Recent Assignments
INTRAC, London, UK: February 2024-ongoing
Working with INTRAC to review, validate, test and then pilot the Human Rights Impact Mapping Tool (HRIMT) — a self-administered organizational survey that I designed to assist individual human rights organizations to think about their work and impact in relation to what the larger community of organizations needs to do to achieve the long-view vision of fully rights-respecting states. www.intrac.org Stanley Center for Peace and Security, Muscatine, Iowa: December 2023-November 2024 Facilitated a strategic planning process. Dangerous Speech Project, Washington, DC: June-December 2022 Evaluated the organization and facilitated a strategic planning process. Oak Foundation, London, UK: January-April 2022 Reviewed the efforts by four long-term lead partners to address key challenges facing the human rights movement (2018-2021). Physicians for Human Rights, New York, NY: June-November 2021 Facilitated a process to identify two new thematic program areas that address emerging issues and potentially engage a new generation of health professionals in human rights. Spring Strategies, Toronto, Canada: October 2020-August 2021 Supported the development of an evaluation framework for the Financial Innovation and Resilience (FIRE) program, and assessed the FIRE experience of four Ford Foundation BUILD cohorts – Brazil, Indonesia, MENA and Southern Africa. Open Society Foundations, Amman, Jordan: November 2020-February 2021 Provided a donor mapping and analysis of international and regional philanthropy for civil society in MENA. Integrity Action, London, UK: July 2020 Facilitated the development of a theory of change for the UKAid Monitoring Initiative – a new cutting-edge program by a consortium of four organizations in the UK. Oak Foundation, London, UK: July 2020 Provided external review of grantee. U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC: March-June 2020 Evaluated the Early Warning Project – a joint project of the Museum's Center for the Prevention of Genocide and Dartmouth College. Anonymous private foundation, Washington, DC: October 2019-January 2020 Reviewed grantees, impact and opportunities in the field of dangerous speech. |
Evaluations and M&ESpring Strategies, Toronto, Canada: October 2020-August 2021
Supported the development of an evaluation framework for the Financial Innovation and Resilience (FIRE) program, and assessed the FIRE experience of four Ford Foundation BUILD cohorts – Brazil, Indonesia, MENA and Southern Africa. U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC: March-June 2020 Evaluated the Early Warning Project – a joint project of the Museum's Center for the Prevention of Genocide and Dartmouth College. Anonymous private foundation, Washington, DC: October 2019-January 2020 Reviewed grantees, impact and opportunities in the field of dangerous speech. Open Society Foundations (OSF), London, UK: February-May 2019 Conducted organizational assessment of a regional network for early childhood development. Anonymous private foundation, Washington, DC: October 2018-February 2019 Reviewed the model and impact of a grantee in the field of atrocity prevention. Impact Assessment Workshop, London, UK: May 2018 Designed and conducted workshop on impact assessment for three organizations. (See Samples for agenda) Oak Foundation, London, UK: April-May 2018 Provided external review of four grant applications for “anchor” human rights organizations. Oak Foundation, London, UK: February-May 2017 Heading a team of three consultants in Brazil, India and South Africa, evaluated the internationalization strategy of a leading human rights organization and Oak Foundation grantee. Anonymous private foundation, Washington, DC: March-May 2016 Reviewed current theory and practice in evaluations of coalitions and networks, assessing range of applicability, gaps and ease of use, and recommended optimal approaches. Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), New York, NY: July-August 2015 Enhanced capacity of the newly formed Monitoring and Evaluation Task Force. The El-Hibri Foundation, Washington, DC: October-December 2014 Introduced M&E for each of the foundation’s individual programs and for the institution as a whole. National Association for Vocational Training and Social Services (NAVTSS), Beirut, Lebanon: April-May 2014 Advised on appropriate Monitoring and Evaluation for programs. Arab Digital Expression Foundation, Cairo, Egypt: February 2014 Designed plan for a comprehensive evaluation of the organization, and drafted a grant proposal for Monitoring and Evaluation funding. Open Society Foundations (OSF), New York, NY: July 2012-July 2013 Evaluated an innovative funding stream devoted to supporting transitions in the Arab region. Mertz Gilmore Foundation, New York, NY: January-December 2006 Designed and oversaw a multi-year evaluation project that partnered grantees with researchers to assess the viability of the human rights framework for achieving social justice objectives in the U.S. |
