Michelle Kirby Email & Phone Number

Durham, Nc, Us

Responsible for advancing variety of projects including geographic expansion strategy to new service sites; metrics dashboard development; and coaching, coordination and support of key leaders

Created curriculum content and facilitated trainings and between-session engagement for leadership team over course of 3-month weekly Leadership Academy.

Remote From Durham, Nc, Usa

Supported project management for West African partner projects. Recruited new full-time Dakar-based Project Manager. Conducted strategic research, then created suite of project management tools to facilitate team management and cross-team collaboration.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Responsible for all of myAgro’s program operations across Senegal, Mali, and Tanzania as well as myAgro’s Agriculture and Monitoring & Evaluation departments; member of myAgro’s executive team; represented myAgro to donors, government agencies, and partnersGrew farmers served from 45,000 in 2018 to over 60,000 in 2019; prepared for scaling to over 120,000 in 2020 across Senegal, Mali, and Tanzania; prepared new country pilot in Tanzania for growth from 430 farmers to over 2,000 in… Show more Responsible for all of myAgro’s program operations across Senegal, Mali, and Tanzania as well as myAgro’s Agriculture and Monitoring & Evaluation departments; member of myAgro’s executive team; represented myAgro to donors, government agencies, and partnersGrew farmers served from 45,000 in 2018 to over 60,000 in 2019; prepared for scaling to over 120,000 in 2020 across Senegal, Mali, and Tanzania; prepared new country pilot in Tanzania for growth from 430 farmers to over 2,000 in 2020Invested in leadership team members including managing interim Country Directors, hiring and orienting new Country Directors, and developing key Program Managers so that they in turn could manage a team of over 1,000Led major change management and strategic initiatives including changes to staffing model and to product portfolio for greater financial sustainability and farmer impact Show less

Senegal

Responsible for all of myAgro’s program operations in Senegal, budget $2.1M Consistently met or exceeded goals; grew farmers served from 3,700 in 2016 to 19,000 in 2018 while staying on-budget; built team and systems necessary to support scale; led change-management and strategic decision-making during rapid growth periodLed team of 150 full-time employees, 300 commission-based salespeople, and 400+ seasonal hires; re-organized Senegal team structure, created new roles, recruited new… Show more Responsible for all of myAgro’s program operations in Senegal, budget $2.1M Consistently met or exceeded goals; grew farmers served from 3,700 in 2016 to 19,000 in 2018 while staying on-budget; built team and systems necessary to support scale; led change-management and strategic decision-making during rapid growth periodLed team of 150 full-time employees, 300 commission-based salespeople, and 400+ seasonal hires; re-organized Senegal team structure, created new roles, recruited new employees and trained team; focused on communication and alignment on vision and valuesSpearheaded innovative change in staffing model leveraging smartphones from pilot to full-scale roll-out, resulted in 20% reduction of field costs; implemented changes to pricing and marketing strategies, resulted in 35% increase in average client purchase commitment Show less

Us & Madagascar

Project commissioned by the World Bank to reduce early childhood malnutrition in Madagascar using Human-Centered DesignProvided in-field research support, participated in synthesis of findings, documented results, and assisted in facilitation of workshops; contributed to drafting of successful application during request for proposal

Bamako, Mali

Established decentralized finance processes, mobile money-based revenue collection systems, and budgeting tools for remote regional offices of micro-savings agriculture NGO.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

See more details in Education section below.

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Of The Congo

Created sales tracking tool for detailed reporting to help assess progress towards goals in environment with limited technological skills or access. Performed general strategy consulting to give feedback on all aspects of operations.

Durham, North Carolina

Assisted with event management for 33rd annual Festival for the Eno with approximate attendance of 20,000 over the course of 3-day event. Specifically responsible for coordination of Emcees, fundraising raffle, and craft artist competition. Assisted with various other tasks involved for organizing 90 performers on 4 stages. Led work on several graphic design and video editing projects. Collaborated on general strategy and approach to successful execution of event.

Rubengera, Rwanda

Led execution of expansion plan within Finance and HR departments maintaining 100% loan repayment of $1.5 million; established internal controls to manage liquidity and risk, improved systems and processes to handle increase in clients, reorganized staffing structure to accommodate new roles and geographies. Reported and analyzed monthly financial statements; improved bookkeepers’ reporting quality, assessed overall financial health of organization, identified expenditures to cut costs… Show more Led execution of expansion plan within Finance and HR departments maintaining 100% loan repayment of $1.5 million; established internal controls to manage liquidity and risk, improved systems and processes to handle increase in clients, reorganized staffing structure to accommodate new roles and geographies. Reported and analyzed monthly financial statements; improved bookkeepers’ reporting quality, assessed overall financial health of organization, identified expenditures to cut costs. Developed staff capacity by mentoring and training Finance Director and staff. Established and implemented HR policies and procedures to manage growth of staff from 90 to 430; brought structure to ambiguity thru developing HR manual, systems and processes, and training staff. Show less

Tyazo, Rwanda

Launched marketing strategy to increase internal team cohesion and external exposure; designed newlogo, launched staff newsletter, designed and procured branded apparel, and laid groundwork for expansion into radio.

Washington, Dc & Bali, Indonesia

Directed overall preparation, management, implementation and follow-up for Asia-Pacific RegionalMicrocredit Summit 2008 in Indonesia attended by 1,000 delegates from 50 countries by coordinating all sessions and events, managing and training DC team, and overseeing Indonesian team

Washington, Dc & Halifax, Canada

Coordinated 7 plenary sessions, 20 associated sessions, Opening Ceremony, and Closing Dinner forGlobal Microcredit Summit 2006 in Canada; assisted Program Manager with additional 40 workshops.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Social Entrepreneurship Concentration & International Development Policy Certificate, Gpa 3.961

Activities and Societies: Concentration: Social Entrepreneurship, Certificate: International Development Policy, Honors: William G..

Ba, Francophone Cultural Studies (North Africa Concentration), Gpa: 3.96

Activities and Societies: Robinson Players (member, Executive Director 2004-2005), Bates Modern Dance Company Honors thesis topic.