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Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Provide technical leadership on maternal, newborn, and reproductive health and gender research and programming• Design MHI’s vision, strategy, and operational plans; manage the implementation and progress across each• Manage daily program needs, including fundraising, financial and grants management, staffing, and reporting• Supervise and support MHI staff, interns, and consultants; collaborate with funders, global fellows, and advisors• Lead the planning and execution of conferences on gender and SRMNAH to educate and inform policy solutions• Produce reports, whitepapers, policy briefs, and podcasts on maternal mortality and gender-based health issues• Work as Senior Editor of and contributor to the Dot-Mom column on the award-winning New Security Beat blog• Co-manage the Women and Gender Employee Resource Group; developed the Wilson Center’s Gender Inclusion Programming Policy and support staff in its implementation• Actively engage in the Inter-Agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crises, the World Economic Forum’s Women’s Health Initiative Coalition, Gender and COVID-19 Working Group, and U.S. Civil Society Working Group• Partner with UN Agencies, USAID, US Department of State, and various civil society and private sector actors to fulfill the mission of the Wilson Center and MHI

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Manage Initiative’s daily activities, including program design, research, fundraising, outreach, and event planning• Lead program as technical expert in maternal health• Design public and private events to elevate the visibility of issues related to maternal health, highlight innovations within the field, and bring concerns to policymakers• Contribute to Dot-Mom column on award-winning New Security Beat blog• Research current trends in maternal health, economic empowerment, gender, and the burden of care

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Developed training materials for non-profit leaders to increase internal capacity on measurement, outcomes and responsible evaluations• Generated monthly progress reports and created technical tip sheets for skill enhancement for current and prospective clients • Designed evaluation instruments and cleaned, organized and analyzed quantitative and qualitative data sets

Berkeley, Ca

• Developed and implemented evaluation plan for a digital reproductive health project to show effectiveness of text-based health programs to increase clinic visits, contraception use and reproductive health knowledge in adolescents and young adults• Led data collection tool development for mixed-methods evaluation and conducted both focus groups and stakeholder interviews • Analyzed data, created final evaluation and recommendations and presented findings to local STD Control Branch

Beijing City, China

• Designed and presented monitoring and evaluation plans for field offices in Yunnan and Xinjiang provinces to build local capacity for accurate data collection and reporting • Secured funding for PMTCT and other HIV focused programs from multilateral organizations through proposal and grant writing

Beijing City, China

• Drafted grants and reports for delivery to current and prospective donors; researched and reported on new funding sources • Revamped monitoring and evaluation procedures to enhance program techniques and ultimately improve evaluation reporting

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Partnered with Executive Director on organizational structure, growth analysis and annual budgets for this fast growing start-up • Managed all levels of human resources including internal accounting, employee benefits, staff evaluations and new hires • Managed office, supervised grants administration operations and oversaw intern program

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Created and deployed grant-allotment and data collection systems, improving reporting accuracy and efficiency• Administered and tracked all grants, reports, payments and requirements for over 100 grantee organizations• Managed payroll proceedings, accounts payable and receivable, and prepared organization for annual audit• Managed internship program; worked effectively with stakeholders, grantees, donors and board members

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Conducted home visitation services to medically and psychosocially high-risk women, their children and families • Presented maternal infant health education on healthy pregnancies, birth outcomes, and maternal child bonds • Developed organization-wide Cultural Competency Awareness Group and CHS Discussion Group • Utilized Spanish, Arabic and Sign Language to work with program participants• Linked women to appropriate support services

Jordan

• Developed curriculum for future volunteers preparing to work with the Deaf and created video instruction of Jordanian Sign Language• Facilitated in-country trainings for incoming volunteers on culture and religion, work specialties and personal safety• Taught at two schools for the Deaf and a local orphanage; created and ran summer camps for the orphanage

Master Of Arts (Ma), Women'S Studies, 3.8

Concentration in International Development and Women’s Health Independent Study: Maternal Mortality: A Human Rights Issue Thesis: Cultural.

Master Of Public Health (Mph), Reproductive Health & Community Assessment, 4.0

36 Credit International MPH program Major: Reproductive Health and Community Assessment Major Minor: Monitoring and Evaluation. Thesis.

Certificate In Public Health Concepts, Public Health, 4.0

15 credit core concepts certificate program: Epidemiology, Statistics, Environmental Health, Health Behavior and Health Education, Health.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Psychology; Minor: Deaf Studies; Concentration: Women'S Studies, 3.3

Concentration in Women’s Studies & Created First Minor in Deaf Studies at the college Thesis: The Mother-child bond in Deaf Preschool aged.