International Development Professional and Nonprofit Leader

Jack Hawkins

International Development Professional and Nonprofit Leader

Address *** **** ******* ******, **********, VA, 22301 Phone 703-***-****

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Committed professional with significant experience in the public and private sectors. Proven leadership of high-profile presidential initiatives, special federal agency projects, and public-private partnerships. Demonstrated effectiveness managing interagency processes and achieving executive branch policy goals and objectives. Public sector experience includes White House service and a decade with the US Agency for International Development (USAID). Senior private sector positions held in financial services, management consulting, information and communications technology, and nonprofit leadership. Capabilities:

• Finding innovative solutions to international development challenges

• Building consensus among government, corporate, and nonprofit stakeholders

• Leading new initiatives and special projects for impact and results Experience

2017-12 – 2021-01 Senior Advisor

US Agency For International Development, Washington, DC Served key USAID role supporting organizational transformation, representing US government interests before international organizations, and leading or advising on new activities. Highlights:

• Coordinated establishment of the Local, Faith and Transformative Partnerships Hub (LFT Hub) within USAID's new Development, Democracy and Innovation Bureau (DDI). Convened leaders of offices from multiple bureaus and built consensus for the design and function of the new LFT Hub

• Represented USAID and the US government on the board of the Global Innovation Fund (GIF), a London, UK-based impact investing fund created by official donor agencies and philanthropies to help the world's poor. Encouraged deeper USAID-GIF ties and strengthened USAID’s relationships with other official donors

• Managed USAID's Volunteers for International Security and Prosperity Annual Program Statement

(VISP APS), a procurement mechanism for involving skilled professionals as volunteers in international development. Led process to award a consortium of companies for volunteer-led project designed to advance USAID development objectives in the energy sector

• Co-chaired development and introduction of USAID's Employment Framework, a new resource enabling USAID staff and development partners to take a consistent approach to employment growth and promotion in developing countries

• Contributed to initial drafting of USAID's Private Sector Engagement Policy (PSE), a new strategy for engaging the private sector in development and humanitarian assistance

• Served on USAID's COVID-19 Task Force to facilitate donation of US-made ventilators to multiple recipient countries

2015-06 - 2017-11 Senior Director of Volunteer Programs ACDI/VOCA, Washington, DC

Directed leading international development nonprofit's volunteer service-related activities, including implementation of USAID’s Farmer-to-Farmer program in two regions (West Africa and Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia) and a multinational company’s employee volunteer program resulting in the combined mobilization of nearly 300 skilled volunteers annually. Highlights:

• Managed staff, program budget, and grants

• Created a new skills-based international volunteer initiative with a prominent professional society

• Advised a federal agency on improving its short-term, skills-based international volunteering program

• Led consortium of peer organizations on congressional outreach and advocacy efforts 2010-01 - 2015-06 Senior Consultant

Subcontractor, Washington, DC

Engaged by federal contracting firms to lead special USAID projects. Highlights:

• Evaluated humanitarian agencies and multilateral development banks for USAID's Office of General Counsel (GC)

• Coordinated the US government's response to the 2011 OECD/DAC Peer Review for USAID's Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning (PPL)

• Managed relationships with European embassies for USAID's Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning

(PPL)

2009-02 - 2010-01 Principal

International Volunteer Ventures, LLC, Alexandria, VA Founded consulting firm to advise nonprofits, associations and companies on building or strengthening global volunteer programs, public-private partnerships, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts. Highlights:

• Worked with executive branch officials, congressional staff, and volunteer service community leaders to enact Volunteers for Prosperity into law under the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act of 2009

• Represented an international health nonprofit before US government and multilateral agencies

• Advised a faith-based organization on partnering with USAID 2003-12 - 2009-01 Director, Officer of Volunteers for Prosperity US Agency For International Development, Washington, DC Served as founding director of Volunteers for Prosperity (VFP), an interagency White House national service initiative promoting international volunteering by skilled American professionals. Highlights:

• Detailed to the White House to lead VFP’s implementation

• Directed recruitment of 300 leading US nonprofits and companies as initiative partners

• Facilitated mobilization of 120,000 American doctors, engineers, teachers, business professionals and others as volunteers abroad

• Created the Volunteers for Prosperity Service Incentive Fund (VFPServ), a public-private partnership that helped more than 100 American professionals meet volunteer assignment costs 2002-04 - 2003-12 External Advisor, Global Development Alliance US Agency For International Development, Washington, DC Introduced businesses and nonprofits to USAID's new program for building public-private partnerships, the Global Development Alliance (GDA). Highlights:

• Established GDA’s first partnerships in information and communications technology, financial services, and healthcare

• Trained USAID staff in Guatemala, Haiti, and Hungary to develop and manage public-private partnerships

2002-02 - 2002-04 Consultant to the Global Development Alliance Management Systems International, Inc., Washington, DC Advised on establishment of new program for building public-private partnerships. Highlight:

• Managed public launch of USAID's new Global Development Alliance program at the US Chamber of Commerce, an event bringing together White House officials, business executives, and nonprofit leaders

Additional Experience

• Director, Industry Marketing Initiatives, Gifts In Kind International, Alexandria, VA; (8/2001-2/2002) - Developed and managed partnerships with trade associations for the world's largest product philanthropy

• Director, Association Development, Internet Directories USA, Inc., Washington, DC; (6/2000-8/2001) - Managed CA-based company's Washington, DC office and established partnerships with professional societies and trade associations

• Independent Consultant, Alexandria, VA; (7/1997-6/2000) - Advised small businesses on federal procurement opportunities

• Vice President, Not-for-Profit and Association Banking Group, First National Bank of Maryland

(Baltimore, MD), Washington, DC; (11/1996-7/1997) - Managed commercial banking relationships with nonprofits and trade groups. Also served as Vice President of FMB Trust, the bank's trust affiliate

• Director/Vice President, First Advisory Services International, Inc., Washington, DC; (7/1995-11/1996) - Led Washington, DC office of First National Bank of Maryland's management consulting subsidiary. Directed business development with US government and multilateral development banks. Established partnerships with major consulting firms. Coordinated business development with consulting subsidiary of bank's parent company, Allied Irish Banks, PLC (Dublin, Ireland) Education

Bachelor of Arts: Political Science

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh, PA

Master of Public and International Affairs: International Affairs University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh, PA

Boards and Community Activities

Member, Board of Directors, Global Innovation Fund, London, United Kingdom; 2019 - 2020 Chair, Board of Directors, The Global Volunteer Partnership, Inc., Alexandria, VA; 2010 - Present Member, Board of Directors, Building Bridges Coalition, Minneapolis, MN; 2010 - 2017 Member, HOPE Global Board of Advisors, Operation HOPE, Inc., Los Angeles, CA; 2009 - 2014 Chair, Del Ray United Methodist Church, Alexandria, VA; 2006 - 2012 Volunteer, ALIVE! (Alexandrians InVolved Ecumenically), Alexandria, VA; 2005 - 2020 Awards and Honors

Superior Honor Group Award, US Agency for International Development; 2019 - Recognition for group co- chaired that produced USAID's first Employment Framework International Public Service Award, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh; 2012 - Recognition by alma mater for dedication to public service Superior Honor Group Award, US Agency for International Development; 2011 - Recognition for group led in connection with the 2011 OECD/DAC Peer Review

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