Serve a small group of select clients to provide leadership, vision, coordination and collaboration across the international development sector to improve knowledge management and organizational learning for long-term impact and sustainability. Examples of work include the ongoing facilitation of the Multi-Donor Learning Partnership (MDLP), which I helped establish in 2018; working with the InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB) on its global organizational KM and Learning Framework, as well as… Show more Serve a small group of select clients to provide leadership, vision, coordination and collaboration across the international development sector to improve knowledge management and organizational learning for long-term impact and sustainability. Examples of work include the ongoing facilitation of the Multi-Donor Learning Partnership (MDLP), which I helped establish in 2018; working with the InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB) on its global organizational KM and Learning Framework, as well as its Regional Policy Dialogues (RPDs) approach; and providing strategic leadership, guidance, and support to Acute Incite, its clients, and its communities, such as the CLA CoP. Show less

Supported Bixal’s Executive Leadership Team to establish a more systematic, scalable, learning-oriented, and impact-driven International Practice. Oversaw three technical practices – Knowledge Management/ CLA; Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL); and Global Health. Led and mentored a team of 50+ individuals, including serving as lead point person for new business development, technical delivery, client engagement, innovation, thought leadership, communications, and operations. Conducted… Show more Supported Bixal’s Executive Leadership Team to establish a more systematic, scalable, learning-oriented, and impact-driven International Practice. Oversaw three technical practices – Knowledge Management/ CLA; Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL); and Global Health. Led and mentored a team of 50+ individuals, including serving as lead point person for new business development, technical delivery, client engagement, innovation, thought leadership, communications, and operations. Conducted the recon, built the team, and wrote the proposal that won the latest iteration of the flagship USAID/ Uganda Learning contract. Show less

Co-founded and helped build this agile and innovative consulting firm whose mission is to support individuals, teams, and organizations build and sustain effective learning cultures which support strategic success and real impact. Led our international development team to build a client base with donors, implementers, and networks. Key accomplishments include: •Serving as Senior Adaptive Management Advisor for the USAID IDEAL Activity. Key support included scenario planning, learning… Show more Co-founded and helped build this agile and innovative consulting firm whose mission is to support individuals, teams, and organizations build and sustain effective learning cultures which support strategic success and real impact. Led our international development team to build a client base with donors, implementers, and networks. Key accomplishments include: •Serving as Senior Adaptive Management Advisor for the USAID IDEAL Activity. Key support included scenario planning, learning agendas, theories of change, and adaptive management plans.•Co-creating and co-facilitating the Multi-Donor Learning Partnership (MDLP), comprised of organizational learning/ KM leads for USAID, DFID, UNICEF, Sida, GIZ, ADB and the World Bank. •Supporting World Learning to develop an Adaptive Management framework and plan, and building CLA capacity including for Scenario Planning, for the USAID QITABI II project (Lebanon). •Providing multi-stakeholder engagement support and strategy development for the 20+ Federal Agency Prosper Africa working group co-Chaired by USAID and the Department of Commerce. •Facilitating multi-stakeholder engagement for USAID’s Office of Food for Peace (FFP). •Providing Design Thinking and Learning Agenda support to the National Science Foundation. •Building organizational and technical team capacity in Theory of Change and Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) for Global Communities. •Designing/teaching annual KM for Public Health course for Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. •Developing and co-facilitating multi-day workshops on Adaptive Management and CLA for the University of Bologna and the State University of New York, Albany. Show less

Established and raised funds to create a peer-to-peer, mobile money-based social funding network for the world’s poorest communities. Piloted in Kenya in 2019 as a mobile-based app for communities to tell their own stories and share their needs. Developing business plan to secure key partners and more than $200K in seed funding; overseeing stakeholder engagement to inform design and Kenya-based pilot testing of pilot app; facilitating more than $100K in direct mobile money contributions in… Show more Established and raised funds to create a peer-to-peer, mobile money-based social funding network for the world’s poorest communities. Piloted in Kenya in 2019 as a mobile-based app for communities to tell their own stories and share their needs. Developing business plan to secure key partners and more than $200K in seed funding; overseeing stakeholder engagement to inform design and Kenya-based pilot testing of pilot app; facilitating more than $100K in direct mobile money contributions in first 6 months; and supported development and capacity development for in-county team of community ambassadors. Show less

