Daniel Brown

Experience

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  Sophie B. Wright Charter School

  Jan 2010 - May 2010

  Research Internship

  Conducted tutoring sessions based on needs of students and requests from teachers; concurrently piloted research and analysis regarding effects of gender-segregated classrooms.

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  Mayor's Office of Employment Development

  Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  Community Organizer

  Executed education and employment outreach project to Baltimore's Latin American community, partnering with community leaders to establish connections within community and presenting employment and education programs to community leaders at public forums in both Spanish and English.

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  The Chartwell Center

  Sept 2011 - Dec 2011

  Research Internship

  Fostered learning activities to address linguistic, motor, self-expression, and non-linguistic communication skills while conducting live research to analyze linguistic capabilities and deficiencies in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Method founded in Piagetian-style behavioral research and Chomskyan theories on language acquisition.

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  Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans

  Feb 2012 - May 2012

  ESL Tutor

  Tutored immigrants in English as a Second Language in preparation for their Civics Test and professional ambitions.

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  Peace Corps

  Jul 2012 - Aug 2014

  Community Development Specialist (US PCV)

  Taught English as a Foreign Language, mastering innovative teaching techniques, to 2 grade levels composed of 421 students and 15 adults, achieving student success rate of nearly 2 times that of peers Completed 3-month community needs assessment, using surveys, interviews, focus groups and community-based observational data to identify opportunity areas as they align with PC/Togo priorities and available resourcesManaged team of 6 community organizers from 5 separate organizations to tackle community issues, allocating resources to directly impact over 5,000 community youth through scholastic-based outreach programsDrafted and allocated two USAID grants for local and national projects in gender equality and malaria Directed National Malaria Prevention campaign, coordinating between 3 international funding sources and 8 media corporations, supervising budget and logistics for team of 6 to travel throughout country while drafting speeches and press releases to promote campaign Show less

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  Peace Corps

  Feb 2015 - Jun 2017

  Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

  Portfolio included health, food security, environment, education and gender programs nationwideResponsible for creating post’s first quality improvement system, including training, policy, processesCoordinated data flow from 90+ field agents to reports shared with international stakeholders100% improvement in organizational data quality and reporting turnaround time 1 year after arrivalSynthesized data to inform Integrated Planning and Budgetary Strategy, including the 2 year budget forecastConceptualized baseline data collection initiative, surveying random sampling of over 4,000 households nationwide to prioritize program goals and more effectively target beneficiaries Developed 6-year communications and growth strategies, resulting in a vastly expanded donor base, cutting fundraising timelines in half, growing annual field agent intake by 25% and counterpart collaboration by 200%Established and managed partnerships with various international NGOs and multilateral agenciesFounded PC/Togo’s inaugural Monitoring and Evaluation Taskforce, providing integral organizational feedback for both internal inputs and external outputs and outcomes, leading 18 field agents and numerous staff membersPerformed duties of Deputy Director, Grant Manager, Communications Officer and Emergency Liaison as needed Show less

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  Daniel Brown, Consultant

  Jun 2017 - Feb 2018

  Project Consultant

  Contributed to project design, data collection, and evaluation for U.S. Dept. of State’s Secretary for Global Women’s Issues grant, the Millennium Challenge Corporation Threshold Country program in Togo, UNDP Drafted growth and evaluation strategies to strengthen impact for numerous organizations, including Department of Education (Togo), international education and agriculture NGOs, and clean water start-up

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  Success Academy Charter Schools

  Feb 2018 - Oct 2018

  Education Manager
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  Freedom House

  Oct 2018 - Feb 2020

  Strategy, Design, and Learning Officer
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  14 North Strategies - Insight for decisions in Africa

  Aug 2020 - Mar 2021

  Growth Consultant
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  Ohio Democratic Party

  Sept 2020 - Nov 2020

  Field Organizer
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  Inter-American Development Bank

  Mar 2021 - Jun 2021

  Consultant
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  Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

  Jun 2021 - now

  • Impact Manager

    Jun 2023 - now

  • Impact Advisor

    Jun 2021 - Jun 2023