Business Development Advisor for International Location Safety, leader in safety, security and risk management for the humanitarian, international development and research sectors.- Leading full lifecycle of proposal development and bid management (forecast to submission) for all consulting programs for clients across the humanitarian aid, international development, academic research and media sectors including FCDO, USAID, and UKAID funded projects internationally. - Desinging… Show more Business Development Advisor for International Location Safety, leader in safety, security and risk management for the humanitarian, international development and research sectors.- Leading full lifecycle of proposal development and bid management (forecast to submission) for all consulting programs for clients across the humanitarian aid, international development, academic research and media sectors including FCDO, USAID, and UKAID funded projects internationally. - Desinging training, security risk management and consulting programs, including budgeting and partner strategy, with the Directors of Risk Advisory, Learning and Development, and Finance and Operations.- Coordinating the Duty of Care Pavilion for AidEx 2024 by collaborating with safety and security experts from across the humanitarian and international development sector including UN agencies, the Red Cross & Crescent communities, INGOs, and local/national CSOs. Co-creating sessions on AI in humanitarian aid, queering risk management, safeguarding and adapting technologies for effective delivery in conflict affected hotspots.- Leading the business development of ILS’ Kenya-based subsidiary, Manda Risk Management Solution.- Lead of the ILS Responsilbe AI Working Group developing innovative policies on internal use of AI incorporating ecological, social and commerical considerations for responsible use of AI.- Advisor to the Managing Directors on business development, marketing, and communications both strategically and operationally. Show less

Community Director for an international research collective funded by the United States NSF Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations (AccelNet) grant. Aimed at promoting and developing sustainable mountain communities internationally with partners in over 50 countries. - Leading the design and implementation of strategic partnership and community engagement strategies digitally, at international fora, and throughout our collaborative research groups… Show more Community Director for an international research collective funded by the United States NSF Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations (AccelNet) grant. Aimed at promoting and developing sustainable mountain communities internationally with partners in over 50 countries. - Leading the design and implementation of strategic partnership and community engagement strategies digitally, at international fora, and throughout our collaborative research groups globally.- Elected as a Mountain Sentinels representative for the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties (COP28) and developed the engagement strategy for Blue and Green Zone activities for Mountain Sentinels and partners.- Developing digital and physical community focused on international mountain sustainability and indigenous knowledge with community leaders, high political officials and mountain stakeholders across North America, Europe, Africa, South America, and Asia including LMICs.- Designing all social media, websites, newsletters, virtual ‘coffee talks' and events procuring a digital audience that engages with sustainability research across praxis and theory in both activism and academia.- Managing external network partner relations amongst our 18 international partner networks through social media, newsletter and event collaborations by developing streamlined communication channels and practices.- Supports the Program Manager and CO-Principal Investigators team in analyzing data and developing program reports, annual reports, and NSF donor compliance materials.- Selected as one of four delegates to represent Mountain Sentinels Alliance at the United Nations Mountain Partnership's Sixth Global Meeting of the Mountains. Contributing to the Aspen Convention alongside political leaders of Columbia, Nepal, Peru, Colorado State, Canada, amongst others. Show less

- Innovating sustainability education for middle/high school students (ages 12-18) across nine countries, and growing, by researching, collaborating and designing StoryMaps (ArcGIS) curriculum for mass distribution and digital access.

Research Fellow for the Public Banking Project, a cohort of senior-level development professionals and academics, led by Thomas Marois. Delivering policy briefs, publications, and government recommendations for international development institutions, Multilateral Development Banks, and government agencies. Key results include:- 350ColoradoAdvising 350Colorado’s Local Government Climate Finance Roadmap in partnership with local and regional municipal governments in Colorado to… Show more Research Fellow for the Public Banking Project, a cohort of senior-level development professionals and academics, led by Thomas Marois. Delivering policy briefs, publications, and government recommendations for international development institutions, Multilateral Development Banks, and government agencies. Key results include:- 350ColoradoAdvising 350Colorado’s Local Government Climate Finance Roadmap in partnership with local and regional municipal governments in Colorado to devise a guide for decarbonising county and city funds.- Viet Nam Climate BankResearched financial commitments, assets, and financial mechanisms for climate change adaptations, mitigation, and resilience set by the government of Viet Nam and its institutions to build a UNDP-backed brief for the establishment of a Viet Nam Climate Bank.Manage and draft technical proposals for the Viet Nam Climate Bank Foundation Brief developing financial commitment case studies, and applying just-transition theory & dynamic public banking theory developed by UN bodies.- Public Services International Analyzed financial relationships between Local-Regional Governments (LRGs), Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), workers’ unions, and local public banks globally, in English and Japanese, for a white paper on intersections of labour unions and the public economy.- AFD & Finance in CommonResearched the financial ecosystems of public banks internationally for a project with Agence Française de Développement for their Finance in Common summit (Abidjan, 2022).Analyzed over 100 annual reports, sustainability clauses, and financial ecosystems of public banks to track their financial mechanisms and beneficiaries to design a typology system for relationships between financial institutions.Co-designed a survey distributed to 10 leading Multilateral Development Banks to better understand their positionality and financial relationships with National Development Banks (NDBs). Show less

