Experienced professional in the not-for-profit international education sector with proven skills to successfully address complex domestic and overseas operating, programmatic and financial challenges. • Successful development professional with proven track record of securing Department of State, USAID and host country government funding (over $460 million in grant funding secured since 2007 including over $75m in new project funding)• Experienced leader of international high school, undergraduate, and graduate student (J-1 and F-1) programs, faculty and administrator programs, and human capacity building projects with ten years of overseas experience delivering measurable results in challenging political, cultural and economic landscapes • Managed regional support and crisis management for U.S. study abroad and visiting scholar programs in Central Asia • Ability to successfully build support for operational, financial and reporting improvements • Effective organizational communicator with extensive experience bridging Board, departmental, field and home office perspectives • Outstanding ability to analyze complex issues and suggest effective actions • Entrepreneurial approach to new business development • Experienced in high-stakes, cross-cultural negotiations and partnership development • Extensive work with U.S. and host country funders and nuanced understanding of the legal and regulatory challenges of conducting grant-funded activities overseas