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Location:
Falls Church, VA, 22046
Posted:
October 31, 2011

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**** - ******* **** *'Entreprise, SOUPERB

Created a successful boutique terroir cuisine business in Haute Savoie France. Developed the website "The Adaptable Friend" and posted weekly blogs on local history, life and food read by over 200 subscribers in 5 countries.

I am currently collecting primary and secondary research for a book on the intersection between history, culture and food in this region of France.

Featured on Switzerland's national English language radio station on the preparation of locally sourced food.

2007-09 Full Time Mom

Duties included but were not limited to: motivational speaker, conflict negotiator, dietitian, fashion consultant, driver, chief adviser on the male species and mating rituals, chef, nurse, summer employment coordinator.

2005-07 Creator/Managing Director, I KNOW! I CAN!

Launched Uganda's first national, creative magazine for children, reaching nearly 500,000 children in urban and semi urban centers and refugee facilities. Wrote articles, detective adventures and managed the production process.

Co-conceptualized and prepared for production, a series of staged readers for local primary schools.

2003-05 Educational Consultant, Kampala Uganda

Planned and coordinated a series of educational programs for children that used creative and interactive activities to explain the science and history behind everyday things.

2000-02 Creator and Managing Director, Ballet Petite, Zambia

Launched a creative dance program for 3-6 year olds integrating music, literature, drama and dance. Handed the business over as a going concern.

Creator and Managing Director, The Birthday Bus, Zambia

Launched an innovative and interactive birthday event business catering to inquisitive 3-10 year olds.

1996-00 Full Time Mom

Duties included but were not limited to: domestic engineer, nurse, chef (sweet and savory), tricycle/bicycle riding instructor, personal hygiene facilitator, etiquette trainer, surrogate Dad, mediator, social secretary, safe haven.

1996-7 Consultant, John Snow Incorporated, USA

Analysed data from a four year project and prepared a publication ready paper on low income women's access to health services through the private sector in four developing countries.

1993-95 Program Manager, Research and Evaluation, John Snow Incorporated

Managed the research component of a private health care project in 4 developing countries. Managed the documentation of programs supported. Wrote and/or edited case studies on innovative health service providers. Wrote numerous reports on women's access to private health service.

1993 Consultant, CUSO, East, Central and Southern Africa

Facilitated a strategic planning exercise for this Canadian NGO and developed an appropriate management model for regional implementation.

1991-92 Consultant, UNICEF Nigeria

Designed and coordinated a country-wide survey of women's basic education needs in Nigeria. Prepared a final report of the findings. Prepared documentation and implementation plans for a rural credit program in northern Nigeria

1991 Research Assistant, The Institute for International Programs, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Assisted in the preparation of a book on Jamkhed, and innovative, integrated health program in rural India. Lectured at JHU and SAIS on the impact of women's access to income on female literacy, community development and empowerment.

1988-91 Project Officer, Ghana Women in Development Project, CUSO Canada

Managed the implementation of this bilateral economic development project. Prepared numerous documents and briefs on the implementation and impact of the project. Assisted in the conceptualization and creation of a video documentary on the impact of women's access to credit on community prosperity.

1985-88 Country Director, Nigeria and Ghana, CUSO Canada

Managed country offices and development programs in education, sustainable agriculture, women, health and community development. Coauthored development and management plans, evaluation reports and prepared numerous successful fundraising documents to finance development projects in these two countries.

1982-85 Teacher, Nigeria and Canada

Teacher of English Language and English as a Foreign Language. Developed a low tech appropriate curriculum for village-based schools in Nigeria. Special Education teacher for both adults and children in Ontario, Canada. Designed a series of creative learning tools for adults living in semi-independent residences.

Numerous papers written and public presentations made.

Education: 1993 Masters in Public Administration, Harvard University, USA

1980 Bachelor of Education, Queen's University, Canada

1979 Bachelor of Arts, (English Literature and Anthropology), Trent University, Canada

A full resume is available on request.



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