PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Highlights: Fifteen years of experience in the fields of law, finance, and international relations provide strong leadership, analytical, organizational, and communication skills:
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Nine years of management experience include coordinating 22 long-term election observers in Pakistan, supervising teams of litigation paralegals in a large corporate law firm in San Francisco, and leading crews of seafood processors under extreme working conditions in Alaska.
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Five international election observation missions: Pakistan and Bangladesh for IRI, Sierra Leone for NDI, Haiti for IFES, and Ethiopia for The Carter Center. Conducted an exit-polling project during parliamentary elections in Germany. Traveled to 25 countries and 50+ international cities in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
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Capable of designing and implementing legal processes, organizational projects, and civil society programs, and then monitoring and assessing them for efficiency and success.
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Experienced building and maintaining relationships and networks with regional, national, and international stakeholders: government and election officials, police and military officers, political party agents, traditional leaders, civil society members, diplomatic missions, businesspeople, and non-governmental organizations.
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Eight years of substantive/technical editing experience for American businesses and a German financial research firm. Expert with counseling native and non-native English speaking writers, creating newsletters, formatting reports, and presenting information. Familiar with American and British language usage and style manuals.
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Fifteen years of corporate office experience managing diverse personnel; coordinating multi-tiered projects; resolving challenges with diplomatic solutions; and handling pressure, stress, and tight deadlines.
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Practical skills include project management, information organization, research, strategic analysis, conducting briefings, communicating goals, preparing budgets, assembling proposals, arranging logistics, and training staff.