Shane Wetherbee Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Washington DC

With the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA)/USAID as a Humanitarian Assistance Officer, Mr. Wetherbee served on the Afghanistan team and managed a portfolio of NGOs, including a consortium working in Afghanistan. Duties included partner relations, award processing and management as well as responding to partner’s request and advising them on.

Irvine, California, United States

Kabul, Afghanistan

Working with Cordaid in Afghanistan as the Humanitarian Program Coordinator, Mr. Wetherbee led a consortium of NGOs for the implementation of humanitarian assistance programs under the Afghanistan Joint Response by the Dutch Relief Alliance. He also led in proposal development and secured 1.7 million and 325,000 Euros for humanitarian assistance.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Kabul, Afghanistan

As the Senior Program Officer at FOCUS Humanitarian Assistance, Mr. Wetherbee managed the implementation of project activities for humanitarian assistance, Disaster Risk Reduction, food security and rural livelihoods programs by providing field teams with technical and administrative support well as leading the development of donor reports for USAID/OFDA.

Irvine, CA

Mr. Wetherbee served as liaison between Native American representatives, cultural resource department and construction supervisors while on site, directing data recovery projects. He also leads teams conducting cultural surveys, archaeological excavations and assists with report writing and data entry. Other tasks includes monitoring work sites and field.

Kandahar, Afghanistan

Mr. Wetherbee’s position with USAID in Afghanistan as a Field Program Officer, he oversaw a portfolio of USAID-funded programs. This consisted of liaising between USAID and its implementing partners and the Afghan Ministry of Agriculture officials to build capacity in an effort to implement microfinance, small enterprise, agribusiness and value chain.

Washington DC

At RI, Mr. Wetherbee collaborated with field offices and program desks for USAID, UNDP, AusAid and European Union research, writing and editing of concepts notes and proposal development, provided backstopping and assisted in the oversight of program implementation, as well as providing strategic and technical assistance to achieve all program objectives..

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Mr. Wetherbee’s experience also includes working to create a network of Youth Financial Service practitioners with Making Cents International, by cultivating relationships with many microfinance and youth serving organizations in an effort to build a global knowledge base around topics related to youth development, and to strengthen the technical abilities.

Greater San Diego Area

At ACCION San Diego, Mr. Wetherbee participated in quarterly surveys, managed a grant research project and took part in coordinating community outreach events designed to build new relationships with potential donors and clients.

Asuncion, Paraguay

At FP, Mr. Wetherbee developed curriculum and training seminars for a microfinance learning course to increase the understanding of the lending methodology. He interviewed and wrote a manual for incoming interns about Fundacion Paraguaya and microfinance. Finally, Mr. Wetherbee wrote his Master thesis using FP as a case study, conducting and transcribing.

Paraguay

During the Peace Corps, Mr. Wetherbee wrote successful USAID funded grant application and was awarded $7,000 to implement a running water project to improve community water resources and oversaw the execution of the project and the allocation of the budget such that the project was completed under budget. He also managed and led a successful grant and.

Master'S Degree, Latin American And Caribbean Studies

Bachelor'S Degree With A Minor Degree, Anthropology And International Relations