Karla Gregorio Email & Phone Number

The WES Mariam Assefa Fund seeks to catalyze social and economic inclusion in support of immigrants and refugees in the U.S. and Canada. Through grant-making, impact investing, partnerships, and field-building, the Fund supports efforts to bring about inclusive economies and societies and to ensure that all immigrants and refugees can achieve their goals.

Listen4Good is a Fund for Shared Insight initiative that delivers tailored solutions for direct-service nonprofits and government agencies committed to using feedback to bring about positive changes in the ways they make decisions, deliver services, and partner with clients.I provided consultative services for nonprofit organizations in developing.

Oakland, CA

Fair Trade USA is the leading provider of sustainability standards promoting responsible business, conscious consumerism, and shared value to enable economic development for commodity producers and their communities worldwide.I co-led an initiative to revise and improve standards that guide business strategy for responsible sourcing and creating shared.

Various

• While completing my graduate degree and for a short time thereafter, I provided consulting services to non-profit organizations across a wide range of issue areas, including workforce and economic development.
• Research: Conducted research and provided recommendations related to operations and client services for an impact investing organization in the Bay Area
• Program Design and Evaluation: Developed program design and evaluation strategy and related tools for an eco-tourism organization in the Ecuadorian Amazon, balancing input from local community members, program staff.
• Facilitation: Facilitated leadership meetings and participatory research activities leading to improvements in program and operations strategy for a youth development organization in Salinas, CA
• Measurement: Survey development, data collection and analysis for a capacity building program for practitioners serving low-income children and youth in the Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

Upwardly Global helps immigrant, refugee, and asylee professionals rebuild their careers in the United States and connects employers with diverse talent.In addition to providing individual coaching, I developed and improved coaching tools, designed group trainings, and mobilized support systems which improved employment outcomes. I also managed data.

Berkeley, CA

I advised U.C. Berkeley students and industry representatives on career center policies and procedures, as well as conducted outreach and user surveys.

Master Of Public Administration (M.P.A.), International Development Practice & Policy

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science (Focusing On International Relations)