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Abidjan, Côte D’Ivoire

I work closely with the Resident Country Director to oversee the $536.7 million MCC compact. I coordinate between the government of Côte d’Ivoire, MCC Washington, technical consultants, and the US Embassy on technical, operational, administrative and policy issues related to implementation of project activities. I also ensure the timely production and delivery of reports, plans, approvals and agreements required for program implementation; track compact milestones; and take appropriate actions to mitigate completion risks. I support the Resident Mission in organizing public outreach and representational events in-country relating to MCC activities, including representing MCC in interactions with the host government, Congressional delegations, other donors, and pertinent stakeholders. I manage operations of the Resident Mission, including supervising local staff, managing procurements, and budgeting. I coordinate project monitoring and evaluation and impact evaluation work with MCC Washington and the host government. Accomplishments • Led negotiations with the Government of Côte d'Ivoire, MCC Washington, and technical consultants to successfully modify the scope of the Abidjan Transportation Project, avoiding a potential crisis and descoping of activities. • Negotiated with the Government of Côte d'Ivoire to identify additional short-term truck parking in the port zone to meet a key compact requirement. • Successfully lobbied the government of Côte d’Ivoire to respect previous engagements to the Road Maintenance Fund as part of the compact. • Convinced MCC and government of Côte d’Ivoire to pilot a new building technology, allowing the compact to increase the number of secondary schools to be constructed as part of the compact.• Organized and participated in a security assessment trip to the no-travel zone in northern Côte d'Ivoire. • Successfully served as Acting RCD during an extended period of transition. • Serve as the chair of the ICASS council.

Kigali, Rwanda

Duties and Responsibilities• Responsible for planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating all Peace Corps Rwanda health and education programs.• Supervise a multidisciplinary team of 43 staff members and 130 Volunteers. Oversee recruitment, training, supervision, performance appraisals, and employee actions for 43 staff members.• Oversee preparation and submission of annual country budget and operational plan in collaboration with local and HQ staff. Ensure that appropriate internal control systems are in place, known, and followed by all staff.• Develop program frameworks in collaboration with national and international partners, including goals, objectives, indicators, policies, and strategic plans.• Through a robust monitoring and evaluation system, assess program impact and target financial resources toward evidence-based, high impact activities.• Represent Peace Corps at host country technical, policy, and strategic planning meetings for donor agencies and partners.• Initiate and monitor procurements, contracts, and cooperative agreements in support of program activities. Serve as the project officer for Peace Corps agreements and MoUs. • Serve as a key member of the US Embassy Country Team, Emergency Action Committee, ICASS council, and US Embassy Kigali Joint Awards Committee.Accomplishments • Saved Peace Corps Rwanda over $110,000 by combining two volunteer intakes into a single volunteer intake in FY20.• Successfully planned and implemented the Africa Region Country Directors conference, including the Peace Corps Director, 24 Country Directors, and 25 Headquarters staff.• Created and implemented a staff professional development hour, leading to additional cross training of staff and improved staff morale.• Provided guidance and direction during the DRC Ebola outbreak of 2018-2020, including contributing to the contingency plans for the US Embassy and Peace Corps Rwanda and Uganda.• Successfully addressed chronic staffing gaps.

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, West Africa

Duties and Responsibilities • Responsible for planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating all Peace Corps Rwanda health, community economic development and education programs.• Supervise a multidisciplinary team of 45 staff members and 140 Volunteers.• Oversee preparation and submission of annual country budget and operational plan. Ensure that appropriate internal control systems are in place, known, and followed by all staff. • Integral member of Global Health Security Agenda team, including an innovative pilot collaboration between CDC and PC Response on Acute Respiratory Illness surveillance.• Through a robust monitoring and evaluation system, assess program impact and target financial resources toward evidence-based, high impact activities which address the agreed upon priorities of the host government.• Represent Peace Corps at host country technical, policy, and strategic planning meetings for donor agencies and partners.• Initiate and monitor procurements, contracts, and cooperative agreements in support of program activities. Serve as the project officer for Peace Corps agreements and MoUs. • Serve as a key member of the US Embassy Country Team, Emergency Action Committee, ICASS council, and US Embassy Kigali Joint Awards Committee.Accomplishments• Created and implemented the Peace Corps Response Volunteer/CDC Fellow program in close coordination with CDC CD.• Supervised development of quantifiable site-specific goals for each Volunteer site.• Saved Peace Corps Burkina Faso over $120,000 by combining two volunteer intakes into a single volunteer intake in FY16.• Spearheaded Green Energy Challenge efforts, leading to the greatest reduction in office energy consumption in the Africa Region between FY14 and FY15.• Provided strong, calm leadership during the political uprisings of October 2014 and September 2015, ensuring the safety and security of the entire Peace Corps community.

