Experience

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  We Care Solar

  • Berkeley, CA

  • Chief Operating Officer

    • Nov 2017 - Present
    • Berkeley, CA

    We Care Solar provides highly efficient solar energy systems to health facilities in areas without reliable electricity. Our durable, easy-to-use Solar Suitcases power medical lighting, mobile communication and essential medical devices. As COO, I lead our global team in delivering Solar Suitcase programs in 35 countries around the world.

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  iDE (International Development Enterprises)

  • Vice President, Operations and Business Development

    • Mar 2015 - Oct 2017

    iDE is a global effort that spans offices in 14 countries, encompassing 4 social enterprises, employing nearly 1,000 people directly, and indirectly enabling many more through our market-based approaches in agriculture; water, sanitation, and hygiene; and finance. In my role, I oversaw six country program operations as well as business development in Africa and Asia. iDE country programs include a diverse portfolio of donors supporting programs that use market based, contextualized solutions to development challenges in agriculture, WASH, HCD, and women's economic empowerment. I led a US-based team in support of program operations and business development as well as supervise and support our country program teams to accomplish their goals and objectives.

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  Clinical Care Options

  • General Manager, inPractice Africa

    • Oct 2012 - Oct 2014

    Responsible for the overall strategy, development, and implementation of the new inPractice Africa initiative, designed to support South African physicians and nurses in the management of HIV-infected and HIV/TB co-infected patients. CCO and inPractice reach clinicians in more than 200 countries with expert content and leading-edge technology that delivers comprehensive medical education and clinical decision support online, through live programs, and via mobile devices.

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  Chemonics International

  • Director

    • 2002 - Oct 2012

    Director, Afghanistan and Pakistan Region. Served as head of a strategic international recruitment and new business for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Manager, Africa Region. Effectively tracked, pre-positioned, and managed proposals for 36 country market portfolio. Manager, Project Development and Support. Contributed to the new business development of Chemonics' USAID proposals. Served as a corporate resource for recruitment and proposal developments.Manager, Gender Practice. Helped lead initiative to integrate gender into its work.

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  AMIDEAST

  • Program Assistant

    • 2001 - 2002