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New York, NY

New York, NY

• Created risk management tool for International Non-Governmental Organizations based on good industry practices identified by assessing over 200 existing field and management tools, and guidance materials.
• Conducted research interviews and analysis in support of an InterAction funded project on how INGOs manage risk.
• Managed administrative and reporting aspects of USAID contract for the Aid Worker Security Database project.
• Monitored print, social media and security incidents reports on a daily basis to gather, assess, follow up and add security incidents against aid workers to the Aid Worker Security Database.
• Maintained and developed new relationships with INGOs in order to open new avenues of information gathering for the Aid Worker Security Database.
• Compiled statistical information on aid worker incidents to analyze patterns and monitor attack trends, tactics, motives and perpetrators.

Greater New York City Area

• Entrusted to assess regional protocols to implement improved best practices, effectively streamlining regional reporting protocols during disaster operational periods to markedly improve consistency of communications.
• Established innovative program initiatives by researching, evaluating, and strategizing areas of expansion in Mass Care to ensure preparedness during disasters.
• Devises and facilitates strategies for a new regional hurricane plan implemented after Hurricane Sandy, resourcefully building partnerships with related Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs) and local businesses to provide.

Greater New York City Area

• Functioned as first point of contact for the Mass Care Feeding function at the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), coordinating services and developing partnerships with local vendors to assure efficient logistical.
• Leveraged strong communication skills and solid partnership networks to provide aid to over 20 shelters and a stranded remote mountain community during Hurricane Irene, by coordinating an airlift of food supplies and.
• Managed a group of over 50 volunteers, providing one-on-one facilitation and evaluating training progress to identify volunteer strengths and designate roles in accordance with organizational priorities.

Greater New York

• Oversaw the “March to 200” capacity building campaign for recruiting and training volunteers for supervisor positions, directly inducting 25 new shelter supervisors in 3 months, effectively doubling the amount of.
• Established innovative program initiatives for volunteers, researching, evaluating, and strategizing areas of expansion in Mass Care to enrich volunteer recruitment and management.
• Identified the need for leadership volunteer positions, resulting in greater retention within the organization, increased volunteer turnout, and higher accountability in service-level positions.
• Conducted outreach by producing and editing a promotional video for the March to 200 campaign, writing articles and working with other departments to integrate the campaign in their messaging in order to produce a.
• Coordinated basic humanitarian relief activities during local disasters.
• Managed a group of over 200 volunteers, providing one-on-one facilitation and evaluating training progress to identify volunteer strengths and designate roles in accordance with organizational priorities.

Greater New York City Area

• Acted as a researcher for communication initiatives on behalf of this international relief Non-Profit Organization, interacting with refugees resettled in the US and garnering media attention for IRC programs.
• Maintained a database of resettled refugees in the US, demonstrating strong organizational and mediation capabilities to develop relationships with regional managers and promote IRC programs with the media.
• Exhibited diplomacy and tact in liaising with program field office managers from Jordan and Iraq, as well as domestic staff, ensuring consistency and unity of communications to further organizational objectives.
• Harnessed excellent writing skills to develop website content by clearly and concisely communicating various initiatives and project goals to spread the IRC message.
• Maintained communications with Middle East programs field office staff and US domestic staff.
• Assisted and provided media and background research for staff projects.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Entrusted as a Research Assistant for the Center of Defense Information (CDI) to facilitate the research, development, and design of CDI programming and associated publications on terrorism.
• Established a regional security trends section for CDI’s monthly Afghanistan Update, extrapolating data and performing in-depth analysis of political events over 6-month periods to provide interpretations of potential.
• Rigorously researched and analyzed asymmetric warfare groups to develop unique content for CDI’s online Spotlight on Terrorism series and a special Afghanistan-centered issue of the Defense Monitor, deploying strong.
• Issued sound judgment and investigative skills to aggregate and vet open source information from international and foreign news companies, in addition to leading vast improvements to formatting to facilitate.

London, United Kingdom

Called upon as an analyst to provide political and psychological composites on world leaders, utilizing and assessing open source information and political leadership affects for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov, and US President George W. Bush. Conducted investigative analysis and assessment based on leader’s.

Pristina, Kosovo

Exhibited excellent written skills to edit reports written by non-native English speakers for the private non-profit research organization. Meticulously edited documents for proper grammar usage, style and statistical accuracy, in addition to ensuring content was politically unbiased before publication and distribution to international institutions.

Pristina, Kosovo

Engaged with the Office of Public Safety on a research proposal for a project within the high-profile Kosovo Internal Security Sector Review with the goal of pinpointing gaps in knowledge and future research areas. Conducted an assessment on aspects of the security sector in Kosovo by performing research, attending meetings and conferences in order to.

Greater New York City Area

Designed and delivered curriculum for an eight-week intensive seminar on terrorism, leveraging solid academic and professional knowledge to design course materials for a class of 25 undergraduate students.

Mres (Master Of Research), War Studies, Merit

I had a research article published in Studies in Conflict & Terrorism as a result of that work that I did at King's College. See excerpt.

Master Of Arts (Ma), Intelligence And International Relations

Activities and Societies: International Defence Society (Founder/President)

Ba, Forensic Psychology, Merit

Activities and Societies: International Defense Society (Founder/President), Law Enforcement Training Society, National Model United.