Mary A Paul
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Jane Welsh
For the past three years I have had the privilege of working closely and collaboratively with Mary. She has high-level expertise and experience in designing, implementing and analyzing participatory research methods and practices in Africa and Asia focusing on human-centred design/end-users of reproductive health. Most recently, she overhauled and innovatively created new Community Assessment protocols and tools for our in-country teams which has revolutionized this process and practice. She has close relationships and respect with in-country teams (Africa and Asia) and is responsive and efficient in meeting and exceeding their needs. Mary is highly organised, detail oriented and a team player. I highly recommend Mary!
Jane Welsh
For the past three years I have had the privilege of working closely and collaboratively with Mary. She has high-level expertise and experience in designing, implementing and analyzing participatory research methods and practices in Africa and Asia focusing on human-centred design/end-users of reproductive health. Most recently, she overhauled and innovatively created new Community Assessment protocols and tools for our in-country teams which has revolutionized this process and practice. She has close relationships and respect with in-country teams (Africa and Asia) and is responsive and efficient in meeting and exceeding their needs. Mary is highly organised, detail oriented and a team player. I highly recommend Mary!
Jane Welsh
For the past three years I have had the privilege of working closely and collaboratively with Mary. She has high-level expertise and experience in designing, implementing and analyzing participatory research methods and practices in Africa and Asia focusing on human-centred design/end-users of reproductive health. Most recently, she overhauled and innovatively created new Community Assessment protocols and tools for our in-country teams which has revolutionized this process and practice. She has close relationships and respect with in-country teams (Africa and Asia) and is responsive and efficient in meeting and exceeding their needs. Mary is highly organised, detail oriented and a team player. I highly recommend Mary!
Jane Welsh
For the past three years I have had the privilege of working closely and collaboratively with Mary. She has high-level expertise and experience in designing, implementing and analyzing participatory research methods and practices in Africa and Asia focusing on human-centred design/end-users of reproductive health. Most recently, she overhauled and innovatively created new Community Assessment protocols and tools for our in-country teams which has revolutionized this process and practice. She has close relationships and respect with in-country teams (Africa and Asia) and is responsive and efficient in meeting and exceeding their needs. Mary is highly organised, detail oriented and a team player. I highly recommend Mary!
Credentials
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PMD Pro project management certification for development professionals
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Experience
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Strength In Numbers Consulting Group
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Qualitative Research Consultant
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Jul 2021 - Present
* Collects, analyzes, and interprets qualitative data to produce actionable findings for philanthropic and non-profit clients * Coaches staff on qualitative research skills including data collection, analysis, and dissemination * Collects, analyzes, and interprets qualitative data to produce actionable findings for philanthropic and non-profit clients * Coaches staff on qualitative research skills including data collection, analysis, and dissemination
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Willows International
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United States
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Non-profit Organization Management
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1 - 100 Employee
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International Program Officer
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Oct 2017 - Dec 2020
• Provided strategic and technical support to country management teams for community-based reproductive health programs in underserved communities in Ghana, Pakistan, Tanzania, and Turkey • Led routine review of program deliverables and facilitated data-driven program quality improvement processes • Facilitated integration of abortion-related topics into existing unintended pregnancy prevention programs through capacity building workshops and use of data to monitor program progress, resulting in increased access • Developed and implemented client-centered reproductive health training curriculum for peer educators • Created job aides for community health workers to provide comprehensive contraceptive counseling • Oversaw internal and external reporting of program deliverables • Launched mentorship initiative for peer educators resulting in increased quality of counseling Show less
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MEASURE Evaluation
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United States
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Research Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Research Associate (non-permanent)
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Jan 2017 - Aug 2017
• Led data cleaning, management, analysis, interpretation, and report writing on a reproductive empowerment qualitative study in Zambia • Developed protocol to test reproductive empowerment scale in Kenya • Designed qualitative evaluation tools for a social accountability program in Tanzania • Co-authored evaluation report and dissemination materials for a USAID–funded project on gender inclusion and social accountability in Nepal • Led data cleaning, management, analysis, interpretation, and report writing on a reproductive empowerment qualitative study in Zambia • Developed protocol to test reproductive empowerment scale in Kenya • Designed qualitative evaluation tools for a social accountability program in Tanzania • Co-authored evaluation report and dissemination materials for a USAID–funded project on gender inclusion and social accountability in Nepal
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Ipas
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United States
