Ashley Pajor

Experience

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  Arizona State University

  May 2013 - Dec 2013

  Business Development Analyst

  Sourced and evaluated USAID and other donors RFPs to identify potential opportunities to pursue. Designed graphics and wrote content for communications collateral including presentation materials, information packets, and welcome guides. Assisted with business development activities around RFPs.Performed general administrative duties including cataloging trip and expense reports and organizing project files.

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  Palestinian Liberation Organization

  Jan 2014 - Jun 2015

  Program Coordinator

  Lead education outreach initiatives that resulted in 10+ out-of-state speaking engagements, at institutions such as Harvard, Brown, Berkeley, and Champlain College advocating for Palestinian liberation, the peace process, and building community bridges across Palestine and Israel. Designed and implemented the records system to archive contacts, past event details, and expenses.Performed administrative duties including calendar management, travel arrangements, and meeting minutes. Show less

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  PATH

  Jun 2015 - Sept 2018

  Project Manager for the evaluation and incubation of 20+ third-party global health technologies via an open proposal platform, occurring on a tri-annual cycle. Team Lead for the Digital Health administrators; provides guidance on norms, processes, and standards while overseeing five administrative team members. Creates on-brand, presentations, talking points, and other written and design content to enhance Digital Square's brand and position as a leader in co-investment of digital health technologies. Implements multiple team-wide, cloud-based productivity tools including Salesforce and Smartsheet to optimize project management, contact management, and reporting to donors. Head writer for all donor reporting, including USAID and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Show less Managed a monthly newsletter on medical regulatory updates to over 150 subscribers. I crafted de novo content, formatted, proofed, and developed strategies for readership growth, resulting in a 41% increase in subscribers. Maintained and updated an online regulatory database for members. Migrated the entire administrative system to Sharepoint. Organized and facilitated webinars through WebEx.Planned and executed an annual convening of 35 international members in Nairobi, Kenya. This included selection and management of external vendors for agenda and facilitation, competitive procurement selection for the hotel, and development of a timeline and logistics plan for pre/day-of/post convening.Organized and launched the VASE Conference in Washingon, D.C. a scientific conference with over 300 attendees. Planned and executed over 20 meetings of vaccine development professionals. Oversaw the Human Subjects Research training for professionals working in Phase III vaccine trials. Performed administrative duties, including managing team calendars and scheduling, filing,processing, and documenting expenses, generating monthly reports and completing a grantcloseout report.Onboarded and trained four new hires. Show less

  • Program Associate

    Feb 2018 - Sept 2018

  • Program Coordinator

    Jan 2017 - Jan 2018

  • Program Assistant

    Jun 2015 - Jan 2017
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  Reingold, Inc.

  Jan 2018 - Jan 2020

  Senior Communications Associate

  • Project manager for USAID’s Development Outreach and Communications (DOC) training program. We train DOCs on all aspects of storytelling, video creation, shaping stories, leveraging social media, and other ad hoc needs. • Senior strategic communications consultant to the U.S. Census Bureau for the 2020 Census Integrated Communication Campaign. Provided strategic direction, outreach material creation, and digital integration.• Project Manager/lead strategist for the Census Bureau’s “Improving the Count of Young Children” campaign, a data-based national integration communications strategy and implementation plan. Conducted research, established partnerships, wrote all collateral including fact sheets, FAQs, web content, drop-in messaging, talking points, and digital strategies.• Messaging and partnership specialist for diverse audiences including young children, LGBTQ+, and minority populations. Translates data on audiences into messaging documents, 1-pagers, presentations, fact sheets, and FAQs. Show less

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  Ashley Pajor Consulting LLC

  Mar 2020 - Sept 2021

  Independent Consultant
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  CREO Syndicate

  Jun 2020 - Jul 2020

  Sustainable Materials Graduate Research Fellow

  Research fellowship on sustainable materials for products and packaging resulting in a 10+ page investment primer on opportunities for investment within the space.

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  Algramo

  Feb 2021 - Aug 2021

  Circular Economy Research Assistant

  • Subject matter expert on sustainable packaging systems, refill systems, and implementing circular economy principles for consumer packaged goods.• Developer of impact reporting methodologies that quantify the amount of water, CO2, and energy saved by using a refill system.• Circular economy and materials researcher.

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  PATH

  Mar 2021 - Aug 2021

  Senior Project Manager
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  Resonance

  May 2021 - Sept 2021

  Circular Economy Specialist

  • Subject matter expert on circular economy, sustainable packaging systems• Adviser on landscape analysis, interview questions, circular economy recommendations • Conducts interviews with actors in humanitarian aide space and private sector• Presents findings to client (USAID)• Provides recommendations on how to enact more circular systems within the humanitarian aide packaging landscape in Easter and Sub-Saharan Africa.

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  EY

  Sept 2021 - now

  • Created a circularity maturity model to help clients identify their level of circularity maturity• Drove development of CE-focused business development pipeline • Work with clients in apparel, consumer goods, convenience chains, aviation, landscaping, non-profits, and associations • Work with clients on materiality assessments, ESG governance, ESG strategy, identifying and integrating circularity into products and operations, integrating circular design principles, interview and research based landscape assessments on specific topics, current state analysis of specific ESG topics (e.g., sustainable packaging, food waste management, sustainable sourcing) and circularity maturity, understanding and aligning stakeholders, ESG peer benchmarking analysis, ESG trends analysis, ESG strategic framework creation, ESG roadmaps• Defined circularity client service offerings for US Circularity team • Led development of core circularity communications decks • Speaker on sustainability careers to 2022 intern class of ~4,000 interns • Facilitator for circularity-focused hub event with over 15 clients present• Speaker on Bentley University's "How Businesses Value People" panel to ~150 students• Guest speaker at Bentley University's "ESG in Accounting" course Show less

  • Manager I

    May 2022 - now

  • Senior

    Sept 2021 - May 2022