program design & implementation

comprehensive experience designing and implementing programs of all types (stand-alone, integrated), sizes (local, national, global), and contexts (humanitarian, development, industrialized)

broad training and curriculum development at the individual, team, and organizational level

how i can support you

  • How can your organization plan for significant growth that creates lasting results for more children and families?

  • How can you break down silos between programs and services to ensure children and families get the help they need when they need it? How can you create a coherent vision and strategy across a diverse set of regional and thematic divisions?

  • How can you build a strong evidence base and ensure continuous quality improvement? What specific outcomes will you hold yourself accountable for and over what timeframe? What indicators will you use to track progress? How do you design performance measurements that consider cultural and socioeconomic factors? How do you choose between—or blend—quantitative and qualitative measurements? How do you develop a framework and strategy for a systemic evaluation of the impact of an intervention?How can you use data to make decisions and innovate, and how can you share it internally and externally?

  • How can collaboration accelerate progress toward your goals? Whom should you partner with? How should you do it, and what resources do you need? How can you partner across sectors (nonprofit, government, academia, foundations, private sector)?

  • 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)?

  • How can you ensure effective, sustainable, responsive, and supportive capacity building initiatives at the individual, team, and organizational level? What types of toolkits, guides, and manuals can be useful to develop?

multi-sector programs

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As Program Director for one of the largest foster care agencies in the United States:

Supervised & managed over 35 education, youth, and parent support staff for one of the largest foster care agencies in the United States.

Restructured youth, high school, post-secondary, and parent support programs into one department. 

Designed and implemented new education program spanning early childhood through college.

Created and implemented youth programs, including a mentoring and career readiness initiative in partnership with Columbia University. 

Integrated and strengthened assistance to parents by supporting the parent/child relationship and access to vital services, such as housing, immigration, income, and community supports.

international humanitarian

As Child Protection Adviser for one of the largest International Humanitarian Agencies:

Oversaw design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of child protection and refugee programs in West Africa (Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone), East Africa (Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania) and the Middle East (Jordan, Lebanon, and the State of Palestine). Areas of focus included violence against children, mental health & psychosocial well-being, prevention of family separation, children recruited
and used by armed combatants, humanitarian action, and refugee assistance.

Led child protection programs in Liberia, including programs to support the integration of children formerly recruited and used by armed combatants. Managed and supervised 57 staff.

Implemented and monitored community-based education and skills training projects for Afghan refugee women and children in Pakistan.

training & curriculum development

Co-created and implemented 12-week evidence informed therapy groups for youth in foster care.

Designed training module for identifying & prioritizing protective and risk factors to strengthen preventive approaches in humanitarian action.

Designed and implemented health education kindergarten curriculum at 60,000-person refugee camp in Kenya.

Designed and implemented children’s theater curriculum used in education centers in India.

Developed and revised best practice guides, manuals, and other child protection technical resources.


advisory roles

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