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International Affairs
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400 - 500 Employee
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Community Access Advisor
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Sep 2015 - Nov 2016
• Gathered, analyzed, and disseminated findings from community-based programming in Africa, Asia, and Latin America to distill best practices and lessons learned• Provided technical support to community-based organizations to improve access to medical abortion in rural Tanzania through a harm reduction approach• Designed and managed performance evaluation of Youth Advisory Board initiative in Ghana, including design, data collection, report writing, and dissemination• Led design and protocol development for process evaluation examining the influence of social behavior change activities on contraceptive and safe abortion care in Ethiopia• Standardized guidance for conducting community-based needs assessments to inform social behavior change programs Show less
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Research and Evaluation Advisor
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Jan 2012 - Aug 2015
• Collaborated with Ghana and Sierra Leone in-country teams to manage research, monitoring, and evaluation activities for programs reduce unsafe abortion and increase family planning access.• Developed qualitative and quantitative tools, and data analysis for evaluation of a comprehensive abortion care intervention with private midwives in Uganda as well as community baseline assessments in Ghana and South Africa• Created data dissemination materials including fact sheets, presentations, manuscripts, and reports in order to communicate key findings from research projects, project evaluations, and program data with various stakeholders• Acted as monitoring and evaluation technical lead on proposal development • Analyzed routine data for donor reports and proposals• Managed research, monitoring and evaluation support to South Africa program from 2012-2014.• Developed global guidance on the use of qualitative participatory methods to identify effective approaches for program design, monitoring and evaluation through review of existing data and analysis of participatory approaches • Analyzed data and produced report and manuscript on the burden and cost of unsafe abortion in Sierra Leone Show less
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Graduate Research Assistant
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Jan 2011 - Sep 2011
• Collaborated with project monitoring and evaluation team to identify, collect and organize outcomes of a 32-country program aimed at building the sustainable capacity of governments to identify, collect and utilize health data • Developed 14 new indicators for adolescent reproductive health programs for online database of reproductive health indicators with the Population and Reproductive Health project • Collaborated with project monitoring and evaluation team to identify, collect and organize outcomes of a 32-country program aimed at building the sustainable capacity of governments to identify, collect and utilize health data • Developed 14 new indicators for adolescent reproductive health programs for online database of reproductive health indicators with the Population and Reproductive Health project
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Foundation for Sustainable Development
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Netherlands
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Environmental Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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International Program Coordinator
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Aug 2009 - Aug 2010
• Supervised and coordinated international internship program focused on sustainable development. • Identified specific internship opportunities with local community-based organizations and matched them with skilled interns • Trained interns in cultural integration, sustainable development, proposal writing, fundraising, and working with partner organizations to build capacities on proposal writing and monitoring and evaluation. • Conducted evaluation of impact and sustainability of projects implemented by previous interns. Show less
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Hoopla Communications
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United States
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Events Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Events Coordinator
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Jan 2008 - Jun 2008
• Managed special events including event committees, promotional and fundraising solicitations and coordination of multiple vendors to insure successful events for women's organizations in Chicago • Managed special events including event committees, promotional and fundraising solicitations and coordination of multiple vendors to insure successful events for women's organizations in Chicago
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Women's Business Development Center
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United States
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Business Skills Training
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1 - 100 Employee
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Associate Director of Development & Advocacy
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May 2005 - Oct 2007
Coordinated all resource development activities, maintained donor contacts, authored grant proposals and reports, cultivated new donors, worked with staff to monitor program progress, assisted with implementation of donor database, streamlined organization contacts, served on strategic planning committee, assisted conference director and co-presidents in all aspects of national women’s business conference, conceived and coordinated an organization-wide image revitalization project, conducted feasibility study on international women's entrepreneurship initiative, researched legislative issues effecting women’s economic empowerment and reproductive health and lobbied on their behalf. Show less
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Education
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University of Michigan
Bachelors of Fine Arts, Studio Art, African Studies -
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Master of Public Health - MPH, Maternal and Child Health, Global Health
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