Consultant delivering labour market insight projects, C-suite and executive search projects, and bespoke market intelligence for notable public and private clients.- Co-lead client relations, business development and end-to-end project management for an international development not-for-profit account.- Managed project bids and developed a concurrent pipeline of potential new business opportunities through tendering with organizations across sectors including media, not-for-profit… Show more Consultant delivering labour market insight projects, C-suite and executive search projects, and bespoke market intelligence for notable public and private clients.- Co-lead client relations, business development and end-to-end project management for an international development not-for-profit account.- Managed project bids and developed a concurrent pipeline of potential new business opportunities through tendering with organizations across sectors including media, not-for-profit, and geospatial mapping.- Delivered and co-authored a quantitative analysis research report on remuneration trends of United Kingdom water companies’ Chief Executives and other formally public turned-private utility companies. Show less

- Fostering a collective in over fifty postgraduate students around higher education issues in accessibility, positionality and decolonization producing a demand for greater in-person classes post covid and repayments for institutional negligence. - Engaged the development studies department, of over 15 educators, to integrate more in-person pedagogies and decolonized diversity schemes resulting in an increased in-person class attendance of 25% according to surveys.

English educator for ages 6 to 16 contracted by the Gifu Prefectural board of education working for one year in Ogaki-Shi, balancing six schools of varying sizes with a total of 2,000 students, and working up to Gifu-Shi balancing three schools of approx. 240 students each. Developing a welcoming environment for ‘English-Second-Language’ students through an intercultural exchange, easy-to-follow curriculums, and articulate translations from Japanese to English.- Revolutionized… Show more English educator for ages 6 to 16 contracted by the Gifu Prefectural board of education working for one year in Ogaki-Shi, balancing six schools of varying sizes with a total of 2,000 students, and working up to Gifu-Shi balancing three schools of approx. 240 students each. Developing a welcoming environment for ‘English-Second-Language’ students through an intercultural exchange, easy-to-follow curriculums, and articulate translations from Japanese to English.- Revolutionized term-by-term curriculum, in both English and Japanese, for Japanese primary school students, resulting in higher average interest and test scores from term to term.- Innovated remote ESL curriculums and content implemented during the temporary school closures following the Ministry of Education’s response to the Covid-19 crisis.- Inspired welcoming environments for ‘English-Second-Language’ students through intercultural exchange, easy-to-follow curriculums, and articulate translations from Japanese to English.- Integrated Society Studies themes of UN Sustainable Development Goals via intraclass debates, thematic essays on dying landscape, and presentations of endangered species.- Translated Japanese-to-English/English-to-Japanese for teachers across all schools through in-person interpretation and text translation creating seamless communication in the work environment and classroom.- Facilitated education on newly implemented nationwide education standards for the 2020 school year by coordinating Japanese teacher training programs.- Presented ESL demonstration lessons every semester for teachers across Ogaki-shi, approx. 50 per viewing, by coordinating with Japanese teachers resulting in a citywide breakdown-analysis of the current method of teaching and highlighting effective key points for ESL education in Japan.- Created teaching materials following the new CRQ methodology of teaching that were standardized among the company and distributed. Show less

