Maryam High School

Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

Middlebury College

Brooks School

Founder  -  REESHA

Austin, Texas, United States

REESHA International

Founder & CEO  -  REESHA

Bee the Change is a nonprofit creating pollinator habitat in solar fields and other spaces

Bee the Change

Board Member

- Overseeing and reviewing all grants application from local organization
- Managing and allocating grant-money to the selected local organizations that contributes to positive changes

Carmel Valley Women’s Club

Member of the Allocation Committee

- Collaborating with key local stakeholders, partners and beneficiaries
- Serving as the chair of Environmental Committee as well as in the Youth Education Committee
- Leading the Young Professional Program at UNA

United Nations Association – Monterey Bay Chapter (UNA – MB)

Board Of Directors

- Managed surveys and wrote evaluations to assess 11 instructors and 39 participants
- Facilitated class sessions and group work and provided feedback
- Coordinated three-week certificate program focused on social enterprise, impact investment, and entrepreneurship

Graduate Teacher’s Assistant - Frontier Market Scouts Program (FMS)

- Managing grant and donor research and applications; managing donor relationship database
- Identifying new fund opportunities and data management
- Support communications and application process for 2017 Marine Plastic Innovation Challenge produced in partnership with the UN Environment and 841 university members of GUPES network
- Developed a centralized database for the organization to manage all the investors and innovators

Think Beyond Plastic™

Grants and Fund Development of Innovation Programs

- Designed and implemented a comprehensive recycling program to be adopted by School of Leadership in Afghanistan (SOLA) which focuses on Recycle/Reuse/Repair
- Designed and taught daily workshops on climate change and sustainability for 45 SOLA students
- Facilitated and implemented solar lantern workshop for 45 SOLA students
- Tutored SOLA students in science, English and local history

Environmental Consultant/Intern for Ambassador Corps at SOLA

- Coordinated three-week certificate program focused on international development project management
- Designed and led three exploratory field trips to local social change organizations

Graduate Teaching Assistant for Design, Partnering, Management, and Innovation (DPMI)

- Collaborated with CSIL team on event planning, logistics, and communication, and assisted with the Ambassador Corps program
- Managed and organized logistics and resources for CSIL advisory boards

Collaboration Coordinator at Center for Social Impact Learning (CSIL)

- Organized Friday Speakers Series, researched speakers’ backgrounds, filmed and recorded talks
- Promoted events through social media and posters

Center for Social Entrepreneurship Middlebury College

Operations Intern

- Conducted background research on potential speakers to present at this intensive summer entrepreneurial and leadership program.

Marjeela Basij-Rasikh