Amé Stormer
New Orleans,Louisiana
Summary
Professional Project Management Specialist with experience working with teams to accomplish short- and long-term project goals. Managed budgets and monitored project costs.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Technical Advisor
Helen Keller International
01.2018 - Current
- Provides policy, programmatic and assessment expertise and mentoring to country teams in seven countries throughout Asia
- Responsible for participant driven program design and documentation, program plans, assessments and reporting
- Engages in organizational representation with donors
- Serves as expert on evidenced-based results including indicator development, data collection and interpretation of results
- Leads proposal writing teams and guides peer-reviewed publications/presentations for international forums
- Recruitment, training, and technical and managerial support to field-based teams, including participant monitoring and program responses
- Relationship management with participants, traditional leaders, religious leaders, government officials, and other stakeholders
- Provides technical expertise and insured technical quality standards in multisectoral nutrition, food systems, food security, and maternal and child health country-led programs
- Focused support to BHA funded SAPLING (formerly Food for Peace) and USAID Bangladesh Mission Funded (Feed the Future) BANI projects across the complete project lifecycle, including proposal design and authorship, lead technical advisor; drafting and completing all reporting; oversight of monitoring evaluation and learning (MEL), nutrition, collaborating, learning, and adapting (CLA) components of the projects
- Grew portfolio from initial 18 million USD to USD 45 million for Chittagong Hill Tracts region.
Community Outreach Manager
World Central Kitchen
01.2023 - 04.2024
- Lead community outreach across disaster responses, locating vulnerable populations in need and recommendations for feeding
- Responded to disasters in the southern United States, California, Turkey, the US-Mexico border, Vermont, Greece, Hawaii, Northern Florida, Japan, Texas, Mexico
- Provided thought leadership, development, and institutionalized first-ever guidance documents including standard operating procedures, job descriptions, training materials, development of phases during deployment including phase out plans, and a monitoring and evaluation plan
- Responsible for partnership identification, management, and representation including local and federal government and non-governmental organizations and international bodies
- WCK representative on nutrition and emergency feeding national working group, contributor and reviewer of Disaster Nutrition Toolkit spearheaded by USDA and the American Red Cross.
Regional Director for Programs, Asia
Helen Keller International
01.2014 - 01.2018
- Responsible for program development, management, staff training, and assessment across seven countries in the Asia region
- Built and maintained partnerships with government officials, regional institutions, donors, universities, and other stakeholders
- Supervised and mentored regional technical staff
- Developed standard operating procedures, identified best practices and lessons learned
- Provided direction and guidance to short- and long-term planning, drafted regional strategy and contributed to the overall agency global strategic plan
- Identified and pursued new initiatives, concept papers, and proposals
- Served as lead trainer for multiple courses, providing direct capacity development in Nutrition in Emergencies, Enhanced Nutrition Actions/Enhanced Hygiene Actions
- As regional technical nutrition lead, oversaw in-country nutrition programs, ensuring standards in quality, impact, and scale to demonstrate improved effectiveness to donors and stakeholders
- Represented organization with donors, stakeholders, and partners
- Directed and supported submissions to international conferences and publications in peer-reviewed journals.
Humanitarian Assistance Branch Chief and Program Director
European Command of the US Department of Defense (EUCOM)
01.2011 - 01.2013
- Directed a $15M annual disaster mitigation and relief program across 17 countries in Eastern Europe
- Determined strategic and programmatic focus, including design and implementation of initiatives and developed branch strategy as a component to the overall EUCOM strategy
- Oversaw staff and programs in disaster management, health, and nutrition
- Responsible for technical oversight, reporting, and program assessment in addition to operational areas such as budgeting, logistics, manpower, communications
- Served as coordination point between US and host military forces, civilian agencies, and NGOs engaging in disaster response
- Supervised active-duty military officers and civilians as well as part-time reservists and local staff in each country
- Served as senior advisor to EUCOM on contingency planning, readiness and natural disasters
- Monitored stocking and issuing of Humanitarian and Daily Rations
- Coordinated with Department of Defense (DoD) storage facilities throughout the region for disaster response
- Led all USEUCOM disaster response efforts
- Deployed as required to coordinate disaster efforts
- Led disaster training program across USEUCOM staff
- Responsible for external communications including social media, local and international government officials, NGOs, senior leaders including Supreme Allied Commander, European Forces and other stakeholders
- Represented EUCOM for exercises, training, and other events as required.
