Santa Clara University

Organization: TechnoServe (Kenya)
Role: Senior Business Manager
Vision: Economically empower young women living in the slums of Nairobi with opportunities to generate sustainable incomes, so that they lead dignified lives out of poverty.
Inspiring Challenge: Over 10,000 young women will have opportunities to generate sustainable income for themselves, their families and communities. (by December 2013)
Millennium Development Goal: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women (3)
Accomplishments:
- Trained 3700 girls and young women in entrepreneurship and business skills through the Young Women in Enterprise program.
- Rallying corporations to support and invest in girls. For example, Coca Cola is supporting 100 girls through their 5 by 20 women Empowerment program. This is a pilot expected to be scaled up.

Organization: TechnoServe (Mozambique)
Role: Product Development Manager
Vision: To see all Mozambicans holistically healthy and self-sufficient within their local beliefs and culture.
Inspiring Challenge: 150 Rural Fun (Food) Centres that improves people's minds, bodies and spirits -- Minds with intuitive education! Bodies with good nutrition! Spirits with self-esteem and enthusiasm! (by December 2013)
Millennium Development Goals: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger (1); Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women (3); Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases (6)
Accomplishments:
- Developed a project in and about a problematic country for my Masters thesis.
- Managing a project that is aimed to improve peoples' lives without modifying their local beliefs. A moment of pride was to know that the project will be implemented.

Organization: Oracle (USA)
Role: Senior Director
Vision: Foster global citizenship and community by partnering women in corporate and university organizations with GWLN inspired projects.
Inspiring Challenge: Connect women in 50 corporate and university settings with 50 GWLN inspired projects, with a report on (or conference to review) outcomes. (by 2014)
Millennium Development Goal: Develop a Global Partnership for Development (8)

Organization: Women’s Earth Alliance (USA)
Role: Research Fellow
Vision: My vision is for all young people, regardless of age, gender, socio-economic status, or place of origin to be able to access transformational opportunities that enable them to realize their power to transform the world.
Inspiring Challenge: Establish an organization that offers an international year of service to 40 recent US high-school graduates from traditionally undeserved populations. While abroad students receive language and leadership training, apprentice with social entrepreneurs, and implement a service project in their host community. (by January 2013)
Millennium Development Goal: Achieve Universal Primary Education (2)
Accomplishments: I was a Fulbright Scholar in Nepal working at the nexus of social entrepreneurship and energy development.

Organization: Association for Social & Environmental Development (India)
Role: Chief Executive Officer
Vision: Youth Nurture Nature and Nature Nurtures Peace
Inspiring Challenge: Create 10,000 Young Green Advocates through the Green Rhinos Program. (by World Environment Day June 5, 2013)
Millennium Development Goal: Ensure Environmental Sustainability (7)
Accomplishments:
- I am proud that I was able to set up the organization Association for Social and Environmental Development (ASED), which is reaching out to school students and the public for biodiversity enhancement.
- I was proud when we received the best poster award at the Living Knowledge 2009 Conference in Belfast giving international recognition to our work.

Organization: Room to Read (USA)
Role: Global Director, Girls Education
Vision: Girls will complete secondary school and have the skills to negotiate key life decisions
Millennium Development Goal: Achieve Universal Primary Education (2)
Accomplishments: We are supporting the holistic education of over 13,000 girls in 8 developing countries in Asia and Africa!

Organization: Global Women's Water Initiative (USA)
Role: Director
Vision: Clean water and sanitation for all people
Inspiring Challenge: Grassroots women will provide sustainable clean water and sanitation to over 100,000 people in East Africa. (by December 12, 2012)
Millennium Development Goal: Ensure Environmental Sustainability (7)
Accomplishments:
- Building a world peace movement mobilizing the Million Voice Choir in 100 cities in 60 countries and to sing a song I wrote called WE RISE in response to 9/11.
- Founding a multi-award winning water organization that is a acclaimed model in social entrepreneurship.

Organization: Mother and Child Health Centre Magbil, Lunsar (Sierra Leone)
Role: Director and Founder and Member
Vision: To help reduce the infant and maternal morbidity and Mortality rate in Sierra Leone
Inspiring Challenge: Build another Health center that will serve pregnant women and their newborn from hundred surrounding villages. (by November 20, 2013)
Millennium Development Goal: Reduce Child Mortality (4); Improve Maternal Health (5); Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases (6)
Accomplishments:
- UK Midwife of the Year award in 2008.
- Changing the lives of women in the community of Magbil, Sierra Leone.

Organization: Sunflower lighting (USA)
Role: Founding partner and acting business relation liaison and project manager
Vision: Light is a Human Right! My vision is to provide off-grid renewal solutions across global communities, currently deprived of this basic right.
Inspiring Challenge: Phase 1, install SUNFLOWER LIGHTING solutions (SFL) throughout four states in Mexico, bringing light to over 1.2 m people. (by December 2012)
Millennium Development Goal: Ensure Environmental Sustainability (7)
Accomplishments: My proudest accomplishments will be the completion of the company's first production run and installation, thus the establishment of our first community center in Mexico (then Latin America and beyond) -- a safe place providing educational programs and more.

