Professional Experience:
Demonstrated success in international development and humanitarian aid, with decade of experience in sector, including 7.5 years embedded across Sub-Saharan Africa (DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Togo, Zimbabwe). Proven track record in securing over $50M USD in funding from more than 70 institutional, international, and private donors. Skilled in writing and drafting high-quality technical and cost proposals, coordinating funding submissions, and managing complex donor requirements in emergency and development contexts. Strategic in partnership development and donor engagement, with strong record of nurturing funding relationships and securing multi-sectoral and complex program investments. Extensive hands-on expertise in program development and design, program quality (PQ), new business development (NBD), resource mobilization (RM), and promoting nexus programming across humanitarian, development, and transitional contexts – particularly for interventions supporting internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees, refugees, and vulnerable host communities. Supportive leadership style, using coaching-based approach to build capacity of diverse, cross-functional technical teams (MEAL, GEDI, NBD, RM, and knowledge management) and to drive program quality and development under pressure. Multilingual, fluent in English (native), French (C1), and Swahili (B2), with cultural agility to operate effectively in fragile, conflict-affected, and displacement settings. Agile and highly adaptable, with strong capacity to learn, demonstrated by progression into leadership roles within esteemed organizations and international NGOs such as the US Peace Corps, Mercy Corps, and CARE International. Academically grounded with interests in migration, development, conflict, languages, sociolinguistics, humanitarian aid, and African studies, bringing critical lens to debates on localization, coordination, and role of global institutions in aid.
Holds full working rights in the US and is in possession of the right to work in the UK.