Served as the Chief of Party for the first 4 years of the $55M USAID LEARN contract in support of USAID’s Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning (PPL). Built and led a high-functioning, collaborative, innovative and customer-focused team which helped USAID develop and scale up an intentional, systematic, and resourced approach to Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA), supporting more than 60 USAID missions through technical assistance, capacity building, facilitation, and case… Show more Served as the Chief of Party for the first 4 years of the $55M USAID LEARN contract in support of USAID’s Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning (PPL). Built and led a high-functioning, collaborative, innovative and customer-focused team which helped USAID develop and scale up an intentional, systematic, and resourced approach to Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA), supporting more than 60 USAID missions through technical assistance, capacity building, facilitation, and case documentation. Led the development of a team that grew from an initial team of 10 staff to 35, with a retention rate of more than 90%. More information about how we built a different kind of development project can be found in the USAID Learning Lab “Walking the Talk” blog series and the “Leaders in Learning” podcast. Show less

Served on the leadership team for this 10,000-person international consortium, dedicated to reducing poverty, strengthening food security, improving nutrition and health, and sustainably managing natural resources. Achievements included: •Building and facilitating a network of Knowledge Management, Communications, and IT Directors from each of the CGIAR’s 15 global research centers to improve coordination, knowledge sharing, peer-to-peer learning, and overall impact… Show more Served on the leadership team for this 10,000-person international consortium, dedicated to reducing poverty, strengthening food security, improving nutrition and health, and sustainably managing natural resources. Achievements included: •Building and facilitating a network of Knowledge Management, Communications, and IT Directors from each of the CGIAR’s 15 global research centers to improve coordination, knowledge sharing, peer-to-peer learning, and overall impact demonstration.•Leading the development of CGIAR’s Open Access and Open Data policy.•Helping to establish the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) partnership.•Conceiving of and planning CGIAR’s first “Development Dialogues” summit to support CGIAR’s contributions to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals discussions,•Worked closely with CGIAR’s Fund Council, comprised of more than 30 donors collectively contributing more than $1B per year for CGIAR food security, nutrition, agriculture, and climate resilience activities. Show less

Led overall implementation and management of the Knowledge for Health (K4Health) Project, a global 5-year USAID-funded effort designed to improve access for frontline health workers to appropriate, easy to use, and impact-focused health information. Provided significant thought leadership and inspiration for the value of knowledge management as a development imperative while wearing the dual hats of this role as well as KM Director for the Center for Communication Programs (CCP). Achievements… Show more Led overall implementation and management of the Knowledge for Health (K4Health) Project, a global 5-year USAID-funded effort designed to improve access for frontline health workers to appropriate, easy to use, and impact-focused health information. Provided significant thought leadership and inspiration for the value of knowledge management as a development imperative while wearing the dual hats of this role as well as KM Director for the Center for Communication Programs (CCP). Achievements included:•Leading the re-engineering and redesign of K4Health’s “toolkit” platform, used not just for the project but made available free of change/ open access to all as a knowledge-sharing platform.•Establishing one of the early good practice models for international development communities of practice, the Global Health Knowledge Collaborative (GHKC).•Helping to demonstrate the early value of mobile phones in improving health outcomes in some of the world’s poorest communities, and establishing the Johns Hopkins mHealth Network, which eventually became what is now the Global Digital Health Network. Show less

