Experience

Future Skills Centre - Centre des Compétences futures

• Canada
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Programs

  • jun. de 2020 - - actualidad

  Oversees a growing portfolio of investments in innovation projects that support training and employment in Canada.Building the Future Skills Lab to convene and support innovators across Canada to prototype, test and measure forward-looking initiatives.



IPÊ - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas

• Brazil
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Director of the Environmental Leadership & Training Initiative

  • ene. de 2020 - may. de 2020

  Head of operations, finance, and monitoring & evaluation for five country programs and an online global program. With the director and program coordinators, co-led strategic management, communications, partnerships, and fundraising.The Environmental Leadership & Training Initiative (ELTI) is a capacity development initiative of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies in the USA with partner institutions in Brazil, Panama, Colombia, the Philippines, and Indonesia.



Yale School of the Environment

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Associate Director

  • sept. de 2018 - ene. de 2020

  Head of operations, finance, and monitoring & evaluation for five country programs (Brazil, Panama, Colombia, the Philippines, and Indonesia) and an online global program. With the director and program coordinators, co-led strategic management, communications, partnerships, and fundraising.

• Assistant Director

  • jun. de 2017 - ago. de 2018

  Led ELTI's financial and performance management, monitoring and evaluation, communications, and the establishment of the Brazil program. Had senior leadership role supporting strategic management, institutional partnerships and fundraising for international capacity development programs in the tropics.

• Program Manager

  • jul. de 2016 - may. de 2017

  Oversaw ELTI's financial and performance management, monitoring and evaluation, and the Leadership Program to ensure that the initiative is effective. Supported strategic management, institutional partnerships, fundraising, communications, and capacity building activities.The Environmental Leadership & Training Initiative (ELTI) is an initiative of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies that empowers people to restore and conserve tropical forest landscapes.



Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)

• United States
• Research
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Country Manager Brazil

  • jul. de 2015 - jul. de 2016

  Managed institutional and research partnerships, training activities, and policy outreach in Brazil to help J-PAL fulfill its mission of reducing poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by evidence.



Yale University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Fellow of Economics of Natural Resources

  • ene. de 2015 - may. de 2015

  Taught weekly environmental economics sessions for graduate and undergraduate students.

• Researcher, Co-Principal Investigator

  • jun. de 2013 - may. de 2015

  Designed research and built a network of international partners to implement an impact evaluation (RCT) of land use and conservation policies in rural settlements in the Brazilian Amazon. Helped develop training event on policy evaluation for policymakers.



Forest Trends Association

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant on Sustainable Agriculture Financing

  • jun. de 2014 - sept. de 2014

  Led research on agriculture financing to identify mechanisms that foster sustainable agriculture in Brazil. Co-authored paper with policy recommendations published by Forest Trends and the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES).https://web.bndes.gov.br/bib/jspui/handle/1408/9518



Yale International Society of Tropical Foresters

• Co-chair

  • mar. de 2013 - mar. de 2014

  Organized international conference and events related to tropical forest conservation. Founded the Innovation Prize, which honors outstanding initiatives related to tropical forest conservation.



Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies

• Intern

  • sept. de 2012 - dic. de 2013

  Helped the Environmental Leadership & Training Initiative disseminate research results to non-scientific audiences on environmental economics, conservation investing, and ecosystem services finance.

• Research Assistant

  • sept. de 2012 - dic. de 2012

  Supported project planning, fundraising, and research support. Worked with professor Benjamin Cashore and the Governance, Environment and Markets Initiative (GEM).



Biofilica Investimentos Ambientais S.A.

• Project and Operations Manager

  • may. de 2010 - may. de 2012

  Helped Biofílica develop and implement the firm’s business model focused on investment in and commercialization of ecosystem services to promote forest conservation and economic development in the Brazilian Amazon.



Instituto Floresta Tropical - IFT

• Brazil
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern and Researcher

  • jul. de 2009 - dic. de 2009

  Led field research to investigate the impacts and wastes along the entire timber logging chain, in association with CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development). Supervisors: Prof. PhD. Edson Vidal da Silva (University of Sao Paulo) and Marco Lentini (IFT).



ECOLOG Indústria e Comércio LTDA.

• Researcher

  • jul. de 2008 - jul. de 2008

  Led field research on forest certification (FSC) and geographic information system (GIS) that helped the company resolve issues with local governmental environmental agency.



Monte Olimpo Forestry Group (GFMO)

• General Manager

  • jul. de 2007 - jul. de 2008

  Managed an internship group of 40 students in research and experiential activities, overseeing daily activities, budget and strategic planning, and scientific projects.

• Environmental Manager

  • ene. de 2006 - dic. de 2007

  Managed the environmental division of an internship group of 40 students, managing environmental education projects, designing and implementing new projects, and facilitating student experiential learning.