Experience

Grand Challenges Canada

• Canada
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, Strategic and Corporate Communications

  • Mar 2023 - Present



University of Toronto - Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director, Strategic Communications and Public Engagement

  • Aug 2018 - Present

  - Lead the school's communications and public-facing engagement - Experienced people manager leading a team of communications & events staff - Responsible for portfolio that includes high-profile events and public outreach, including major lecture series (Munk, Peterson) and partnerships (TIFF) and conference facilities - Oversee the creation of the school's print, digital & video content, profiling Munk School faculty, students and research - Leading redesign of 50+ websites into one responsive site - Led the school's rebranding effort and created new visual identity - Increased media relations capacity and implemented new tools to pitch our stories, resulting in a significant increase in coverage year-over-year - Provide messaging, speechwriting, counsel to senior leadership - Over see communications & public engagement budget - Producing a series of videos to introduce incoming students to the Munk School



AIDS-Free World

• International Affairs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Communications

  • Jan 2013 - Aug 2018

  - AIDS-Free World's Code Blue Campaign aims to end impunity for sexual exploitation and abuse by UN peacekeeping personnel. I led the communications & advocacy strategy for the campaign, was in charge of media relations, built the Code Blue website, wrote and produced materials and statements, took part in high-level strategy meetings (at Chatham House, in the The Hague & at a week-long session at McGill University, among others), organized press events (including a high-profile launch at the Ford Foundation in New York), produced videos, and drafted fundraising proposals — including one to the Dutch Postcode Lottery that received €2.5 million in funding. I also played a key policy and advocacy role for Code Blue, helping to craft the overall campaign strategy, meeting with Permanent Representatives to the UN, senior UN officials, and other key stakeholders.



Stephen Lewis Foundation

• Canada
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Communications Manager

  • Jan 2011 - Jan 2013

  - Co-managed communications strategy and budget- Managed online engagement, including social media, websites and online donation portals- Co-managed two communications officers and vendors- Wrote key messages, press releases and fundraising materials- Organized press conferences and large-scale events for the foundation and its Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign

• Communications Officer

  • Jun 2006 - Jan 2011

  - Wrote, edited and produced print, digital & video content- Supported media outreach and drafted key messages- Worked on the creation of multiple films and video content, including leading a film crew and interviewing subjects in Canada and sub-Saharan Africa- Managed the foundation's website(s)- Wrote Grassroots newsletter, SLF's primary fundraising tool



UNICEF

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Policy Consultant

  • Jul 2005 - May 2006

  - As a Junior Professional Consultant/P-2 Consultant in the Humanitarian Policy and Advocacy Unit of UNICEF's Office of Emergency Programmes at NYHQ, I organized and served as rapporteur for an expert technical forum on monitoring and reporting child rights violations held at UNICEF's Innocenti Research Centre in Florence, Italy. - I conducted extensive desk research and wrote policy briefs and articles on a range of humanitarian issues, including children and armed conflict, sexual exploitation and abuse, food insecurity and forced displacement.



Carleton University

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Facilitator Team Leader

  • Sep 2004 - Apr 2005

  - Mentored and supervised a team of five workshop facilitators- Researched, planned and ran workshops on pedagogy and learning strategies for more than 40 colleagues

• Workshop Facilitator

  • Sep 2002 - Apr 2005

  - Facilitated weekly 3-hour workshops for first-year students in the Enriched Support Program in conjunction with first-year courses on Judaism, Christianity and Islam and Asian Religions- Designed workshop plans and cooperative learning strategies for the classroom- Taught study skills and guided students through the writing and editing process



Indigo

• Canada
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Master Bookseller

  • Aug 1998 - Aug 2002

  - Received 'Star Performer' ranking on four consecutive annual performance reviews, defined as "outstanding performance that consistently and significantly exceeded performance objectives and expectations" - Was awarded the Chapters Millennium Scholarship ($3000), in recognition of academic accomplishments and exemplary employee performance - Accredited as a Master Bookseller, based on performance reviews and a written exam - Received 'Star Performer' ranking on four consecutive annual performance reviews, defined as "outstanding performance that consistently and significantly exceeded performance objectives and expectations" - Was awarded the Chapters Millennium Scholarship ($3000), in recognition of academic accomplishments and exemplary employee performance - Accredited as a Master Bookseller, based on performance reviews and a written exam