Summer Lewis Email & Phone Number

Remote

• Continuing my involvement with Rotary, in 2017 I was recruited to serve as sole manager of a strategic partnership between Rotary International and the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP). In a highly autonomous.
• Oversee and report on program design, implementation, and evaluation; liaise between Rotary Peacebuilding and Conflict… Show more Continuing my involvement with Rotary, in 2017 I was recruited to serve as sole manager.
• Oversee and report on program design, implementation, and evaluation; liaise between Rotary Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention Area of Focus Manager and IEP; coordinate meetings; manage work plan.
• Promote and grow the partnership by serving as spokesperson, maintaining an aggressive schedule of presentations to Rotarians at official Rotary events and other humanitarian fora; coordinate partnership publicity and.
• Act as information and technical assistance hub; administer online peace education platform and disseminate tools designed to guide Rotarians in funding and implementing impactful projects locally and regionally.
• Build and manage relationships with Rotarian peace program donors: maintain contact and records, facilitate strategy meetings, and provide meaningful opportunities for engagement and advocacy.

Online

At my alma mater, I teach an online, 8-week course for the MS Degree in Community Development program. The course provides an overview of international development, cooperation, and aid as a field of study and work, with critical analysis of related trends, actors, and transnational politics. Students explore the systems, relationships, and perspectives.

Online

At my alma mater, I teach an online, 3-week course for the Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Department and the KSU Global Campus Online Learning program entitled “Women and Globalization.” The course examines contemporary economic and political globalization, trade, development, and gender through a case study. We follow a cup of coffee from seed to.

Oaxaca De Juárez Area, Mexico

• Driven by a desire to help demonstrate the impact of small-scale community development initiatives, I co-founded True Roots International with a colleague, José Luis Zárate. True Roots provides program development and.
• Build and manage 4-person consulting team providing services in program development; monitoring and evaluation; training, education, and experiential learning; public relations and communications.
• Oversee business development, strategic planning, and administration.
• Serve as spokesperson, presenting at workshops and panels and providing interviews. Representative clients and consultancies:► THE ROTARY FOUNDATION | Global Grant Monitoring and Evaluation. Data measurement tool.

Oaxaca De Juárez Area, Mexico

• In my second coffee-related job, this time with a nonprofit that empowers young coffee farmers to meet pressing community needs and establish a sustainable livelihood for themselves and their families, I managed.
• Substantially improved impact assessment by establishing the organization’s first standardized set of indicators and guided partners in implementing them.
• Arranged and coordinated site visits to monitor progress and collect marketing materials.
• Wrote proposals, project summaries, and biannual reports for donors, synthesizing partners’ input.
• Delivered narrative and visual storytelling content supporting Coffee Kids’ marketing and educational efforts on social media and via catalogs and the annual report.
• Promoted Coffee Kids’ philosophy and partner achievements at international events. Show less

Brisbane, Australia

While a Rotary Peace Fellow and graduate student at the University of Queensland, I facilitated institutional relations as spokeswoman for the program as well as liaison to university administration, Rotary International, and local Rotarians. This entailed, among other duties, organizing event and trip logistics and promoting the Rotary Peace Fellowships.

Chittagong, Bangladesh

Inspired by the brand new Asian University for Women’s mission to develop young women leaders in South and Southeast Asia, I jumped at the chance to join the administrative staff. I was energized by the challenge of stepping into a “start-up” situation without an established road map. I knew I’d have to roll up my sleeves to coordinate logistics for.

West Bridgewater, Massachusetts

Acting as a brand ambassador and subject matter expert, I represented a pioneering fair trade company and its private sector development model—building equitable supply chains with 30 smallholder coffee, tea, and cacao farmer cooperatives in 20 countries—by communicating Fair Trade’s corporate ethos at conventions, on learning tours, and via direct sales.

Guatemala

With funding from a Rotary Foundation grant, I coordinated logistics, communication, and fundraising for a group of volunteers carrying out agriculture and community development projects with 3 grassroots organizations in Guatemala. Additionally, I assisted with project planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.

Master'S Degree, International Studies, Peace & Conflict Resolution

Recipient of the Rotary Peace Fellowship, providing full funding for graduate level studies, awarded yearly to 60 emerging leaders in an.

Bachelor’S Degree, Spanish, Sociology, Women'S Studies

Graduated summa cum laude (4.0 grade point average on 4.0 scale).