Oxana Ware Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

www.oxanaware.com• Professional photography business specializing in newborn, family and pet photography, studio and lifestyle, expanding into wildlife, portrait, development and photo essays• Successfully grown Instagram following @oxanawarephotography to 14K+ followers. Tracking top photographers’ commercial and personal work and industry trends• Manage all aspects of running a successful photography business, from licensing, contracts, billing, taxes and negotiating package rates, to building client schedules, tracking shoot and delivery dates, and providing day-to-day communication with clients • Develop relationships with clients, striving for repeat business and life-long relationships• Lead studio workshops on newborn and pet portrait photography

Washington, District Of Columbia

• Teach intensive year 1 and 2 Russian language courses to undergraduate and graduate students

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Banking on Women: Work on trust fund management, donor reporting, and development impact data quality control Climate Business: assist with stakeholder assessment of the green buildings market in ten countries

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Utilized excellent communication, interpersonal and writing skills to prepare and deliver presentations and trainings at internal and external conferences• Presented weekly to FIG leadership (42 Managers and Directors) on all departmental targets • Developed internal FIG information database with Communications team and led all inputs

Washington, Dc

• Led strategic and development impact assessment of all new MAS business and managed annual development impact performance of portfolio projects • Prepared presentations and sector updates for strategy and management meetings • Led a study assessing the indirect employment effects in the food supply chain in IFC agribusiness projects; traveled to Western Ukraine to interview officials, suppliers, and distributors

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Analyzed and reported on IFC's development results and lessons learned from IFC activities, and ensured that results fed into strategy, operations and incentives• Assisted in design of forward-looking development objectives to guide IFC strategy • Trained HQ and field staff on development impact and assessing value add

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Led rollout of IFC’s system to track and report on the value add of IFC projects to affected communities; designed the value add reporting system and an e-learning module

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Increased World Bank Group (WBG) employee fundraising participation to DV LEAP by 400% through utilizing my WBG staff network• Formed communication and social media outreach strategy through serving on the Community Outreach and Communications committee • Shaped DV LEAP’s Diversity and Inclusion (DI) strategy through service on the DI committee which included identifying new diverse board membership and training opportunities

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Provided vigil and companionship care for terminal patients at in-patient care center and patients’ homes, including free photography services for families with their loved ones

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Translated 19th century classical literature (Leskov’s “Bishop’s Judgment”) from Russian into English under the supervision of Prof. Meerson and co-taught the translation in class on Xenophobia in Russian Literature

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Supported a boutique firm on corporate litigation matters

Masters In Arts, School Of Foreign Service, Eastern European And Central Asian Area Studies

Full merit-based scholarship

Bachelors, Arts; Comparative Literature (Russian/German) And History

Full merit-based scholarship Magna Cum Laude Best Comparative Literature Student Medal

Associates Of Arts, Business Administration And Economics

Full scholarship and two independent leadership scholarship awards