Experience

Nature's SAFE - Saving Animals From Extinction (Registered Charity)

• United Kingdom
• Research Services

• Fundraising & Communications Officer

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  We apply innovative biotechnology to protect biodiversity options for the future - as the most important and effective solution to the dual threat of climate and biodiversity crises. Our aim is to become the Millennium Seed Bank equivalent for the animal kingdom. My role is increasing awareness and developing funding stream opportunities thru corporate partnerships, grants and foundations, and individual donors.We recently reached a significant milestone by cryopreserving the tissue samples of our 100th species, so we are one pioneering step closer to saving many endangered species from extinction! This milestone was marked with national news coverage on the BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-61501577Contact me if you want to find out more about how you can make a difference by supporting our fantastic work, both in the UK & abroad, via sponsorship, donations or through your grant-giving foundations.



UK Health Security Agency

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Clinical Caseworker Level 2 Test & Trace Outbreak Taskforce

  • Mar 2020 - Dec 2021

  Customer-facing role completing phone interviews and public health risk assessment of +COVID-19 cases. Customer-facing role completing phone interviews and public health risk assessment of +COVID-19 cases.



University of Cambridge

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Interdisciplinary Research Centre Coordinator Infectious Diseases

  • Jun 2016 - Dec 2019

  Research communications and engagement lead across a large bioscience campus supporting a cross-school network of 300 researchers, students, public health, policy, and coporate partners, to drive new collaborative projects to meet the global challenge of infectious diseases.Knowledge broker and event planner; engineering creative ways of connecting researchers and stakeholders to spark project bid concepts, following these thru to the application coordination and funding submission stage UKRI. Coordinated training and entrepreneurial skills events, workshops, facilitated discussions, committee meetings, and conferences (20 to 250 people) – 360 logistics. Administration, procurement, invoices, expenses, grants, documents, minutes circulation, and budget monitoring.Communicator; producing engaging, narrative-led science communication content for digital platforms and public engagement advocacy, web site management, social media, e-news, on-brand promotional materials. Public engagement/Sci Comm events e.g. Pint of Science, Cambridge Science Festival.



Herefordshire Wildlife Trust

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

• Living Landscapes Director

  • Aug 2015 - Apr 2016

  Team manager, partnerships, and project bid development for living landscape projects to create wildlife habitats that are bigger, better managed, and more joined-up. Team manager, partnerships, and project bid development for living landscape projects to create wildlife habitats that are bigger, better managed, and more joined-up.



San Diego Zoo Global

• Associate Director Recovery Ecology

  • Jul 2011 - Jul 2015

  Leadership of a portfolio of endangered species recovery projects, field stations, and teams, including California Condor Reintroduction Program (Mexico), Hawaiian Bird Conservation Program, Desert Tortoise Conservation Center and the San Clemente Loggerhead shrike breeding programme.Management of genetic breeding, reintroductions to the wild, translocations, disease risk assessments, research. Project development, including corporate partnerships, multi-stakeholder collaboration and stewardship. Staff management, student mentoring, volunteer engagement, creating culturally appropriate community engagement programmes.Grants and foundations proposal writing, private donor solicitation and communications to support program growth. Finance, partnership meetings, KPI tracking, contributing to organizational strategic planning. Writing blogs and articles, giving presentations to donors and education groups.



Lubee Foundation Inc

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos

• COO / Director

  • May 2003 - May 2011

  Leadership of an international non-profit conservation science centre dedicated to conserving fruit bats in captivity and in the wild.Development of innovative multidisciplinary research, conservation, and education programmes, including animal genetics and breeding programme management. Non-profit administration, staff management, budgets, marketing, fundraising, and communications. Volunteer engagement and development of training programmes for staff , public and professionals. Development of curricula matched school programmes, intersnhips and an Annual Florida Bat Festival. Production og guidance materials on bat handling and care for AZA Bat TAG,. Gained AZA accreditation.



Bat Conservation International

• United States
• Conservation Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Science Director

  • Apr 2001 - Apr 2003

  Manager of a portfolio of projects delivering bat conservation and education projects associated with mines, forests, caves, bat house research, and oversight of a global conservation and scholarships fund. Manager of a portfolio of projects delivering bat conservation and education projects associated with mines, forests, caves, bat house research, and oversight of a global conservation and scholarships fund.