EXPERIENCE

The Center for Victims of Torture, Remote — Integrated Security Facilitator

June 2022 – present

• Design and implement impactful, interactive, and innovative holistic security curriculum for HRDs at risk, and contribute to integrated strategies to safely sustain their work
• Analyse existing holistic security resources and curate a list of relevant, accessible, usable resources 
• Carry out needs assessments with HRDs at risk, and curate research in order to keep up-to-date on trends in threats related to HRDs in exile
• Lead the coordination of urgent protection cases

HURIDOCS, Remote — Knowledge Collaboration Lead

April 2021 – June 2022

• Co-created resources and learning opportunities with (and for) communities of practice related to human rights information management 
• Built and maintained a public knowledge base with resources to help HRDs prepare for a database

HURIDOCS, Remote — Director of Programmes

January 2018 – April 2021

• Oversaw and coordinated programme work by maintaining an overview of 50+ ongoing projects and budgets
• Created systems for needs assessment of new project partners and evaluation of completed projects
• Led the programme team by sharing clear and focused communication on progress, challenges and advice

HURIDOCS, Remote — Communications

July 2016 – January 2018

• Responsible for internal and external knowledge-sharing via blog posts, guides, newsletters, social media

The Engine Room, Remote — Community Catalyst

September 2014 – July 2016

• Responsible for  internal knowledge management systems, and building communities of practice around responsible data and the strategic use of technology in advocacy
• Provided organisational security services to human rights organisations, including security plans, policies, and training curriculum
• Co-facilitated a week-long organisational security knowledge-sharing meeting of experts, and subsequently co-created the organisational security knowledge-sharing platform 

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Leadership development

• Virtual Art of Leadership, Rockwood Leadership Institute, remote (2020)
• Training on receiving and giving direct feedback (2021)
• One-on-one leadership coaching from the Kairos Project (2019-2021)

Human rights documentation, information management, security

• Documenting & Archiving from a Dealing with the Past Perspective, swisspeace, remote (2020)
• Organisational Security Knowledge-Sharing Workshop, Czech Republic (2016)
• Knowledge Management, TechChange online course (2015)
• Digital Security Trainers Summit at the Circumvention Tech Festival, Spain (2015)
• Training of Trainers on Digital Security for HRDs, Turkey (2010)
• Tactical Tech Information Activism Camp, India (2009)
• Training of Trainers for Social Change, Training for Change, United States (2009)

Other

• Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning, Intrac, remote (2018)
• Fletcher Summer Institute for the Advanced Study of Nonviolent Conflict, United States (2009)

M.A. Theory and Practice of Human Rights from University of Essex, Sept 2005, United Kingdom
Interdisciplinary degree with an emphasis on International Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian Law, and International Relations.

B.A. Humanities from University of Colorado – Boulder, Dec 2002, United States
Interdisciplinary degree with an emphasis on Philosophy and Art History, including significant amount of coursework in Computer Science.

• CMS and Data Management: Uwazi, Airtable, Drupal, WordPress, Martus, CiviCRM, MS Access and basic knowledge of HTML and CSS
• Digital security: PGP, Rise-up, Tor, VPN, Password management, email encryption, secure information storage
• Communications and outreach: MailChimp, listservs (Mailman, Electric Embers, Riseup), Twitter
• Facilitation and moderation of small to medium size groups, both online and offline
• French: basic writing and reading