Experience

Global Village Project

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member & Founder of Speakers Bureau

  • May 2010 - Present

• Chairman of the Board

  • 2014 - Jun 2016

  Global Village Project is a special purpose middle school for refugee girls aged 11-17 years with interrupted education. Founded in 2009, GVP has served over 185 students through our school and mentor program. • Strategic Planning: Spearheaded the 2012-15 and 2015-18 Strategic Plans for GVP, describing a path to growth and financial sustainability.• Development: Worked with the Development team to cultivate new corporate and foundational donors including Wells Fargo, Spanx, Bain & Company and Ribbons of Hope Foundation; established the Cornerstone society to cultivate individual relationships with major donors; grew budget from $150K to $1m. • Community Partnerships: Built partnerships for GVP with other refugee service agencies, (New American Pathways, IRC, City of Clarkston Mayors Office) mentoring agencies, (Big Brother and Big Sisters of Atlanta) and local schools. (Atlanta International School, Galloway, Atlanta Girls School & Woodward)• Board Governance: Established formalized board governance processes and documentation to ensure good governance and compliance as the organization has grown and matured. Have diligently worked to expand our Board & Advisory Board with diverse and relevant skills that will help us evolve and grow as an organization. • Outreach: Created the GVP Speakers Bureau to raise awareness and educate people on refugee issues and GVP’s work. Have presented at Rotaries, schools and corporate venues. Worked to highlight GVP’s global role of informing the debate on refugee education. • Volunteer Activity: Classroom volunteer since 2010 working closely with students and their families. Show less



Department of Parks, Recreation & Cultural Affairs, City of Atlanta

• Atlanta, GA

• Program Management Officer

  • Jul 2010 - Dec 2011

  •Assisted the Commissioner in strategic planning as a part of the Senior Management team of the Department •Developed and oversaw the reporting of over 100 performance management metrics to the Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer of the City of Atlanta •Worked with the Mayor’s Office of Atlanta Statistics to ensure timely and accurate data management •Implemented the expansion of a technology based Asset Management System across the Parks and Facility Maintenance Offices to increase operational efficiency and to ensure accurate reporting •Conducted Business Process Reviews and managed external consultants to introduce an on-line Registration and Reservations system for all facilities and programs offered by the Department (including 33 Recreation Centers, 3 Culture Clubs and over 100 Parks) •Worked with external Departments (including Finance, Technology, Public Works, Law and Watershed) to ensure cooperation and support for our Projects Show less



A School Bell Rings

• Board Member & Vice President of Operations

  • 2008 - Apr 2010

  •Founding member and Vice-President of a 501 c3 Non Profit Organization with a mission to ‘create sustainable educational opportunities for impoverished children around the globe” •Impacted the lives of over 500 children through focused initiatives over the last 3 years •Assumed leadership role in management and spearheaded the development of an organizational strategy and implementation plan for A School Bell Rings •Developed needs assessment and evaluation tools to ensure effective implementation of project goals and qualifying resources •Manage grantee selection process, funds disbursement and subsequent monitoring and evaluation •Raise over $40,000 per year through grant writing and fundraising events •Built and maintain relationships with a network of international non profit organizations to develop a database of potential partner organizations Show less



Reebok

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• External Consultant/ Directed Study

  • 2005 - 2005

  •Consulted with Reebok International to compile case studies for use in Reebok International’s first Human Rights Report published in 2006 •Conducted an end to end supply chain assessment to determine the challenges to monitoring human rights in the supply chain •Conducted visits to Reebok supplier factories in China and interviewed senior managers and field auditors to document in-country audit challenges relating to fair wages, working hours, freedom of association and forced labor Show less



Nordstrom

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Corporate Social Responsibility Department

  • 2005 - 2005

  •Benchmarked competitor Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reports and proposed an action plan on CSR reporting to Senior Management •Interviewed 30 companies, auditors and NGO’s to document best practices in addressing worker grievances through secure channels of communication •Developed comprehensive recommendations to Nordstrom’s CSR team on appropriate processes to deploy •Investigated the benefits of building non-profit and private partnerships to gain higher levels of labor code compliance in Nordstrom’s supplier countries Show less



University of Virginia, Darden Business School

• Olsson Ceter for Applied Ethics

  • 2001 - 2003

  •Researched and wrote 12 case studies on rural marketing, public health, socially responsible investing and sustainable development that were used in BA and MBA programs •Published an article in the International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Innovation entitled ‘HLL – Marketing to the Poorest of the Poor’ •Researched and wrote 12 case studies on rural marketing, public health, socially responsible investing and sustainable development that were used in BA and MBA programs •Published an article in the International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Innovation entitled ‘HLL – Marketing to the Poorest of the Poor’



IFC - International Finance Corporation

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Training & Development Coordination, Eastern Europe Department

  • 2000 - 2001

  •Designed and implemented the first training needs assessment for 350 IFC employees across five country offices (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia and Armenia) •Conducted needs assessment, designed a comprehensive training curriculum, identified regional provid-ers and oversaw implementation of the training program •Secured funding from HQ to support regional training effort and managed budget allocation •Designed and implemented the first training needs assessment for 350 IFC employees across five country offices (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia and Armenia) •Conducted needs assessment, designed a comprehensive training curriculum, identified regional provid-ers and oversaw implementation of the training program •Secured funding from HQ to support regional training effort and managed budget allocation



Counterpart Alliance for Partnership

• Co-Director

  • 1997 - 1998

  •Managed local operations of a USAID-funded non profit organization •Assessed applications and awarded grants totaling $250K to locally based non profit organizations •Oversaw and monitored project implementation and evaluation of grantees including budget audits •Managed a team of 8 Auditors and Trainers across Belarus conducting training workshops for local non profit organizations on issues relating to grant writing, fund raising, budgeting and team building •Provided funding reports and maintained donor relations with locally based donor organizations Show less



Social Accountability International

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

• Coordinator, Partnership for Responsible Global Sourcing

  • 1995 - 1997

  •Convened first ever private sector working group of multi-national companies to combat human rights violations in the supply chain; private sector participants included Levi Strauss, Sears, ABC Carpets and Reebok •Facilitated dialogue on hurdles faced by private sector to addressing human rights violations including unauthorized sub contracting, variations in local versus international laws and market pressure to find low cost providers •Built partnerships between non-profit and private sector in an effort to combat violations in the supply chain including the creation of crèches for child care at factories •Advised and assisted client companies in creating codes of conduct and social compliance verification tools to ensure that code violations do not occur •Conducted field work in Mirzapur, India on labeling campaigns and child labor in the carpet industry uncovering the hurdles in ensuring social compliance when faced with informal sector production Show less