Experience

Ploughshares Fund

• United States
• Philanthropic Fundraising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Program Officer

  • Mar 2015 - Present

  Program Officer (June 2016 - June 2017)Program Associate (March 2015 - June 2016).Co-lead of Ploughshares Fund's Women's Initiative.Grantmaking: Manage a portfolio of grants of nearly $2 million. Focus areas include nuclear policy, the elevation of women and diverse perspectives in national security, and conflict prevent and regional security. Read and vet incoming grant proposals and make and present recommendations to the Board of Directors.Strategic Planning: Support the program director in the development and implementation of the Foundation's strategic plans and policies for the program department and act on behalf of the director in their absence.Program Management (Grantmaking): Prepare grant deliverables and other grant-related requirements; Review final reports prepared by grantees at the end of grant periods; Review and track grantmaking budgets; communicate with grantees on status and impact of grants.Database Administration: Designed and Implemented transition to new grants database in Salesforce; Develop new processes, policies, and strategic plans for Salesforce including training new staff members on its use, best practices and new process for applications and application cycles, and working across departments to develop new functionality that is useful for the entire organization; Manage Salesforce to keep database information current and accurate through data entry, record maintenance, and report generation.Research and Writing: Contribute to research and writing projects on nuclear security and nonproliferation, conflict and conflict prevention, and South Asia (particularly India and Pakistan); Assist in drafting, editing, and proofreading internal and external program documents; led research for organization's strategic internal conflict-portfolio evaluation.



National Model United Nations

• United States
• International Affairs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy Secretary-General, Week B (New York)

  • Jun 2009 - Apr 2016

  NMUN brings over 5,000 university students from around the world each year to conferences to simulate the United Nations. Through NMUN students learn diplomacy, current affairs, negotiation skills, problem solving, and conflict resolution. As a senior leader with NMUN, my responsibilities include:Project Management: Project Management: Develop and implement deadlines and ensure their timely completion; Work with NCCA to ensure conferences meet budget requirements and advise on areas for improvement; Advocate staff interests to NCCA.Volunteer Management: Supervise volunteer staff of 15 – 100 international staff members; Create and manage deadlines across the pipeline; Engage and mentor staff to promote continued staff growth and improvement.Research, Writing, and Editing: Extensively edit staff research and writing through a complex revision process ensuring papers adhere to a strict academic standard for published works.Knowledge Management and System Design: In the organization’s Wiki database, generate and update content, develop plans for future use and improvement of content, design new strategies for user adoption.Training Planning and Implementation: Develop training plans and execute training events for staff of up to 100, including skills training and leadership and mentoring training.Meeting and Conference Planning: Plan logistical and substantive content of the complex internationally attended conferences.Serves as a Chief Substantive Officer: provide guidance and direction on United Nations procedures and protocol and debate of complex international issues.Personal publishing credits include papers on: Protection of Journalists in Armed Conflict, Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) for Child Soldiers, Violence Against Women and Girls, Climate Change and International Security, Responding to Famine in Somalia.Past: NMUN-NY 2015 - USG, General Assembly (New York, NY); NMUN-DC 2014 - Secretary-General (Washington, D.C).



Facing History & Ourselves

• Non-profit Organization Management
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Development Coordinator

  • Jun 2011 - Jul 2014

  Development Assistant (June 2011-June 2013). Project Manager for Gift Processing: Coordinated and managed the gift process for all charitable contributions (5,000 yearly) including preparing and managing the yearly budget and donor acknowledgment; Designed and implemented new policies and procedures including a new tracking system; Developed extensive documentation; Responsible for training all development staff on systems, policies, and procedures; Coordinated with the finance department to ensure accurate organization-wide fiscal data; Provided customer service to donors.Salesforce Administrator: Maintained the donor database ensuring quality data, providing metrics, and fulfilling reporting requests.Assisted in the Database Re-build and Transition: Re-built existing content and structures as well as improved and developed new functionality and processes in Salesforce; Developed corresponding documentation; Trained staff on new database; Provided overall support to the Development Data Manager and Salesforce project team.Operational Support: For development departments across the organization, offered operational support and capacity especially to regional administrators and senior leadership at headquarters.Special Projects: Supported special projects as assigned, including coordinating the prospect intelligence request process and providing event support during the annual benefit dinners.



Consortium on Gender, Security, and Human Rights

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Intern

  • Jan 2011 - Jun 2011

  Scholarly Research: For the Director and Associate Director performed scholarly research on subjects relevant to gender and security issues; Obtained scholarly articles, government reports, and NGO reports for the gender and security resource database.Event Planning: Planned and executed logistical support of the Consortium’s Speaker Series events, which brought high level academics and practitioners in the field of gender and security to the Boston area.Graphic Design and Technical Support: Using Adobe Photoshop, created graphics design ideas for impending logo and website re-design; Performed intensive image searches to generate and propose ideas for cover image of Director’s pending publication; Served as IT support.Nonprofit Management: Offered assistance in overall nonprofit management including grant writing for the Director and Associate Director.



AfricAid

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

• Development Intern

  • Sep 2009 - May 2010

  A nonprofit working to provide educational opportunities for girls in Tanzania, Africa.Fundraising: Created fundraising plans for the year and supported the grant writers; Wrote a Events: Supported fundraising efforts through events planning and operation including one of my own creation: a successful no-cost social media campaign; Communications: Wrote AfricAid’s blog and social media posts.Graphic Design: Using Adobe Photoshop and MS Word designed graphics and materials for marketing, events, and fundraisers.Volunteer Management: Coordinated community volunteers for operational and event support to augment AfricAid’s staffing capacity.Executive Assistance: Assisted the Executive Director with any and all requests to ensure forward process of scheduled fundraising plans.