Meryl Miner Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Manage IRI’s global youth-focused programs, including the Generation Democracy youth leadership network, the McCain Fellowship for Freedom, and the Generation Democracy East Africa Unity Alliance.Manage IRI's global engagement supporting political dissidents, facilitating local leaders in repressive spaces or experiencing transnational repression represent their voice in international forums.Technical lead for youth programming at the Institute, assisting IRI's over 100 program teams design responsive, innovative, and inclusive programming.

Managed IRI’s global youth-focused programs, including the Generation Democracy youth leadership network and USAID-funded research on cross-sectoral youth programs.Technical expert in youth and inclusion for the Institute, consulting on program design, implementation and evaluation.Civil society technical specialist, providing guidance on program best practices and trends.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Key personnel and country manager for IRI programming in Laos focused on citizen-centered governance.Managed $12+ million dollars in U.S. and foreign government funding for programming in Laos and Burma, with extensive experience managing grants from the U.S. State Department and USAID.Certification in Design Thinking from ECornell and facilitated training modules on using design thinking to spark innovation for international development professionals at IRI headquarters and for international civil society organizations. Designed and facilitated trainings on social media for outreach as part of IRI's Lao Civil Society Academy, as well as trainings a for Lao youth leaders on using digital story to promote inclusion.Managed IRI's high-level political party exchanges with Vietnamese, Lao and U.S. officials.Asia regional youth programming lead, facilitating the 2017 Generation Democracy Leadership Academy in Jakarta with 24 youth from 13 countries.

Assist in the management of civil society capacity building and governance programming in China and Laos funded by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and the Department of State (DoS).Lead facilitator for the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Summit 2016 in Laos, which hosted 200+ young leaders and President Obama.Asia regional Generation Democracy regional lead, facilitating the 2017 Generation Democracy Global Summit in Vienna, Austria and the #NoVoteNoVoice campaign, which reached 3+ million Twitter impressions over three days.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Conducted legislative research, including tracking legislation, preparing member biographies, collecting contact information and providing backgrounders for principals.Covered hearings and prepared memos for a diverse set of international clients.Compiled daily news clips on relevant issues.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Intern focused on Chinese Foreign Policy.Complied bilingual research reports on China's foreign policy with the United States, Japan, Myanmar, and Africa.Conducted independent research on the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and on the New Maritime Silk Road.Developed and managed the @Stimson_Easia twitter account.

Washington, Dc

Dictated 24-hour news coverage for the NRSC staff.Compiled opposition research on target races in upcoming Senate elections.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Interned under the Asia Communications Fellow and Director of The Washington Roundtable for the Asia Pacific Press.Completed research on Chinese censorship, utilizing both English and Chinese media.Tracked Chinese news media for press reports.Compiled information for the China Media Reciprocity Act of 2011’s Heritage testimony.

Master’S Degree, School Of Foreign Service, Asian Studies, Class Of 2015

Activities and Societies: Concentration: Foreign Policy and Security of Asia

Bachelor’S Degree, Political Science And Government, Class Of 2013

Activities and Societies: Major: Political Science; Minor: Asian Studies, Sociology

Education record