EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER Accomplished Specialist in International Development with wide ranging expertise and detailed experience in strategic planning, organizational and financial management, program development, fund raising, and not-for-profit entrepreneurial initiatives.  Sixteen years of management experience in the creation and implementation of development programs for countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including Kenya, Liberia, Tanzania, and Uganda.  Exceptionally skilled at fostering highly successful international collaborations and formal partnerships, with a thorough sensitivity to cultural nuances in regard to development issues, business practices, political conditions, and social contexts.  Creative entrepreneur with the ability to identify and develop opportunities that result in long-term, sustainable initiatives.