Kristin Weis

Experience

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  Booz Allen Hamilton

  Apr 2010 - Dec 2010

  Grants Analyst

  Provided post-award grant monitoring on behalf of the National Science Foundation (NSF)• Analyzed & evaluated the grantee institutions’ financial infrastructure and ability to manage federal funds transparently• Provided advice & guidance to grantee institutions on post-award grant management and actions needed for federal compliance and NSF approval• Drafted & cleared reports on independently conducted analysis. Consistently met or exceeded grant portfolio metrics• Edited & evaluated colleagues’ documents and deliverables for clarity, coherence, and alignment with NSF requirements. Show less

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  KeeganSilver

  Jan 2011 - Dec 2012

  Senior Marketing & Development Strategist

  • Analyzed, evaluated, & supported the client’s $2 billion Navy/Marine Corps contracts portfolio • Designed and implemented the infrastructure of a new federal government contracting firm and its two subsidiaries• Managed the firm’s image and public relations• Performed executive recruiting analysis & presented recommendations• Provided federal market intelligence.

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  StartingBloc

  Feb 2013 - Feb 2013

  Social Innovation Fellow

  • Named "emerging global leader" with Startingbloc Institute for Social Innovation• Created & presented social design solution to senior-level staff, local stakeholders, and decision-makers to address food and resource insecurity among older at-risk populations in Los Angeles• Mentored, advised, and guided new and veteran fellows within the alumni community.

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  Roskanet

  Apr 2013 - Aug 2020

  Founder

  Designed & advised decision-makers on potential coastal and marine management and community resilience solutions • Created & led popular international workshops on coastal community resilience and sustainable development to help stakeholders, policymakers, and international peacebuilding professionals identify goals and actions that they can apply in their own work. Topics included environmental migration, resource use and conservation, environmental issues in conflict, tourism and sustainability, and waste management capacity• Invited speaker, lecturer, and subject matter expert (SME) for international organizations' conferences, forums, and lectures• Created the Smart Tourism project to improve tourism-destination relationships and interactions, such as best practices for tourism behaviors. Designed and created model coastal waste management program that encouraged day-trip visitors to reduce and collect beach litter. Designed and commissioned custom product prototypes to evaluate the most effective bag for maximum litter collection and minimal ecological impact.• Created CoastalTalk, a conversational series on current trends in science and policy related to oceans and international environmental affairs. Aimed to communicate complex coastal and ocean issues in easy-to-understand terms Show less

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  Caux Initiatives of Change Foundation

  Jul 2014 - Aug 2014

  Peacebuilding Scholar

  • Selected as one of 19 international scholars for an intensive interdisciplinary peace and conflict fellowship• Prepared & presented analysis to international decision-makers on emerging trends in conflicts over land ownership and water & resource scarcity, including increased coastal urbanization, population density, and inherited systemic challenges, colonial hierarchies and infrastructure design• Liaised among diverse groups in the foreign policy and scientific communities to support of a common understanding of environmental causes and factors that sustain conflict. Included senior level staff from multiple governments and ministries, senior members of non-governmental organizations, faculty and members of academia, and community leaders from ongoing conflicts• Built consensus among peers from opposing perspectives, using natural resource issues as a more accessible space in which to discuss disagreements and potential mutually-acceptable solutions. Show less

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  National Blue Ocean Strategy, Malaysian Ministry of Finance

  Jan 2015 - May 2015

  Sustainable Development & Environment Fellow

  • Selected as one of 30 international experts to address Malaysia's most pressing issues. Part of the inaugural VIP Fellowship Program, a four-month program in support of the Malaysian Ministry of Finance’s National Blue Ocean Strategy• Successfully built consensus among diverse group of decision-makers and community members for community’s first public recycling & waste collection system• Monitored & solicited information on program sustainability & social, environmental, & economic impact• Advised & led tidal river cleanup effort to address coastal pollution & wildlife habitat reduction. Reduced waste by est. 50%-80% in target tidal zone Show less

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  International Institute for Human Security

  Oct 2019 - now

  Coastal Management and Climate Specialist

  Provide expertise and recommendations as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in coastal and marine management, natural resource use and conservation, and related international policy and stakeholder conflict. Includes regional expertise across Small Island Developing States and the Arctic, North Atlantic, Caribbean, Europe and Eurasia, Southern Africa, and Southeast Asia regions.• Advise diverse conflict managers, decision-makers, and stakeholders on natural resource use and conservation issues, including water policy and sanitation, coastal development impacts, and economic shifts between fishing, agriculture, and tourism.• Presented analysis & advised on current tourism and coastal environment issues in conflict. Included three 2020/COVID-19 conflict case studies: Lebanon’s economic crisis, Yemen’s Socotra Island & tourism behavior, and Brexit difficulties for tourism mobility• Liaise throughout foreign policy and scientific communities regarding coastal, marine, and water resource issues; Advise and promote knowledge sharing with grassroots activists, academia, civil society, and governance officials. Show less

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  Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University

  Aug 2020 - now

  PhD Candidate & NNA Research Scholar

  Conduct multi-year research on global, regional, national, & local Arctic shifts related to climate change, international agreements & compliance, natural resource use, & development propelled by ice melt & opening shipping lanes. • Developing Early Warning System for conflict in the Arctic. Funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) grant• Designed, guided, and shared expertise on two international panels• Presented individual research at two international conferences• Drafted & submitted two first-author papers for peer-review. Third first-author paper is underway.Designed & performed coastal community research study with the Center for Resilience &Sustainable Communities (C-RASC) • Collected qualitative/quantitative data & performed statistical analysis on compound risk; resilience; water, food, & housing security; COVID-19; cyber security • Built relationships with partner organizations to ensure data accuracy & relevance • Drafted report on study’s findings, potential policy implications, & recommendations Show less