Internship
I serve as an intern at New Spirit Community Church in Berkeley.
Student
I am currently a student at the Pacific School of Religion in the M.Div. program.
Consulting
In the mean time I consult for two causes:
- For the Pelvic Health and Rehabilitation Center I am helping to write and market an ebook on pre-and post natal pelvic health.
- For the International Association for the Study of Sexuality Culture and Society, I am writing a financial sustainability plan.
Organizer, Administrator
- Vice-President, Ark of Refuge, Inc. A social services agency that restores lives of the underserved. 2005 – 2010.
- Organized the international conference at San Francisco State University. 250 participants from 34 countries. (June 2005). I formulated the vision for this conference from the input of an international board, local conference host and staff.
- Secretary/Treasurer, International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture, and Society (IASSCS)
Teacher
- Taught 17 different courses for undergraduate and graduate students. Developed all classes myself.
- Developed two seminars on sexuality education for professionals in the field. (Anthropology, Human Sexuality Studies. San Francisco State University, 1998–2007)
- Highest evaluated teacher among peers, three years in a row. (02/03–04/05)
Writer
- Two chapters on FailSoft and Privacy protection for startup company Kismet WorldWide. (Consulting Client, 2009)
- Wrote white papers for LMBe Solutions, which launched a new product: LCS Websites. I also wrote all the content for that website. (Consulting Client, 2009)
- Created 103 online personas in one year for online word of mouth marketing campaign. (Account Manager: Confluence Media, 2008–2009)
- Created the social media strategic plan for National Sexuality Resource Center. (Consulting Client, 2007)
- Edited volume with co-authored introduction. Sexual Inequalities and Social Justice. University of California Press. 2007.
Researcher
- 21 years of experience in ethnographic, performative, in-depth interview and oral history research in the Netherlands, Senegal, Mali and the United States.
- Created needs assessment for California Alcohol and Drugs service delivery to the LGBT population. (Consulting Client, 2007)
- Conducted online reputation management research and word of mouth marketing for Dutch Client. Reports were used in successful court cases by our client. I provided weekly and monthly reports and visited the client on site in Holland four times in one year. (Account Manager: Confluence Media, 2008–2009)
Fundraiser
- Author of the Future-is-Now-Online-Fundraising course.
- Successfully submitted grants to
- the Ford Foundation ($230,000), (San Francisco State University)
- the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund ($60,000), (Ark of Refuge, Inc.)
- the Arcus Foundation ($50,000), (Ark of Refuge, Inc.)
- the Gill Foundation ($40,000 and $42,000). (Yvette Flunder Foundation)
Education/Training
- Ph.D. Anthropology, Northwestern University. Evanston, IL. 2002
- MA. Cultural Anthropology, University of Amsterdam. Netherlands. 1992.
- Certified Competent Communicator. Toastmasters International. 2009.
- Certificate: Principles and Techniques of Fundraising. The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. 2007.
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