Benjamin Leatherwood

Associate, Trade & Logistics at Nathan Associates
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  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • German Limited working proficiency
  • Arabic Limited working proficiency

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Experience

    • United States
    • Real Estate
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Associate, Trade & Logistics
      • Apr 2021 - Present

      • Project Manager of $35m USAID/Moldova Institutional and Structural Reform Activity (MISRA); support project planning from proposal stage; lead mobilization activities; supporting development of technical solutions for Government of Moldova in response to economic challenges of Ukraine conflict • Project Director of Somalia Trade Information Portal (STIP) program; ensuring successful delivery of Somalia’s first unified database of customs policy and procedures • Project Coordinator and Acting Project Director of USDA/APEC Engaging APEC program; managing development of research and workshops on socioeconomic and trade-related barriers to agricultural development in the Asia-Pacific region in cooperation with USDA Foreign Agricultural Service • Project Coordinator of $33.2m USAID/Philippines BEACON digital connectivity project; providing oversight of contractors, project finances, and contractual processing • Project Coordinator of $11.2m USAID/Moldova Structural Reform Program; managing deliverables, procurement, and subcontractor relations in program implementation through demobilization phases

    • Risk Management Researcher
      • Jan 2021 - Mar 2021
    • United States
    • Retail Groceries
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Associate - Logistics
      • Jan 2019 - Jan 2021
    • United States
    • International Trade and Development
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Graduate Research Intern
      • Sep 2020 - Dec 2020

      • Analyzing state-by-state export patterns for bilateral U.S. trade negotiations with UK and Kenya, using data drawn from the Department of Commerce’s Trade Policy Information System (TPIS) • Researching granular export trends among Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Agreement (CBTPA) participant nations using DataWeb and Trade Stats Express • Providing data support for development of ITA’s Market Diversification Tool • Analyzing state-by-state export patterns for bilateral U.S. trade negotiations with UK and Kenya, using data drawn from the Department of Commerce’s Trade Policy Information System (TPIS) • Researching granular export trends among Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Agreement (CBTPA) participant nations using DataWeb and Trade Stats Express • Providing data support for development of ITA’s Market Diversification Tool

    • Research Analyst
      • Jul 2014 - Dec 2014

      • Researched the composition and direction of Middle Eastern financial markets for foreign state clients • Conducted personal and corporate due diligence investigations on executives for banking industry clients • Wrote a daily reports detailing and analyzing geopolitical developments in the Middle East • Researched the composition and direction of Middle Eastern financial markets for foreign state clients • Conducted personal and corporate due diligence investigations on executives for banking industry clients • Wrote a daily reports detailing and analyzing geopolitical developments in the Middle East

    • United States
    • Research Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Research Analyst - Energy Markets
      • 2014 - Jul 2014

      • Performed bespoke economic analysis for hedge funds and corporate portfolio managers • Tracked, researched, and reported on developments in the global natural gas market for US clients • Co-wrote a five-part report on ongoing East Asian energy issues with visiting PhD candidate in economics • Performed bespoke economic analysis for hedge funds and corporate portfolio managers • Tracked, researched, and reported on developments in the global natural gas market for US clients • Co-wrote a five-part report on ongoing East Asian energy issues with visiting PhD candidate in economics

    • Data Analysis Intern
      • Sep 2013 - Dec 2013

      • Produced presentation materials used by U.S. negotiators in TPP and TTIP talks • Performed independent audit of the department’s international services trade statistics, identifying and fixing trade volume miscalculations • Conducted original research on trade dynamics between proposed TPP members • Produced presentation materials used by U.S. negotiators in TPP and TTIP talks • Performed independent audit of the department’s international services trade statistics, identifying and fixing trade volume miscalculations • Conducted original research on trade dynamics between proposed TPP members

    • United States
    • Legislative Offices
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Inventory Specialist
      • Sep 2010 - May 2011

      • Managed team of six logistics professionals • Worked directly with Representatives and their staffs in a customer service capacity • Increased department efficiency by digitalizing House-wide inventory database • Managed team of six logistics professionals • Worked directly with Representatives and their staffs in a customer service capacity • Increased department efficiency by digitalizing House-wide inventory database

    • Associate Program Officer
      • Sep 2009 - Feb 2010

      • Procured $100,000+ grants geared toward reconstruction, sanitation in war-affected communities • Reconciled $90,000+ project budgets via Excel • Produced a weekly report for upper management and donors, detailing the progress of every IOM development project in Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Provinces • Procured $100,000+ grants geared toward reconstruction, sanitation in war-affected communities • Reconciled $90,000+ project budgets via Excel • Produced a weekly report for upper management and donors, detailing the progress of every IOM development project in Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Provinces

    • Research Assistant
      • Feb 2009 - May 2009

      • Assembled data regarding international counterterrorism legislature for compilation of a searchable database • Created a system for representing anti-terrorism policies quantifiably via spreadsheet • Assembled data regarding international counterterrorism legislature for compilation of a searchable database • Created a system for representing anti-terrorism policies quantifiably via spreadsheet

    • Pre-Departure Orientation Aide
      • Sep 2008 - Mar 2009

      • Helped plan and execute a program designed to educate future study abroad students • Served as advisor for six students prior to and throughout their experience abroad • Helped plan and execute a program designed to educate future study abroad students • Served as advisor for six students prior to and throughout their experience abroad

    • United States
    • Newspaper Publishing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Reporting Intern
      • Jun 2008 - Aug 2008

      • Produced 18 published articles over the course of a 10-week summer internship • Met same deadlines and writing standards as staff reporters • Produced 18 published articles over the course of a 10-week summer internship • Met same deadlines and writing standards as staff reporters

    • United Kingdom
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Primary Instructor
      • Sep 2007 - Dec 2007

      • Independently developed course materials and lesson plans • Provided firsthand English language training to predominantly Darfurian refugees • Independently developed course materials and lesson plans • Provided firsthand English language training to predominantly Darfurian refugees

    • United States
    • Primary and Secondary Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Assistant Coordinator
      • Oct 2003 - Aug 2005

      • Organized transportation of medical tools and sports equipment from the Washington, D.C. area to western Rwanda • Coordinated travel for group of 13 development workers from Washington, DC to Rwanda and Kenya • Helped doctors provide basic medical assistance at 6 orphanages near the cities of Kigali and Gisenyi • Organized transportation of medical tools and sports equipment from the Washington, D.C. area to western Rwanda • Coordinated travel for group of 13 development workers from Washington, DC to Rwanda and Kenya • Helped doctors provide basic medical assistance at 6 orphanages near the cities of Kigali and Gisenyi

Education

  • Johns Hopkins SAIS
    Master's degree, International Relations & International Economics
  • William & Mary
    BA, Middle Eastern Studies, Anthropology

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