Summary


Profile

Goal-oriented Managing Partner with multi-national experience in various aspects of international education. 

Successful in business management, team, skill and capacity building, and effective networking expansion. 

Great at cultivating a positive and professional reputation and a robust public perception for sustainable business growth. 




















Downloadable version of CV here.





ExperienceManaging Partner, House of Stole; 2019 — Present

- Creating positive data-driven decisions to improve business outcomes, through data analytics.

- Heading internal and external communications; youth engagement and improving social media engagement by 70% in three months.

- Creating internal working systems and tracking multiple working streams.

- Increasing client base by approximately 50% through winning a regional vendor bid and pioneering Ambassador Program.

- Creating long term organizational growth strategies.

- Designing a management framework for leadership succession.

- Formulating a streamlined operational process, and a digital marketing strategy.

- Developing new channels for business, and a structured role development framework.

- Providing logistical support to co-founders.




Lead Educational Consultant, Intullect; 2020 — Present

- Providing personalized education planning and advising.

- Creating individualized college and graduate school admissions assistance and test prep with high client satisfaction rate.

- Designing skill development programs, career counseling and client specific educational programs to help clients achieve long term educational goals.
Alumni Relations Director, 
SOS-Hermann Gmeiner International College; 2017 — 2019


- Pioneered alumni office for 28 year old IB high school. 

- Designed networking and fundraising programming.

- Created and implemented alumni office communication strategy: website, database, and alumni periodical.

- Established Alumni Advisory Board and spearheaded fundraising and development strategy.




Communications Director,
SOS-Hermann Gmeiner International College; 2017 — 2019

- Developed all internal and external communications: periodicals, emails, websites, social media, etc.

- Designed and taught media literacy and analytical thinking courses.

- Pioneered reading programs to increase campus-wide reading by up to 25% within the first month, through formal and informal interventions. 

- Created and administered unique curriculum to bridge aptitude gaps that I identified in students. 




Programs Fellow, Varkey Foundation; 2016 — 2017

- Created communication and public engagement packet and planned annual Global Education and Skills Forum.

- Developed media strategy for Ugandan National Teacher Prize and Global Education and Skills Forum, 2017.

- First phase judging team member for 2017 Global Teacher Prize.

- Designed Teacher Ambassador Summit Toolkit for annual summit.




English Immersion Lead Teacher, Meysen Academy; 2010 — 2015


- Piloted, designed and trained elementary school teachers on a pioneer Global Awareness curriculum

- Conducted regular teacher evaluations and designed interventions to improve  teachers’ teaching and learning practices.  

- Taught 3rd, 4th grade, kindergarten and Middle School English, while providing guidance and teaching materials to entire grade teaching team.



EducationMaster’s International Education Policy
Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2016
 

- Intellectual Contribution Award Finalist

- Phyllis Strimmling Award Nominee

Bachelor’s Psychology and Education
Mount Holyoke College, 2009


- Harap Fund For Global Leadership Grant Winner

- Independent Study: Researching cross-cultural 
concepts of globalization in kindergarten students.



PursuitsProjects

Founded Educational Nonprofit

Cross-cultural international literacy project

Japan Tsunami relief project

Senegal WorldBank research project

Writing children’s books

Designed bespoke Reading Program

Rebranding Christ Preparatory School

Girls Inc. Mentoring

Volunteering at Horizons for Homeless

Harvard Africa Business Conference

Harvard Africa Development Conference

Harvard Campus-wide Sexual Assault Convening
Skills

Business Partnership Development

Employee Training

Public Relations and Communications

Strategic Planning

Recruitment and Hiring

Program Design and Management

Teaching and Learning

Leadership

Entrepreneurship





Interests

Founder of The Pepper, a food services brand

Cooking (featured on Citi TV cooking show)

Creative Writing (Thought Catalog, Ayiba Magazine, Circumspecte)

Dancing

Painting

Travel



Affiliations

Harvard Africa Alumni

Harvard Club of Ghana



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