Professional Experience:
A combination of administration, management, and consulting in the private and nonprofit sector and field work in economic development and humanitarian relief.
Acts4Rwanda: Developed financial administration and consulting on U.S. exemption determination as well as business strategy. Volunteer role while completing MPA.
Aythos: Co-founder, Finance Director, and Field Manager. Economic development to build marketable agricultural production in Nepal. Both part-time and full-time volunteer roles concurrent with career and MPA program.
•Managed entity creation, governance development, and financial reporting, and co-managed marketing and social media.
•Created and carried out economic development programs for rural agricultural production.
•Managed grant writing resulting in apple and kiwifruit production, beekeeping, and earthquake relief funding in Nepal.
•Organized collaboration among NGOs in Nepal to deliver food, shelter, and medical care for 2015 earthquake relief.
•Negotiated sourcing and planting of 5,000 apple trees and kiwi plants and training for 200 Nepali farmers.
Dream Out Loud Productions: Project development and grant writing to create relief for water scarcity and wildlife welfare project in Botswana. Concurrent with MPA program.
Philips Color Kinetics: Senior Financial Analyst.
•Managed federal grants program including compliance processes and corporate training, and development of automated time-tracking and cost allocation systems.
•Profitability analyst for R&D programs and advised executive team on program continuation plans.
•Budget manager for R&D, marketing, and various special projects, including the first LED replacement for the 60W light bulb, and green-programs finance manager.
•Project manager to improve data coordination across multiple product development departments in North America, Europe, and Asia.