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New York, Ny, Us

Manage compliance needs for a portfolio of restricted awards, including USAID, USFWS, and U.S. State Department. Establish and improve compliance processes, including external grant risk assessments, Fly America procedures, audit needs, and sub-awardee contracting and reporting. Monitor project performance, activities, and budget tracking and forecasting for projects supported by restricted funding.

New York, United States

Research, write, and edit government grant application materials; assist with monitoring of program performance and implement improvement strategies; develop and update program policies and procedures in accordance with government funder requirements and program needs

Created, implemented, and analyzed youth engagement survey and conduct desk review to generate knowledge on the impact of climate change on youth outcomes, with a focus on the energy and forestry sectors, in Papua New Guinea (PNG); research informed PNG climate policy, including Nationally Determined Contributions

Led seven consultants to carry out gender research for the Inclusive Climate Change Adaptation for a Sustainable Africa (ICCASA) project; outputs included 10 country studies on gender responsive, climate-resilient solutions and a hotspot analysis for gender-based vulnerability to climate change

Greater St. Louis Area

Greater St. Louis Area

• Monitor legislation and make recommendations for policy engagement strategies • Visualize and analyze data through mapping • Develop policy reports and fact sheets

Dhaka, Bangladesh

• Provide expertise to grant start-up program to strengthen and support innovations in the livestock value chain through the Feed the Future Livestock Production for Improved Nutrition project • Capture and create stories, pictures, and videos to showcase issues and success stories in the livestock sector • "It's not enough to talk about it: Increasing women's nutrition outcomes through simultaneous, multiple interventions" accepted for poster presentation at the Livestock Systems… Show more • Provide expertise to grant start-up program to strengthen and support innovations in the livestock value chain through the Feed the Future Livestock Production for Improved Nutrition project • Capture and create stories, pictures, and videos to showcase issues and success stories in the livestock sector • "It's not enough to talk about it: Increasing women's nutrition outcomes through simultaneous, multiple interventions" accepted for poster presentation at the Livestock Systems Innovation Lab 2019 Symposium: "Extending Our Reach" Show less

Greater St. Louis Area

•Oversee communications including: Press releases, internal communications, JA Journey blog, social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn), and front end website management•Direct marketing efforts including using video to further our cause, 25 Reasons to Give Campaign and Back to School Campaign •Fundraising through grants, special events and small business campaign•Created and direct Young Professionals Advisory Board with 33 current members. The purpose of the group is to provide… Show more •Oversee communications including: Press releases, internal communications, JA Journey blog, social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn), and front end website management•Direct marketing efforts including using video to further our cause, 25 Reasons to Give Campaign and Back to School Campaign •Fundraising through grants, special events and small business campaign•Created and direct Young Professionals Advisory Board with 33 current members. The purpose of the group is to provide monetary and voluntary support to the organization while simultaneously creating a pipeline to engage young business leaders Show less

Columbia, Missouri Area

University of Missouri Extension Community Economic and Entrepreneurial Development Program• Mapping community and economic data • Research and writing on economic development in rural MissouriInterdisciplinary Center for Security• Collected data, created maps, and co-authored 2016 Missouri Hunger Atlas

Integration of Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture Education Project - Amugo, Uganda (October 2015) Grant Business Proposal Development Project - Arusha, Tanzania (August 2016)

Greater Chicago Area

• Write articles for blogs, newspapers, websites, and magazines •Develop content around topics of agriculture, sustainability, food justice, and food trends•Conduct interviews, fact check, edit, and research

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Research environmental impacts of the food system, specific to Maryland, and evaluate links between these indicators/impacts and public health• Data collection, cleaning, and coding

Certificate In Monitoring And Evaluation: Project Management For The Un, Government, And Ngos

Master Of Science (Ms), Rural Sociology

Thesis: The role of information and interaction processes in the adoption of agriculture inputs in Uganda

Graduate Certificate In Geographic Information Science

Capstone Project: Feeding America’s heartland: An analysis of rural food pantries

B.A. Sociology

Activities and Societies: Editorial Board of Students Creating Knowledge for Behavioral and Social Sciences; Study Abroad Kenya (December.