Strategic Planning and ProgrammingPhysicians for Human Rights, New York, NY: June-November 2021
Facilitated a process to identify two new thematic program areas that address emerging issues and potentially engage a new generation of health professionals in human rights. Integrity Action, London, UK: July 2020 Facilitated the development of a theory of change for the UKAid Monitoring Initiative – a new cutting-edge initiative by a consortium of four organizations in the UK. Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), New York, NY: March-August 2015 Led a team of three consultants in conducting a strategic planning process that produced a three-year plan (2016-2018) that included a digital strategy. Open Society Foundations (OSF), Amman, Jordan: May and August-November 2013 Provided strategic planning support to the Arab Regional Office as it developed a four-year strategy for work in the Middle East and North Africa as part of OSF’s global strategic review and restructuring. Center for Victims of Torture (CVT), Minneapolis, MN: December 2011-June 2012 Developed with staff five-year strategic and operational plans (2012-2016) for the New Tactics in Human Rights project. Human Rights First (HRF), New York, NY: January-March 2010 Developed a three-year strategic plan (2010-2013) for the Human Rights Defenders Program, following an assessment of the 30-year old program. |
Non-profit Management and Organizational DevelopmentInternational Coalition of Sites of Conscience (ICSC), New York, NY: June 2017
Provided external review and recommendations on fundraising strategy and products. Ford Foundation, New York, NY: April 2017 - present Conducting organizational development assessments for BUILD (Building Assets to Reduce Poverty and Injustice) grantees. Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), New York, NY: June-July 2016 Provided planning support for 2017. International Budget Partnership (IBP), Washington, DC: March-May 2016 Provided resource mobilization support to IBP partner, Parliamentary Initiatives Network—a Nairobi-based network of 18 Kenyan civil society organizations. Common Space Initiative, Syria, Beirut, Lebanon: September-November 2015 Provided organizational building guidance and mentoring, and drafted a strategic plan for a new initiative. Human Rights Center, University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, MN: May-June 2014 Evaluated Center programs and advised on leadership transition. People’s Movement for Human Rights Learning (PDHRE), New York, NY: August 2014 Reviewed appropriate leadership and organizational models and made recommendations, including for engagement of stakeholders in the transition. Arab Human Rights Fund, Beirut, Lebanon: January-September 2011 Under the title of interim Executive Director overhauled the administrative, grantmaking, communication, financial and fundraising systems, and secured over $2.7 million in grants. |
PhilanthropyOpen Society Foundations, Amman, Jordan: November 2020 - February 2021
Provided a donor mapping and analysis of international and regional philanthropy for civil society in MENA. Oak Foundation, London, UK: July 2020 Provided external review of grantee. Oak Foundation, London, UK: May 2018 Provided external review of grant applications for four "anchor" human rights organizations. Oak Foundation, London, UK: June 2018, July 2017, January 2014, June 2010 Provided external review of human rights grant applications. Open Society Foundations New York, NY: October 2017-January 2018 Researched the experience and views of Middle East, North Africa and Southwest Asia Program grantees on the institutional and programmatic changes introduced in 2014 to inform 2018 planning and strategy development. Global Fund for Community Foundations (GFCF), Johannesburg, South Africa: July-October 2016 Researched community philanthropy as an option for efforts to advance human rights in challenging environments around the world. Open Society Foundations (OSF), New York, NY: July 2012-July 2013 Surveyed, evaluated and advised grantees engaged in grantmaking in Tunisia, Egypt, and Lebanon. Arab Human Rights Fund, Beirut, Lebanon: January-September 2011 Overhauled the grantmaking program. Mertz Gilmore Foundation, New York, NY: January-December 2006 Oversaw the US Human Rights Program as a consultant (following relocation to Washington, DC). Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, New York, NY: October 2001 Designed human rights funding strategy in a post-September 11 environment. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, New York, NY: April 2001 Developed a proposal for an Islamic funding entity. |
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