Established and managed the Knowledge Management department for one of the leaders in international development public health and helped lead a staff of more than 20 to improve the way MSH communicated and shared information internally and externally. Accomplishments included: •Developing and managing knowledge management strategies, projects, and platforms.•Conceiving of, establishing, and facilitating global engagement of MSH’s Technical Exchange. Networks (TENs), content specific… Show more Established and managed the Knowledge Management department for one of the leaders in international development public health and helped lead a staff of more than 20 to improve the way MSH communicated and shared information internally and externally. Accomplishments included: •Developing and managing knowledge management strategies, projects, and platforms.•Conceiving of, establishing, and facilitating global engagement of MSH’s Technical Exchange. Networks (TENs), content specific communities of practice for ongoing peer engagement.•Developing and promoting MSH’s mobile health (mHealth) capabilities.•Providing knowledge management technical assistance for USAID projects. Show less

Contributed to the company’s efforts to improve Medicare and Medicaid services by improving consultant tools, resources, and knowledge sharing platforms and processes. Achievements included: •Business process reengineering to achieve greater interaction, information-sharing, and profitability.•Developing a secure, robust KM platform to support client, project, and document management.•Managing the conception, development, and adoption of a wide-ranging CRM tool to track and… Show more Contributed to the company’s efforts to improve Medicare and Medicaid services by improving consultant tools, resources, and knowledge sharing platforms and processes. Achievements included: •Business process reengineering to achieve greater interaction, information-sharing, and profitability.•Developing a secure, robust KM platform to support client, project, and document management.•Managing the conception, development, and adoption of a wide-ranging CRM tool to track and report on sales, projects, contacts, staff, resources, and customer support requests. Show less

Served in the Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade Group, providing consulting services on USAID contracts in Eastern Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Worked with international development experts, governments and industry leaders on leadership development, competitiveness, strategic planning, business development, market development, and export generation for USAID contracts. Project scopes included strategic and business planning; competitive, market, distribution channel, and value… Show more Served in the Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade Group, providing consulting services on USAID contracts in Eastern Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Worked with international development experts, governments and industry leaders on leadership development, competitiveness, strategic planning, business development, market development, and export generation for USAID contracts. Project scopes included strategic and business planning; competitive, market, distribution channel, and value chain analyses; market research; and training and capacity-building. Served as interim Chief of Party of DAI’s Strengthening Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Cambodia (Cambodia MSMEs) project. Show less

Worked to improve effectiveness and accountability within the nonprofit sector. Served on this consulting firm’s senior management team, and provided leadership for the development, management, maintenance, and marketing of its technology tools and resources, as well as overall strategy. Responsibilities included strategic-alliance development, foundation interaction, strategic planning, proposal writing, business development, marketing, technology management, and product development… Show more Worked to improve effectiveness and accountability within the nonprofit sector. Served on this consulting firm’s senior management team, and provided leadership for the development, management, maintenance, and marketing of its technology tools and resources, as well as overall strategy. Responsibilities included strategic-alliance development, foundation interaction, strategic planning, proposal writing, business development, marketing, technology management, and product development. Achievements including managing the development of a sector-changing suite of online tools to help nonprofits evaluate their impact on the communities they serve. Continue to sit on InnoNet’s Technology Advisory Board. Show less

Worked to improve strategy and communications for philanthropic and nonprofit associations, government organizations, and small enterprises in three areas:• Writer/Editor: Wrote and edited reports, online content, and magazine articles for nonprofit and philanthropic associations and government organizations. • Business Planning Consultant: Developed strategic, business, communications, and technology plans. • Marketing and Technology Consultant: Provided website content… Show more Worked to improve strategy and communications for philanthropic and nonprofit associations, government organizations, and small enterprises in three areas:• Writer/Editor: Wrote and edited reports, online content, and magazine articles for nonprofit and philanthropic associations and government organizations. • Business Planning Consultant: Developed strategic, business, communications, and technology plans. • Marketing and Technology Consultant: Provided website content analysis, development, and management; website design analysis, development, and management; technology planning; and marketing and outreach materials. Clients included Friends of the Earth, Council on Foundations, Philanthropy Roundtable, Association of Small Foundations, King Hussein Foundation International, InnoNet, Gorman Health Group, Keestone Marketing, Maxispace, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. Show less