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US and International Services

SUMMARY

Francophone business development and capacity building specialist focused on inclusive markets, agriculture, food systems, and value chains; with 20 years designing, improving, saving, advising and/or running complex projects for international organizations; with 10 years managing $15,000,000 in grants, agreements and contracts; funders include US Government, UN agencies, and foundations. Peace Corps West Africa – Small Business Development.

 

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

 

  • Trust-building with historically excluded people (women, youth, rural, farmers, poorest-of-the-poor)

  • Marketing (company, project, food, agriculture, social change, ‘making the case’)

  • Inclusive Food and Market Systems and Agricultural Value Chains (includes gender integration)

  • Sustainability and Asset Building (economic, environmental, cultural, social etc.)

  • Capacity Building and Co-Creating – helping people help themselves

  • Communications and Writing (technical or promotional)

  • Inclusive approach to development, cultural sensitivity and adaptability

LANGUAGES

English (native speaker); French (spoken and written fluently); Mandarin Chinese (native speaker, written functionally); Ewe/Ewegbe/Mina (West African language, spoken functionally)

 

GEOGRAPHIC EXPERIENCE

Francophone countries, West Africa (Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo), North Africa (Morocco, Tunisia), Haiti, and Southeast Asia. USA experience includes: 23+ states and DC; serving Native American, Hispanic, African-American, and Appalachian people in high-poverty communities. Three years in Peace Corps -Togo. Studied, lived and worked in France and Taiwan. Based in Washington, DC.

 

FUNDER EXPERIENCE

USAID (Feed the Future, Farmer to Farmer, Food for Progress), UN International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), US Department of Labor (DOL), US Department of Agriculture (USDA – National Institute for Food and Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service), US Department of Commerce, Kellogg Foundation, Ford Foundation

 

PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

 

  • French/English, English/French service delivery

  • Capacity Building (companies, projects, people)

  • Project management, strategic planning, annual work planning

  • Market research design and analysis (focus groups, interviews, surveys)

  • Competitive analysis and positioning (company, product, project)

  • New business prospecting and capture

  • Proposals, desk research and grant writing (proposals to date: $12,000- $20,000,000 USD)

  • Technical writing (agriculture, gender, value chains) annual reports, case studies, learning products

  • Knowledge sharing workshops, capturing knowledge generated by projects

  • Stakeholder mapping and network-building

  • Partnerships, contract and agreement negotiation (assisting partners)

  • Bridge-building and relationship brokering and mediation

  • Funding and grant making process design and supervision

  • Advising funders on where to invest for greatest returns (ROI) financial and otherwise

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