Education
DrPH, Gillings School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 2015. Dissertation: Addressing the identified sociopolitical barriers to scaling-up a national nutrition response in Cambodia
MPH, School of Public Health, Department of Population Planning and International Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 1995. Focus of studies: maternal and child health, family planning, reproductive health
MS, School of Natural Resources and Environment, Natural Resource Policy and Behavior Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 1995. Focus of studies: human behavior change
BA, Cultural Anthropology, concentration in Gender Studies, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota. 1988.
Country Experience
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Cambodia, Colombia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya, Lao PDR, Malawi, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Panama, Philippines, Tanzania, Vietnam and United States
Languages
English (native) and Spanish (fluent)
Professional Experience
2017 – Present: Technical Director, Health, Population & Nutrition, FHI 360, Bangkok, Thailand
2016 – 2017: Chief of Party, USAID Nurture, Save the Children, Lao PDR
2012 – 2016: Associate Director, FHI 360, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2010 – 2012: Regional HIV/AIDS Specialist, UNICEF Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, Panama City, Panama
2008 – 2010: Technical Advisor, FHI 360, Gaborone, Botswana
2007 – 2008: Sr. Technical Advisor/Deputy Country Representative, Pact, Hanoi, Vietnam
2005 – 2007: Sr. Technical Director Health, HIV/AIDS, and Education, Save the Children, Hanoi, Vietnam
1999 – 2005: Adolescent & Youth Health Advisor, Save the Children, Westport, Connecticut (1999- 2003); Hanoi, Vietnam (2003-2005)