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Phoenix, AZ, US

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

• Responsible for strategic direction, financial management, fundraising and public relations of a medium-sized non-profit organization with an annual budget of $950,000 focused on serving Charlotte’s immigrant community.
• Managed a staff of 12 people across three program areas, including a legal clinic staffed by attorneys, adult and children’s education projects, and an international visitors program aimed at bringing future leaders to.
• Served as the public face of the organization, building relationships with municipal and county leaders, appearing on TV and radio to increase public awareness of programs, and regularly presenting at public events and.
• Increased revenue by more than 10 percent year-over-year and created new partnerships to enhance client services.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Oversaw more than $20,000,000 in funding for democracy projects in the Middle East as an Agreement Officer’s Representative (AOR).
• Coordinated with other donor agencies to identify programming priorities, develop strategy, draft solicitations, and avoid program overlap and ensure efficient use of resources.
• Regularly organized, planned and coordinated activities across organizations and with multiple partners. Communicated with State Department counterparts on a near-daily basis to ensure smooth program management and.
• Served on Technical Evaluation Committees to analyze and evaluate grant proposals. Drafted grant application solicitation documents.

West Bank And Gaza

Represented the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in Jerusalem and the Palestinian Territories, liaising and negotiating with program partners, beneficiaries and donors.Served as expert consultant to NDI’s Yemen office. Regularly traveled to Yemen from Jerusalem to provide technical advice to NDI staff and trainings to program partners working to support.

Yemen, Washington DC

In advance of Yemen’s February 2012 presidential elections, traveled to Sana’a and designed, organized and led a series of trainings on how to recruit, deploy and train political party poll watchers. Designed training manuals and election day questionnaires. Successfully trained over 500 political party activists from 12 political parties. Drafted a case.

Monrovia, Liberia

Designed, supervised and implemented USAID-funded programs to support Liberian civil society organizations’ ability to contribute to the 2011 constitutional referenda and legislative and presidential elections.Assisted civil society organizations to conduct a country-wide domestic election observation effort that fielded observers at 2,000 polling places.

Member of three person leadership team on NDI's largest program, with more than $50 million in U.S. State Department grants. Regularly advised the Country Director on political and strategic issues, and played a leading role in identifying the Institute's priorities, designing programs, developing budgets, and ensuring that objectives were met and projects.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Supported NDI's democracy assistance projects in Albania and Montenegro. Worked closely with field-based staff to devise program strategy and secure funding from the State Department, USAID, the National Endowment for Democracy and the United Nations Development Programme.Drafted proposals and reports to donors, and developed and monitored multi-million.

Assigned to a communications team of ten people within the Office of Human Resources Management. Collected information and developed communications oriented Web sites.

Assisted Professor Brian Loveman with the administration of a graduate level course on the evolution of U.S. foreign policy since the end of the Cold War, and the organization of a lecture series that included presentations by some of America's top academics.Helped professor organize and teach a class on U.S. Government for more than 500 students. Led two.

New Hampshire, USA

Responsible for uncovering and reporting local news in southern New Hampshire for award winning newspaper company. Wrote more than 1,000 news and feature articles on town and state government, education issues, crime, and human interest stories.Awarded second place in the category of health reporting by the New England Press Association in 2002 for a.

Ma, International

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society Semester Abroad at Stockholm University in SwedenOutstanding Research.

Ba, English/Journalism

Copy editor on the university's student run newspaper

Professional Certificate, Executive Leadership

Through E-Cornell Online Learning: Successfully completed courses on strategic thinking, scenario planning, executive decision-making.