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Seattle, WA

• Intimately involved in inception through wind-down of the Global Libraries Program, with the mission of improving people’s lives by supporting community access to technology through public libraries.
• Shaped Global Libraries’ strategy, including early scoping research, peak growth, and planning for sustainability post wind-down.
• Responsible for portfolio of national-scale grants in China, Chile, Colombia, Honduras, Guatemala, Moldova, Romania, Ukraine, the United States and Francophone West Africa. Value of portfolio at peak: $91 million.
• Led high-level relationships, including engagement with Gates Foundation co-chairs and national heads of state. Demonstrated record influencing government investment toward public services.
• Managed research grants in partnership with the World Bank, the University of Washington, and Canada’s International Development Research Centre, among others.
• Supervised fiscal agency and procurement processes for complex projects, including managing relationships between government and private sector, international vendors, and multi-party review processes.

Seattle, WA

• Responsible for basic-needs grant-making and programming in the largest United Way affiliate in the country.Impact Manager, Out of the Rain Homelessness Initiative 2006-2007
• Led Volunteer Impact Council in its oversight of homelessness grant-making ($5-6 million annually). Monitored all homelessness grants for compliance and impact (150+ grants annually).
• Represented UWKC in efforts to align cross-county funding for homelessness prevention and support services.
• Implemented strategy and funding related to supportive housing.
• Co-led organization-wide restructuring of outcome achievement processes, including grantee reporting, data analysis and dissemination of findings.Program Manager: Free Tax Preparation Campaign and Individual.
• Managed program implementation, including hiring and training of staff (up to 300 tax preparers/year), ensuring program quality, security of sensitive information, and compliance with federal regulations.

On assignment to the State Government of Tamil Nadu, IndiaEvaluated Tamil Nadu’s plan for compliance with the national goal of doubling per capita income. Made recommendations for development in the education, health, high tech and tourism sectors. On assignment to the “Corporación Andina de Fomento” La Paz, Bolivia.Contributed research to the 2001 Global.

Harvard University Policy Analyst on assignment to Oxfam America, New York, NY. Consulted with Oxfam America regarding their coffee strategy as the titular product of the “Make Trade Fair” campaign. Implemented field work in El Salvador and Guatemala, seeing improvements to coffee farmers' livelyhoods during a period of commodity crisis.

Quito, Ecuador

• Managed fundraising and micro-entrepreneurial education programming for the corporate social responsibility unit of Ecuador’s largest private bank.
• Designed organizational fundraising and sustainability strategy.
• Directed program for increasing rural access to technology, funded by the Microsoft Corporation.
• Managed feasibility study for establishing a national micro-credit program.

Master Of Public Policy, Political And Economic Development

Political Science And Government

6-month term at Universite Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD), Dakar, Senegal.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), International Relations And Affairs