country offices for a diverse set of public and private donors, including Johnson & Johnson, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, United States Agency for International.
• Directed agile software development for a national electronic immunization registry in Tanzania using Atlassian Cloud software.
• Led human resources for health activities in Angola, Ghana, and Nigeria for CapacityPlus, a $50M USAID-funded health systems strengthening project.
• Conducted a national human resources information system (HRIS) gap assessment as a consultant to the Ministry of Health in Angola and produced a report, in Portuguese, that included a situational analysis and.
• Executed six internet-based HRIS training sessions in Ghana for government and faith-based health leaders who entered approximately 25,000 health worker records into an open-source database that generates reports to.

• Coordinated human resources for health activities in Angola, Ghana, and Nigeria for the CapacityPlus project.
• Prepared and disseminated project related reports and documents, including subcontract and consultant scopes of work, country strategies, multimillion-dollar budgets, and other essential documents.
• Interviewed 50 key informants in Ghana about project results and published several legacy documentation products.
• Collaborated with the Ministry of Health Ghana to develop the 2014-2019 national human resources for health policy and strategy documents.

Provided assistance for the Longscan Family Child Study, the National Training Institute (NTI) for Child Care Health Consultants (CCHCs), and the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP). For the Longscan Family Child Study, recruited 150 subjects to participate in a follow-on project for a longitudinal study conducted among individuals.

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

• Documented the Gender-Based Violence Initiative (GBVI) work targeting children and adolescents as well as their families and communities through interviews, photos, graphs, and reports.
• Connected key stakeholders from the Mozambican ministries with gender-based violence advocates in South Africa.
• Assessed Pathfinder’s Extended Service Delivery Project for reproductive health (RH) and family planning.
• Consulted for a Raparigas em Desenvolvimento, Educação e Saúde (REDES) conference to provide suggestions for improvement for communicating topics on girls’ sexual and reproductive health.
• Edited various manuals and strategies for USAID-funded projects including the Future Farmers of Mozambique Manual and the Youth Strategy Proposal.
• Contributed to weekly Interagency GBVI meetings (organizations included the CDC, PEPFAR and USAID).

Greensboro, NC, US

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

Volunteered at Ntwanano, a community-based organization (CBO) with project design and implementation. Collaborated on organizational development and home-based care visits to HIV positive patients. Led capacity building courses in English and computer skills for 15 coworkers and 40 high school students. Created a nutrition and education program for 50.

Coordinated national women's empowerment network for 500 young women and 40 schools. Co-wrote and managed a $100,000 grant budget from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Supervised 8 conferences for 480 participants at the regional and provincial levels on the topics of gender, sexual and reproductive health, self-esteem building.

Planned strategic itineraries for international leaders to meet with local leaders to exchange best practices. Coordinated programs to teach North Carolina citizens about global affairs. Organized Russian film screening to raise global awareness for 75 attendees.

Master'S Degree, International Public Health/International Health

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Cum Laude, International Relations And Affairs, Spanish