Managing Director/Founder / October, 2020 — Present

Oversees financial management including preparation of budgets, grant management, and compliance with Board established procedures. Sets company’s strategic direction. Builds tailor made trainings for startup food businesses (restaurants, chefs, etc.) such as food exporting, food safety, and recipe development courses.

Acceleration Services Advisor Consultant / October, 2020 — October, 2022

Worked closely with Kaizen HQ teams and USAID Regional Missions to resolve monitoring, evaluation and learning projects. Developed company’s Monitoring and Evaluation systems and gender evaluation systems. Analyzed metrics and implements project to improve client’s operational efficiency and metrics.

Consultant / October, 2020 — August, 2021

Drafted grant proposals as part of client’s fundraising strategy and scale up operations manual.

Interim Executive Director/Director of Programs and Strategic Partnerships Short Term Assignment / February, 2020 — August, 2020

Implemented and monitored operations of the UN Development Program (UNDP) funded Green Academy program with Ghana Educational Service (GES). Managed logistics and programs teams to implement waste programs. Audited waste management country programs to ensure compliance with the Ghana government and Ghana’s Global Plastic Action Partnership. Counseled and advised Environment360 Executive Director on strategic decision-making and funding opportunities for program sustainability. Led development and secured six-figure Ghana cedi grant for women in the informal sector economic empowerment from Footprints Africa. Managed and oversaw technical reviews to ensure monitoring, learning and evaluation (ME&L) plans and reports met the requirements for grant making institutions reporting system such as UNDP. Collaborated with multilateral partners including embassies and private sector partners, engaged in the waste management programming and activities in West Africa.

Senior Economic Program Advisor; GS 13, Security Clearance: Secret Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues / September, 2018 — 2020

Managed reporting and monitoring requirements for economic growth programming, women and girls in STEM, and women's economic empowerment across Africa/MENA regions. Conducted on-site visits to implementing partners and reviewed program partners’ performance. Tracked outreach metrics and results to determine, validate, maintain, and update performance indicators databases required for the Foreign Assistance Coordination and Tracking System (FACTS), OPM, and annual Performance Plan and Report (PPR) for economic growth programming. Led complex, cross-functional ME&L teams, including reactivation of Women's Economic Empowerment (WEE) Interagency and Departmental working group. Established, monitored, and implemented frameworks, performance indicators, and strategies for local civil

Foreign Affairs Officer & AAAS Policy Fellow, GS-13, and Security Clearance: Secret Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Office of Agricultural Policy (EB/AGP) / September, 2016 — September, 2018

Expanded EB/AGP/USDA Foreign Agriculture Service’s biotechnology program to include women’s empowerment programs in Ghana, South Africa, Togo, Liberia, and Ethiopia. Administered advice and counsel to EB’s Assistant Secretary and bureau leaders’ decision-making on policy and programming aiming to incorporate inclusivity in agriculture. Developed grant proposals and secured funding of $25,000 USD for participants in “Women in Ag Biotech” policy program. Managed budgets and monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) reporting for women in agriculture biotech programming. Authored and implemented Agricultural Policy gender strategy includes targeted programming and policies.

Scientist II / February, 2013 — April, 2016

Leveraged technical expertise to lead product development projects for dough, icing in Toaster Strudel™, and other product brands. Improved the processing, storing, packaging and distribution of refrigerated dough products across manufacturing plants achieving a 100% on-time delivery rate. Managed and supervised a 70-person cross-functional team of Supply Chain Managers, Technicians, and Scientists across four (4) U.S. states and Canada for FDA mandated “Partially Hydrogenated Oils Removal” Project. Standardized “Partially Hydrogenated Oils Removal” Project processes to ensure transparency while remaining on time and under budget, serving as project manager. Advised Vice President of Baked Goods Division on FDA compliance and evaluation methods on an ongoing basis. Contributed to corporate processes (annual reporting and budgeting).