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Elizabeth Walker

Elizabeth Walker

Strategic Management Consultant

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Nonprofit Founder | Executive Advisor

  • Education

    • Tufts University - The Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

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      Master’s Degree

    • DeKalb High School

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    • Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

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      Master’s Degree

    • Harvard University

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      Bachelor’s Degree

  • Experience

    • Capgemini

      Jan 1993 - Jan 1994
      Strategic Management Consultant

    • Women's Refugee Commission

      Jan 1994 - Jan 1998
      Program Officer

    • USAID

      Jan 1999 - Jan 2001
      DART Team Leader

    • U.S. Department of State

      Jan 2002 - Jan 2002
      Executive Director

    • CARE

      Jan 2002 - Jan 2003
      Senior Advisor

    • United States Department of Defense

      Jan 2004 - Jan 2006
      Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Director

    • International Rescue Committee

      Jan 2006 - Jan 2011
      Senior Consultant & New Program Lead

    • United Nations

      Jan 2007 - Jan 2007
      Senior Policy Advisor

    • Plan International

      Jan 2007 - Jan 2008
      Senior Advisor to the CEO for Strategy and Organizational Development

    • Relief International

      Jan 2008 - Jan 2009
      Vice President of Global Programs

    • Counterpart International

      Jun 2011 - Oct 2013
      Executive Advisor

    • Leading Nonprofits across the Humanitarian, Development and Conservation Fields

      Nov 2013 - now
      Executive Strategist & Field Advisor

      Work in partnership with an organization's Board, executive team, field offices and global and regional hubs to recommend and execute strategy, leadership and design changes needed to ensure exceptional program delivery on the ground. Provide field assessments, guidance and hands-on leadership to optimize performance and to position field teams for success. Lead negotiations with donors to (re)position the organization with discretion and urgency. Mentor Chiefs of Party and senior staff. (Re)align skills, partnerships and resources, and inspire breakthrough design innovation. Please see recommendations for more background. Show less

    • TranscendDiscipline.com | Rethinking International Conservation and Development Practice

      Jun 2016 - now
      Founder

      Founder and creative force behind a 1st-of-its-kind trans-disciplinary appeal to revolutionize global conservation and development practice. It's an open-source movement to develop and test breakthrough strategy and design innovations and inspire and influence truly next-generation practitioners, scholars and funders. It's anchored by a small collaboration of award-winning practitioners eager to challenge and rethink popular but ineffective models of work and funding employed throughout the developing world. To learn more and track its following across 130+ countries, please go to: http://www.TranscendDiscipline.com. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • FEMA

      FEMA