Experience

Helen Keller Intl

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Regional Director for West Africa

  • Aug 2016 - Present

  - Supervises Helen Keller International's country offices in Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Sierra Leone. - HKI works to improve the lives of vulnerable populations by fighting malnutrition and neglected tropical diseases and improving eye health. - Supervises Helen Keller International's country offices in Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Sierra Leone. - HKI works to improve the lives of vulnerable populations by fighting malnutrition and neglected tropical diseases and improving eye health.



CARE

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Country Director

  • Nov 2013 - Jul 2016

  -Supervised all of CARE's humanitarian operations in Turkey and northern Syria in an insecure, uncertain and dynamic context.- Syria programs focused on immediate lifesaving assistance (winterization, food, water, sanitation and hygiene support) and livelihoods promotion for populations most affected by the civil war; Turkey programs met basic needs and promoted protection of Syrian refugees; programs had a strong gender focus and employed a highly-innovative remote monitoring system; programs aimed at building the capacity (finance, procurement, monitoring and evaluation, etc.) of and professionalizing Syrian humanitarian NGOs.- Humanitarian Coordination & Advocacy: Served on the Steering Committee of the NGO Forum for Northern Syria and the UN-led Humanitarian Liaison Group (HLG) for northern Syria; represented all Turkey INGOs on the UN-led Whole of Syria Strategic Steering Group (SSG); served on CARE’s global Emergency Response Working Group (ERWG).

• Country Director

  • Jul 2008 - Nov 2013

  - Supervised all Madagascar operations (up to 400+ employees, $13 million annual budget) for a major humanitarian relief and development organization.- Major programs included emergency relief, disaster risk reduction, food security, health and nutrition, and local governance, among others.- Humanitarian Coordination and Advocacy: Represented international NGOs on UN-led Humanitarian Country Team (HCT).

• Deputy Regional Director

  • Jul 2006 - Jul 2008

  CARE Southern and West Africa Regional Management Unit, Accra, Ghana:• Provided programming, strategic, and management support to CARE’s country offices in Cameroon, Chad, Madagascar, Mali, and Niger.• Served as senior technical advisor for democracy and governance programming and organizational learning in seventeen countries, coordinating a knowledge sharing “theme team” of governance experts from across the region.• Organized trainings and workshops in advocacy, rights-based approaches, and competitive bids.• Facilitated strategic planning workshops in Mali and Niger.

• Assistant Country Director

  • Aug 2002 - Jun 2006

  Bamako, Mali:• Supervised and coordinated all programmatic aspects of $10.7 million (annual), 130-employee, national office



U.S. Department of State

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Development Assistance Coordinator

  • Jul 2000 - Aug 2002



Self-employed

• International development consultant

  • 1997 - 2000



Management Systems International

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• International development consultant

  • 1997 - 1999



Peace Corps

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Peace Corps Volunteer; Secondary school teacher

  • 1984 - 1986