Walter James

Experience

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  Hannon Security/Crime Stoppers of Minnesota

  Jun 2003 - Oct 2007

  Security Host

  Access control at a corporate campus

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  International Union for Conservation of Nature

  Mar 2006 - May 2006

  Intern

  • Conducted field research and inquiries for a rural community radio station: performed interviews in ten different villages using four languages to identify environmental, economic, and health concerns, human and cultural resources in the region; created database documenting findings• Volunteered as an eco-guide and surveillance assistant for the Aire Marine Protège de Bamboung, a community-run conservation and ecotourism initiative based in Soucouta, Senegal

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  Haiti Outreach

  Jan 2007 - Jul 2008

  Intern/Project Officer

  Provided equitable clean water resources for communities in rural Haiti. Tasks included reporting, billing, research, project design, coordination with local authorities, monitoring/evaluation of community partnership programs, formalizing and documenting projects, improving administrative processes, and documenting regional water sources

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  University of Maryland, College Park

  Aug 2008 - May 2010

  Assistant Director

  Teaching assistant, community-based learning coordinator, and administrator for Public Leadership program of College Park Scholars

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  The Advocacy Project

  Jun 2009 - Aug 2009

  Peace Fellow

  Profiled the advocacy work of local organizations Arche d’Alliance, SOS Femmes en Danger, and Tunza Mazingira to promote human rights, protection of vulnerable populations, and assisting survivors of SGBV in zones of conflict throughout South Kivu Province.

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  The Advocacy Project

  Nov 2010 - May 2012

  Field Officer-Democratic Republic of Congo

  Managed project providing psychosocial and socioeconomic assistance to survivors of sexual violence in Uvira Territory and Fizi Territory, South Kivu Province

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  Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

  May 2012 - May 2013

  Field Logistician

  Supervised logistics, supply chain, maintenance, waste management, fleet management, and other operations for MSF medical project: 50-bed emergency obstetrics unit and 75-bed VVF surgery unit

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  American Refugee Committee

  Nov 2014 - Oct 2017

  Senior program manager for project design, planning, and implementation of WASH, shelter, health, nutrition, and livelihoods interventions for Congolese and Burundian refugees in Rwanda Syria Conflict-Led and monitored project design, planning, and implementation of USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)-funded project providing WASH, shelter, and GBV/Protection services to IDPs in 28 collective shelters in Syria Project management and logistical support for humanitarian relief programs for displaced and vulnerable populations in South Sudan, Sudan, Myanmar, Pakistan, Rwanda, Uganda, Thailand, Somalia, and Liberia, including short-term deployments. Seconded from ARC HQ to direct logistics, procurement, supply chain, and general operations for Emergency Ebola Response in River Gee County, Liberia, including collaborated with WFP Logistics Cluster, the US Department of Defense, and the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) to facilitate the supply and transport of shelter and ETU start-up supplies

  • Senior Program Coordinator - Rwanda

    Oct 2016 - Oct 2017

  • Senior Program Manager - Syria Response

    Oct 2015 - Sept 2016

  • Program Associate-International Programs

    May 2013 - Dec 2015

  • Procurement and Logistics Manager-Ebola Response

    Nov 2014 - Feb 2015
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  Heart to Heart International

  Oct 2017 - Dec 2017

  Logistics Coordinator - Hurricane Irma/Maria Response, Puerto Rico

  Logistics coordination for multi-national medical teams providing emergency clinics in hurricane-affected areas of Puerto Rico

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  FieldReady.org

  Oct 2017 - Oct 2017

  Team Leader - US Virgin Islands Hurricane Response

  Team leader for assessment/response team responding to hurricanes Irma and Maria in the US Virgin Islands

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  ZOA

  Jan 2018 - Oct 2018

  Syria Joint Response Field Coordinator

  Syrian Conflict-Lead coordinator for Dutch Relief Alliance emergency response consortium

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  Americares

  Oct 2018 - Dec 2020

  Country Director - Colombia

  Executive leadership of Americares’ Colombia country program, responding to the Venezuelan Migrant Crisis in Colombia with 10 primary healthcare clinics for Venezuelan migrants

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  Fairview Health Services

  Feb 2021 - Mar 2022

  Project Specialist - Critical Care Coordination Center

  -Managing COVID-19 emergency response project focusing on ICU & MedSurg bed placement in Minnesota & Western Wisconsin-Critical care resource coordination with MN Department of Health, State Health Care Coalition, and other stakeholders (hospitals/health systems in Minnesota)

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  Minnesota Department of Health

  Mar 2022 - now

  Planning Director State

  Public Health & Health Care Emergency Preparedness