• Executive Director who makes sound decisions to reflect positively on global operations in alignment with an NPO s vision, value, and goals to generate robust multicultural organizational growth and attain winning outcomes.
• Visionary Professional who rises above global challenges to lead multi-site management teams in resourceful needs analysis / assessments, strategic planning, key trends tracking, conflict resolution, and problem-solving efforts.
• Bilingual Communicator (English, French) who develops synergistic relationships with global executives, senior-level decision-makers, stakeholders, cross-functional teams, and clients; who excels in autonomous and collaborative work environments; and who leads staff by example and with integrity to build strong teams to attain targeted objectives.
• Ambitious Self-Starter who works closely with security and NPO teams to ensure international and local staff issues were addressed during emergencies of medical evacuations, political conflict, natural disaster, and Ebola outbreaks.

Director Portfolio for Africa & Haiti (2015 Present)

• Capitalize on the opportunity to lead forward-thinking portfolio operations for this NPO dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions, including providing education-related technical assistance and supporting home office and field staff in the comprehensive implementation of key project activities.
• Lead a top-performing team of field and home office staff across a $200-million portfolio to meet project objectives, along with cost-effectively monitoring project budgets, technical deliverables, and complex contractual requirements.
• Serve on a Policy Review Committee to review corporate policies and make recommendations to optimize productivity.

  Served as Project Director for Liberia Teacher Training Program and Haiti An n Al .

  Collaborated with Offices of Internal Audit, Legal, and Compliance to minimize liabilities.

  Served as Project Management Advisor for Rising Star Program for mid-level project managers.

  Served as both Acting Director of a Global Education Department and a Global Learning Business Unit.

  Supervised business development staff for the large portfolio, including driving new business development.

  Served as senior management team member for Global Education contributing to budget and planning decisions.

Director Portfolio Management (2011 2015)

• Strategically steered a $204-million Global Education field-based project portfolio encompassing home office and field office staff in Africa, Latin America, and Asia, including developing and delivering action-oriented portfolio scorecards, metrics, governance, and reporting to support decision-making, as well as providing program management services encompassing mentoring and capacity building, best practices, tools, and overall templates.
• Recognized as a communication conduit for portfolio-related project status, actions, decisions, risks and issues, and schedules for strategic initiatives, including partnering with Project Management Standards Offices to resolve concerns.

  Served as Acting Director of a Global Learning Business Unit as required.

  Served as Liberia Teacher Training Program s Project Director, and ensured on-time deliverables.

  Served on Human Resources Working Groups, including Grandfathering, Job Progression, and Program Criteria.

Vice President ￨ Director Africa Programs (2009 2011)

• Utilized broad scope of industry knowledge and dynamic business acumen toward providing support to governments in improving access, governance, and quality of their education systems for Grades K-9, including expanding and encompassing projects in Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Namibia, Senegal, South Sudan, and Zambia with Africa-specific portfolio cumulative contracts valued at $250,000+ million.
• Directed teams of home office staff and field leaders to ensure project needs and donor expectations were met, along with consistently guaranteeing that project budgets were expended according to terms and conditions of agreements.

  Represented AED and project teams externally within high-level conferences and meetings.

  Served as Project Director for a $69-million Liberia Teacher Education Program funded by USAID.

  Managed short- / long-term activities of an Africa portfolio of donor-funded projects with $250+ million contracts.

Director Africa Education Programs (2008 2009)

• Maximized program-wide success by providing integral leadership for the Africa Education Team encompassing home office and project staff in 10 countries, including ensuring quality-focused technical work, financial management, and client satisfaction, as well as representing AED in meetings with government officials, donors, and global organizations.
• Met with donors to actively resolve concerns, and aligned objectives with project budgets, expenditures, and contracts.

  Built and sustained relationship with donors and other partners.

  Ensured management systems were in place for current Africa projects.

  Communicated Africa team s results to AED staff, donors, and beneficiaries.

  Monitored results of existing projects for high technical quality and positive impacts.

  Continually managed growth of new business while promoting staff development and diversity.

