Experience

Value For Women Ltd.

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Gender & Business Advisor

  • Nov 2018 - Present

  Value for Women is a specialized advisory firm that helps organizations advance gender inclusion. We believe that women are key drivers of economic and social growth, and that women’s inclusion is essential for better business outcomes. We identify and test new solutions that foster inclusion while unlocking the powerful economic potential that women hold. My role at Value for Women includes overall project strategy & team management, direct advisory to investors / DFIs / governments / NGOs, training and facilitation, and research. I focus on gender lens investing and gender-smart solutions to business challenges. Show less



WEEMA International

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Advisor, Strategic Initiatives

  • Nov 2018 - Mar 2020

  WEEMA International systematically partners with communities in Ethiopia to: 1) Improve well-being: We collaboratively build systems to ensure sustainable provision of clean water, life-saving healthcare, quality education, and economic opportunity. 2) Address inequities: We support women and girls as agents of change and instill economic and social inclusion of people with disabilities. WEEMA International systematically partners with communities in Ethiopia to: 1) Improve well-being: We collaboratively build systems to ensure sustainable provision of clean water, life-saving healthcare, quality education, and economic opportunity. 2) Address inequities: We support women and girls as agents of change and instill economic and social inclusion of people with disabilities.



Sustainable Food Lab

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant - Technical writing and communications

  • Jun 2018 - Dec 2018

  The Sustainable Food Lab promotes solutions to farmer poverty and climate change through innovative, outside the box partnerships with food companies. The focus of my consultancy was identifying entry points and best practices for cocoa companies to invest in West African cocoa farmers' adaptation to climate change and improved livelihoods. The Sustainable Food Lab promotes solutions to farmer poverty and climate change through innovative, outside the box partnerships with food companies. The focus of my consultancy was identifying entry points and best practices for cocoa companies to invest in West African cocoa farmers' adaptation to climate change and improved livelihoods.



Root Capital

• United States
• Financial Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Partnerships Manager

  • May 2012 - May 2018

  - Director of Root Capital's Women in Agriculture Initiative, to both mainstream gender across Root's financing and capacity building to rural enterprises and introduce additional programming to focus on gender equity; as director, designed strategy for and implemented a Gender Equity Grants on-granting program for agricultural businesses to increase participation and leadership opportunities for women - From July 2012 - July 2017: Monitoring & Evaluation lead on Root Capital’s impact studies, including overseeing a global team of impact personnel and consultants to carry out Root Capital’s learning agenda through 20+ field-based mixed-method studies with 3,000+ farmer surveys; led organization in refining our theory of change and articulation of farmer- and business- impacts - Focus from July 2017 - present: Cultivate and steward portfolio of donors, and present at diverse forums to promote Root Capital’s brand and identify new leads on a variety of topics including economic development, impact, and gender Show less



Millennium Challenge Corporation

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Monitoring & Evaluation, Vocational Education

  • Jun 2011 - Aug 2011



Innovations for Poverty Action

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Field-based Project Associate on Impact Evaluation

  • Jun 2008 - Jul 2010

  Coordinator of a large-scale randomized evaluation to assess the community and individual impacts of Compartamos Bank’s microloans for women entrepreneurs Coordinator of a large-scale randomized evaluation to assess the community and individual impacts of Compartamos Bank’s microloans for women entrepreneurs



SEDESOL (Mexican Ministry of Social and Economic Development)

• Mexico City, Mexico

• Assistant to the Deputy Minister of Social Development

  • Nov 2007 - May 2008