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Seattle, Wa

•Develop strategies for securing public funding for current and future programming.•Engage and develop relationships with elected officials and their offices.•Coordinate government relations at a federal and local level.•Manage Zoo for All initiatives including events focused on the inclusion of diverse communities.•Improve and manage community partner relationships of nonprofits, human service providers, and cultural institutions.•Facilitate regular zoo wide diversity and inclusion workshops for existing and new staff.•Evaluate community access programs for efficiency and effectiveness.•Manage zoo neighbor relations with individuals and neighborhood associations.•Implement evolving government relations strategy and emergency management during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tacoma, Wa

•Facilitated bi-weekly training events to educate various stakeholders on local and federal housing regulations.•Organized and conducted 91 training events for 3,563 people in two years. •Evaluated legal training program effectiveness and improve the existing curriculum. •Supervised investigation staff to meet external partner contracts in timely and efficient use of resources. •Initiated and implemented major redesign and launch of agency website, branding and marketing materials. •Established and maintain social media presence for agency via Facebook and Twitter. •Executed large and small scale research projects to evaluate the effectiveness of state-based housing programs.•Authored community engagement manual for local policy makers, city planners and civil rights agencies.•Authored federal and local grant applications, resulting in $225,000 in awards. •Created a network of federal and local partners for program implementation and service provision.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Analyzed community development assets and needs data to help federal agencies and philanthropic investors optimize technical assistance and investment flows.• Researched strategies for rural, urban, & tribal communities to implement bottom-up development programs.• Recommended policy strategies based on qualitative analysis of Promise Zones II applications to better technical assistance and improve application questions and process.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Coordinated grant allocation process for 20 NGO proposals including program evaluation strategy and risk analysis for pilot programs in conflict countries.• Negotiated with NGO partners over project budget and technical implementation plans. • Organized an internal proposal review process with agency wide legal and policy panels. • Analyzed and recommended United Nations (UN) agency and NGO project proposals for funding.• Composed time-sensitive briefing memos for Assistant Secretary meetings with external partners.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Drafted results-oriented briefs highlighting worldwide program achievements for development meetings with U.S. Congress, Department of State and USAID officials.• Prepared internal briefs analyzing foreign policy panel discussions and congressional hearings.

Washington D.C.

• Conducted grantee interviews on satisfaction rates of technical assistance for three national initiatives.• Designed and analyzed grantee survey data.•Compiled evaluation report including logic model, evaluation findings matrix and detailed recommendations to improve technical assistance and program support.

New Delhi, India

Program Evaluation and Knowledge Management• Initiated results-based management systems for reporting, monitoring and evaluation and documentation.• Trained internal and partner organization staff on quantitative and qualitative project evaluation and reporting.• Conducted program evaluations and monitored project implementation of six sub-grantees. • Composed project reports and objectives and evaluation strategies for over a dozen funding proposals.Project Management and External Relations • Managed institutional relationships with donors including UNDP and UN Environmental Programme.• Led the implementation of a two-year pilot program engaging women in local governance.• Administered the project’s $100,000 operational budget including monitoring sub-grantee expenditure.• Operationalized results based management systems into project implementation strategies.• Coordinated a high-level summit of government, UN and civil society leaders on women, sustainable development and good governance in South Asia, including Afghanistan and Myanmar.

New York, New York

-Conducted qualitative policy research and created website content on UN gender mainstreaming programs. Represented the organization in the side-events of the 54th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. Further, assisted in developing policy recommendations for UN Member States on the gender mainstreaming indicators. Coordinated knowledge management and content development for peacewomen.org and inter-organizational relations with the parent organization Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF).

Seattle, Wa

-Conducted a literature review on studies regarding the psychology of ethnic conflicts for Professor David Barash for his 2010 publication Approaches to Peace 2nd Edition.

Pretoria Area, South Africa

-Assisted in grant research and proposal development for the iLEADA -School of Democracy Program.

Masters In Public Administration, Program Evaluation And Cross-Sector Collaboration

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Political Science And Human Rights

Activities and Societies: Model United Nations

Political Science