SERVICES
Research
Legal and field background studies, surveys and needs assessments for quality proposals and effective program planning.
Management
Strategic and organizational development. Regulatory and grant compliance counseling.
Advice
Legal and programming advice, including project design, implementation and adaptation. Monitoring and evaluation services.
Training
Capacity building and subject matter trainings designed in a variety of formats to reach diverse audiences.
PROJECTS
Independent Research
This study of natural resource management in Bosnia-Herzegovina was an independent research project commissioned and published by NATO’s Energy and Environment Committee.
Public Awareness
Founding member of a network of advocates promoting freedom of information. We have expanded over the years and in 2019, the UN proclaimed the network’s founding date The International Day for Universal Access to Information.
Environmental Advocacy
Developed resource materials and training for community educators and advocates in the United States, Eastern Europe and Turkey. Introduced forest preservation as clean air and climate change strategies into U.S. state law.
Program Management
Directed educational programs in Istanbul and Amsterdam, founded a new public advocacy center in post-conflict Sarajevo, and Executive Director of a NGO serving homeless women and children in Washington, DC.
Expert Services
Human rights, rule of law, and judicial independence expert for OSCE.
Election expert for intergovernmental missions to Georgia, Armenia and Moldova.
Legal Reform
Head of Rule of Law for the OSCE Mission to Skopje; led complex projects implementing Republic of North Macedonia’s new criminal code, anti-discrimination laws and electoral reforms.
Environmental Security
Presentation regarding the security implications of corruption in the management of natural resources to NATO Energy and Environmental Challenges to Security Conference.
Economic Empowerment
Legal advisor to Singa-Thread of Life, a fashion academy and community business incubator empowering women entrepreneurs in Washington, DC.
Employers and clients include: Amoco, American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative, Arbor Day Foundation, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Herring Run Watershed Association, Finney Farm Community Trust, NATO, Pacific Architects and Engineers, Pioneer Seed Company, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, U.S Departments of Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development and U.S. Forest Service