Manage the strategic operations of EcoPlanet Bamboo Group’s Southern Africa subsidiary. Tasks include overseeing all finance, staffing, administration and field operations of the 1200 acre Kowie Bamboo Farm.EcoPlanet Bamboo Group is the largest owner and developer of commercially grown bamboo plantations globally. We combine this global resource base with investment into technology that enables bamboo to be a superior fiber solution across multiple sectors, including textiles, pulp and paper, renewable energy and activated carbon, providing a sustainable source of fiber with bamboo based solutions to manufacturing industries that currently rely on the harvesting of natural forests for their wood and fiber based products. With operations in Central America, Southern and West Africa, and expansion into Southeast Asia underway, EcoPlanet Bamboo targets areas that have suffered extreme deforestation, ensuring that our bamboo plantations and bamboo based products are only ever developed on degraded land, don't compete with food security, and are a deforestation free crop. In conjunction with each plantation, R&D focuses on ensuring clean manufacturing techniques, leapfrogging current technology to create a turnkey solution.Plantations are certified under the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), and/or suitable alternatives, and climate change benefits are quantified and commercialized through the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS).

Effectively worked cross-functionally with multiple disciplines - including forestry and environmental services, global development, international communications, and business - to provide strategic communications, operations and administrative support to senior management.

I maintain documentation, press releases and news about the work of GBM to be disseminated through GBM website, blogs, social media, print media and other relevant mediums. In addition, I provide editorial support to colleagues, specifically for external publications including advocacy campaigns, documentary videos, articles and presentation materials. I have also managed the production of the organization's 2009, 2010 and 2011 annual reports. Worked as an communications volunteer from July 2011 - September 2011 before being hired as a communications consultant.

Here, I responded to the communication needs of the office including handling regional event and media invitations for a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and drafting letters and marketing information. I used a variety of software packages, such as Microsoft Word, Outlook, Powerpoint, Excel, Access, etc., to produce correspondence and documents and maintain presentations, records, spreadsheets and databases. I also engaged in communication tasks such as writing numerous blogs for the organizations website on both current affairs (including international advocacy events and program highlights) and organization achievements (including the celebration of 10:10:10 – a global day of action). As well, I recorded and prepared minutes for various meetings including Board meetings. Worked as an Administrative Intern from October 2010 - December 2010 before being promoted to Administrative Assistant.

Served as lead rapporteur for workshops in Kenya including for International Organizations and large NGOs like the UN Foundation’s Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves (GACC) East Africa Regional Stakeholder Consultation and Strategic Planning Workshop as well as small NGO and CBO workshops like Indigenous Fisher Peoples Network's World Fisheries Day Workshop. Here, I coordinated a cross-cultural team of rapporteurs throughout the workshop and produced a workshop report providing a synthesized summary of the workshop proceedings for stakeholder dissemination.

I wrote proposals for environment, governance and advocacy projects as well as prepared project budgets. In addition, I coordinated World Fisheries Day East Africa 2009, an international event, attended by over 500 people including the Kenyan Prime Minister. For this event, I headed the Media and Publicity team for World Fisheries Day East Africa 2009 including co-edited and designed The Samaki Review magazine for World Fisheries Day East Africa 2009.

Here, I led a cross-cultural team for Kenyan nonprofit in order to research and collect data on the relevant social, economic and environmental indicators to be used in the creation of a triple bottom line accounting system for Kenyan businesses. In addition, I coordinated communication both locally and internationally to execute project.

I performed International fundraising while communicating clearly and effectively the goals and projects of the University. In addition, I maintained positive relationships with current students, parents and alumni.

I performed detail oriented market research using a variety of tools such as the internet, interviews, journals and networking. In order to do this, I analyzed the results to determine the opportunities for Franklin University to develop an Intercultural Master’s Program, as well as created spreadsheets to easily and accurately interpret data. Finally, I complied a report and presented on findings.