Provide strategic leadership and strategic growth in knowledge management and learning toadvance goals and implementation quality of the USAID's Enhanced Local Efforts for Vital, Transformative, and Evidence-based Nutrition (ELEVATE Nutrition) activityOversee the development and implementation of knowledge sharing strategies and frameworksfor guiding and updating USAID and external audiencesSupport USAID in utilizing innovative KM tools and methodsSupport development of learning agendas across and promote strategic collaboration, learning,and adaptive management (CLA) to help USAID improve future knowledge management work

Operationalized USAID Africa Trade and Investment communications priorities, including proactive development and dissemination of communications and knowledge management materials and strategic messaging for a wide variety of audiences. Developed activity branding and marking plan, in close collaboration with USAID and USG Prosper Africa initiative, to strengthen positioning and visibility of activity outcomes in support of USG priorities.Led quarterly and annual reporting, in coordination with technical and MEL teams, that weaves a evidence-based narrative for how the activity is helping the USG achieve their trade and investment objectives. Managed a team of communications professionals and consultants to deliver high-quality products, events, and social media for USAID and Prosper Africa.

Served on Feed the Future Crisis Team, coordinating with the interagency on deliverables and messaging in support of a whole-of-government response to the global food security crisis, including leading development of high-level events and drafting classified briefers, talking points for Agency leadership, and fact sheets for the White House website.Served as Acting Outreach Team Lead (October 2022 - January 2023) - Managing staff and contractors to achieve strategic communication objectives, resulting in greater public and Congressional engagement on global food security and nutrition.Served as key point of contact on external engagements to advance the USAID Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy and U.S. Global Food Security Strategy.Oversaw implementation of nutrition strategic communications and outreach plan in coordination with other USAID Bureaus and Offices, the National Security Council, other USG agencies, bilateral and multilateral donors and philanthropies, advocates, implementing partners, and the media.

Served as Senior Nutrition Strategic Communications Advisor with USAID's Center for Nutrition under the Food Security Service Center (FSSC) II mechanism

Served as technical director for the Integrating Gender and Nutrition through Innovative Technical Exchange in Agriculture (IGNITE), which provides technical assistance to African institutions to integrate gender and nutrition into agriculture investments and their way of doing businessProvided organization-wide thought leadership and strategic direction on integrating nutrition into agriculture and market systems programs and food systems activities Reviewed and provided technical input on the design of evaluations, development of training and SBC materials, and implementation of activitiesOversaw program budgets and workplans to ensure effective and efficient implementationOversaw writing and submission of donor financial and technical reportsLiaised with a range of stakeholders in public and private sector to build support for the integration of gender and nutrition in agricultureManaged strategic partnerships and lead new business pursuits for the organization, particularly around the nexus of nutrition, gender, and agricultureSupervised HQ and field-based staff to achieve project and organizational goals

Led strategic communications for raising the profile of ACDI/VOCA's thought leadershipWrote, edited, and provided editorial guidance on informational and marketing materials for the web Wrote and edited printed marketing materialsManaged media relations for the organizationTrained staff at HQ and in the field on communications practices, company style, and branding

GAIN:Provided strategic support and guidance in the development of communications strategies and messaging to three country teams working on the Marketplace for Nutritious Foods.Developed marketing brochures, PowerPoints, newsletters, and other outreach materials relevant to the project.Wrote website and newsletter content.IFPRI:Drafted narratives on biofortification and visualize theories of change for the A4NH chapter on impact research for agriculture and nutrition projects.Edited and prepared HarvestPlus technical documents on agriculture, nutrition, and health for publication.Facilitated the 8th Annual HarvestPlus Provitamin A Maize Meeting in Lusaka, Zambia with 80 participants; wrote meeting report.Trained HarvestPlus staff on using social media tools.Wrote content for the 2012 HarvestPlus Annual Report; coordinated design with outside vendor.

Managed editing, creation, and distribution of HarvestPlus publications and dissemination materials. Managed HarvestPlus website and content, as well as all social media outreach, and coordinated social media campaigns.Wrote articles and blogs for nutrition- and agriculture-related media outlets.Coordinated logistics for major international biofortification conference with over 300 participants, speakers, and high-level presenters.Conducted stakeholder analysis with health, nutrition, and agriculture partners in target countries using Net-Map, a social networking tool.Drafted and edited annual reports for donors and the organization.

Designed dissemination print and electronic materials, including policy briefs, summary reports, fact sheets, and PowerPoints, to summarize technical demographic and health survey data for non-technical audiences.Provided logistical and technical support for high-level events surrounding the release of MEASURE DHS final reports in multiple African countries.Finalized university-level curriculum on how to use MEASURE DHS data for informing policies and programs in African countries. Developed collaborative links with USAID missions, host-country counterparts, and USG partners, with extensive travel throughout Africa.

Organized and coordinated HKI Guinea’s eyesight programs (trachoma, onchocerciasis, and refractive error) and activities in collaboration with the Ministry of Health’s Blindness and Onchocerciasis Program and local NGOs.Trained 250 Guinean health staff in effective communication techniques and utilization of IEC materials in prenatal care and nutrition; coordinated the distribution of these materials to health structures and organizations throughout the country; conducted follow-up evaluations to assess usage and effectiveness of materials.Coordinated social mobilization and communication strategies for two national vitamin A distribution campaigns.