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USAIDStrategic Engagement Division Chief
Jan. 2024Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesTeam Leadership and Productivity: Led a team of 10 during a transition to advance operational goals by challenging past assumptions, developing new strategies, prioritizing resources, designing processes to enhance productivity, and providing guidance to drive progress. Organizational Alignment: Established group to improve technical-level integration, problem-solving, and policy and strategy alignment across 12 offices to synchronize priorities, change management, and messaging. Operational Oversight and Grant Monitoring: Managed activities for more than $1M in grants, ensuring timely delivery of products, proper compliance, financial oversight, and reporting. Strategic Initiatives: Advised on key initiatives, ensuring they were analytically sound, accounted for comparative assets, and leveraged optimal input. Data Analysis and Interpretation: Collaborated with analytics teams to translate investment prioritization methodologies into actionable guidance on effective food security investments to achieve desired short- and long-term outcomes. Program Assessment: Gathered feedback from stakeholders on program effectiveness and made recommendations to leaders to reduce investments in areas with low returns. Professional Development: Facilitated meetings, enhanced onboarding resources, organized 2 staff retreats, and provided training and one-on-one mentoring to refine goals and crystalize team vision. Fundraising: Collaborated cross-functionally to ideate fundraising strategy in support of the Financing Agricultural Small and Medium Enterprises in Africa (FASA) Fund. Strategic Communications: Synthesized complex data into clear talking points, fact sheets and FAQs, improving communication on achievements and strategic direction and attracting donor partners. Strategic Partnerships: Rallied partners behind Feed the Future Accelerator initiative to secure $80M funding to Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia, promoting economic growth and food system transformation.
USAIDActing USAID Representative to the European Union
Sep. 2023 - Dec. 2023Brussels, Brussels Region, BelgiumInternational Development and Humanitarian Assistance: Oversaw team of 5 to drive U.S.-EU international development and humanitarian assistance cooperation with focuses on Ukraine, food security, governance, and other regional issues. Advised USAID on strategic engagement and budget. Stakeholder Relations: Represented USAID and U.S. Ambassador to EU in high-level meetings with EU institutions and stakeholders. Strategic Decision Support and Data Analysis: Provided decision support by tracking EU assistance for Ukraine and analyzing related data. Leveraged written/verbal communication skills to craft talking points based on results to engage Congress and other partners. Diplomacy and Cross-Organization Collaboration: Navigated stressful situations resulting from cross-organizational disputes in a matrixed environment. Leveraged resourcefulness and strong judgment to maintain positive relationships and efficiently deliver policy recommendations to different reporting chains on issues related to development assistance priorities.
USAIDSenior Advisor, Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning
Aug. 2023 - Sep. 2023Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesInternational Relations and Expert Advisor: Advised multilateral affairs and bilateral engagement teams to optimize strategies and collaboration across operational units, building partnerships with donors and international organizations to drive progress toward objectives.
National Security Council, The White HouseDirector for Global Development
Aug. 2022 - Jun. 2023Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesImplementation of Policies, Global Strategy, and Sustainable Development: Facilitated government-wide processes to analyze core issues and scope and design complex strategies related to sustainable development, development finance, digital public goods, gender equality, and conflict and fragility. Stakeholder Engagement and Relationship Building: Gathered perspectives on U.S. global development policy from advocacy groups, foreign governments, and other stakeholders to build relationships and ensure effective launch of initiatives. Complex Project Management: Secured complex projects aligned with organizational interests while building relationships with decision-makers, handling conflicting opinions, and ensuring consensus. Consensus Building and Problem Solving: To address concerns over the lack of a common definition for digital public goods (DPGs), co-chaired working group to create summary document of policy positions agreed upon by 15 government agencies.
USAIDSenior Advisor, European Union (EU) & International Financial Institutions
Jun. 2022 - Jul. 2022Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesStrategic Consulting: Offered consultation on development, humanitarian assistance, engagement, and donor coordination best practices.
USAIDBilateral Engagement Team Lead and World Bank Advisor
Oct. 2020 - Jul. 2022Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesOrganizational Strategy: Developed USAID’s first-ever strategy for engagement with philanthropic organizations. Partner Relationship Management: Led a team of 8 people that managed partnerships with 30 donor countries, philanthropic organizations, and the World Bank. Internal and External Communications and Presentations: Prepared briefing materials, presentations, reports, and analyses related to development cooperation with international partners.
USAIDSenior Program Analyst, Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning
Sep. 2017 - Oct. 2020Washington D.C. Metro AreaPublic-private Partnerships and Communications Strategy: Owned corporate-level relationships and oversaw communication/outreach strategies with partners to increase engagement and coordination across USAID operating units.
USAIDProgram Analyst, Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning
May. 2016 - Sep. 2017Washington, D.C.International Cooperation: Organized EU-U.S. development dialogue and coordinated follow-up for enhanced cooperation across various issues.
World Bank GroupAnalyst, Development Partner Relations Department, Development Finance Vice Presidency
Nov. 2015 - Apr. 2016Washington, D.C.Financial Analysis: Analyzed portfolio of financial activities and economic/development cooperation policies of donor countries. Partner Communications and Presentation Development: Supported strategic consultations with partners by drafting fundraising strategies and developing presentations. Internal Communications: Drafted internal communications to disseminate business intelligence and strengthen corporate governance.
World Bank GroupConsultant, Civil Society Team
Aug. 2015 - Oct. 2015Washington, D.C.Meeting Planning, Document Preparation, and Agenda Development: Coordinated Civil Society Policy Forum (CSPF) for 2015 annual meetings in Lima, Peru. Prepared documents, presentations, and agendas. Registration Services: Analyzed and processed registration for 500+ civil society organizations from 54 countries.
Organization of American StatesConsultant, Relations with Permanent Observers and Civil Society
Jan. 2009 - Jul. 2015Washington D.C. Metro AreaInternational Engagement and International Human Rights: Mobilized $20M per year from Permanent Observer countries toward organizational priority programs. Program Management and Civil Society: Managed programs that increased civil society engagement through design, implementation, and reporting of projects.
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