PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Worldwatch Institute, Washington, DC
Senior Fellow
8/03-present
Write articles, answer press and research queries and help to raise profile of the Institute, an environmental and social policy research center, in the areas of international development, gender, population and biodiversity.

School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Co-Director, Human Rights Concentration and Adjunct Lecturer
8/03-5/04
Develop and implement programs for about 70 students earning master’s in international affairs degrees with a human rights focus, including speaker series, panels and seminars on rights topics (including environment, gender, food policy, extractive industries and trade), a film series, professional development events and related activities. Also provide student advising on course selection and internships and jobs. In Fall ’03, taught a 7-week Human Rights Practicum on globalization and rights; in Spring ’04, teaching a new, 14-week (full semester) course in rights advocacy and skills created in partnership with students and the SIPA administration.

Consultant in International Development
Policy and Strategic Analysis, Project Management, Research, Writing and Editing
6/97-present
Areas of focus: environment and development; gender and development; biodiversity conservation; population dynamics; reproductive health and rights; economic and social development; rights and development; U.S. foreign policy and development assistance; and the impacts of globalization:

• Conceptualized and co-authored chapter for the Worldwatch Institute’s State of the World 2003 on the links between population issues, gender relations, and biodiversity conservation. Participated in media outreach and served as media spokesperson; crafted articles and opinion pieces based on the chapter.


• Provide advice on population and gender to the World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Center for Conservation Innovation. Led team for programmatic review of WWF investments in the areas of population and gender; visited four field offices in Africa, Asia and Latin America; lead writer for final report and public presentation of results. Collaborated on a series of publications (popular and technical) for field and headquarters staff and participated, as presenter and moderator, in workshops and technical consultations on conservation, population dynamics and gender.


• Wrote chapters and sections, and provided overall editorial input, for the UN Population Fund’s annual publication, State of World’s Population, including the 2001 edition on population and environment.


• Developed, managed and led Ford Foundation–initiated review of current human rights training programs for representatives of indigenous populations. Traveled to Greenland, Switzerland and Scandinavia to assess programs and interview experts. Assessed the state of current programs, wrote program profiles and provided recommendations for future action in final report. Managed production and dissemination, including at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.


• Researched and co-wrote an analysis of the World Bank Group’s Multilateral Insurance Guarantee Agency (MIGA) for Friends of the Earth; collaborated with INFORM, Inc. on an essay for UNESCO’s Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems on education for sustainable development; provided editorial input for re-launch of Sierra Club’s newsletter, “Population Report,” and wrote a series of policy and advocacy documents on reproductive health and safe motherhood for Family Care International and a field-based programming guide for UNICEF.


• Also completed projects for the Ms. Foundation for Women, Save the Children, the UN Development Fund for Women), and A Women’s Lens on Global Issues—a project of the Aspen Institute.

International Women’s Health Coalition, New York, NY
Program Officer
4/95-5/97
Managed and developed public policy and public affairs program, with responsibilities for policy analysis and advocacy, constituency development, writing and production of publications, and launch of Website for international organization working to advance women’s reproductive health and rights in developing countries:

• Wrote, edited, and researched policy papers, technical reports, and public education materials, and managed media relations, press campaigns, and publication production and dissemination.


• Worked closely with in-country and global program staff and developing country colleagues on advocacy, analysis, and public education efforts. Programmed budget of $150,000; supervised assistant, consultants, and interns.

Special Assistant
1/94-4/95
Initiated and managed public policy and global advocacy initiatives, including policy analysis and advocacy, research, writing and outreach, and coalition building initiatives.

Mason Program, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Teaching assistant and student advisor
Summer 1993
Worked with Mason fellows (mid-career developing country professionals studying for a year at Harvard).

Government of Kenya, Ministry of Planning and National Development
Consultant
9/92-4/93
Developed a conservation and development policy for group ranches surrounding the Maasai Mara National Reserve. Policy analysis and recommendations contained in co-authored Kennedy School of Government thesis, “Wildebeests and Wheat: Crafting a Land Policy in Kenya’s Maasailand.” Nominated for Kennedy School thesis prize.

Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, Arlington, VA
Research Associate—India
Summer, 1992
Documented and evaluated three community-based development projects piloted by NGOs in western and southern India (in the areas of sustainable development and local ecosystem management, women’s and children’s health care and rights, and education for poor children) for non-profit foundation that grants fellowships to social entrepreneurs in developing countries. Also assessed strengths and weaknesses of fellowship program in India.

Children’s Express Foundation, New York, NY
Program and Development Associate
1990-1991
Managed program and fundraising operations for non-profit news service that runs youth journalism programs and seeks to raise awareness of children’s needs and rights. Coordinated development and management of international reporting projects, a school-based journalism curriculum, new news bureaus, and publications. Wrote grant and program reports and administered state, city, and foundation grants.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL AND VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCES
Harvard Family Research Project, Cambridge, MA: Researcher/writer on U.S. social policy issues (1/92-6/93).
Street News, New York, NY: Managing Editor for newspaper sold by homeless people (1989-1990).
Gannett Newspapers, White Plains, NY: Reporter for daily newspaper group (1988).

