Ryan Etzcorn Email & Phone Number

Beijing, CN

Beijing, China

- Collaborating closely with a premier circle of Fortune 100 and leading global NGO client organizations. - Leading client teams to deliver tailored and original analysis, strategic engagement plans, and trusted counsel. - Working fluidly within a Beijing-Washington, DC "One Office" mindset that responds to client needs around the clock. - Tapping the.

Beijing, China

- Offering regular intelligence and engagement opportunities for private and nonprofit sector clients in China's mainland.- Working with a nimble team to meet client needs with urgency and quality knowledge products.

Beijing City, China

• Providing strategic coordination for grant portfolios that range across various issues connected to Chinese human capacity development in civil society, China's growing role in the world, and Sino-U.S. relations.
• Leading initiatives for cross-regional collaboration between China office, other Foundation offices in the Global South, and their grantees.
• Driving the coordination of knowledge within the office and across offices to better inform grant making strategies.

Greater New York City Area

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

• Affiliated with Jinan University and its School of Public Administration in Guangzhou, China. Ryan's research focused on the following questions:
• What are the roles and limitations of “intermediary” institutions (nonprofit incubators, community foundations, charity federations, etc) in carrying forward the promises of the Charity Law in China?
• How does the state utilize these intermediary institutions and attempt to create a balance between social control and autonomous social innovation?
• How does the rapid expansion of online “crowd source” fundraising for Charity challenge the relevance of intermediary organizations?
• How is China and its technology challenging traditional sectoral boundaries between nonprofits, the state, and for-profit enterprise?

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Together with two other colleagues, co-lead a team of over 30 individuals to implement a trade enforcement project of unprecedented scale for USTR.
• Contributed Chinese-language research and source verification for priority agency research products.
• Established a framework for interagency collaboration on a project involving multiple offices at the Department of Commerce, the International Trade Commission, and several offices throughout USTR; co-authored.
• Primarily responsible for executing various office operations including subscription management, work/time reporting, and supplies procurement.

Washington D.C.

• Served as liaison to international higher education programs for public administration, public policy, international affairs, and nonprofit management.
• Assisted in directing NASPAAs global strategy and ongoing collaboration with foreign partners.
• Managed and grow collaboration between NASPAA and similar professional/accreditation associations in other world regions.
• Managed site visits and serve as liaison between the Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation and programs undergoing the accreditation process.

Detroit, MI

• Began as a summer intern; continued work on a contract basis.
• Launched initiative to bridge Chinese FOEs and Chinese international students in SE Michigan.
• Used STATA and Excel to analyze quantitative data on trends in intl. student visa use in MI, finding rising use of visa extension programs in Michigan and the larger U.S.
• Produced internal report on diaspora communities as local leverage for inward FDI and export trade.
• Collaborated with refugee resettlement agencies to produce research on refugee economic impact, unveiling over $279 million in positive economic benefit for Detroit area from 2008-2013.
• Assisted in the planning of a large regional conference of immigrant economic development orgs.

• Administered a graduate-level course on nonprofit management.
• Taught one section on board governance based on prior experience as a Board Fellow (see below).
• Tasked with grading most assignments and advising students on grant-writing.

Ann Arbor, MI

• Assisted with the administration and instruction of a graduate-level course on nonprofit and public management at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
• Tasked with the responsibility of teaching a session on civil society in contemporary China.

Nonprofit And Public Management Center, The University Of Michigan

• Worked with Dr. Megan Tompkins-Stange drafting grant proposals.
• Produced environmental scan and benchmarking tool for other top nonprofit management centers
• Produced strategy recommendations for NPM.

Ann Arbor, MI

• Awarded this fellowship by the Center for Social Impact at the Ross School of Business
• Sat on the Board as a non-voting member.
• Worked to develop committee structure for board governance, on-boarding and self-assessment for the Board.
• Drafted five new committee charters.
• Developed a survey of Board and staff for the overhaul of the on-boarding process
• Created a detailed board strengths/needs gap analysis document for future Board evaluation.

Kalamazoo, Barry, And Washtenaw Counties

-- Taught a broad range of subjects, grades K-12, in both urban and rural school districts. -- Took pride in being enthusiastically engaged with the students. -- Frequently asked to return by teachers I worked for.

-- Started a Limited Liability Corporation with three partners for musical production and ensemble.-- Produced six copyrighted song collections with record labels in the U.S. and Europe. -- Responsible for monitoring all scheduling and operated as liaison with a full-time booking agent in addition to performance. -- Performed in 10 different European.

Master Of Public Policy And Master Of Arts (Dual), Public Policy And Chinese Studies, 4.0

Activities and Societies: International Policy Student Association (First-Year Co-Chair), Association for Public Policy about Learning and.

Certificate In Advanced Mandarin Study, Mandarin Chinese Language

Certificate In Intermediate Mandarin Chinese Language Study, Speaking, Listening, Reading, Writing

Ba, History, Psychology, Asian Studies

Activities and Societies: The MSU Undergraduate Historian, The Dean Student Advisory Council, Mortar Board, Impact 89 FM Student Radio