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Prescott, Arizona, United States

Serve as overall manager for the Community Development Block Grant and Housing Program across four counties in northern Arizona.

Prescott, Arizona

Established and independently ran the Career Services office with nearly 1200 student interactions annually, addressing needs for internships, career preparation, and student employment.

Prescott, Arizona

Improved and expanded the college's internship program, building upon community-oriented opportunities for national service with AmeriCorps under Arizona Serve.

Prescott, Arizona

Handled the financial management and accounting for 16 separate grants and over 50 other restricted accounts administered by a non-profit college.

Wrote and edited PM4NGO's 'Guide to Program Management for Development Professionals', intended as a definitive compilation of best practices in program management within the international relief and development sectors, and serving as the basis of a standardized certification scheme.

Timor-Leste

Completed the successful close-down of an innovative market development program, combatting energy poverty by providing access to alternative energy technologies for 270,000 East Timorese.

Syria

Chosen to lead the US government’s largest emergency aid program in northern Syria at the time, providing over 13,000 metric tons of wheat flour to bakeries serving more than 800,000 residents.

Indonesia

Oversaw more than 20 distinct programs in a large multi-sector portfolio across Indonesia, including programs in basic service provision, health, disaster risk reduction, and economic development.

Portland, Oregon

Led a team and provided direct support for the development and administration of Mercy Corps’ programs throughout a diverse region, responding to the needs for technical assistance, recruitment, consultancies, and legal and financial support.

Orlando, Florida

Worked within the Public Assistance section of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency to help public agencies across central Florida recover from damages incurred during the 2004 hurricane season.

Tajikistan

Managed Mercy Corps’ environmental health program from inception to completion, including coordinating efforts among a team working in three distinct regions in Tajikistan.

Pennington, New Jersey

Oversaw and participated in the design and installation of solar-powered water pumping and electrification systems for use domestically and in developing countries.

Dalton, Massachusetts

Carried out survey field work, including construction stakeouts, topographic surveys, boundary retracement surveys, and hazardous waste remediation.

Azerbaijan

Planned and managed a multi-faceted water and sanitation program, targeted at internally displaced people in central Azerbaijan, as part of the three-man start-up team that began IRC’s Azerbaijan program.

Bangladesh

Independently coordinated an integrated environmental health program in three refugee camps in coastal Bangladesh, providing for over 45,000 Burmese Rohinya refugees.

Bedford, Massachusetts

Traveled throughout northern New England under a contract from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to systematically record the location of public water supplies using GPS technology.

Papua New Guinea

Oversaw and administered the completion of over 150 water and sanitation projects for the Southern Highlands Province’s Division of Health, while maintaining day-to-day office operations.

Master Of Public Policy, Development Studies

Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs

Bs, Mechanical Engineering