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Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

- Develop and lead strategies to deepen and broaden the organization’s relationships with government agencies and NGOs through environmental economic research and policy engagement.- Guide international collaborations with government agencies and NGOs from Sweden, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Japan, etc., helping to shape global environmental economic policy.- Work closely with the Government Affairs team to identify opportunities for impact and to leverage connections for informed policy outcomes.- Provide project management oversight to large-scale government and NGO-funded projects, ensuring project timelines are met, and high quality reporting and final deliverables are completed.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

- Contributed to the development of EDF’s strategic work in global carbon markets. - Supported EDF economists in forecasting the potential contribution of carbon markets to global emission reductions.- Supported carbon market projects, particularly related to the voluntary carbon market.- Conducted research and literature reviews, synthesizing data with accompanying documentation detailing sources, shortcomings, assumptions, and areas for additional work. - Assisted in synthesizing findings into research memos, fact sheets, articles, and communications materials for both internal and external audiences.

London, England, United Kingdom

- Assisted with compiling the 2022/23 People & Planet University League, a higher education sustainability ranking that classifies based on ethics and climate justice criteria. - Conducted qualitative research and assessed universities against marking criteria, including but not limited to the overall environmental and social impact of university communities.- Provided insights and helped brainstorm changes in research methodology to University League team.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Won over $15 million in federal and foundation grant funding for the agency in FY2021.- Led all federal/foundation grant review for field offices and national programs to assess program design and ensure adherence to funder specifications and applicable laws and regulations.- Assisted Field Office Directors and program staff in program design for prospective funding opportunities and portfolio diversification.- On-boarded, trained, and oversaw the work of Field Office Development Associates.- Prepared award modifications that conform to applicable federal laws, regulations, policies, and case precedent, as necessary.- Managed USCRI agency-wide grant database and maintained SharePoint and Intranet libraries and document management for grants and contracts policies, templates, training and guidance materials.- Generated agency-wide grant boilerplate language and standard templates for agreements.- Acted as creative and digital marketing lead on all fundraising campaigns.- Managed USCRI Allied Agency initiative to connect like-minded organizations for mutually beneficial exchange of expertise and combined advocacy efforts. This includes maintaining memberships and renewals, dispersing and organizing training opportunities, growing membership, and other ad hoc tasks.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

DEVELOPMENT-- Draft, edit, and finalize federal and foundation grants for New York, Iowa, Ohio, and North Carolina field offices.- Act as subject matter expert for grants involving immigrant legal services, advocacy, and refugee assistance programs.- Act as creative and digital marketing lead on all fundraising campaigns.COMMUNICATIONS-- Manage USCRI social media handles, including 8 field office and 1 HQ Facebook pages, Twitter, and Instagram.- Track data and analytics to maximize impact of campaigns and fundraisers.- Brainstorm and implement Year End and Mid-Year campaigns: includes content creation (video, photo, graphic design), copy writing, and social media and email blasts.- Maintain regular news updates/write copy for HQ and all 8 field office web pages.- Act as in-house graphic designer and content creator for print collateral, social media toolkits, and other marketing materials.WEB-- Manage basic front-end website edits using Wordpress and HTML including: web page creation, campaign branding implementation, and other ad hoc tasks.- Launched USCRI's first agency-wide CMS for digital assets. ALLIED AGENCIES-- Manage USCRI Allied Agency initiative to connect like-minded organizations for mutually beneficial exchange of expertise and combined advocacy efforts. This includes maintaining memberships and renewals, dispersing and organizing training opportunities, growing membership, and other ad hoc tasks.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Assist in the development and maintenance of USCRI's national interpreting network: Unite Languages.- Research and devise working plan for launching on-demand services to the Unite Languages platform.- Hire interpreters and act as interpreter coordinator for services provided by headquarters.- Redesign and transition 40 hour interpreter training curriculum for Moodle, in order to streamline training, track student progress, and certify interpreters as medically trained.- Train interpreters and customers on using the Unite Languages API, and manage troubleshooting requests.- Assist various departments, field offices, and partner agencies in program roll-out and day to day network maintenance.- Manage social media marketing efforts for Unite Languages through maintaining website, blog posts, and Facebook.

Washington

Review and evaluate grant applications for the Office of Refugee Resettlement's (ORR) Residential Shelter Services for Unaccompanied Alien Children FY2020 funding opportunity. This panel evaluation determines which agencies will provide temporary shelter care and other child welfare-related services to unaccompanied alien children in ORR custody. This was a temporary short-term contract.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Provide support to fundraising and program initiatives aimed at efforts to reduce child labor in Nepal, India, and Afghanistan.- Overall management of the organization's database, including troubleshooting- Support fundraising activities by creating mailing lists, recording donations, processing thank you letters in database, and acting as support on various individual giving projects- Pulling sophisticated reports from database based on often complex criteria- Process and code invoices to support finance team- Assist in arranging schedule and domestic/international travel for CEO- Assist in event planning including booking rooms, travel, catering, and other logistical assistance- Other administrative duties and ad hoc requests as needed

Arlington, Va

- Actively participated in the development of a national interpreting network- Thought creatively about the interpreting industry and how best to use it to client’s advantage- Created, proofread and edited program and marketing materials- Responded to customer or field office requests or questions- Assisted various departments, field offices and partner agencies in interpreting program roll-out

Norwalk, Ct

- Scheduled appointments with clients/called clients for reminders- Organized and updated client files and managed discharge paperwork- Maintained communication with probation officers in regards to their clients, providing information for assessment and rehabilitation- Prepared urinalyses for shipment and documented results- Assisted with billing of clients and other ad hoc assignments as necessary

Valparaiso, In

- Documented various events on Valparaiso University campus for marketing purposes- Brainstormed advertising and marketing campaigns for the university- Schedule and ran multiple-model photo shoots for specific ads and social media- Edited various digital content to prepare for publication- Utilized CMS to upload and archive photo and video files for marketing and social media

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Researched various situations of waste separation and recycling on college campuses in Hangzhou, China through the use of surveys and grassroots data collection to ultimately devise beneficial methods of waste separation implementation and recommendations for Chinese universities in terms of recycling and sanitation.

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

- Utilized knowledge of Chinese culture to teach English as a second language in China- Facilitated small group activities emphasizing critical learning- Created lesson plans that engaged adult students- Contributed constructive feedback to program structure and management procedures

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

- Helped to make travel accessible to US classrooms, inspiring students to become curious, confident global citizens through online journalism.- Mentored students to raise global awareness through multimedia including articles, photography, and videos. - Planned articles based on specific topics parallel to the students' previously planned lessons; these topics ranged from food and culture, to language, and even politics and nature in my host country of China.

Master Of Science - Ms, Environment And Development

Activities and Societies: Rotary Foundation Global ScholarGrade: Merit

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), International Economics And Cultural Affairs, 3.7/4.0 - Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: President, SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise)/Enactus; Photographer, Newspaper/Yearbook; Photographer, Marketing.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Chinese/Japanese Studies, 3.9/4.0

Activities and Societies: STARR Scholar, Gilman International Scholar

Intensive Chinese