Hired to create, cultivate, and establish national adolescent and youth section for UNICEF Sudan. Coordinated national landscape analysis on the situation of adolescent and youth currently underway, U-Report reactivation, development of capacity building plan for staff, and fundraising proposals. Tour ended due to high security threat, and life risk.

Assisting United Nations agencies, international foundations and community service organizations to advance the rights of children and adolescents who suffer discrimination and violence due to their sexual orientation, gender identity and expression.

Selected based on reputation for developing and delivering high impact programs to design and facilitate strategic planning retreats to create UNICEF Brazil’s five-year plan for child rights. Injected innovation into youth participation programs. Provided ongoing counsel, assistance and training to staff on the use of digital strategies for advocacy. Trained young Brazilians to develop grassroots campaigns, and educated State and non-profit leaders. Impact highlights included…• Successfully established UNICEF’s global digital platform, U-Report, to foster the participation of young people.• Facilitated three UNICEF retreats, leading to the effective restructure of national plan and staffing configuration.• Co-designed and cultivated creation of country’s first national network of 40 young leaders, providing coaching and leadership training, aligned with UNICEF’s program goals.

Recruited initially to provide emergency reporting and elevated to create and execute new and dynamic approaches in adolescent participation and innovation. Conceived, designed and directed rights-based advocacy training programs, research, and publications. Established strategic partnerships with State officials, adolescent networks, and social innovation actors. Designated as manager of worldwide initiatives on innovation. Guided regional and other country offices in development of projects on innovation and violence based on gender and sexual orientation. Coordinated institutional reports from a range of stakeholders. Selected to represent UNICEF at regional and global conferences.Impact highlights included…• Significantly exceeded goals for involving children and adolescents in political decision-making.• Established self-sustaining program providing training and resources for thousands of youth in the country.• Trained thousands of government employees; and aided the region’s adolescent rights efforts.• Appointed to head global grants competition, generating hundreds of projects from five continents.• Instituted a national on-line platform, U-Report, to increase the participation and advance the rights of adolescents.• Co-implemented international festival for social innovation, attracting more than a hundred thousand participants.• Spearheaded groundbreaking violence prevention program reaching young men in detention centers. • Provided expert advice in the development of youth participation policies and programs for presidential programs.

Conceived, launched and lead this national organization focused on the unmet needs of children and adolescents who suffer due to violence and discrimination for support and resources to prevent suicide and bullying. Provided vision and strategies to achieve national recognition as a leading child rights organization. Recruited, coached and developed seven full time paid staff and seven-person board. Led fundraising. Managed operating budget well into six figures. Created financial and operating model, and implemented CRM. Cultivated partnerships with subject matter experts and stakeholders. Conducted research and guided advocacy policy. Served as spokesperson on national and international issues. Guided development of innovative protection programs. Piloted and scaled pioneering online system for interacting with target communities.Impact highlights included…• Raised millions of dollars in support from 300+ donors, and secured partnerships with major U.S. and Chilean corporations.• Responded to the needs of thousands of youth and families, and trained thousands of health, education and juvenile justice professionals.• Selected to advise the National Committee of Social Welfare Ministries on the design of rights-focused policies.• Reached majority of Chilean population with violence prevention messages through television series, news specials, and secured alliances with high profile global communication firms.• Co-created and led seven-country research project that resulted in pioneering data for advocacy and policy design in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay.• Invited to present program results at Brazil’s National Human Rights Commission, international gatherings, corporate conferences, and as grounds for UNESCO’s Global Call to Action to End School Violence.

Launched this leadership and organizational development consulting firm for companies, NGO’s and international groups in Latin America to meet the needs non-profit entities for leadership training, as well as organizational assessment and strengthening. Provided analyses, recommendations, strategic planning and facilitation. Defined scope of engagements and led project teams. Client engagement highlights included…• Led assessment and strategic plan for global social responsibility network of 46 civil society organizations.• Evaluated, revised and led implementation of NATURA company’s Latin American leadership program, and corporate social responsibility initiative; supervised four-person team, and trained and coached managers.• Simplified European Union grant guidelines and trained civil society and government institutions on its use.• Directed mass climate change action during UN General Assembly, with global non-profits and thousands of people.

Recruited back to this organization of program officers, presidents and other leaders of U.S. foundations focused on financial support for social change institutions after running successful national campaign in 2001. Managed all day-to-day operations and worked with staff and board to develop and implement national programs, as well as drive fundraising. Coordinated networking and knowledge sharing conferences and regional meetings for funders and grantees. Provided on-going technical assistance to members. Guided LGBTI and people of color funder committees, and worked with Council on Foundations’ affinity groups.Impact highlights included…• Raised six figures in funding from institutions.• Organized largest membership and partner’s conference, attracting hundreds of participants and dozens of thought leaders.• Retained all members during reformulation of organization’s strategic objectives.