Experience

Wisdom2Action

• Associate, Wisdom2Action

  • Feb 2021 - Present



J.N. Clarke Consulting

• Lead Consultant

  • Nov 2020 - Present



Right To Play

• Director, Global Program Partnerships

  • Oct 2017 - Oct 2020

  *Successfully managed $60 M portfolio of complex, multi-year, multi-stakeholder international projects. *Effectively stewarded Global Affairs Canada relationship. *Successfully raised more than $40 M in government revenue *Led successful roll out of new donor global engagement strategy.



Pathways to Education Canada

• Director, Government Partnerships

  • Oct 2014 - Sep 2017

  * I developed and implemented a strategy to increase organizational profile with government, deepen engagement, and ensure that we have multiple robust government revenue streams. Pathways to Education is helping youth in low-income communities graduate from high school and successfully transition into post-secondary education. Pathways addresses systemic barriers to education by providing leadership, expertise and a community-based program proven to lower dropout rates.



Save the Children Canada

• Sr. Manager, Program Development

  • Feb 2014 - Sep 2014

• Manager, Business Development

  • Mar 2012 - Jan 2014



Dignitas International

• Senior Program Officer

  • Nov 2010 - Mar 2012

  *Strengthened reporting and performance management systems. *Trained and coached Toronto and Malawi-based staff in reporting and results-based management. *Advised on strategic direction of organization, relationships with key institutional donors.



CIDA

• Gender Equality Specialist

  • Oct 2009 - Oct 2010

  Provided advice to country programs (Haiti, China, Vietnam, Morocco) on how to integrate CIDA gender equality policies into programming.Trained and coached staff in how to integrate gender equality into project planning, reporting and proposal evaluation.Developed new tools to better integrate Gender Equality and Results-Based Management.



Canadian International Development Agency

• RBM Specialist

  • Jan 2009 - Oct 2009

  Work on developing new agency-wide reporting tool and trained large group of staff in its delivery.Offered coaching on Results-Based Management skills for planning and project management to a wide range of CIDA officers.



Canadian International Development Agency

• Human Rights and Governance Analyst

  • Sep 2001 - Mar 2008

  Conducted human rights analysis in support of Canada’s international development assistance program. Participated as a delegate to the UN Commission on Human Rights in 2002 and 2003 and supported negotiation of Canadian-led resolutions. Managed program funding in support of human rights programming by academics, activists, and UN agencies in Haiti, Cuba, and China. Coordinated agency networks on Human Rights programming and children’s rights programming.