Deputy Director Technical Quality Management ￨ Africa Education Team (2006 2007)

• Led targeted decision-making in supporting project operations within an Africa Team to ensure approaches used were effective and consistent with AED s policies, including managing efforts as Director of the $30-million Basic Education Strategic Objectives II Project in Ethiopia funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and as Director of the $3-million Combating Child Labor Project in Uganda funded by the U.S. Department of Labor.

  Served as a team member sharing responsibility for multiple projects across the African region.

  Trained newly hired teams and strengthened relations between project directors and project teams.

  Successfully shared tools used in developing new work plans, tracking, implementing, and costing activities.

Senior Program Officer (2000 2005)

• Applied strong leadership talents toward serving as main point-of-contact in relationship with clients, partners, and staff, including delivering sound technical leadership and oversight on program evaluations, as well as supervising program associates in a home office while serving as a go-to professional liaison between both field and home offices.
• Drove program success by leading all recruitment, development of scopes of work, new hire orientation, reporting, and planning for field office program implementation, as well as providing headquarter office leadership for key teams.
• Contributed to AED / GEC business development by serving in a leadership role in selected program proposals, strategy formulation, and planning, and further represented team in internal / external working groups and forums.
• Resourcefully led a team of home office program staff in ensuring optimal collaborations with center financial staff.

  Conducted detailed visits to each field project to meet and / or exceed program goals.

  Supported field offices in all project technical leadership, implementation, and management.

  Contributed to GEC and Africa Team business development, leadership, management, and planning.

  Participated in AED interest groups, including driving diversity, mentoring, and / or leadership initiatives.

Program Administrator Republic of South Africa Program

• Expertly led this Republic of South Africa special initiative funded by the President Office with the primary objective to promote linkages between academic departments and schools at Howard University and South African universities.

  Delivered valuable management and technical support to the Republic of South Africa project.

  Improved operations of Office of International Programs via strategic planning process development.

Consultant Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution, Crofton, XXXXXX

• Proactively conducted comprehensive mediation training for both international and / or domestic participants.

  Interfaced among parties to assist in negotiations between the Office of Personnel Management and unions.

Consultant Bowie State University ￨ Delaware State University ￨ Howard University ￨ Livingston College

• Maximized multi-school international program initiatives by advising university presidents, faculty, and staff, including conducting training on comprehensive proposal development, as well as leading efforts to realign the project budget.

  Managed start-up of a $5-million partnership for Howard University s Health Reform Project.

Director Partnership for International Development Programs

• Optimized USAID-funded activities by providing leadership, marketing, and strategy development, including motivating presidents, faculty, and administrators at 300+ minority-serving colleges and universities to participate in international efforts, as well as conducting training sessions, supervising staff, and serving on USAID s policy advisory committee.

  Led design and configuration of a FoxPro database placed on USAID s website to describe capabilities.

  Built strong relationships among government officials, foreign dignitaries, USAID contractors, and executives.

Program Manager Training for Governance in the New South Africa

• Capitalized on the opportunity to lead forward-thinking companywide global operations encompassing client implementation programming, fiscal performance, technological advances, and third-party vendor management.
• Maximized bottom-line performance by spearheading key international contact center dissolution and development.
• Conducted needs assessments and provided integral training for civil servants and members of various political parties.

  Cost-effectively monitored finances and oversaw budget modifications.

  Successfully worked in-country with local staff to ensure efficient field office operations.

  Designed training sessions for South African government officials, including parliament members and premiers.

Adjunct Instructor College of Graduate Business & Management University of Phoenix, Greenbelt, XXXXXX 2006 2007

Training Coordinator Mississippi Consortium for International Development, Jackson, MS 1993

Minority Institutions Advisor Partners for International Education & Training, Washington, D.C. 1992 1993

Training Officer National Association of Equal Opportunities in Higher Education, Washington, D.C. 1991 1992

Personnel Assistant U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Services (SCS), Washington, D.C. 1988 1991

Doctor of Business Administration (Management Emphasis)

Master of Arts in Administrative Management ￨ Public Administration

Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice

Master s Certificate in Applied Project Management (2010) Villanova University

Certificate in Mediation (1997) George Mason University ￨ Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution

Member, Four Corners International Mission (Since 2014)

Member ￨ Board of Directors, Black Professionals in International Affairs (Since 2015)

Professional Publications Provided Upon Request

Excellent Professional References Provided Upon Request