Cotonou, Benin, West Africa

Duties and Responsibilities • Direct and oversee Peace Corps Country Office Management and Operations, including procurements, contracting, travel, information technology, security, property, logistics, and financial operations.• Oversee human resource management, including supervising a multidisciplinary team of 33 staff members. Develop subordinates through mentoring, counseling, training, and challenging assignments.• Prepare and submit annual budget and operational plan in collaboration with local and HQ staff. Ensure that appropriate internal control systems are in place, known, and followed by all staff. • Develop and implement policies and standard operating procedures to improve management and operations practices.• One of two contracting officers at post in charge of all personnel and procurement contracting.• Responsible for preparation and submission of annual reporting documents, including quarterly and annual budget reports. Accomplishments• Spearheaded Peace Corps Benin’s Green Energy Challenge efforts, leading to the greatest reduction in office energy consumption in the Africa Region between FY12 and FY13 and a savings of over $9,000 on electricity bills.• Played a key role as a member of the group that organized and implemented a high-level visit to Benin by the Peace Corps Director, the Regional Director for Africa, the Director of Congressional Relations, the Inspector General, US Senator Jonny Isakson and the mother and brother of murdered Benin Volunteer, Kate Puzey.• Served as the ICASS chair.• Provided crucial leadership in the area of organizational management by encouraging innovation and creativity in order to improve overall efficiency of the office.• Actively participated in the development and implementation of safety and security strategies and policies in order to ensure the safety and security of volunteers and trainees.• Developed several electronic systems that increased administrative productivity.

St. Petersburg, Fl, Usa

Duties and Responsibilities• Provide science-based solutions to complex environmental and water resource issues for local, state and federal agencies to allow scientifically defensible, statistically robust management decisions. • Plan, coordinate and produce funding proposals in response to requests for proposals from local, state and federal agencies. • Liaise with government and private sector clients to ensure that client needs were met in a timely and professional manner. • Conduct statistical analyses of complex chemical, biological and ecological datasets using univariate and multivariate regression techniques. • Present research and analyses at international symposia and conferences.• Present analyses and finding to technical and non-technical audiences.• Produce data summaries, descriptive statistical plots, project reports and scientific manuscripts summarizing work performed. • Responsible for Quality Assurance and Quality Control of large datasets used for statistical analyses and development of mechanistic and statistical models. Accomplishments • Developed Numeric Nutrient Criteria, which were adopted by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, for coastal and estuarine waters of west central Florida from San Carlos Bay to Clearwater Harbor. • Led the development of Minimum Flows and Levels (MFLs) for multiple waterbodies in the Southwest Florida and the Suwannee River Water Management Districts. • Developed and reviewed numerous Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for waterbodies throughout Florida. • Contributed to the development of water quality models (CE-QUAL ICM and Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code [EFDC]) for multiple systems in Florida. • Prepared and presented lectures at national and international conferences. • Led the development and application of hydrodynamic models (CE-QUAL W2 and EFDC) for numerous systems in Florida. • Trained and supervised junior staff.