Organization: Labour Party of Kenya (Kenya)
Role: Women Congress Leader, Politician, Aspiring Member of Parliament (2013)
Vision: The Leading Ladies Project advocates the empowerment of young women to engage actively in political leadership and run for public office.
Inspiring Challenge: My inspiring challenge is to run for the office of Member of Parliament In Makadara constituency in Nairobi, Kenya and to mobilize 300 young women under 40 to run for office.
Millennium Development Goal: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women (3)
Accomplishments:
- Founded Project Africa, a non profit organization to empower women and girls in rural Africa
- Lady Mekanika project provides young women with skills in automobile mechanics
- Nanny School project trains women in home economics and management
- Health by Motorbike initiative for rural women in Kenya
- Delivered TEDxBayArea Talk on Social Entrepreneurship: The Power House for Women

Organization: Anarouz Social Enterprise (Morocco)
Role: Found and Managing Director
Vision: Ignite the power of women artisans as a community of entrepreneurs embracing technology, eradicating illiteracy and at the forefront of decision making towards social change in Morocco.
Inspiring Challenge: 1500 women artisans entrepreneurs will increase their income by 20%. (by December 2013)
Millennium Development Goal: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women (3); Develop a Global Partnership for Development (8)
Accomplishments:
- Creating the first NGO tackling social entrepreneurship in Morocco.
- Being chosen as the Fortune 500 Global women leader.

Organization: GWLN and Tico Coffee Roasters (USA)
Role: Community Development Manager and Coffee Store Owner
Vision: My vision is that all human beings are empowered, so they can find their voice, live with dignity, and be at choice to do what they dream to do.
Inspiring Challenge:
- To empower 500 kids of Silicon Valley, through a mentoring program, to design their life path. (by June 12, 2013)
- To distribute specialty Costa Rican coffee in 20 states of the United States. (by December 1, 2012)
Millennium Development Goal: Develop a Global Partnership for Development (8)
Accomplishments:
- I'm proud of having started my own company in the United States, by bringing in one of the most special products we have in my country, Costa Rica: coffee. The experience has been amazing, people here enjoy and feel the difference in the product.
- I have learned tremendously from business persons, and I have had great mentors who have helped me to succeed.

Organization: Empowerment WORKS (USA)
Role: Executive Director
Vision: Global collaboration to catalyze local solutions
Inspiring Challenge: 180 participants in The Global Summit will have the tools they need to empower their communities to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. (by August 17, 2012)
Millennium Development Goal: Develop a Global Partnership for Development (8)
Accomplishments: Starting The Global Summit and inspiring grassroots community leaders in Nepal and Africa to take leading roles in its future.

Organization: Room to Read (USA)
Role: HR Sr Manager
Vision: My vision is to enable each and every Room to Read staff member across the globe to tap into his/her full potential, thereby ensuring that the children we serve receive the highest quality education.
Inspiring Challenge: All 600+ Room to Read staff members will have created individualized professional development plans. (by March 31, 2013)
Millennium Development Goal: Achieve Universal Primary Education (2)
Accomplishment: Being a teacher of beautiful 4th and 5th graders in a traditionally underserved community.

Organization: Women's Peer-to-Peer Network (USA)
Role: Founder and Executive Director
Vision: To universally connect women regardless of literacy or access to a computer, in partnership with local women in technology and the global community of technical women.
Millennium Development Goal: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women (3)
Accomplishment: Launched Haitian Women's Peer-to-Peer Network, designing a woman-friendly communications network for 55,000 Haitian market women. We are integrating mobile phones with community radio and voice applications, empowering these women to create sustainable businesses, enhance safety and civic participation, and assist in Haiti's long-term development.

Organization: TechnoServe Inc. (Mozambique)
Role: Project Manager
Vision: My vision is to provide well being to the community in the rural area of Mozambique
Inspiring Challenge: Create a network of maize mill centers owned and operated by women, selling goods and services to improve the family, health, food security and income. Our goal is to have 120 centers by 2014 for all the region. Today, we have three and by july 2012 we will have 50.
Millennium Development Goal: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger (1)
Accomplishment: When I was promoted to the current position. My original background when I first joined TechnoServe was unrelated to business, for me it was recognition of my achievements within the organization and that my coworkers trust that I can deliver a good result and am better than other external candidates competing for the same position.

Organization: SOLUTIONS S.A. / Women's Peer-to-Peer Network (Haiti)
Role: Co-founder and Sr. Project Manager / Director
Vision: Promote Leadership, Motivate new Young Haitian entrepreneurs and help people who want to create their own businesses.
Inspiring Challenge: 500 creative jobs will be created, 55,000 Haitian market women will be connected, (by December 2012) and 1,000 Haitian entrepreneurs will be empowered to create jobs. (by December 2013)
Millennium Development Goal: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women (3); Develop a Global Partnership for Development (8)
Current project: Haitian Women's Peer-to-Peer Network.
Accomplishments:
- Founding my software company SOLUTIONS S.A. and building a highly qualified team.
- Keeping the Master program at the State University of Haiti alive since 2003. This Program is unique at Haitian universities, as it allows us to continue to train young students and professional in ICT who are able to have a positive impact in our country by their achievements.
- Delivered TEDxBayArea Talk on the Women's Peer-to-Peer Network, the first global effort to build an e-communications network to connect Haitian market women.

Organization: Made in Liberia (USA)
Role: Volunteer Program Coordinator
Vision: To transform the lives of women from war torn regions of Africa, especially those from Liberia, Sierra Leone and the Congo by addressing their mental health needs.
Inspiring Challenge: To impact the quality of life of 250 women from these regions and in doing so allow them to live powerful and fully self-expressed lives. (by April 1, 2013)
Millennium Development Goal: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women (3)
Accomplishment: Training and completing a half marathon