Experience

OneReef

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• US Director

  • Mar 2022 - Present

  OneReef partners with island communities to combine traditional stewardship and modern resources to protect coral reefs. OneReef partners with island communities to combine traditional stewardship and modern resources to protect coral reefs.



International Rivers

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

• Board Member

  • Mar 2021 - Present

  International Rivers strengthens movements of communities and civil society at the forefront of defending rivers by: Undertaking investigative research to generate robust data and evidence to inform policies and campaigns. Remaining independent and fearless in campaigning to expose and resist destructive projects. Developing a vision that protects rivers and the communities that depend upon them. International Rivers strengthens movements of communities and civil society at the forefront of defending rivers by: Undertaking investigative research to generate robust data and evidence to inform policies and campaigns. Remaining independent and fearless in campaigning to expose and resist destructive projects. Developing a vision that protects rivers and the communities that depend upon them.



Waterkeeper Alliance

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

• Director

  • Jul 2017 - Mar 2022

  A senior member of the organization’s management team, responsible for expanding Waterkeeper Alliance so that the local fight for clean water becomes a powerful coordinated global movement. Responsible for strategic planning and project fundraising, identifying and recruiting new grassroots Waterkeeper Organizations and Affiliates, developing proposals, capturing critical data into Salesforce, and onboarding new Waterkeeper groups into communications, training, organizing, and advocacy support to protect local water bodies and the communities that depend on them.

• International Director

  • Jul 2012 - Jul 2017

  A senior member of the organization’s management team, responsible for strategic planning, project fundraising, and strengthening Waterkeeper groups outside of the United States. Supervised international staff in recruiting, training, and organizing approximately 150 Waterkeeper groups advocating for clean and safe water in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and Latin America and the Caribbean.



UN Environment Programme

• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant

  • Sep 2010 - Apr 2012

  Co-authored the Costs of Inaction (COI) on Sound Management of Chemicals Report, Baseline Assessment, a major contribution to UNEP efforts to mainstream sound chemicals management into national development plans. Presented research findings before multi-agency, government, industry, civil society, and academic heads. The report contributed to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and World Health Organization International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management Guidelines on Highly Hazardous Pesticides.



UNCTAD

• Switzerland
• International Trade and Development
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Consultant

  • Mar 2010 - Apr 2010

  Updated the 2010 Creative Economy Report with information and analysis on the relationship between the creative economy with environment and biodiversity issues and its economic and environmental benefits. Updated the 2010 Creative Economy Report with information and analysis on the relationship between the creative economy with environment and biodiversity issues and its economic and environmental benefits.



UN Environment Programme, Economics and Trade Branch/Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics

• Consultant, Economics and Trade Branch/ Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics

  • Nov 2008 - Apr 2010

  Prepared background papers on green sectors of the global economy for launch meeting of UNEP’s Green Economy Initiative, and contributed to its landmark Green Economy Report: Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication. Authored background paper on ‘The Costs and Benefits of Investing in Ecosystem Services for Water Supply and Flood Protection’ for the Green Economy Report chapter: Water_ Investing in Natural Capital (UNEP, 2011). Prepared background papers on green sectors of the global economy for launch meeting of UNEP’s Green Economy Initiative, and contributed to its landmark Green Economy Report: Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication. Authored background paper on ‘The Costs and Benefits of Investing in Ecosystem Services for Water Supply and Flood Protection’ for the Green Economy Report chapter: Water_ Investing in Natural Capital (UNEP, 2011).



The Ocean Foundation

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

• Program Associate, Coastal Ocean Values Center

  • Sep 2007 - Jun 2008

  Assisted Director of the Coastal Ocean Values Center, a program of the The Ocean Foundation, with development, outreach, and technical development of on-line Coral Reef Economics Community of Practice. Partnered with Conservation International, World Resources Institute, the International Coral Reef Initiative, and NOAA to prepare Economic Values of Coral Reefs, Mangroves, and Seagrasses: A Global Compilation, launched at the 2008 IUCN World Conservation Congress. Assisted Director of the Coastal Ocean Values Center, a program of the The Ocean Foundation, with development, outreach, and technical development of on-line Coral Reef Economics Community of Practice. Partnered with Conservation International, World Resources Institute, the International Coral Reef Initiative, and NOAA to prepare Economic Values of Coral Reefs, Mangroves, and Seagrasses: A Global Compilation, launched at the 2008 IUCN World Conservation Congress.

• Staff Economist

  • Jan 2005 - May 2008

  Provided Waterkeeper Alliance lawyers and citizen advocates around the world with the best defensible economic arguments for watershed protection. Mainstreamed economic information to protect coastal and inland waters from pollution and development threats including wetlands destruction, urban and agricultural stormwater runoff, carbon and mercury emissions, flooding, sea level rise, invasive species, and more. Assisted in preparing grant proposals to support above activities.

• Economics Fellow

  • Jan 2004 - Dec 2004



United States Embassy

• Canada
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Diplomat

  • Aug 1998 - Dec 2002

  Spouse of representative of the U.S. Department of Health in India, attached to the U.S. Embassy, New Delhi. Extensive diplomatic and foreign relations experience. Spouse of representative of the U.S. Department of Health in India, attached to the U.S. Embassy, New Delhi. Extensive diplomatic and foreign relations experience.



World Health Organization

• Bangladesh
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Jan 2002 - Jun 2002

  With the Regional Director of the World Health Organization, South-East Asia Regional Office (SEARO), Water, Sanitation and Health for Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments, co-authored Situation Analysis and Epidemiology of Infectious Disease Transmission: a South-East Asian Regional Perspective, presented at the 2nd International Scientific Forum on Home Hygiene Conference and at the 1st Meeting of South-East Asia Region (SEAR) Water, Sanitation and Health Advisory Group, WHO-SEARO, and published in International Journal of Environmental Health Research.



Tata Energy Research Institute

• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Coordinator

  • Feb 1999 - Dec 1999

  Assisted U.S. Senior Visiting Fellows (Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality and Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency's Policy Office) and TERI Founder Rajendra K. Pachauri, 2007 Nobel Prize Winning Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, on Indo-US roundtables, meetings, and workshops on clean air issues. Assisted U.S. Senior Visiting Fellows (Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality and Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency's Policy Office) and TERI Founder Rajendra K. Pachauri, 2007 Nobel Prize Winning Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, on Indo-US roundtables, meetings, and workshops on clean air issues.



Georgetown University McDonough School of Business

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Office Manager

  • Feb 1996 - Jun 1998

  Managed the office of International Executive Education, including interns and temporary employees. Developed, maintained, and analyzed accounting system for a $1.2 million budget. Assisted directors with planning, coordinating, and implementing executive forums, conferences, and seminars. Managed the office of International Executive Education, including interns and temporary employees. Developed, maintained, and analyzed accounting system for a $1.2 million budget. Assisted directors with planning, coordinating, and implementing executive forums, conferences, and seminars.