Experience

International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN)

• United States
• International Affairs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Program Officer (Gender and Extremisms)

  • May 2021 - Present



The Mark USA Inc.

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Evaluator/Researcher

  • Sep 2020 - Apr 2021

  Managing 10-15 research and evaluation projects for academic, non-profit, US government and international clients. Leading client communication, non- and quasi-experimental research design, high-level report writing. Supervising an Evaluation Associate and a Research Analyst.



Urban Upbound

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

• Data and Evaluation Manager

  • Apr 2019 - Sep 2020

  Leading all research, learning, impact monitoring and evaluation of nine programs across three Urban Upbound sites in Queens and Harlem, producing insights on policy issues of poverty, employment, and education in NYC public housing developments.



UNDP

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Analyst, Prevention of Violent Extremism

  • Mar 2018 - Mar 2019

  Policy/Program Analyst for the Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) Global Programme, in the Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding and Responsive Institutions Team of the UNDP Crisis Bureau.



United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Evaluation Research Analyst

  • Sep 2017 - Feb 2018

  Providing cross-cutting research and analytical support to the Evaluation of UNFPA Response to the Syria Crisis and the Evaluation on the Engagement of UNFPA in Highly Vulnerable Contexts.



International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN)

• United States
• International Affairs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advocacy Adviser

  • Jul 2016 - Feb 2018

  Key liaison between ICAN and the United Nations Development Programme, managing collaboration on projects, research, programmes and events.



OECD - OCDE

• France
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• SIGI Consultant

  • Apr 2017 - Dec 2017

  Researched and authored nine country profiles for the 2018 Social Institutions and Gender Index through analysis of legal documents, reports, government commitments to measure discrimination and violence against women in social institutions.



United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Evaluation Research Assistant

  • Jan 2016 - Mar 2017

  Research lead on the data analysis, synthesis and write-up of lessons learned from UNFPA Country Programme Evaluations completed between 2014 and 2015, producing a final 50-page brief that informs programmatic planning and strategy across the organization. Assessed monitoring and evaluation capacity at all levels in and designed an organization-wide capacity development strategy to support a culture of learning across UNFPA.



NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security

• United States
• International Affairs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Policy Research Fellow

  • Sep 2015 - Jan 2016

  Monitoring UN Security Council resolutions, actions and publications, developing comprehensive policy analysis documents and issuing recommendations for improving Security Council implementation of the women, peace and security agenda.



Search for Common Ground

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

• Graduate Consultant

  • Jan 2015 - Aug 2015

  Consulted on strategy, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of various projects including Citizens in Governance, Sri Lankans Mobilized for Reconciliation and Transformation, Women in Local Governance.



enCourage Kids Foundation

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

• Coordinator of Special Events

  • Aug 2013 - Jun 2014

  Coordinated, organized and executed 500+ person fundraising events raising $4m annually. Supervised recruitment, training and management of over 300 volunteers for all special events.



Cultural Indicators Project

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2012 - May 2013

  Coded a sample of network and cable television programmes for ongoing research project,documenting images of race, sex and violence on US television. Compiled and presented findings at the yearly Eastern Communication Association conference held in Pittsburgh.