• Provides strategic vision to designing and implementing the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Fellowship Program, focusing particularly on partnership development for curriculum, events, Cohort Ambassadors, mentors, and host businesses. • Leads curriculum design and development, ensuring curriculum leverages strengths of IREX and partners to best serve participant learning and is engaging for in-person and virtual formats. • Leads the project’s communications and Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation strategies to highlight program impact and success to diverse audiences in the United States and abroad. • Recruits, trains, and coaches a team of nine staff, directly managing two program officers and external consultants.• Regularly contributes to the organization's new business development and strategic partnerships efforts.

• Led the design and implementation of a professional development program for three cohorts participating in graduate study in the field of nonprofit management, internships, and leadership training opportunities in the U.S.• Managed all aspects of recruitment, selection and placement, partner relationships, workshop and event content development, monitoring and evaluation, participant management, report preparation, forecasting for $2.2 million budget, and internal and external representation. • Participated in the assessment, design, technical writing, and budget detail of a successful $35 million USAID Harnessing Emerging Political Leadership for an Accountable Guatemala (EPL) proposal.• Contributed technical input to the design of EPL scholarships, to achieve program results that include youth leaders from underserved and marginalized populations. • Managed EPL financial management and cost-share obligation in accordance with USAID compliance. • Applied in-depth knowledge of J-1 compliance to create a business plan that demonstrates a return on investment for IREX's J-1 Scholar visa sponsorship services for private partners.

Regional Lead, Sub-Saharan Africa, Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program• Partnered with the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), Fulbright commissions, and U.S. Embassies to prepare annual awards catalog, execute recruitment strategy, support applicant proposal development, lead peer review evaluation and selection, and manage grants administration in 27 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.• Cultivated networks in the higher education community through campus Fulbright Scholar workshops and presentations at academic and professional conferences, including the African Studies Association.• Led overall financial operations for the team’s portfolio, including budget development, monitoring, analysis and reconciliation for a $5.5 million participant budget.• Coordinated with the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program to advance the objectives of both programs.Senior Program Officer, Western Hemisphere Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program• Managed a portfolio of 23 U.S. Embassy and Fulbright Commissions in countries in Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean. • Developed content and led interactive sessions for Central America and Caribbean Fulbright Embassy staff at a best practices regional training workshop in Ecuador.Program Officer, Western HemisphereSenior Program Associate, Program ServicesProgram Associate, Europe and Eurasia