Greta Ryan Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, MO

• Plan, supervise, monitor, track and publish deliverables of quarterly risk assessment reports. Develop stakeholder management and communications plans, quality assurance and compliance reports, document lessons.
• Lead partnership with PMO, IT and developers to use adaptive, agile development, to build and maintain a system for users to create Risk Assessment reports across divisions, create workflows, document requirements.
• Train users on system to input data and create reports
• Contract management, RFP development and review for developer of key application
• Oversee the process for development of new reports and modification of existing reports in partnership with other divisions, including development of report requirements, communication of status of reports, and testing.

Kansas City, Kansas

• Directed, reported and provided oversight of projects in the Latin American, Caribbean and African regions to ensure implementation of high quality programs
• Oversaw a yearly budget exceeding $5 million
• Performed on-site and off-site program evaluations and analyses, organizational audits, home visits and interviews, staff trainings, best practice development, and conflict resolution
• Developed the project management plans for projects, including identified stakeholders management plans, communication plans, developed the schedule plans, cost plans, resource plans and procurement plans
• Implemented and served on local project boards of directors to achieve member recruitment, training and on-going board development
• Developed, analyzed, reviewed and approved annual work plans and budgets as well as periodic program grants

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Managed, trained, and recruited full-time staff members
• Supported the development and management of small ecotourism businesses in over 20 countries
• Developed and facilitated training materials for small and micro business development
• Assisted the management and implementation of global research projects.
• Supported department outreach initiatives
• Prepared and managed departmental budgets and funding strategies

• Supported product development, identified and wrote feasibility and business plans, provided market research, facilitated information exchanges, developed terms of references, secured marketing and license agreements.
• Assisted in the writing and implementation of a series of workshops to facilitate ecotourism development, education and awareness, and best practices
• Developed and implemented workshops for in-country community members to introduce business development and entrepreneurial skills
• Marketed select businesses to both FITs and to tour operators, and transitioned contacts and methodologies to in-country partners/staff
• Prepared department funding proposals
• Managed department interns

• Managed Spanish language immersion school in Guatemala, the Eco-Escuela de Español.
• Facilitated all international marketing and reservations for the language school and responsible for the information management and outreach
• Insured quality control, customer satisfaction, and optimum occupancy at the school.
• Developed Participatory Planning and Product Development workshops
• Wrote case studies for publication and marketing
• Managed the school’s transfer of ownership to the teachers and homestay mothers

• Worked with Fundraising team to reach goal of $5.2 million in unrestricted, individual donations
• Planned special events for fundraising and stewardship purposes
• Responsible for department accounts payable
• Maintained database of donors and prospects
• Managed mailings and event follow-up
• Developed analyses and trends of donor base

Master Certificate, Applied Project Management

M.A., Latin American Studies

B.A., Spanish And International Studies