Washington DC-Baltimore Area
I am a social impact executive with more than two decades of leadership experience guiding complex organizations, managing large multidisciplinary teams, and building partnerships that advance public health, education, economic opportunity, governance, and community resilience. My work has focused on translating strategy into effective operations, strengthening institutions, and helping organizations deliver reliable services in challenging environments. Most recently, I served as Country Director for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Ghana, advising the U.S. Ambassador while leading a 90-person organization and a $150M annual portfolio. During a national debt crisis, I mobilized new resources, redirected investments to protect essential public services, and coordinated international partners around a unified response. I also expanded direct support to community-based organizations to strengthen locally led development. Previously, as Deputy Assistant Administrator in Washington, DC, I oversaw global operations supporting more than 60 country platforms and 200 staff. I co-led one of the agency’s largest reorganizations and operationalized a new agency-wide policy by introducing standardized operating procedures, performance guidance, and implementation support across field missions. I also engaged Congress and the National Security Council to secure support and resources for program implementation. Across leadership roles in politically sensitive and rapidly evolving environments, I have focused on organizational effectiveness, operational leadership, and guiding teams through change, uncertainty, and crisis. I am now exploring leadership opportunities with mission-driven institutions in the United States, including nonprofits, community development organizations, foundations, local or regional government, and universities. I am particularly interested in roles where I can help organizations execute strategy, strengthen teams, and expand economic opportunity and community resilience.
Following the USAID reduction in force, I am pursuing executive leadership opportunities where my experience leading complex organizations, driving organizational transformation, strengthening operations, and building cross-sector partnerships can advance organizational performance and public impact.
Served as executive leader of a $150M annual portfolio, overseeing a 90-person team across strategy, program delivery, financial oversight, operations, and partnerships during a national fiscal crisis. • Directed development of a new $660M five-year USAID strategy for Ghana in response to an evolving fiscal crisis, building consensus among government officials, other donors, and local partners around a reoriented framework for sustaining essential public services. • Protected $20M in donated health commodities from seizure, negotiating directly with the Ministries of Finance and Health to uphold a bilateral agreement and avert widespread stockouts of lifesaving medicines. • Redirected $50M in ongoing social sector investments to sustain essential medicine and social service delivery during Ghana's debt crisis, protecting access for the country's most vulnerable communities. • Selected as co-chair of an executive-level donor coordination platform; aligned bilateral and multilateral partners around shared multisector priorities and led development of policy white papers that shaped the incoming administration's early development agenda. • Brokered a coordinated primary healthcare investment framework among Ghana's Ministry of Health and two bilateral donors, resolving fragmented, duplicative efforts and unlocking $23M in aligned funding for underserved communities.
Senior executive responsible for 200 staff and $200 million in annual programming in support of 60 global field missions, with direct engagement of Congress, the National Security Council, and senior U.S. government officials on strategic priorities and funding. • Drove a 590-staff enterprise reorganization, the largest in a decade, establishing governance, shared priorities, and accountability structures to strengthen program delivery and expand equitable access to expertise across 60 global field operations. • Selected by the USAID Administrator to lead an Agency-wide initiative to strengthen local resource mobilization and reduce donor dependency; directed teams delivering training, technical support, and a $10M incentive fund that drove adoption across the Agency. • Initiated the Agency's first Local Capacity Strengthening Policy and pioneered a formal consultative process with local organizations, embedding community partnership as a core institutional practice. • Conceptualized and led a seven-part discussion series for hundreds of field officers — featuring a Nobel Laureate and experts on cash transfers, e-commerce, and public financial management — translating complex pandemic economics into practical tools for reorienting development programming.
Advanced social impact and economic stability objectives in a restricted operating environment, leading a 25-person team across strategy, programming, performance, financial stewardship, and operations, and serving as the U.S. Ambassador's principal advisor on development assistance. • Built and sustained a high-performing team through a period of acute bilateral uncertainty, fostering a collaborative culture that maintained full program performance despite political constraints and staff stress. • Protected $8M in at-risk funds during a bilateral diplomatic rupture, assembling a cross-mission recovery plan and presenting it to senior interagency leadership, including the Deputy Assistant Secretary and Ambassador, to secure approval and relaunch suspended programs in support of U.S. policy objectives. • Deployed public diplomacy as a strategic tool during strained bilateral relations, significantly expanding media presence and outreach to reframe the value of U.S. development assistance with national policymakers and key stakeholders.
• Identified prospective small and medium businesses for equity investment. • Compiled financial, operations, marketing, and other relevant information and prepared memorandum for the Investment Committee’s review and decision. • Consulted clients on various aspects of small business management.
• Oversaw the financial, compliance, administrative, and procurement activities for five U.S. Government and United Nations funded humanitarian relief projects. • Advised Country Director on management issues, including project oversight, planning, inter-departmental communication, and personnel.
• Administered Mobil’s credit approval and collection policies for its large, commercial customers. Possessed credit authority of up to a half million dollars.