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Arlington, Va

Washington Dc

Washington D.C.

Assisting international clientele seeking effective engagement within Washington political, diplomatic, military, congressional, and development finance realms.

Washington, Dc

Assisting international clientele seeking effective engagement within Washington political, diplomatic, military, congressional, and development finance realms.

Washington, Dc

Africa and international affairs advisor along with providing foreign affairs analysis/counsel, congressional and government relations services, and strategic communications.Provide advice and guidance on the development of strategically important relationships between clients and select countries/international institutions.Facilitate meetings with embassy chiefs of mission and defense attaches. Liaise with foreign heads of state/government. Generate introductions to high- level Departments of State and Defense officials.Lobby congressional appropriators and authorizers for refugee assistance in Sudan, DR Congo; conflict resolution centered in Sudan, Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi, DR Congo, Ethiopia/Eritrea, Liberia; and disaster relief legislation involving Mozambique.Author of foreign policy opinion pieces as well as that of speech writing and congressional testimony.

Washington, Dc

Identified, reviewed, and tracked congressional legislation and laws impacting the U.S. National Preparedness effort regarding a full range of threats to national security, including (CBRNE) weapons of mass destruction, cyber attacks, terrorism, pandemics, transnational threats and catastrophic natural disasters.

Regional Command-South Hq, Nato, Kandahar, Afghanistan

Authored in-depth analysis of events impacting operations within the Regional Command-South AOR: Taliban reintegration process, death of Bin Laden, Kandahar Prison escape, complex insurgent attacks, child suicide bombers, ISAF night raids, security, regional political dynamics.

Kabul, Afghanistan

Served as advisor to Afghanistan Ministry of Defense, National Army Training Command (ANATC); assessing capabilities/providing counsel regarding strategic communications resources with goal of promoting effective, self-sustaining operations with limited international support.

Kabul, Afghanistan

Advisor to International Joint Command (IJC), United States Forces Afghanistan, Information Operations (IO) Directorate (J2), Kabul, in standing up the ISAF COIN initiative in preparation for Operation Moshtarak, Helmand Province.

Globally

Reported extensively across Sub-Saharan Africa, MENA, Central and Eastern Europe, as well as East Asia, covering politics, international relations, military affairs, extractive industries, manufacturing, economics, banking, privatization, tourism, and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) accession.Worked closely with international and indigenous press.Authored hundreds of news stories and editorial content from foreign capitals. Wrote and produced web content.

Arlington, Virginia

Served as subject matter expert (SME) on African affairs issues, leading the company in day-to-day interrelations with the United States and African diplomatic communities. Established a high profile presence for the company within the African affairs community in Washington.Effectively interacted with Congress, State, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and DoD officials. Orchestrated opportunities for the company to participate in US policy formation (e.g., Sudan peace process).Facilitated coordination with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in providing a metrics platform for gauging listenership of their network of Africa Farmer-education Radio broadcasting programs.Liaised with US embassy staff, and the incoming US ambassador to Mali regarding the successful set-up of an embassy-sponsored, Military Information Support Team (MIST) project, which resulted in the production and broadcast of 270 specially designed soap-opera vignettes for the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCP) program.

Baghdad, Iraq

Handled critical information flow within a four-star command (CENTCOM) through the provision of daily analysis into the Iraq/pan-Arab as well as US political and media landscapes, ensuring that Multi-National Force- Iraq (MNF-I) commanders were provided with insight that was both salient and enlightening.Composed nightly synopsis of an advanced nature for Generals Casey and Petraeus, in addition to providing daily verbal briefing to the MNF-I Director of Communications. Delivered rapid dissection of the impact that various media reports and US congressional activities would have upon operations within the Iraq theater.

Baghdad, Iraq And The Pentagon

Conducted extensive personal interviews across the Iraq theater as well as with leading US government decision-makers in Washington concerning the researching, analyzing, and authoring of a comprehensive history of the $18B+ reconstruction effort in Iraq. Analyzed and presented materials at a senior U.S. policy-making level.