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Willet, NY, US

Ithaca, New York Area

• Manage relationships and work closely with faculty and program staff at universities, partner organizations and private foundations to ensure effective partnerships and collaborative approaches toward shared goals
• Lead a team of up to 15 educators implementing a range of agricultural programming focused on equitable food systems, climate resilience and ecosystem service provision on agricultural lands
• Serve as a member of the organization’s Leadership Team, through which department leads work closely with the Executive Director to guide organizational strategy and establish effective administrative processes
• Establish a Payment for Ecosystem Services working group of ~30 stakeholders to steward the creation of a regional pilot program seeking to measure, verify and compensate progressive BIPOC and beginning farmers for the.
• Collaborate with staff, volunteers, community groups, and other stakeholders throughout the community and region to address high priority agricultural issues and maximize effective use of community resources to bolster.

Willet, NY

54-acre integrated chestnut- and apple-orchard and sheep farm, established with the goals of contributing to the body of applied research identifying appropriate management methods for orchard silvopasture systems; providing solid grounding in applied farm management to inform work in agricultural extension and policy; and identifying politico-economic.

Ithaca, New York Area

Build collaborations with industry partners to leverage complementary strengths and provide value to farmers who use the company’s farm management and data analytics platform. Design platform components and tools, and work with programmers to implement new tools and troubleshoot existing functionality. Ensure that logical flow is comprehensible from a.

Kirkville, NY

Plan and carry out field operations and oversee volunteers in the Community Farm and Incubator Farm programs, on a 32-acre farm providing weekly transportation and land on which New Americans grow and harvest food for their families.

North Kivu, DRC

• Designed quantitative survey methods and implemented separate large-scale (n≈1,000) baseline surveys in Beni Territory, Lubero Territory and Rutshuru Territory of North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, in order to.
• Designed and implemented baseline and follow-up surveys of 500 smallholder cocoa farmers in Beni Territory, North Kivu for an evaluation of the impact of an ICT-enabled farmer-to-farmer extension program
• Designed and implemented a survey of 2,200 smallholder farmers in North Kivu, investigating agricultural management practices for the maintenance of long-term soil fertility in coffee and cocoa production systems.
• Liaised with the Université Catholique du Graben in Butembo, DRC to develop programming in North Kivu that addresses local priorities through improved natural resource management, food security and youth employment.
• Analyzed data from aforementioned fieldwork, with a focus on the nexus of agricultural production practices (particularly soil fertility and biodiversity management), crop choice, local-level conflict and household.

Davis, CA

Organic Crop Production (9/12 - 12/12, 4/13 - 6/13, 9/13 - 12/13)Calculus (9/11 - 3/12)

Kampala, Uganda

Designed and led preliminary implementation of updated and digitized Fair Trade certification protocols. Trained field agents in rural Uganda and DRC. Managed and oversaw local processing of cocoa beans, including supervision of workers, tracking production and controlling quality. Provided ongoing analysis of sales, production and personnel matters.

Rubya, Tanzania

New Haven, CT

Hudson River, NY

Voorheesville, NY

Master Of Science (Ms), Agricultural And Resource Economics

Master Of Science (Ms), International Agricultural Development

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Mathematics

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Classical Studies