Experience

Water For People

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Director of Strategic Integration

  • May 2023 - Present

  Leads department- and organization-wide efforts to enhance performance, identify new strategies, and ensure overall fundraising success. The Director supervises a team working across functions and departments, including staff focused on fundraising data, grant development and management, and cross-departmental project delivery.

• Director, Grants Unit

  • Oct 2021 - May 2023

  Denver, Colorado, United States Leading the Grants Unit as an internal support hub which ensures colleagues have access to the materials, guidance, and skills they need to pursue, capture, and deliver on grant opportunities that meet their stated objectives.

• Senior Manager of Program Grants

  • Feb 2020 - Sep 2021

  Denver, Colorado, United States Provided grant management leadership to the organization by establishing Grants Unit. Provided training and guidance to teams across organization in managing their grants. Coordinated complex grants, including the organization's first successful USAID prime proposal, and established new processes and procedures for administering grants from bilateral and multilateral donors.



Wildlife Conservation Society

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Manager, Conservation Operations

  • Jul 2018 - Jan 2020

  Greater New York City Area Provided financial management, operations support, and business strategy support for semi-autonomous cross-cutting conservation teams working on global challenges including climate change adaptation and mitigation, conservation finance and markets engagement, and community livelihoods strengthening. Responsibilities included program budget leadership, improving and developing best practices, and supervising an administrative assistant and a grants manager.

• Budget Manager, Conservation Operations / Conservation Solutions

  • Feb 2016 - Jun 2018

  Greater New York City Area Provided budgetary and financial management support for cross-cutting conservation efforts such as climate change adaptation and mitigation, conservation finance and markets engagement, and community livelihoods strengthening. Responsibilities included financial management and reporting for multiple large government and foundation grants, as well as supervising cross-cutting administrative and financial assistants.



University Neighborhood Housing Program

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

• Research Consultant

  • Oct 2015 - Jan 2016

  Bronx, NY Supported research on poverty concentration in the Bronx



EcoAgriculture Partners

• United States
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager

  • Sep 2014 - Aug 2015

  Washington, DC Managed a portfolio of work focusing on strengthening civil society capacity in integrated landscape management in Ethiopia; Researched innovative approaches to financing integrated landscape management; Managed the Learning Network of the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature (LPFN) Initiative - sharing the stories, tools, and best practices of landscape leaders throughout the world.

• Program Associate

  • Nov 2013 - Sep 2014

  Washington, DC Supported the Landscape Strengthening Working Group for the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature (LPFN) Initiative, a project whose aim is to understand and support integrated agricultural landscape approaches to simultaneously meet goals for food production, ecosystem health and human wellbeing. Contributed research and writing on topics related to integrated landscape management, including: Innovations for marketing products (Landscape Labeling); Developing a community markets-based… Show more Supported the Landscape Strengthening Working Group for the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature (LPFN) Initiative, a project whose aim is to understand and support integrated agricultural landscape approaches to simultaneously meet goals for food production, ecosystem health and human wellbeing. Contributed research and writing on topics related to integrated landscape management, including: Innovations for marketing products (Landscape Labeling); Developing a community markets-based approach to conservation and smallholder farmer livelihood security; Landscape governance, or how multiple stakeholders come together to govern a landscape for multiple benefits; and Strengthening civil society capacity in integrated landscape management in East Africa.



University Neighborhood Housing Program

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

• Northwest Bronx Collaborative Coordinator

  • Jul 2013 - Oct 2013

  Bronx, NY Led collaborative application effort (consisting of consisting of 3 of the best community development corporations in the NW Bronx) for 4 year, integrated community development grant



Agriculture and Food Security Center at The Earth Institute

• Consultant

  • Jan 2013 - May 2013

  Greater New York City Area Developed business and supply chain strategies for Soil Doc, a mobile soil testing technology that provides immediate results to farmers in the developing world



Columbia University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• IT Consultant

  • Sep 2012 - May 2013

  Greater New York City Area Assisted SIPA students and staff with Information Technology issues



Seeds of Life - Australian Aid/ACIAR

• Farming
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Small Enterprise Development Intern

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  Dili, Timor-Leste Analyzed seed production value chain Researched business opportunities for farmers and seed production groups



Columbia University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2011 - May 2012

  New York, NY 2011: Contributed research to study of Malawi’s maize subsidy program 2012: Contributed economic indicator research to Millennium Village studies



Peace Corps

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Small Enterprise Technical Advisor

  • Nov 2010 - May 2011

  Amparafaravola, Madagascar • Trained farmers’ cooperative on management, accounting, and marketing • Coordinated certification and export of organic rice to the United States (“Madagascar Pink Rice” sold by Lotus Foods) • Trained cooperative to meet fair trade and organic standards in reporting and production

• Environment / Agroforestry Volunteer

  • Feb 2008 - Nov 2010

  Ambatondrazak area, Madagascar • Worked individually and in groups with small farmers to adapt new agricultural practices for reducing environmental impact (including SRI/rice, agroforestry, hillside farming, etc.) • Taught weekly gardening and permaculture classes to primary school youth • Worked with national park to improve infrastructure, marketing, and increase tourism • Trained local guide association on ecotourism, management, and language • Planned and led nine town, ten-day bike tour to raise AIDS… Show more • Worked individually and in groups with small farmers to adapt new agricultural practices for reducing environmental impact (including SRI/rice, agroforestry, hillside farming, etc.) • Taught weekly gardening and permaculture classes to primary school youth • Worked with national park to improve infrastructure, marketing, and increase tourism • Trained local guide association on ecotourism, management, and language • Planned and led nine town, ten-day bike tour to raise AIDS awareness; managed 22 Peace Corps volunteers and reached over 4000 people • Created and hosted weekly radio program about the environment



Community Action Partnership

• Administrative and Member Services Coordinator

  • Jan 2007 - Feb 2008

  Washington, DC • Maintained databases of member agencies • Provided administrative and technical assistance for office • Assisted in organizing convention with over 1000 attendees



Mehri & Skalet, PLLC

• Documents Clerk

  • Sep 2005 - Jan 2007

  Washington, DC • Provided administrative, technical and substantive support for ten attorneys • Created and maintained databases for over fifty cases • Communicated with thousands of class members via phone and written correspondence