International development and communications professional with over 20 years of work experience in Central Asia, Europe, Southeast Asia and the United States, founder and president of an international NGO, looks for new opportunities in the US or abroad |
Contact Viktoria Olskaia
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Area of Expertise: |
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Communications, Media, Knowledge Management, Editor
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Director, CEO, COP, President
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Fundraising, Business Development, Grants Writer
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Private Sector, Social Enterprise, Corporate Social Responsibility
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Trade, Finance, Economics, Cooperation, Global
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Professional Experience: |
• Twenty+ years of professional experience in Europe, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and the United States; • As international development consultant worked on programs funded by USAID, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, EU-TACIS, and the Government of Denmark; • Accustomed to simultaneously managing multi-tasked projects and leading multi-national teams under pressure and tight deadlines; • Proven experience in developing collaborative relationships and effectively interacting with multilateral donors, government officials, NGOs, and other stakeholders; • Ten years of hands-on private sector experience in Central Asia; • Five years of hands-on NGO experience: Founder and President of a US non-profit corporation with the mission to foster economic development in emerging market countries (www.ga-foundation.org).
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Education: |
Executive Juris Doctor, November 2006, Concord University School of Law, Los Angeles, California. Awards: EJD Academic Excellence Award for the Winter 2007 Graduating Group; The United States’ National Dean’s List, 2004-2005.
Master of Arts, December 1992, Ohio State University, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Columbus, Ohio.
Diploma with Honors, June 1989, Leningrad State University, Department of English Language and Literature, St. Petersburg, Russian.
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Available for: |
- Consulting assignments
- Job opportunities
- Being headhunted – make me an offer
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