Strategic advising and research on gender, sustainable energy, international development, social enterprise, and ethical fashion initiatives.

• Led the design, development, and implementation of an annual country (human rights and environmental) risk assessment to prioritize mitigation strategies in key sourcing countries.• Conducted research to assess emerging human rights (environmental and social) trends, risks and opportunities to inform company position on such issues.• Developed risk-based approach to expand Fire & Building Safety program beyond Bangladesh.

• Primary US-based project manager for the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety, a 5-year initiative to improve factory safety in Bangladesh.• Managed relationships with 27 apparel companies and colleagues in Bangladesh.• Facilitated working groups to gain input, consensus, and support from member companies in development of processes / approaches in core programmatic areas.• Mobilized and coordinated action towards common goals by providing companies, colleagues, and partners with clear steps and timelines, tools and templates, and progress reports.• Developed operational protocols and led weekly internal meetings to drive consistency and accountability in dynamic startup environment.• Oversaw implementation of 3rd party worker helpline with project and company partners; sought and negotiated views of multiple stakeholders to develop protocols for call handling.• Contributed to development of 5-year strategy, key initiatives, and metrics.• Directly managed two staff.

Project management support during start-up phase of the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety

• Awarded merit-based fellowship Global Health Practice course.• Assisting professor with course administration and providing guidance for graduate students.

• Awarded merit-based fellowships for Adaptation to Climate Change course.• Assisted professor with course administration and updating content on climate finance.• Conducted research for article on ENSO forecasts and societal response.

• Led a team to conduct a global mapping of nutrition education into agricultural extension.• Conducted expert interviews and qualitative analysis to identify best practices, challenges, and opportunities for agriculture extension programs to integrate nutrition knowledge.

• Assessed and analyzed the integration of ecosystems management, climate change adaptation, and disaster risk reduction into community risk assessment tools, processes, action plans, outcomes, and interventions in 9 countries, including field visit to Kenya.• Developed expertise in leading community-based disaster risk reduction approaches and tools.• Created guide to disseminate learnings and innovative practices among global partners.• Awarded Earth Institute Travel Grant to research project implementation at Kenya project site.

• Conducted field and desk research on characteristics of fire use and drivers in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Provided recommendations on technologies, incentives and institutions needed to operationalize a district-level seasonal climate forecast and improve climate risk management.• Developed strong working knowledge of global Payment for Ecosystem Services models and natural resource management issues and strategies in Indonesia.

• Supported the sustainability of economic diversification activities by designing and facilitating business plan development workshops for newly formed women's cooperatives. • Developed expertise in CARE’s Climate Vulnerability & Capacity Analysis and CRiSTAL methodology and tools to conduct a climate change vulnerability and adaptive capacity analysis and develop corresponding adaptation strategy.

• Climate Change Adaptation: Led research and business development work on climate change adaptation; co-authored briefs that identified climate-related risks and opportunities by industry.• DR-CAFTA Responsible Competitiveness Project: Managed five projects with agricultural companies and associations in Central America to demonstrate the business case for responsible labor, health, and environmental practices. Facilitated workshops in Central America to disseminate project learnings. Developed a best practice guide for eradicating child labor (based on the experience of the Salvadoran sugar industry). Developed capacity of local partner organizations through training and mentorship.• Corporate Social Responsibility Consulting: Managed and supported project teams to develop corporate sustainability, stakeholder engagement, and supply chain strategies based on business objectives, risks and opportunities, and stakeholder interests.• Mills and Sundries Working Group: Co-facilitated apparel buyer-supplier collaboration to achieve more sustainable production conditions; developed evaluation tools to measure factory performance, and processes to enable group expansion; planned and co-led meetings in Asia and US.

• Managed certification systems for several Fair Trade Certified (FTC) products. Refined certification policies to strengthen the FTC guarantee, reduce burden on businesses and allow for growth.• Employed excellent communication skills while gathering information needed for auditing, addressing issues of potential non-compliance and handling political matters. • Developed and maintained positive relationships with industry and international partners.