Iair Cohenca

Experience

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  Congregation Beth Shalom

  Sept 2012 - Jul 2013

  Teacher

  I taught 7th graders a course on the history of the Middle East from a Zionist perspective.

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  Seattle Jewish Community School

  Nov 2012 - Jul 2013

  Teacher Assistant

  Throughout my last year of undergraduate degree, I served as the Hebrew teacher for third, fourth, and fifth graders. I was in charge of creating and implementing lesson plans in the classrooms, grade schoolwork, and most importantly, lead and instruct discipline to the kids. I had to attend teachers' conferences that were consistently led by Principal Bilavsky.

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  Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel

  Aug 2013 - Aug 2014

  UN Division Intern

  In this fellowship I worked closely with the “Arbel” division, related to Israel’s relations with international organizations and the United Nations. There I framed official documents to the UN on behalf of Israel and translated legal documents. I also served as a policy adviser and researched legal cases. A large portion of the position was to report my independent research and findings to meetings with senior officials of the ministry. I also administrated one of the ministry’s official Facebook pages called ‘Green Israel’. I place emphasis on this project because it exposed me to Israel’s relations with underprivileged nations in order to export Israel’s advanced sustainable innovations. In this role I was required to research and study Israel’s approach to development within its borders and abroad, especially when cooperating with NGOs and nations in need of fundamental necessities. Ongoing projects that I assisted to jump-start deal with the introduction of new medical innovations, educational systems and staff, and sustainable technology such as water irrigation systems, solar panels and more to Uganda, Tanzania, and Ethiopia. I continued to put my journalism experience into use by publishing a couple of articles to the Israeli press regarding Israel’s development projects abroad. Show less

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  The Borgen Project

  Sept 2014 - Sept 2015

  Foreign Policy Advocate

  The Borgen Project is an innovative national campaign that strives to raise awareness on global poverty by making the cause a strong focus of the United States' foreign policy. Forming and coordinating regional fundraisers and campaigns to earn the attention of senators and government officials were major responsibilities I carried. Conducting research on key contributors to poverty worldwide, allowed me to present sufficient material and data in my meetings, letters, and phone calls to senators and members of the House of Representatives. Show less

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  TAG International Development

  Oct 2014 - Jun 2016

  Affiliate

  In my time with Tag, I assisted at designing projects in developing nations in order to introduce green and sustainable technologies to improve the life quality in specific areas of interest and the world as a whole. The outreach to new and advanced tech companies is centered on the medical, educational, agricultural, and energy capabilities that they may offer to regions under the poverty line.

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  Kitanda Espresso & Açaí

  Feb 2015 - Feb 2016

  Store Manager
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  The Kaizen Company

  May 2017 - Aug 2017

  Summer Graduate Associate

  Led data management and analytics, and monitoring and evaluation efforts for Securing Water for Food (SWFF), a USAID contract. I reviewed applications of potential accelerators for the organization's innovators/awardees; conducted research, writing, and editing for SWFF newsletter in conjunction with USAID; supervised office interns

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  Tufts University

  Aug 2017 - May 2018

  Research Assistant

  Translate documents from Spanish and conduct research for Jeffrey Ashe on non-institutional approaches to money management at the household and village level.

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  CAF America

  Jun 2019 - Oct 2020

  Senior Thought Leadership Associate
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  Environmental Incentives, LLC

  Jan 2021 - Sept 2024

  • Program Associate II, PCM, ES3

    Feb 2024 - Sept 2024

  • Program Associate, PCM

    Jan 2021 - Feb 2024
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  Q2 Impact

  Oct 2024 - now

  Technical Specialist