Experience

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  Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

  • Baltimore, Maryland, United States

  • Senior Program Officer, Team Leader

    • Jul 2021 - Present
    • Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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  Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP)

  • Jakarta, Indonesia

  • Senior Technical Advisor

    • Aug 2014 - Nov 2023
    • Jakarta, Indonesia

    Manage the overall implementation of the demand generation component including an innovative ICT platform with Smartphone App, Social Media, Mass Media, Community Engagement and Provincial and District level advocacy. Together with the Supply Side interventions the project is working to create informed demand among women and their partners around FP and Long Acting Reversible Methods. Manage two international partners and 3 national partners.

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  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health Center for Communication Programs

  • Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

  • Chief of Party COMMIT project

    • 2009 - Jul 2014
    • Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    Serving as the Chief of Party for USAID’s COMMIT project in Tanzania. COMMIT was the flagship PMI Malaria BCC program that used an innovative behavior change communication framework with a large community mobilization component supported by media and print materials, advocacy at the national and local levels, as well as a health provider skills strengthening component. The project focused on bednet use, malaria in pregnancy, case management and indoor residual spraying. It is supporting the programs that are ensuring commodities in the communities. • Provided strategic direction for the program for the overall 5-year program as well as for yearly workplans. • Liaisoned with USAID/PMI for program management, as well as with the National Malaria Control Program, and both the PMI Partners as well as the malaria implementing partners in Tanzania. Also coordinate activities with other donor programs in country. • Provided capacity building for both the Mainland NMCP and Zanizibar Malaria Control Program. • Implemented an innovative “Community Norms” program to make consistent use of bednets a community norm rather than an individual norm.

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  Johns Hopkins University

  • Chief of Party, COMMIT project

    • 2009 - 2012

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  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs

  • Indonesia

  • Chief of Party, Aman Tirta Project

    • Mar 2005 - Jun 2009
    • Indonesia

    Served Chief of Party for USAID’s Safe Water Systems Program in Indonesia. This project used a commercial non-subsidized sustainable model to ensure wide access to an affordable water treatment product (Air RahMat- dilute hypochlorite solution) for household level use. • Managed a partnership that includes private and public sector partners for the manufacture, distribution, as well as marketing for the Air RahMat product, ensuring sustainability of the product in the market place after the project funding ends. The private sector has taken over all responsibility for the production and distribution of the product. Over 1.5 million bottles have been sold and there is high awareness of the product. The manufacture is still producing and distributing without outside funding. • Partnered with the Government of Indonesia (MOH, Social Welfare, etc) to implement all activities and ensure institutionalization of Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage (HWTS).• Implemented advocacy efforts with MOH that led to a national Ministry of Health HWTS Policy and a national conference resulting in the adoption of Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage (HWTS) as a main pillar of the National Community Based Total Sanitation program. As a result of these activities the MOH now fully endorses and promotes HWTS where 2 years ago the only accepted HWTS technology was boiling. The MOH rolled out the HWTS training in half of Indonesia districts. • Provided overall management of the program, oversee the development and implementation of the overall strategy for the project, develop yearly work plans and budgets, manage staff, and ensure the attainment of all targets and objectives. This was a 5 year $5.9 million project that has leveraged more than $1million. • Coordinated the project with the donor community (WB, ADB, WHO, etc.) and with local level governmental agencies and NGOs, FBO, and local organizations, International Network for the Promotion and HWTS.

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  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health Center for Communication Programs

  • Baltimore, Maryland

  • Regional Director for Latin America

    • 2003 - Mar 2005
    • Baltimore, Maryland

    Served as the Regional Director for Latin America managing a team with projects in Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mozambique, Pakistan, and Peru. Provided technical assistance to the projects in the region as well as specific assistance to programs in Indonesia and others as needed. Supervised US-based staff as well as country office personnel. During this time led CCP’s Water and Hygiene activities.• Managed CCP program activities, including project development and implementation, as well as new business development. • Managed multi-project and multi-country programs with an array of partners and donors, including strategy development, budgeting, work plans, and ensuring the attainment of goals and objectives. • Developed and implemented behavior change communication programs for water and sanitation, Maternal Child Health, primary health, family planning/reproductive health and HIV/AIDS. Strategies for interventions included media campaigns, social marketing, community mobilization, entertainment-education, interpersonal communication and counseling, quality improvement and performance improvement. • Lead the Global Development Alliance Safe Drinking Water Alliance which tested three models for the marketing and distribution of point of use water treatment technologies with Procter and Gamble, PSI and CARE. The program was implemented in Haiti, Pakistan, and Somalia and used Procter and Gamble’s PuR product.• Assisted in the development of a handwashing initiative in Indonesia that has been scaled up nationally through the World Bank’s Private Public Partnership program for Handwashing. The print and audio materials developed for this initiative are still being used in the program with broad participation of public and private sector partners.

