Professional Experience:
• 12+ years in private and public sector media, including 10+ years in international news journalism, six years in agricultural extension media production, and several years working in strategic communication and social and behavioral change communication. I co-founded two community newspapers and a solar-powered community radio station on various Pacific islands;
• Excellent writing, editing, presentation and media-production skills (print, visual, electronic, digital, social) and the demonstrated ability to work collaboratively to produce a broad range of audience-differentiated media products;
• 10+ years in mid-level public administration including human-resource management within a coaching orientation; budgetary oversight and planning; coordination of decentralized teams; holistic inward- and outward-facing organizational communication; project management and evaluation; community outreach and stakeholder engagement;
• Teaching experience (US and Commonwealth) in informal (community) and formal (classroom) situations conducted in-person and online;
• An adeptness at creating multi-partner relationships among private, public and social sector counterparts that facilitate dialogue and inclusive decision-making;
• Research expertise (field and desk-based, blended methods, participatory) and experience working within culturally appropriate research methods in grassroots communities.