Media appearances: CNN International (“Your World Today”), Washington Post’s Live Online (www.washingtonpost.com), WMNF Radio (Tampa, Fla.), Wisdom Radio (national), CJSR Radio (Edmonton, Canada), Pacifica Radio (national, “Explorations in Science” with Michio Kaku), WBAI (New York).
Writing or comment has appeared in The International Herald Tribune, TomPaine.com, Environmental News Network, Environment News Service, Guerrilla News Network, and MPA (Marine Protected Areas) News. Presentations at Columbia University, Tufts University and various forums.

EDUCATION
John K. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Master of Public Policy, 1993. Concentration in International Development.
Columbia College, Columbia University, New York, NY
Bachelor of Arts, cum laude in English, 1987.
Oxford University, Oxford, England
English literature and political science, 1985-86.

PUBLICATIONS
Environment and Development; Population and Gender
____with Danielle Nierenberg, “A Clear Connection: Empowering Women Results in Smaller Populations That Protect Biodiversity,” E Magazine, May/June 2003; reprinted by Environmental News Network, July 16, 2003.

____with Danielle Nierenberg, “Beyond the War: Combating Global Poverty and Disease,” TomPaine.com, April 18, 2003.

____with Danielle Nierenberg, “Ballooning Populations and Shrinking Biodiversity,” (chapter excerpt), TomPaine.com, January 27, 2003.

____with Danielle Nierenberg, “Women as the key to a shift in priorities,” The International Herald Tribune, February 1, 2003.

____with Danielle Nierenberg, “Linking Population, Women and Biodiversity,” State of the World 2003. The Worldwatch Institute. New York: W.W. Norton, 2003; translated and published in a number of languages in countries around the world.

____with Judy Braus, et al., Living in Balance: Population, Consumption, and the Planet. Washington, DC: Education Department, World Wildlife Fund, 2002.

____with Bronwen Golder, Conservation on a Crowded Planet: A Population Sourcebook for Conservation Practitioners. Conservation Strategies Unit, Center for Conservation Innovation, World Wildlife Fund, 2002.

_____with Bronwen Golder, “Population and Gender Dynamics in Coastal Conservation in East Africa,” Intercoast Network, Winter, 2002, Narranganset, RI: Coastal Resources Center, University of Rhode Island; reprinted in Women in Fisheries, November 2002.

____Disappearing Landscapes: The Population/Environment Connection. Washington, DC: Center for Conservation Innovation, World Wildlife Fund, 2001.

____with Bronwen Golder and Sheila O’Connor, Social Dimensions in a Biological World: Integrating Gender and Conservation in Priority Ecoregions. Washington, DC: Conservation Strategies Unit, Center for Conservation Innovation, World Wildlife Fund, 2001.

____with Joanna D. Underwood, “Education for Sustainable Development.” Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS). Paris: UNESCO, 2001.

____“Globalization and Its Discontents” and “The Dilemma of Development,” in The Way of Compassion: Survival Strategies for a World in Crisis (New York: Stealth Technologies, 1999; 2nd printing, 2000).

____UNIFEM Annual Report 1996. New York: UNIFEM, 1997.

Rights; Economic and Social Development Policy
____International Human Rights Training for Indigenous Peoples: A Review, Analysis, and Inventory of Programs. New York: The Ford Foundation, 2002.

____Social Movements and Grassroots Organizing. New York: Ms. Foundation for Women, 2000.
Contributing writer, Raising Our Future: Families, Schools and Communities Joining Together. Harvard Family Research Project. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1995.

____Reinventing Systems: Collaborations to Support Families. Harvard Family Research Project. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1994

Reproductive Health and Rights
_____with Ann Starrs, “Skilled Care During Childbirth Information Booklet: Saving Women’s Lives, Improving Newborn Health.” New York: Family Care International, 2002.

____Executive Summary, Confounding the Critics: Cairo, Five Years On. New York: HERA (Health, Empowerment, Rights & Accountability), 2000. Also published as Résumé analytique, Confondre les Critiques: le Caire, cinq ans plus tard and Resumen Ejecutivo, Desarmando la crítica: El Cairo, cinco anos después.

____Implementing the Safe Motherhood Action Agenda: A Resource Guide. New York: Family Care International, 2000.

____Sexual and Reproductive Health Briefing Cards. New York: Family Care International, 2000.

____Programming for Maternal Survival. New York: UNICEF, 1999.

____State of the World’s Mothers, 1999. Westport, CT: Save the Children, 1999.

____Meeting the Cairo Challenge, A Summary Report: Implementing the ICPD Program of Action. New York: Family Care International, 1999.

____Conference Report, Confounding the Critics: Cairo, Five Years On. New York: HERA (Health, Empowerment, Rights & Accountability), 1999.

____Safe Motherhood Fact Sheets. New York: Family Care International, 1997.

Foreign Policy
____A Women’s Lens, Defining an Agenda for Global Issues: A Symposium. New York: A Women’s Lens on Global Issues, 1999.

____Symposium Report: A Women’s Lens on Foreign Policy. New York: International Women’s Health Coalition, 1997.

____A Women’s Lens on Foreign Policy: Different Values, Different Views, New Policy? New York: International Women’s Health Coalition, 1997.

____with Joan Dunlop and Rachel Kyte. “Women Redrawing the Map: The World After the Beijing and Cairo Conferences.” SAIS Review, Winter, 1996. Washington, DC: Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.