• Negotiated and signed partnership contracts and contractual agreements for the organizationSupervised execution of contractual agreements.• Successfully managed grants implementation and supervised performance for the delivery of indicators within budgets and Work Plans.• Drafted contractual requirements (various) based on strategy discussions, senior management input, and organizational needs and expectations. Established contract evaluation standards, including presentation of budgets, payment terms, general language and provisions. • Initiated strategic partnerships in the public and private sectors, maintained good relations with government counterparts and key stakeholders and supervised the implementation of contractual activities as carried out by faculty of Columbia University. Team member in the development of the capacity of the key local authorities in the Millennium Cities Initiative in East and Southern Africa.• Managed various partnerships for both the Columbia Global Center (CGC) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Center. Liaison between the Columbia University (CU) faculty in New York and local development organizations and universities.

• Initiated and developed partnership strategy to enhance our partnership portfolio• Planned activities with regional sector heads and senior advisors, linking programmatic and operational processes and ensuring achievement of planned deliverables• Organized meetings with staff, following-up on critical issues, setting priorities on strategic issues and working towards progress on institutionalization of activities• Managed contracts with public-private partnerships and financial institutions including potential partners while ensuring adherence to best practices and donor guidelines• Successfully nurtured Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) and enlisted communities and not-for-profit organizations in the implementation of MDGs• Developed and maintained long-term working relationships through contractual agreements with communities towards attaining the MDGs• Developed agreements to implement empowerment programs under the guidance of faculty from the CU School of Entrepreneurship, mobilized over 45 medium sized companies for training and mentorship.

• Grant Manager of regional finances with monthly and quarterly reporting to MP New York• Initiated and Coordinated partnerships between, micro-credit financiers and the Millennium Villages Project for agricultural financing – enabling farmers to open bank accounts for the first time and access credit • Developed management tools for farm inputs disbursed on credit and subsequent repayments in kind• Supervised team handling input disbursements as well as warehouse receipts.

• In charge of partnerships and communication • Provided administrative support for the field health workforce ensuring adherence to agreements in increasing the quality of health care services • Organized for workshops for institutional capacity building, strengthening linkages, systems and processes for community health care providers.