St Petersburg, Florida, United States

As QA Officer/Data Manager I was responsible for QA and management of all program data, includinghard and soft coral cover and hard coral disease data throughout the Marine Protected Areas of theFlorida Keya National Marine Sanctuary and Tortugas Ecological Reserve. I was a key member of the teamthat monitored coral reef ecosystem health. I was responsible for drafting funding proposals, reports,papers and scientific manuscripts in collaboration with colleagues and principal investigators.Accomplishments• Analyzed different video methodologies to quantify hard coral percent cover as part of my Master’sThesis in Marine Science.• Led the transition from analog to digital video used for coral reef monitoring.• Developed a new method to process video imagery into still imagery that allowed the team toeliminate a six-month backlog of images to be analyzed. • Responded to funders request to move the program from pure monitoring to monitoring and research.

Accra, Ghana, West Africa

Duties and Responsibilities• Develop and implement an action plan addressing all program intervention activities, including vector control, case management, social and behavior change communication messaging, surveillance, monitoring and evaluation.• Plan and coordinate program interventions with Ministry of Health personnel and pertinent NGOs such as WHO, UNICEF, and Red Cross. • Collaborate with subject matter experts in-country and at Carter Center/Global 2000 to advance program goals and objectives, including training and capacity building of Ministry of Health staff.• Perform supervisory visits of program activities aimed at the eradication of guinea worm disease in Ghana in collaboration with national and regional Ministry of Health staff. • Supervise the development and implementation of policies and standard operating procedures to improve management and operations practices.• Provide vision and communicate mission and organizational goals to all subordinates.• Oversee preparation and submission of annual reporting documents, including quarterly and annual programmatic and budget reports.• Order and distribute program intervention materials in collaboration with Ministry of Health. Accomplishments • Planned and executed National Program Review with participants from all regions of Ghana as well as international organizations including the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the Carter Center/Global 2000. • Used GIS representations of project data to better target project resources in highly endemic regions and districts.• Worked with water providers to target highly endemic villages for potable water supply.• Leveraged my relationship with the Red Cross to fund a vehicle for one of the highly endemic regions.• Identified and rectified deficiencies in the existing system of project supervision through frequent supervisory field visits.• Created excel based budget tracking tool that was adopted by HQ staff.

Lokichoggio, Kenya, East Africa

Duties and Responsibilities• Assist with the development and implementation of the annual action plan including vector control, case management, social and behavior change communication messaging, surveillance, monitoring and evaluation.• Plan and coordinate program interventions for 16 different NGOs working in rebel-held areas of southern Sudan, in conjunction with UNICEF and local administrative personnel. • Provide monitoring and evaluation of local administrative personnel and NGOs implementing program interventions in the field. • Collaborate with subject matter experts in-country and at the Carter Center/Global 2000 to advance program goals and objectives, including training and capacity building of local administrative officials and implementing NGO partners.• Manage general operations of the Carter Center/Global 2000 field office in Lokichogio, Kenya, including supervision and human resource management. • Contribute to the preparation and submission of annual reporting documents, including quarterly and annual programmatic and budget reports.• Present project results and findings at international and national conferences.Accomplishments • Used GIS representations of project data to target program interventions. • Served as an integral member of the team who planned and implemented National Immunization Days against Polio, in collaboration with CDC, UNICEF, and WHO resulting in over 700,000 children being vaccinated against Polio. • Played a key role in the planning and execution of a National Program Review with participants from all regions of southern Sudan as well as international organizations including the WHO, UNICEF and the Carter Center/Global 2000. • Implemented supervisor level trainings on vector control and case management.• Collected GIS coordinates of villages under active surveillance.• Scaled up program operations, expanding the number of villages under active surveillance from 3,000 to 6,000 over a period of two years.

Mali, West Africa

As a Peace Corps Volunteer I was responsible for entry, QA and analysis of Guinea Worm Eradication Program data and capacity building of Ministry of Health staff in Mali. I also led two teams in construction of wells and latrines.Accomplishments • Produced GIS representations of project data which allowed the program to target program interventions. • Assisted the National Program Coordinator in preparing updates, newsletters, and program reviews.

Phd, Statistics

Ms, Marine Science

Bs, Civil Engineering

Ba, Mathematics