EXECUTIVE RESUME
Executive Work Experience
2024 - Present
CEO and Founder
Nexus Strategy and Growth Partners LLC
Set vision for strategy management consulting company
Design WIN Revenue Methodology
Manage all new business, sales, marketing, and communication
Manage all operational functions. legal, and partnership building
2024 - Present
Founding Member
The Impact Table
Community dedicated to connecting and supporting women mission-driven leaders.
Participate in leaders' circles, visionary speaker sessions, ally meetings and live events.
Support mission-driven women achieve excellence.
2024 - Present
Innovative, Technical and Entrepreneurial Speaker
Innovation Women
Speak on topics including global development trends, social impact, public-private partnerships, corporate social responsibility, data-driven solutions, empowering the most vulnerable, systems change, change management, learning and growth, how to fail forward, intercultural integration, economic growth in emerging markets and other social impact topics.
Speak for fundraising events, internal workshops for corporations or non-profit entities, community functions or groups interested in any focus topic listed on my speaker profile.
2022 - Present
Member
CHIEF
Attend sessions in optimizing leadership
Participate in problem-solving for Women Executive Leaders
Support peers across industries, roles, and functions
Hone technical and EQI skill sets
2022 - 2023
President and CEO
Horizon Empowers
Led Strategic Plan Development with Staff and Board
Evolved model to align to Strategic Plan
Identified and executed strategic organizational re-alignment.
Increased impact by 50% within 12 months
Re-branded organization
Developed and executed revenue growth strategy.
2017 - 2021
SVP, Business Development and Program Design
VP, Program Effectiveness
Senior Director, Program Effectiveness
Heifer International
Progressive professional growth in program effectiveness, design, and new business development
Integrated Programs, Monitoring, Research and Evaluation, Knowledge Managment, and New Business Development to ensure transparency in data and evidence, robust analytics and adaptative management to donor, partners, and proposal submissions.
Part of CEO Cabinet driving for organizational strategy, partnership development and thought leadership
2015 - 2016
Managing Director
Agricultural Cooperative Development International
Managed $34.4M Ghana Agricultural and Value Chain Enhancement (ADVANCE) Cooperative Agreement from USAID
Managed $23.9 Zambia Production, Finance, and Improved Technology Plus Cost Plus Fixed Fee completion Task Order from USAID
Direct supervision of Chiefs of Party and integration across central office departments for reporting, impacts, reputational risk, and compliance
Successfully submitted $117.4M in proposals.
2012 - 2014
Vice-President, Operations
Chief of Party Uganda - USDA
National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA)
Manage $230M USD portfolio in 14 countries including 20 programs across Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Develop and operationalize all standardized operating systems globally.
Directly supervise all regional directors, program managers, and monitoring and evaluation team.
Executed successful $8.4M conservation farming initiative for 60,000 smallholder farmers managing 32 national staff.
Recruited, hired and managed 32 local country staff to implement the project.
Developed on-line cloud-based monitoring system to track all impacts and use as a learning tool for both internal project management and partners.
Activities strengthened the entire value chain including access to innovative blended finance opportunities for participants.
2002 - 2012
Chief of Party Tanzania - USDA
Chief of Party Malawi - Global Development Alliance
Deputy Chief of Party Colombia - Alternative Development
Land O'Lakes - Ventures37
Successfully executed $8.1M dairy development project with 26 staff in Tanzania a $5M dairy development project with 16 staff in Malawi by matching the USAID funds 1:2, and a $8.5M alternative development project with 15 staff in Colombia.
Executed local grants programs to execute through local partners.
Implemented through 14 local private sector input supplier businesses in Malawi, in feed manufacturing, veterinary services, and pharmaceuticals, cattle breeding, and small-scale accounting services.
Developed partnerships with local private sector, local and international non-profits, government and universities to multiply impact results.
Education
2000-2001
The School for International Training
Brattleboro, VT
MA in Intercultural Management
1993-1997
Central College
Pella Iowa
BA in International Studies
Top Skills & Expertise
Country Expertise
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Strategic Planning
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Strategic Management
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Business Growth Strategies
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Financial Analysis
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Impact and Analytics Driven Approaches
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Brand Profile Enhancement
Americas
Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Guatemala, Suriname, United States, Canada
Africa
Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda
Asia
Nepal, Cambodia, India, Bangladesh, East Timor