Biography

►Asian American, born in California, raised in Oregon, worked 20 years in Washington DC; have lived abroad the last 20 years in developing areas of the world, primarily Southeast Asia. Fluent in Bahasa Indonesian.

►PhD Univ of South Australia: International Grad. Program in Management; MBPA Southeastern Univ: Bus-Public Admin; MM, BM Juilliard School (Viola Performance); B.Sc., Portland State Univ: Psychology/Music.

►Specializations: NGO organizational effectiveness research; NGO/NPO institutional strengthening; management training; capacity-building; small business development; microenterprise and craft export programs; women in development

►Sample list of projects as Chief of Party; Team Leader; Project Director: a) ADB Philippine NGO Strengthening - Microlending; b) USAID Philippine Export Trade Initiative; c) AID-to-Artisans Indonesian Bamboo Craft training; d) AUSAID Bali Bamboo village training; e) USAID Guatemala Tourism training; f) IDRC India Rattan and Bamboo research, many more...

►Certifications; specialized training: Project management; Project monitoring-evaluation; Bamboo cultivation-utilization; Good manufacturing practices (GMP); USAID Professional managers training; two years in-situ field research on the organizational effectiveness of Indonesian grassroots NGOs.

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