The George Washington University

University of Oregon

Executive Director at DreamWakers

Reporting directly to Board of Directors, drive overall strategic vision and direction of edtech nonprofit organization focused on connecting K-12 students in under-resourced schools to career role models. Develop strategic partnerships with educational organizations, schools and school networks, government, and other organizations to expand programmatic impact and organizational sustainability. Develop and steward relationships with a wide range of corporate partners. Spearhead annual operational planning and budget development. Lead organizational fundraising from corporate, individual, and other private revenue sources. Design and implement systems for program evaluation, including creating M&E processes and systems, benchmarking, and analyzing and reporting on data. Maintain all regulatory compliance to maintain for U.S. 501(c)(3) status and ensure highest levels of nonprofit transparency. Recruit, manage, and retain an exceptionally performing and diverse team. Provide external representation and thought leadership in areas of career readiness, workforce development, job training, education equity, and post-secondary success.

DreamWakers

Executive Director

Served as Project Director for annual $3M+ State Department-funded mentorship and career development program for emerging women leaders in STEM from 22 countries. Created strategic and annual work plans and ensured timely and high-quality achievement of all project deliverables. Oversaw delivery of all domestic and international program activities throughout project life cycle, achieving 98% participant satisfaction rate. Facilitated 20+ in-person and virtual workshops for participants from 22 countries each year. Developed and managed partnerships with 80+ leading technology and science companies across the U.S. Supported design and implementation of robust monitoring, evaluation, and learning plan to advance program outcomes and capture lessons learned and best practices. Maintained fiscal responsibility for all program activities, including forecasting and monitoring program budget, analyzing expenses, and assessing financial and program risk. Led annual competitive and non-competitive proposal and budget development processes to grow program. Provided thought leadership and external representation related to women’s leadership and career advancement, pursuing careers of passion and purpose, and fostering innovation.

Institute of International Education

Director, TechWomen

Led implementation of all program deliverables, including managing workflow of team for application and selection processes, mentorship matching and placement, event content development and management, operations and logistics, communications, and client reporting. Recruited and managed network of 700+ volunteer mentors and 420 program alumnae. Ensured high quality delivery of more than 25 annual events each year, including technical and soft skills workshops, pitch competitions, orientations, galas, and overseas delegation trips. Initiated and cultivated high-touch business relationships with new and existing private sector partners.

Program Manager, TechWomen

Supported expansion and diversification of international development portfolio by managing full business development life cycle. Led identification, tracking, and assessment of bi- and multi-lateral and local funding opportunities focused on workforce training, organizational development, and civil society capacity building. Coordinated development and implementation of action plans to complete full spectrum of proposal development activities, including recruitment, partnerships, technical proposal design, and budget development. Supervised all consultants and coordinated staff workflow. Drafted project monitoring and evaluation plans, work plans, and staffing/management plans. Provided proactive, timely, and ongoing support to international teams throughout opportunity life cycle, and extensive project start-up support for awards. Achieved 100% FY14 win rate and signed $89 million in new awards, representing 215% growth over FY13.

Program Development Specialist

Responsible for developing and monitoring action plans and budgets to pursue multilateral and US government (USG) funding opportunities within several technical and geographic portfolios. Served as business development liaison for USG opportunities with regional and country offices, working closely with 25+ program countries globally. Led in-country partnership engagement, recruitment, and technical design activities, working closely with local civil society organizations. Developed and executed plans to compete for all relevant funding opportunities, including oversight of pre‐solicitation/pre‐proposal activities, recruitment, teaming, technical proposal writing, cost proposal/budget development, and management and supervision of all involved staff, including consultants. Developed and implemented field office training on USG and multilateral fundraising processes and provided in-country and remote technical assistance to country offices related to proposal development efforts. Supported the development of organizational policies for competitive bidding and annual strategic plans. Contributed to development of cloud-based portfolio management systems to track all strategic business opportunities. Contributed to external and internal (federation) representation.

Plan International

Business Development Manager

Provided general backstopping and technical assistance to global projects and served as technical assistant to public health, HIV/AIDS, disaster risk management, and education advisors. Prepared published case studies and provided technical assistance to Foundations, Corporate Relations, and Multilateral Fundraising Departments. Contributed to proposal development, including for USG bids. Researched, co‐authored, and introduced a global sanitation scale-up strategy for presentation to the Gates Foundation (resulting in award of $8M, multi-country grant). Regularly represented Plan in public health and WASH events, such as presenting at conferences and developing congressional briefings. Served as founding team member of Multilateral Funding Unit and supported home office program management of Global Fund programs, including multiple $20M+ awards in West Africa. Supported start‐up for multilateral grants, such  as  Global  Sanitation  Fund  and Global Fund projects,  and  developed implementation plans for delivery of donor‐required documentation and planning. Provided training to field colleagues work plan development and sub-recipient monitoring.

Program Associate, Health

Operated as archivist for Service Availability Mapping (SAM) data at the country level, compiling and  cleaning microdata, creating metadata, translating and aligning facility‐ and district‐ level questionnaires, data sets, and country reports, and maintaining an online repository. Supported the maintenance of geographical information systems (GIS) and public health mapping curriculum for data managers. Supported the development of facility and district questionnaires, interview manuals, and key indicators in SAM health facility assessments.

Jillian Scott