PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE More than 10 years of experience in developmental editing, line editing, copyediting, consulting, technical backstopping, management, and logistics throughout Africa focusing on monitoring and evaluation, food security, capacity building, and land tenure.

FOCUS TOPICS
  • Food security (project design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation)
  • Monitoring and evaluation (M&E plans, pre-evaluation planning, performance monitoring plans, indicator performance tracking tables, gender issues in M&E, training module development)
  • Capacity building (M&E)
  • Project and program designs
  • Land tenure and involuntary resettlement issues related to new lands settlement
  • Gender (agriculture, health and nutrition, post-conflict reconstruction and resettlement)
  • Environmental and social assessments
  • Post-conflict reconstruction and development

LANGUAGES

French (2 years’ training), Spanish (basic speaking)
My language ability is insufficient to do research, but with my experience I am able to backstop in both languages.
CITIZENSHIPUSA

EDUCATION

M.Ed., Elementary Education, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL USA

B.A., Political Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL USA

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

ME&A
USAID/Tanzania Youth Assessment Report (Tanzania)

August 2020

Copyediting and formatting using USAID and client-specific style guidelines.

ME&A
USAID/Tanzania Draft Annual Work Plan FY 2021 (Tanzania)

August 2020

Copyediting and formatting using USAID and client-specific style guidelines.

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Technical Support Services (METSS II) Project
University of Cape Coast (UCC) Fisheries and Coastal Management Capacity Building Support Project Final Evaluation (Ghana)

October 2019-April 2020

Co-led the design and execution fo the final evaluation. Developed, oversaw the execution of, and analyzed a series of five questionnaires for more than 300 project stakeholders. Completed developmental edit, line edit, copyedit, and formatting of report for 508 and USAID compliance.

Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA)
Resilience in the Sahel II (RISE II) Markets and Nutrition Activity (FUNDED) (Burkina Faso)

June-October 2019

Managed the incorporation of consultants’ and project development officer’s comments, new ideas, and changes throughout the developmental editing, line editing, and copyediting of numerous drafts for Burkina Faso markets and nutrition activity proposals for USAID’s RISE II project.

USAID/WEST AFRICA
Analytical Support Services and Evaluations for Sustainable Systems (ASSESS) Project (Ghana)

May 2019-December 2019

Line editing and copyediting using USAID-specific style guidelines for multiple program evaluations overseen by ASSESS.

USAID/WEST AFRICA ASSESS Project
Final Report: Midterm Evaluation of the AFRICAP Program and Final Evaluation of the Capacity-Building Portion of the WA-WASH Program (Ghana)

April 2019

Line editing and copyediting using USAID-specific style guidelines.

Associated Consultants for Sustainable Development
Land Tenure Restudy (Burkina Faso)

January 2019-current

Book proposal development, management of the organization and development of chapters, organization of data collection and storage, as well as developmental editing, line editing, and copyediting for a long-term restudy of planned resettlement.

METSS II Project
(Ghana)

October 2018-current

Line editing and copyediting using 508 and USAID-specific style guidelines for multiple program evaluations and reports overseenby METSS II.

University of Florida Institute for Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Global for USAID Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Technical Support Services (METSS II) Project (Ghana)

January 2017-February 2019

Capacity building support for routine monitoring and evaluation (M&E), including development of USAID style-specific report templates, data-input practices, and developmental editing, line editing, and copyediting for quarterly project reports.

Management Systems International (MSI)
Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel—Accelerated Growth (REGIS-AG) (Burkina Faso and Niger)

June-August 2018

Developmental, line editing, and copyediting of mid-term evalutation report.

ME&A Program Evaluation for Effectiveness and Learning (PEEL) Project for USAID/Bureau of Food Security (BFS)
Mid-Term Performance Evaluation of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy (FSP IL) (Myanmar and Tanzania)

December 2016-October 2017

Interview organization and database set up for over 70 in-person interviews of 260 stakeholders and an online survey answered by 47 additional stakeholders. Developmental and line editing of the concept paper, protocol, and evaluation documents.

UF/IFAS Global for USAID FAS
Performance Management and Monitoring Plan (PMMP) Development and Capacity Building (Ghana)

June-September 2016

Developmental and line editing of PMMP, including development of results framework, indicators, data collection and database development, communication and reporting, and operational plan.

Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) Publication Series

December 2015-September 2016

Technical Assistance to Non-Governmental Organizations (TANGO) International for USAID/Food for Peace (FFP)
Emergency Food Security Program (EFSP) M&E Learning Event (Burkina Faso)

March 2016

TANGO International for USAID/FFP
M&E Plan Workshop (Burundi)

Workshop preparation, line editing, copyediting and formatting of report.

April-May 2015

TANGO International for USAID/FFP
M&E Plan Workshop (Malawi)

Workshop preparation, line editing, copyediting and formatting of report.

February-March 2015

TANGO International for USAID/FFP
M&E Plan Workshop (Madagascar)

Workshop preparation, line editing, copyediting and formatting of report.

January-March 2015

CRS for USAID/FFP
Preventing Malnutrition in Children Under 2 Approach (PM2A) (Burundi)

Developmental editing, line editing, copyediting, and formatting of report.

August-October 2014

Iowa State University, College of Agriculture, Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods
Butler, L. M., & McMillan, D. E. Tapping Philanthropy for Development: Lessons Learned from a Public-Private Partnership in Rural Uganda. (Uganda) Boulder: Kumarian Press, 2015.

Book proposal development, management of the organization and development of chapters, as well as developmental editing, line editing, and copyediting.

July 2012-August 2014

CRS for USAID/FFP
Report of the Final Qualitative Evaluation of the Consortium for Food Security in Mali (CFSM) “Nema” Program (Mali)

Developmental editing, line editing, copyediting, and formatting of report.

November-December 2013

International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc. (IBTCI)
Sahel Resistance Learning (SAREL) Project Proposal (Niger and Burkina Faso)

Line editing and copyediting of proposal.

September 2013

Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)
M&E and Gender Integration Plan (GIP) (Burkina Faso)

November 2009-December 2012

Iowa State University, College of Agriculture/Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods
M&E and Reporting Workshop (Uganda)

August-November 2012

Africare for USAID/FFP
Workshop and Strategy Development (Niger)

June-July 2012

The Mitchell Group for USAID
Managing for Results and Evaluation Workshop (Uganda)

April 2012

Social Impact for MCC
Gender Issues Training Module (Worldwide)

November 2011

Africare for USAID/FFP
Food Security Needs Assessment and Proposals (Burkina Faso)

February-June 2011

International Relief and Development (IRD) for USAID
Non Lethal Counter-Insurgency Program—Community Stabilization Project [CSP] Final Report (Iraq)

June 2009-March 2010

OIC International for USAID
Food and Livelihood Security in Pita and Telimele (FLSPT) Project (Guinea)

May-August 2009