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Washington, Dc, Us

Spearheading comprehensive fundraising, development, and communications strategies to drive meaningful impact in Africa.

West Sacramento, California, Us

Steered all aspects of divisional performance: strategy development and management (Leadership), programming (Services), business development (Sales and Marketing), and financial oversight (Budget/profit analysis). Managed a cohesive 50-member team, including defining sales strategies, driving continuous operational improvements, and expanding into new markets.▪ Created a comprehensive and modernized operations platform that seamlessly integrated finance, business development, human resources, compliance, procurement, and logistics systems, resulting in improved transparency, accountability, and cost efficiency.▪ Expanded team size by 100% in the initial half-year, bringing in additional expertise in enterprise services and programs to foster growth and significant impact.▪ Successfully overhauled business development strategy, leading to a 15% revenue increase in 2021 and a further 20% in 2022.

Durham, Nc, Us

Initiated groundbreaking Global Humanitarian Strategy: Pioneered FHI360’s first global humanitarian strategy and successfully built and led a 300-person crisis response department, delivering integrated humanitarian programming in Africa, the Middle East, and the U.S. This marked a significant milestone in the organization's 40+ year history.▪ Identified opportunity to expand into humanitarian space, leveraging internal development expertise and worldwide presence to build a rapidly growing crisis response department. Created strategy, structure, and partnerships to bring the initiative to life:o Strategic Planning: Established clear vision guided by three core values—People First, Think Integration, and Begin with the End in Mind—to ensure integrated service delivery that creates pathways for rebuilding resilient communities. Gained significant buy-in from CEO and Board, enshrining the success of the Crisis Response Department as a top three priority of the organization’s three-year global strategy.▪ Achieved Impressive Financial Results: Generated a remarkable $50 million in revenue within a mere 30 months by successfully negotiating a long-term partnership with USAID's Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance (BHA), surpassing the initial revenue target by a significant 100%.▪ Accelerated key business processes to enable organization to respond to crises in an agile and nimble way. Reengineered policies, procedures, and systems across finance, procurement, human resources, logistics, security, and other key functions. ▪ Championed diversity, equity, and inclusion as a key component of organizational success through targeted recruiting, mentoring, development, and training efforts.

Durham, Nc, Us

Recruited by CEO to launch $4 million integrated development initiative, which grew into a permanent department with 12 employees working to promote an intentional, unified programming approach to address global human development challenges. Established framework, conducted extensive research and modeling, built suite of integration tools, and gained buy-in from stakeholders across the organization.▪ Positioned organization as a leading voice on integrated development value and best practices by launching and facilitating Global Summit on Integration with more than 300 attendees. Summit spurred significant new funding and donor support. ▪ Advanced the global conversation on integrated development by establishing Locus, a consortium of twelve organizations from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Locus provides a forum for sharing perspectives and shapes the global agenda for finding new solutions to complex development challenges.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Appointed by Obama Administration to provide strategic leadership and management for all regional programming and development activities in Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific. Represented the agency with Congress, the private sector, foundations, institutional donors, and NGOs.▪ Supported the Obama Administration’s “Rebalance to Asia” strategy by guiding the development and approval of country mission strategic plans. Coordinated across the State Department, Congress, Department of the Treasury, and other key stakeholders. Testified before Senate East Asian and Pacific Subcommittee. ▪ Led reopening of the USAID Mission in Myanmar following a 24-year closure, which paved the way for President Obama’s historic visit in 2012 as he became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the country. ▪ Chaired U.S. Government’s inter-agency committee that launched President Obama’s Partnership for Growth, a whole-of-government bilateral engagement between the Philippines and U.S. Government to address binding constraints to economic growth and development. Skillfully orchestrated efforts of 8 government departments and 3 agencies, aligning resources to enable 92% increase in GDP, 74% increase in tax collections, and major regulatory reforms in the Philippines.▪ Instrumental in building organizational structure for the Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI), a regional collaboration among Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam with support from the U.S. Hired and oversaw mission directors, engaged closely with the offices of Secretaries of State Clinton and Kerry, and coordinated programming to promote stability, peace, prosperity, and sustainable development for the 60 million people living in the sub-region.▪ Transformed operating model of regional offices to facilitate more integrated service delivery at the mission level. Broke down programming silos to unite sectors and approaches, leading to a more profound impact in the region.

Silver Spring, Md, Us

Managed emergency preparedness/emergency response unit and all humanitarian interventions worldwide.

New York, Ny, Us

Directed International Rescue Committee's programs in 10 countries recognizing 40% growth in sales over a 5-year period. Managed $120M budget and 800 staff.

New York, Ny, Us

Managed 8 country programs in the Balkans and the Caucasus with a staff of 750 and $100M budget.

M.S., Environmental Engineering

Associate'S Degree, Liberal Arts And Sciences/Liberal Studies

B.A., Foreign Service