Paulette Lee

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Address: *** ****** ***, #***

City: Silver Spring

State: MD

Zip: 20910

Country: USA

Phone: 717-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: 85

Primary Skills/Experience:

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Educational Background:

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Job History / Details:

PAULETTE LEE, APR

(Accredited in Public Relations by the Public Relations Society of America;

Certified Teacher of English as a Foreign Language)

20 Seminary Avenue Gettysburg, PA 17325

Home: 717-***-**** - Cell: 717-***-**** - E-mail:

Accredited, seasoned communications professional with international development experience (lived and/or worked in Ethiopia, Rwanda, Ghana, Iraq) in variety of sectors, including agricultural trade, health, rural economic growth, sustainable development, democracy and peacebuilding, microfinance, education and gender. Longtime consultant, contractor and senior-level staff specializing in integrated marketing communications for the (U.S.) nonprofit sector. Former award-winning broadcast journalist (anchor, reporter, producer, writer); collateral designer, writer, editor, producer; skilled spokesperson; experienced training curriculum designer and presenter. Well-traveled, proficient in French and studying Arabic.

Expertise in: Communications and marketing strategic planning, including research, assessment, issues analysis and message development; communication project management, including monitoring and evaluation; advocacy; knowledge management; creative problem-solving; media relations; publications design, writing and production; collateral design and production; writing for all media; public speaking; networking and partnership-building; cross-cultural communications; crisis communications; communications training and teaching.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Contractor/Consultant

Consultant, USAID Agribusiness & Trade Promotion project, Abt Associates, U.S.Ghana/Burkina Faso (October 2011-September 2012)

Consultant/Trainer, Institute of War & Peace Reporting, Sulaimaniya, Iraq (May-June 2009)

Visiting Adjunct Professor, Addis Ababa University, Graduate School of Journalism and Communications, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (January 2006)

Content Editor (volunteer), Sexual Harassment Research Reports, Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (January-March 2006)

Marketing Consultant to Melkam Tours, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (January-March 2006)

Contractor, FINCA International, Washington, D.C. (October-December 2005)

Public relations and marketing projects for international poverty reduction microfinance institution with programs in 22 countries.

Trainer, Success Academy, Community Action Commission, Harrisburg, PA (2003-04)

Train supervisors in managing multicultural/diverse workplaces

Developed training and promotional materials

Content Editor, Exegesis Consulting, Maryland and South Africa (April 2004)

Summative Evaluation, Education for Development & Democracy Initiative

Communications Specialist, World Bank/Government of Ethiopia, Ministry of Capacity Building, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Nov-Dec 2003)

Designed five-year communications strategy for ICTAD Project

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Sole Proprietor, Lee & Froseth Communications, Harrisburg, PA (1988-2003)

Counseled on, designed and implemented strategic communications programs for statewide and local educational, health care, human service, community development, workforce development, arts and professional organizations.

Staff

Communications Manager, USAID Agribusiness & Trade Promotion (ATP)) and Expanded Agribusiness & Trade Promotion (E-ATP) projects, Abt Associates (September 2010-September 2011) Accra, Ghana/Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Supervised two full-time employees. Managed communications function for US-funded projects that promote trade in eight West African countries in six value chains (maize, livestock/meat, onion/shallot, rice, poultry and millet/sorghum) and address physical and policy barriers to intra-regional trade. Responsible for all communications planning and product implementation, including media relations, newsletter, fact sheets, success stories, brochures, website, etc. Frequent regional travel; work in both English and French.

Development Outreach & Communications Officer, USAID/Rwanda (2006- 2007)

Kigali, Rwanda

Responsible for in-country public relations for both USAID and Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Worked with USAID Health, Rural Economic Development and Democracy and Governance teams, implementing partners, US Embassy Public Affairrs Officer, and Government of Rwanda representatives.

Director of Communications, Pennsylvania Easter Seal Society, Harrisburg, PA (1985-1987)

Developed marketing programs for statewide affiliates of organization serving needs of people with disabilities

Director of Marketing, The Pittsburgh Childrens Museum, Pittsburgh, PA (1983-85)

First person in this position for new, interactive childrens museum

Established and supervised all revenue-generating and promotional activities

Supervised staff of four

Media Coordinator, Presbyterian-University Hospital, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (1981-83)

Media spokesperson for internationally recognized teaching hospital and transplant center

Coordinated with international, national and local print and electronic media in coverage of cutting edge procedures

Researched, wrote and pitched media on feature stories

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Broadcast News

Anchor/Reporter/Producer

WITF-FM (National Public Radio), Harrisburg, PA

KPOL-AM/KZLA-FM, KFI-AM, KCET-TV (PBS), KNBC-TV, Los Angeles, CA

Broadcast news anchor, reporter, producer

Investigative & enterprise reporting:

Recipient Golden Mike (Radio Television News Directors Association) and

California Associated Press Radio & TV Award, Best Investigative Reporting

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION/ACCREDITATION:

Accredited in Public Relations (APR), Public Relations Society of America

Master of International Service (MIS), School of International Service,

American University, Washington, D.C. (2005) Thesis on U.S.-Sudan relations; internship with Search for Common Ground (international conflict transformation NGO), Institutional Learning & Research Division

B.A., Communications & Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley

Certificate, Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) Lado International College, Washington, D.C.

ADDITIONAL:

Founding Coordinator, Master of International Service Student & Alumni Organization, School of International Service, American University, Washington D.C.

Consultant, Southern Sudanese Voice for Freedom, Washington, D.C.

Organizational development for expatriate organization seeking to build civil sector capacity under new Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Southern Sudan

Judge, National Clarion Awards (2004 Television News Feature)

The Association for Women in Communications, July 2005

Instructor/Tutor, English as a Second Language

English House, Gaithersburg, MD; Private tutor

Trainer/Curriculum Designer

Designer/instructor of Creatrics, original life skills program based on improvisational theater techniques

Actor/Director

Various community theaters in Harrisburg, PA (10 years)

Recipient: Best Actress in a Play, Indiana Theater League

Freelance Writing

Travel, business and feature articles published in newspapers, magazines and online

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Travel : Austria, Australia, Bali, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Canada, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, England, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Hong Kong, Iraq (Kurdistan), Israel/Palestine, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Rwanda, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Zanzibar

Work samples and references available upon request.

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