Research assistant for Heidi Hausermann under Colorado State University’s Anthropology and Geography department. Researching, analyzing, and comprising various articles, policies, and academic works through literary analysis research methods to be delivered bi-weekly at meeting with Dr. Hausermann for publication. - Researched Geo-humanities/Feminist Geography theories regarding ‘deep mapping’ about the current political-economic climate of the United States Escalante area for an… Show more Research assistant for Heidi Hausermann under Colorado State University’s Anthropology and Geography department. Researching, analyzing, and comprising various articles, policies, and academic works through literary analysis research methods to be delivered bi-weekly at meeting with Dr. Hausermann for publication. - Researched Geo-humanities/Feminist Geography theories regarding ‘deep mapping’ about the current political-economic climate of the United States Escalante area for an academic publication. - Organized research findings into summaries presented bi-weekly to Dr. Hausermann and other research assistant cohorts on the current findings worked into a presentation/guest lecture at Harvard University.- Executed ‘deep mapping’ research theories through literary analysis, policy analysis, and comparative photography analysis providing a hidden insight into modern maps of Escalante.- Cross-collaborating with a team of academics on various research projects through scheduled meetings refining our individual projects. Show less

Coordinator of Nightly Operations and Conferences for a Higher-Education department working with a team of nine coordinating over 4000 volunteers annually, developing marketing strategies and campaigns, maintenancing an independent app/website’s data collection and GI systems, and managing the annual national Safe Ride Programs United conference.- Coordinated over 4000 volunteers annually for operations by clearly communicating instructions, creating training presentations on risk… Show more Coordinator of Nightly Operations and Conferences for a Higher-Education department working with a team of nine coordinating over 4000 volunteers annually, developing marketing strategies and campaigns, maintenancing an independent app/website’s data collection and GI systems, and managing the annual national Safe Ride Programs United conference.- Coordinated over 4000 volunteers annually for operations by clearly communicating instructions, creating training presentations on risk management and legal policy delivered four times a week, and resolving volunteer requests, needs, or conflicts amassing over 30,000 patrons annually and reducing the number of drunk-drivers.- Developed digital and physical marketing campaigns monthly for various social media, tabling, and traditional media outlets resulting in an overall increase of ~25% in patronage and volunteer registration. (Facebook Ads, Google Analytics, Instagram, Snapchat)- Maintenanced, designed, and managed our team's independent app and website collecting analytics data for weekly briefs and monthly reports by articulating GIS zoning to produce more streamlined readings benefiting the team's annual advisory board meeting presentation increasing our budget from 2017 to 2018. (HTML, Sketch, Excel, Google Sheets)- Designed legal contracts and policy on volunteer fulfillment and participant expectations by partnering with University legal teams resulting in stronger overall protection from legal ramifications concerning vehicle maintenance, payment plans, and contractual obligations.- Organized an annual conference for Safe-Ride programs across the United States (​NSRP​) with approx. 12 programs in attendance by coordinating accommodations, key-note speakers, breakout sessions, catering (including dietary restrictions), and team-building activities resulting in the overall most successful SRPU conference to date per satisfaction survey results. Show less

Administrative assistant working with students in crisis situations organizing resources, managing case-managers schedules, mediating phone calls, and recording data of the office's overall impact on the community.- Collated all student records since the organization's inception in 2010 into an organized database of surveyed information for an effectiveness/impact report presented to major stockholders interested in the office's impact on students on-and-off campus.- Streamlined… Show more Administrative assistant working with students in crisis situations organizing resources, managing case-managers schedules, mediating phone calls, and recording data of the office's overall impact on the community.- Collated all student records since the organization's inception in 2010 into an organized database of surveyed information for an effectiveness/impact report presented to major stockholders interested in the office's impact on students on-and-off campus.- Streamlined crisis-situation resources for students by organizing case manager schedules, facilitating registration/in-take forms, and directing students to appropriate resources based on their immediate situation developing a more welcoming environment for students in need.- De-escalated tense situations on both individual student levels and school-wide crisis cases by utilizing crisis-response active listening techniques to record their needs, issues, and desires that would then be directly communicated to an appropriate case manager or team for immediate action. Show less

Presenting to the entire 2017 first-year class on Housing and Dining expectations, policy, and regulation.Nightly policy ordnance walks.Daily desk coverage providing assistance and resources to incoming first-years.Weekly “Diversity and Social Justice” training.Nightly event planning and operating for incoming first-years.

Culture Journalist for RMSM's magazine, College Avenue, published seasonally.Regularly publishing articles for online content.Working in coordination with graphic designers, editors, and various communities.Conducting interviews with people of diverse cultures.Providing “evergreen” content for local Fort Collins readers.Published in every print issue January 2017 - May 2018.