Laura Baringer, Acc Email & Phone Number

Utrecht, Netherlands

We are coaches for micro and solo-preneures trying to do good in the world. We help them earn more, work less, and bring their brilliance to more people. Our work combines essential business content (marketing, strategy and product) with mindset coaching (because this is what gets in the way - more often than not).We have two programs: Start Something Good.

Utrecht, Netherlands

- Start-up Coach, Impact Hub Kigali (Jan 2022 - Present). Coach for select start-ups taking part in the Impact Hub Kigali's accelerators and programs, including Deep Dive Africa and IGNITE. Support and mentor entrepreneurs on pitch development, storytelling, and due diligence to support their efforts to secure investment.- Senior Social Impact Advisor.

Kigali, Rwanda

Responsible for the establishment and management of the YLabs Rwanda office, including oversight and hiring of staff, operations and programs.Lead an interdisciplinary team in piloting and implementing a 4-year, multi-million dollar project, CyberRwanda - a web-based platform for adolescents that combines edutainment content with access to contraception.

London, United Kingdom

Led the strategy and product design to bring Girls Connect - Girl Effect’s one-of-a-kind IVR platform in Northern Nigeria an innovative IVR platform – to scale, working with an interdisciplinary team to take it from a pilot with 44,000 calls in 8 weeks, to a nationally available platform with 80,000 weekly calls.

London, UK

Provided GE’s SRH technical guidance, implementing interdisciplinary processes ensuring programs are designed to best achieve SRH outcomes, maintain best practice and effectively evidence innovations.Lead Gender technical support and strategic guidance for a portfolio of Girl Effect’s (GE) digital products and brands, including its global web platform, IVR.

London, United Kingdom

Helped drive Girls Connect - Girl Effect's innovative IVR platform - forward in key areas that support scale throughout Nigeria, including overall project management and content development.Develop new frameworks to ensure that Girl Effect’s efforts to bring together boys and girls to discuss key issues are guided by best practices and strategically in.

Washington, D.C.

Created and grew the International Practice into a thriving business area with more than 10 international client organisations, including the American Jewish World Service, Global Greengrants Fund, and PromundoGuided global non-profits through every stage of growth by designing and conducting strategic and implementation planning trainings and facilitation.

Greater New York City Area

Responsible for managing all aspects of PHS’ $4.5M Title X Family Planning and HIV funding, including leading the writing of the competitive reapplication, monitoring and managing outcomes of 7 grant subrecipients, analysing deliverables and leading the competitive reapplication and reporting processesCo-coordinated NYC’s IUD (Intra-Uterine Device) Task.

Greater New York City Area

Drafted the Global Midwifery annual report, describing the work of the over 30 program countries. Assisted with the annual review of 30 program country annual work plans and budgets.

Greater New York City Area

Conducted a literature review on social norms theory to better understand its applicability and use as a potential theoretical base of gender programs.Created a manual for domestic and international staff on gender-related international declarations, platforms and mandates.Conducted a literature review on definitions of gender and gender-related terms and.

Nahuche, Nigeria

Conducted a baseline analysis through focus groups and key informant interviews of the Emergency Transportation Scheme (ETS) for increasing access to maternal health care in northern Nigeria.Prepared materials and analyzed data for a pilot immunization recording system, including analyzing focus group data, developing a monitoring and evaluation plan and.

New York City And Tblisi, Georgia

Served on a team of graduate student consultants to conduct a gender analysis of the Georgian education system through key informant interviews to provide policy recommendations for the implementation of the Georgian Gender Equality Law. Spearheaded the development of the Gender Analysis Framework to guide the research process.

Mexico City, Mexico

Assisted senior management in assessing the organizational funding strategy, leading to the development of a new Director of Fundraising Position to implement a diverse fundraising strategy and ensure organizational financial stability. Coded interviews and pictures with Atlas.ti to analyze the effects of the decriminalization of abortion in Mexico City.

Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

Assisted traditional midwife educators at midwife training sessions conducted at rural health centers in the Kich'e and Mam speaking regions, enabling traditional midwives to identify the warning signs of dangerous pregnancies.

Boston, MA

Coordinated an interdisciplinary diabetes prevention program (INC) for low-income youth and their families and weekly nutrition classes, developed program curriculum with program nutritionist as well as managed $50,000 budget and grant reporting requirementsWorked with Program Director to identify program outcomes and designed and implemented an evaluation.

Boston, MA

Initiated, planned, and developed tools for MHYC's first strategic planning retreat for over 25 collaborative members.Spearheaded the planning and coordination of the 11th Annual Walk for Health, managed logistics, fundraising, volunteer coordination, and outreach for 350 Walkers from the community, raising over $43,000.Conducted essential MHYC.

Torino, Italy

Managed transportation and program participation with school teachers and national train corporation for over 400 nation-wide schools attending the 5-day 2005 International Book Fair of TurinPlayed a key role in the 3-person team that planned and organized the International Book Fair’s School Programming and Activities, managing and overseeing year-round.

Level 2 Icfp Certification

Masters Of Public Health, Reproductive And Maternal Health

Activities and Societies: Teacher's Assistant: Systems Thinking for Maternal Health

Master Of Public Administration (M.P.A.), Economic And Political Development, Gender Policy

Activities and Societies: Co-President - Gender Policy Working Group; Dual-Degree Advocate; Teacher's Assistant: Methods for Development.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), French Studies

Cum Laude Focus on Francophone Africa Study abroad programs: Dakar, Senegal; Aix en Provence, France