Jacquelin Steinberg-Distefano Email & Phone Number

Mexico City, CDMX, MX

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Directs strategic planning with result- oriented programs and high-quality deliverables in 6 countries
• Leads 4 grant portfolios + donor relations with Ford Foundation, WEND, US State department and Porticus Foundation
• Directs organizational development and transformation with proven ability to increase effective and efficient systems and cultural dynamics
• Manages and mentors 9 local implementing partners and +50 team members to meet program demands
• Designs + implements customized MEAL process and trainings guiding impact-driven program design and decision making
• Facilitates and designs various technical training in English and Spanish to support cross-cultural communication with 89% proven impact on leadership skills and behavior change.

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Initiated and streamlined programming in Latin America and the USA with the INGO that cultivates peace building communication skills for human right by Streamlining the process of creative expression, communications, and storytelling as formulas for change at the individual, community, and cultural levels to decrease the inequalities of voice around the.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Designed + managed cultural and technical capacity-training to 45 national partners+ HQ that showed 83% performance improvement
• Co-lead on US government grants with Office of Refugee Resettlement, Health and Human Services, church partners and individual donors
• Created and facilitated new MEAL framework for accountability of HQ
• Supported organizational development by designing and implementing high-quality strategies for proven impacts
• Built 3 new partnership that scaled children and families' services reach by 10%.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Customized 4 training engagements for USAID, The Gates Foundation, and Universities that bridged gaps in program design and improved the systems by 80%
• Co-designed curriculum for Global Development Lab with USAID for $3.5 million USD
• Investigated, tested, and implemented new monitoring and evaluation technique to measure impact of behavior change in clients that improved actionable program plans
• Lead communications with 10 international partners to analyze internal reports and evaluate program effectiveness with outcomes-based approach.

Amman Governorate, Jordan

• Developed and evaluated advocacy tools and programs to reduce women's inequalities by increasing leadership skills and access to needed resources by 50%
• Collaborated with supervisors and partner on 5-year plan for women and girls' empowerment programming
• Produced 3 research briefs on women’s inclusion in policy, 1 regular policy memos for women’s empowerment, and 10 publications drafts on access to water, reducing GBV
• Attended weekly UNHCR meetings at Zaatari Refugee Camp and workshops-Organized data on women’s rights/gender equality and climate change in Jordan as it relates to the labor work and economic participation;- Supported.

Trujillo Province, Peru

• Led strategy to drive organizational growth and productivity by 90%.
• Developed 2 new projects; agricultural recreation park and new housing to increase health outcomes and recruited 20 new volunteers in 3 months
• Designed 10 creative workshops/curriculums for 700 students, K- sixth grade in partner schools that reduced violent, unhealthy cultural norms by 50% and increased self-confidence by 60%
• Led 1 girls' campaign for gender equality that initiated government to 5 years of funding
• Trained and mentored 25 national and international volunteers + 4 partners with local organizations to maximize impact of community informed and led projects
• Wrote 2 grants and project proposals in 3 months for $700,000USD.

Boston Massachusetts

• Designed + implemented curriculum that reduced litter and created recycling initiatives
• Led Arts-integrated literacy projects to impact supportive classroom culture, and increase student participation in Reading Mentors Program.
• Provided program evaluations to classroom instructors to inform and guide actions to help improve ESL-Certified Academic Teachers and Latino family participation

Greater New York City Area

• Redesigned a strategy for public relations and website for 85% more potential outreach.
• Restructuring business infrastructure to maximize potential and workflow.
• Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for 10 large projects over $100,000 each
• Created 8 bids, proposals, and budgets for million-dollar historical restoration projects
• Cultivated relationship that brought in $50,000 in first 2 months + improved business strategy by 85%
• Coordinated with cross-functional teams to resolve project issues and mitigate risks

Mexico City Area, Mexico

- Led + designed English classes and designed curriculum based on students' baselines-Improved students progress between 3-6 levels in 3 month increments- Provided M&E to demonstrate the correlation between education and improved livelihoods- Led research with UNAM to demonstrate improved access to education and water can improve health and livelihood of.

New York, New York

• Designed & led toddler health campaign in Bangladesh reaching $250k goal in 3 months
• Cultivated 1000+ followers in 1st quarter + Fortune 500 corporations that cultivated operational spending to 6 figures
• Led & coordinated 2 fundraisers; 150+ guests that raised money for 3 international projects
• Delivered 2 workshops for 30 graduate students and professors at Colombia University on housing design and health - Operated and maintained the organization’s CiviCRM database taking it from 50% efficiency to about 80%.

Panama

Designed and lead creative workshops 100 vulnerable youth in Coco Solo, Panama Lead innovative liaisons with design firms within Panama to pursue safe move for displaced community and build adequate housing in Bueno Vista Initiated and carried out current and new strategies to provide creative outlets for youth to reduce violence and improve access to.

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Architectural Intern

New York, New York

Graphic design, editing columns, customer relations, researching designers

Master’S Degree

Bfa Architecture And Design