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  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs

  • Baltimore. Maryland

  • Senior Program Officer/Program Officer

    • 1997 - 2003
    • Baltimore. Maryland

    • Developed the “Blue Star” initiative to reduce the incidence of diarrhea among children 0-5 years in Nicaragua as part of the Hurricane Mitch relief effort. This included a multi-media and community mobilization program focusing on the critical times to wash hands, proper treatment and storage of water, and appropriate maintenance of water and sanitation infrastructure. Results of the program included increases in handwashing with soap at the critical times as well as increases in people properly treating their water before consuming. • Developed and implemented communication strategies for youth for delaying sexual debut and the social marketing of condoms in Nicaragua. This initiative, called “Juntos Decidimos Cuando” (We Decide Together) had very high exposure and resulting behavior change among intended audience included the delaying of first sexual intercourse, higher self reported protected sex, as well as increased skills for girls’ negotiation and ability to talk with partners• Collaborated on the development of an accreditation system in Brazil to improve quality and increase access to RH services using a performance improvement strategy. The first phase of the program was successful and two Secretariats of Health adopted the strategy for their RH programs. Developed a CD-ROM that provided the steps, materials, and all manuals to implement the Accreditation program. • Adapted this performance improvement program to maternal neonatal services in Guatemala with a community mobilization component to help communities develop emergency transportation plans and outreach to pregnant women and their families. . This program was adopted nationally as a strategy to reduce maternal mortality. • Worked with USAID’s global Maximizing Access to Quality initiative that involved a large number of partner organizations that identified and disseminated best practices. • Created and led CCP’s Community Mobilization task force that shared best practices.

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  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health Center for Communication Programs

  • Program Assistant

    • 1996 - 1997

    Provided technical assistance to projects in Brazil and Nicaragua focusing on improving the delivery of RH information and services. • In Nicaragua provided assistance in the development and implementation a four-year communication strategy for the IPPF affiliate PROFAMILIA to strengthen their promoter network, and to help guide their strategic communication plans for reaching different audiences and strengthen the capacity of the social communication unit. • Developed client provider informed choice materials to provide correct information on FP methods and strengthened providers counseling abilities. • Developed family planning campaign to increase use of modern contraceptive methods, developed a youth interactive CD-ROM that acted as a youth counselor for teens looking for information on RH.

  • Consultant

    • 1996 - 1996

    Developed the training curricula for PROFAMILIA’s (IPPF affiliate in Nicaragua) Community Promoter Network. This 3 part curricula included provision of quality services as a part of a larger capacity building program, implementing a client centered service, and interpersonal communications and counseling. Established a system wide training program to improve health promoter skills including information on methods, interpersonal communication skills, and marketing to improve their skills being community distributors. Conducted needs assessment that identified training materials (contraceptive technology updates, use of materials, etc.) needed. The program was scaled up to the entire network of over 1,000 promoters.

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  Ohio University Communication and Development Studies Department

  • Athens, Ohio

  • Graduate Assistant

    • Aug 1993 - Jun 1995
    • Athens, Ohio

    Provided administrative assistance to the Communication and Development Studies program including orientation of all new students, outreach and recruiting, and served on the selection committee for the program. Developed the Cap Stone Seminar that was conducted for second year graduates that served as the final project of the program for graduating students.

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  City of Oakland Mayor’s Office

  • Oakland, CA

  • Special Advisor to the Mayor

    • Mar 1993 - Aug 1993
    • Oakland, CA

    Worked with the Community Affairs specialist identifying and developing programs to enhance the economic viability of Oakland, CA. • Worked on the development of a comprehensive plan for the economic revitalization of downtown Oakland.Served as the Mayor's representative on the conversion planning for the military bases scheduled for closure. • Assisted in the organization of the first of its kind Lender's Summit in which representatives of banking institutions in the city, along with representatives of small businesses and community groups came together to establish an action plan to adapt lending practices of the banks to the conditions of the economically depressed areas of Oakland.

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  Peace Corps

  • San Jeronimo, Guatemala

  • Extesnsion agent

    • 1990 - 1993
    • San Jeronimo, Guatemala

    Served as extension agent providing technical assistance to the local government agency (DIGESEPE) and local farmers on new methods of fresh water aquaculture thus doubling the annual fish harvests. • Planned and facilitated courses in aquaculture, small animal husbandry, appropriate technologies, and organized health talks with the personnel of DIGESEPE and farmers in the program to ensure sustainability of the projects. • Worked with counterparts to introduce integrated farming methods that included rabbits, chickens, gardens and small scale fish ponds. • Trained two government employees in fish and small animal husbandry extension work. Organized and trained new volunteers.