Gregory Kearns Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Responsible for leading the Institutional Business Development Team (11 staff), Corporate Team (7 staff), Major Gifts Team (8 staff) and Foundation team (3 staff) to acquire approximately $35 million in new awards annually. Revenue expected in fiscal year 2017 (July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017) is expected to be $45 million. Key donors include USAID, Gates Foundation, Kellogg Foundation, Howard G Buffett Foundation, SIDA, MasterCard Foundation, Margaret A Cargill Foundation, European Commission, the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development, Starbucks, Cargill, and several others.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Responsible for overseeing an active grants portfolio of approximately $120 million. General responsibilities include oversight of the Business Development function and Grants Management function. Donors include larger bilaterals (e.g. USAID) and multilaterals (e,g. UNICEF), as well as corporations and foundations (e.g. Hilton and MasterCard).

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Responsible for ensuring that people, process, and technology changes accompany any enterprise-wide global initiatives, including those in knowledge management, human resources, corporate security, program quality, and information technology.-Implemented a global online knowledge management system to 100 countries and 6000 staff

Lead the implementation in Asia, Africa, Middle East/Eastern European, and Support Entity (i.e. fundraising offices) of a a $78 million global information management system to be utilized by more than 100 World Vision offices and more than 20,000 staff. Responsibilities include managing a team of implementers in Asia, eastern Europe and Africa, and working with a variety of internal stakeholders and business domains (e.g. Public Policy/Advocacy, Community Development, Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, etc.) to ensure that their business requirements are reflected in the Future State Road Map of PMIS.Strong focus on organizational change management, knowledge management, and encouraging wide-scale adoption of PMIS in WV offices in Asia, Eastern Europe/Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, as well as community-based partners in remote areas.Implementation of four batches of more than 70 WV offices on five continents.

Lead and managed 40+ integrated community development programs in Vietnam with an annual operating budget of $17 million in 2008 (budget was $9 million in 2005). Donors included USAID (PEPFAR), AusAID (Australian Government), UNFPA, Asia Development Bank and private donors in 14 countries in Asia, United States, Europe, and Australia.Recruited, coached, and managed a senior-level team of four expatriates and seven Vietnamese managers. By the time of Mr. Kearns' departure, all expatriate positions had been nationalized. More than 200 staff reported up through Mr. Kearns.Obtained grant funding from USAID/PEFPAR and set-up management infrastructure for implementation of a 4-year program in the areas of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Voluntary Testing and Counseling, Orphans and Vulnerable Children, and Economic Strengthening in Hai Phong and HCMC.Worked with Vietnamese Government entities at the National, Provincial, District, Commune, and Hamlet levels in 14 provinces in Vietnam in developing, managing, monitoring, and evaluating projects. ** 2002-2005 - Team Leader Asia and Middle East and Eastern European Regions - World Vision United States, Washington D.C. Led of team of 20 staff who back-stopped a portfolio of more than $100 million from USAID, Department of State, USDA, Department of Labor, and private donors in the areas of community development, recovery from conflict, humanitarian assistance, governance, food commodity monetization, child labor, microfinance, anti-trafficking/sex slavery, child survival and nutrition, among others in 30 countries. Strong focus on advocacy and public policy with partners regarding programming; Activities included building coalitions with other NGOs and organizations in Washington D.C. to advocate for policies protecting the rights of citizens in conflict/post-conflict situations, advocating for increased U.S. Government funding in Burma and North Korea, and crafting organization policies.

Wrote successful proposal to USAID worth $89 million for a 5-year food monetization program in Bangladesh which was fully integrated in 36 long-term community development programs. Sectors included community-level infrastructure, improved agriculture productivity, water/sanitation, and building capacity of local community partners. Wrote successful proposals to USAID and USDA worth over $30 million for humanitarian assistance and recovery projects, governance, and education in Afghanistan and Pakistan.Successfully obtained funding from the U.S. State Department's Department for Human Rights and Labor Bureau for an anti-trafficking project within Burma. As a follow-on, Mr. Kearns prepared a 5-country Mekong Delta Regional Strategy grant to the Trafficking in Persons Office in the U.S. State Department. Traveled to East Timor during the conflict and wrote proposals to USAID/OFDA for humanitarian assistance and recovery projects for multiple locations within the country. Worked with WV Indonesia to obtain funding for peacebuilding work in Halmahera (North Maluku

during the war), tripled the WVB annual budget from $500,000 to $30 million and developed funding relationships with USAID/OFDA, World Bank, European Union, UNHCR, and private donors in Europe, the United States and Asia. Funding was for projects in infrastructure repair, weatherization/winterization, microfinance, and provision of humanitarian assistance to internally-displaced persons. As Head of Office - Sarajevo

Tonj and Yambia Counties, southern Sudan and Lokichokio, Kenya, World Vision southern Sudan As Commodities/Logistics Officer, oversaw storage, air transport, and distribution of USAID and UN World Food Program food and non-food commodities to program partners in southern Sudan, which at that time was in a state of intense conflict. Managed frequent evacuations of staff from remote areas in southern Sudan and led coordination with United Nations staff.As Deputy Team Leader, oversaw integrated humanitarian assistance funding from USAID/OFDA in the areas of Maternal Child Health, Expanded Program of Immunization, agricultural recovery, food and non-food commodity distribution, improving water resources, and building capacity of local partners. Oversaw a national staff of 250 and expatriate staff of 15.Led and participated in several project assessments (e.g. Nutrition, Agriculture, Therapeutic Feeding, Expanded Program on Immunization) of new program areas in active conflict zones.

M.B.A, Economic And Social Development

M.P.I.A, Track, Economic And Social Development

B.A, Political Science

Geographic Experience: Lived in, traveled, and wrote/managed/back-stopped grants in: Afghanistan, Albania