Maralee Gutierrez Email & Phone Number

Falls Church, Virginia, United States

Fairfax, Va

Alexandria, Va

Washington Dc

Lead the firm’s work to combat human trafficking, oversee research, analysis, stakeholder engagement, product development, and dissemination of initiatives developed in this area. Also lead the organization's training to combat human trafficking. Involved in Urban Strategies’ outreach to Latino communities and develop capacity building strategies to advance work at the grassroots level.

Yaounde, Cameroon

• Communicated company development achievements and projects to government and civil society through media, print, web, and at public venues • Worked on a cross-functional team to collect data and provide qualitative and quantitative analysis to support new program launches. Analysis included but was not limited to SWOT analysis, logistics and budget analysis, resource analysis and capacity building plan• Acted as the UN and NGO liaison and developed relationships with local UNICEF and UNESCO staffers as well as NGO directors to seek opportunities for collaboration and/or partnership• Through extensive research and traveling across several central African countries, developed and launched the first ever multilingual education documentary focused on using local languages in basic education for elementary kids in rural villages • Worked on various ad-hoc projects as assigned by the Program Director such as co-leading training workshops on building relationships with host country public officials, providing translation services for documentary productions managing a bi-annual newsletter distributed to donors.

Washington Dc

• Interfaced with high level diplomats, multilateral agencies, development banks, NGO's, and foreign government in order to advocate , promote our organization country branch and project goals while also seeking opportunities for collaboration • Facilitated participation at UNESCO General Assembly and UN international forum which served to give government and local communities the opportunity to address challenges affecting the rural populations in their respective country. • Provided administrative support for newly assigned country directors which included preparing travel arrangements and planning meetings with key program stakeholders. • Worked with various international education organizations to establish the first Multilingual Education Working Group in the D.C. area which served to share academic research and highlight key education issues related to multilingualism

Orlando, Florida Area

• As director of the Next Generation program, was responsible for developing the strategy and success metrics to target and recruit younger constituents such as campus recruitment events so as to expand the mission of the organization• Worked on the leadership team responsible for developing and implementing new recruitment strategies as well as creating the metrics and guidelines for 120 recruiters across the nation• Worked on a task force focused on multi-cultural recruiting to increase diversity amongst members• Assisted the marketing team in the creation of brochures and other print media to market the organization and increase constituent involvement• Other duties included budget oversight, staff performance appraisals, fundraising, event planning, developing job descriptions and key success metrics

Orlando, Florida Area

• Tracked and monitored client trade accounts providing relevant updates on barter/trade credit balance and product availability• Established and maintained vendor relationships to promote use of trade credit as a method of payment and also researched opportunities to transform the credit into revenue or products • Performed administrative duties as required and attended bidder's conferences to inform and educate future vendors about barter/trade credit program United Way Employee Campaign Manager • Coordinated company-wide campaign which included presentations and fundraising events during the yearly United Way Campaign in order to meet charitable contribution goals • Led the event task force responsible for organizing the annual corporate luncheon for over 300 staff as well as other departmental activities

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), International Business

Graduated From The Ilcf (Institute De Langue Et Civilization Française) With French Certificate, French Language And Literature