policy & strategy

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extensive experience developing policies and strategies for a wide variety of organizations and sectors, ranging from international humanitarian and development to national child welfare and youth engagement

how i can support you

Where are your opportunities for impact and influence? How can you conduct situational analyses and identify opportunities and root causes of issues? How can you establish goals and objectives and create and implement an effective theory of change and action?
How can you move beyond what you do today to create more impact? How can you seize emerging opportunities and mitigate risks? How do you align strategy and implementation?
What is the gap between your goals and current efforts? Where can innovation help close that gap? How will your innovation agenda drive towards greater and more equitable impact?
How do you translate what you have learned by direct implementation to practices other organizations can use to achieve similar impact? How do you disseminate and facilitate the adoption of knowledge uniquely tailored to key audiences?
How can collaboration accelerate progress toward your goals? With whom should you partner? How should you partner, and what resources do you need? How can you partner across sectors (nonprofit, government, academia, foundations, private sector)?
What nonprofits should you support? How do you help grantees envision and plan for their next stage of growth and development?

examples

civil society

Led UNICEF’s work with religious communities, including the development of policies and strategies for over 160 country offices. Included 6 publications. Provided country and regional level support, such as the development of strategies to engage Muslim Religious Communities in the Middle East and North Africa.

Sample publication Partnering with Religious Communities for Children
education

Led the development and implementation of education, youth, and parent support policies & strategies for one of the largest foster care agencies in the United States. Included co-developing guidance with actionable recommendations and resources to help foster care agencies engage and empower parents to improve their children’s education experiences while in foster care.

Sample publication Empowering Parents So Children Succeed
government

Oversaw UNICEF’s work with legislative branches of government, including the development of policies and strategies for over 160 country offices. Partnered with key global and regional parliamentary structures and the development of country and region specific parliamentary engagement strategies.

Sample publication UNICEF Guide to Working with Parlliaments
additional examples

→ Developed global guidance for UNICEF on the role of social service workers to address violence against children in education settings.
→ Contributed to the development of UNHCR’s Best Interest-Determination Guidelines and the Paris Principles and Guidelines on Children Associated with Armed Groups.
→ Researched and co-authored Human Rights Watch publication on juvenile detention conditions in Rio de Janeiro that received wide coverage by Brazilian and international media.