Experience

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  World Vision USA

  • Washington DC-Baltimore Area

  • Senior Consultant - Governance

    • Jul 2023 - Apr 2024
    • Washington DC-Baltimore Area

    • Met with key donor and sector stakeholders to gather information and validate proposed activities, approaches and interventions• Provided technical and non-technical related expertise to proposal development processes• Developed initial logical framework used for decision making for consortium ...

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  ECODIT

  • Washington DC-Baltimore Area

  • Senior Consultant

    • Feb 2023 - Jun 2023
    • Washington DC-Baltimore Area

    Provides full service program and business development for nonprofit organizations seeking to move beyond service delivery to contribute meaningfully to social change,.

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  IREX

  • Washington D.C. Metro Area

  • Director, Communities & Governance Practice

    • Sep 2019 - Jan 2023
    • Washington D.C. Metro Area

    Provides technical leadership, management support and quality assurance for the Communities & Governance practice group at IREX. Leads a global team of 15 professionals in the areas of democratic local governance, civic engagement, gender equality and social inclusion, and working in closing ...

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  Catholic Relief Services

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

  • Director - Equity, Inclusion and Peacebuilding

    • Aug 2013 - Sep 2019

    Provide thought leadership, management and technical support for executing agency strategy with special focus on integrating peacebuilding, governance, gender, protection and youth into all areas of development and humanitarian programming.• Manage agency strategy on select core competencies.• Advise sector leadership on appropriate integration of core competency areas and lead the technical integration of core competencies into technical sectors. • Lead the growth of the agency’s technical portfolio in core competency as standalone programs.• Ensure emerging, promising practices are captured and applied in the technical design of projects.• Develop and disseminate guidance on new programming approaches and tools for greater uptakeLearning and Innovation.• Lead execution of learning agenda for the agency around justice & peacebuilding integration.• Champion effective innovations in integration of justice & peacebuilding.• Oversee development of guidance for programming tools, manuals and aids.• Dissemination of guidance across the agency and externally. • Support writing and dissemination of publications that highlight best practices and innovations .• Contribute to monitoring and evaluation, and serve on evaluation and assessment teams. Represent agency within and outside the agency on programming integration issues.• Represent agency in public discussions and fora in broad community of practice. • Produce substantive inputs for policy advocacy.• Represent agency to donors and policy makers. Management of Equity, Inclusion & Peacebuilding Unit.• Supervise, mentor and support staff.• Oversee technical support to the field .• Ensure staff professional development.• Manage the development of work plans and budgets.

  • Senior Technical Advisor - Civil Society & Governance

    • Oct 2008 - Aug 2013

    Provision of advisory services to various country programs, regional offices and HQ departments in the areas of civil society development, participatory governance, peace building and conflict transformation in all aspects of program and project development and across multiple technical sectors.

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  University of Baltimore

  • Baltimore, Maryland Area

  • Part-time Adjunct Faculty Member - Global Affairs & Human Security Program

    • Sep 2014 - Jan 2015
    • Baltimore, Maryland Area

    Provide students with an overview of the nongovernmental sector, nongovernmental organization creation, and the management of NGOs in the context of international development. Instruct 28 students on a weekly basis through a combination of lectures, group exercises and other forms of experiential...

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  ARD, Inc.

  • Arlington, VA

  • Associate

    • Dec 2005 - Oct 2008
    • Arlington, VA

    Specialty in anti-corruption, civil society strengthening, democratic local governance, citizen advocacy promotion, and the rule of law. • Managed ARD Anti-corruption Program; conducted rapid political assessments in a half dozen countries to support anti-corruption program development efforts.• ...

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  Nathan Associates

  • Chief of Party

    • Mar 2004 - Mar 2005

    Chief of Party, SEGA/MESP, Nathan Associates, Pretoria, South Africa. Provided technical leadership and overall management for multifaceted economic policy reform program valued at $29 million. • Served as liaison with government decision makers across several branches of government to define ter...

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  PADCO, Inc. (now AECOM International Developmen...

  • Deputy Director, Urban Municipal Finance Governance Division

    • 2001 - 2003

    • Oversaw Urban Management, Finance, and Governance Division portfolio valued at $9 million, providing technical assistance on local government projects funded by USAID. • Designed and facilitated the team-building workshop for the Serbian Local Government Project. • Designed and carried out a ra...