Senior Technical Advisor
Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance USEUCOM
01.2010 - 01.2011
- Served as technical expert in disaster management programs across 22 countries with an annual budget of $100M
- Provided support to country teams in project implementation, exercise support, capacity development, and outreach
- Led coordination between civilian responders, including UN organizations, NGOs, the wider development community and EUCOM staff
- Developed briefings and presentations at international forums
- Key contributor to instruction guide for US military procedures in natural and man-made disasters
- Lead organizer of the United States European Command and National Guard Bureau State Partnership Conference on Disasters
- Supported US Forces Japan during the Japanese earthquake and subsequent tsunami and nuclear disaster, including field establishment of assessment systems.
Division Director, Assessment and Health Security
Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance Pacific Command of the US Department of Defense (USPACOM)
01.2008 - 01.2010
- Responsible for best practices development across 20 countries and an annual budget of $20M
- Designed resilience matrix and assessment methods
- Member of five-person Humanitarian Assistance Response Training (HART) training team- providing training in disaster response to civilian and military audiences
- Provided support for US military response to the Haiti earthquake, engaged in assessment and provision of relief packages
- Supervised and lectured in health and nutrition training courses (e.g
- The Health Emergencies in Large Populations with the International Committee for the Red Cross).
Monitoring and Evaluation Director
A2Z Project, The Academy for Educational Development
01.2006 - 01.2008
- Responsible for M&E activities for USAID's $80M flagship micronutrient project in 10 countries in Asia and Africa
- Supervised staff and consultants at headquarters and field offices
- Responsible for business and proposal development
- Conducted and supervised baseline surveys and field-based surveys
- Used innovative techniques to demonstrate rapid, field-based, non-traditional evaluation methods
- Provided representation for international coordination bodies on micronutrient interventions
- Worked with host nation governments to strengthen health information management systems
- Collaborated with the CDC to develop guidelines for staple food fortification programs
- Co-authored guidelines for assessment and monitoring of local and national Vitamin A supplementation programs for WHO and UNICEF.
Senior Technical Officer
Evaluation, Surveillance and Research, Family Health International (FHI)
01.2004 - 01.2005
- Responsible for training, direct supervision, program management, budgeting, and grants management of local NGOs across the portfolio in Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Asia
- Supervised M&E activities in PEPFAR focus and non-focus countries in Latin America and Africa
- Served as point person for technical issues related to nutrition and nutrition and HIV related issues
- Responsible for planning, implementation, and analysis of behavioral and biological surveillance systems with high-risk target groups in Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Asia
- Recruited and trained staff, engaged in community outreach to identify at-risk participants, worked with local officials to ensure ease of operations and permissions and approvals for testing
- Organizational representation with host country, donors, community groups.
Project Director
Nutrition and Health Surveillance System, Helen Keller International
01.2002 - 01.2004
- Responsible for all activities involving the largest sampled survey worldwide of 155,000 Indonesian households
- Managed and supervised over 430 employees in nine provinces
- Conducted community outreach with participants, local government officials, religious leaders, community groups, and other stakeholders
- Oversaw fiscal management and completed USAID reporting procedures
- Liaised with Government of Indonesia and USAID counterparts
- NGO lead to Food Aid Coordination Committee comprised of representatives from government, international donors, and NGOs.
Project Director and Data Manager
Center for Human Nutrition, UCLA
01.1998 - 01.2002
- Supervised and conducted both qualitative and quantitative data collection, including questionnaire design, oversaw project staff, arranged interview schedules, recruited participants for surveys, and completed all reporting procedures
- Conducted community outreach to recruit participants, assess needs, work with local officials to provide assessment and nutrition support
- Trained international staff and served as a teaching assistant in the use of dietary analysis software and managed data analysis research assistants
- Responsible for data management, data cleaning, and statistical analyses of several databases focused on nutrition and maternal and child health
- Directed submissions to international conferences and publications in peer-reviewed journals.
Program Planner
Plan International
01.1996
- Designed pilot adolescent health project consisting of nutrition for the life cycle, reproductive health, prevention of drug and alcohol abuse, and AIDS prevention program for 10,000 underprivileged adolescents in Cali
- Coordinated adolescent focus groups, identified organizations working with adolescents, created M&E plan, and trained staff.
Project Director
World Rehabilitation Fund, Inc.
01.1994 - 01.1995
- Managed $3.8 million dollar USAID war wounded rehabilitation project in El Salvador to aid 13,000 veterans and civilians affected by the 12-year civil war
- Hired and trained staff, oversaw fiscal management, developed program operating procedures, monitored and assessed interventions for participant satisfaction, completed USAID reporting procedures
- Member of three-person selection committee to award local grants
- Member of intersectoral committee for rehabilitation comprised of USAID, the Government of El Salvador, and local organizations.
Education
Ph.D. - International Health and Epidemiology
Tulane University
MPH - International Family Health and Nutrition
University of California- Los Angeles
01.1996
M.A. - International Development
The American University
01.1993
B.A. - undefined
Colgate University
01.1991
Skills
- Staff Management
- Relationship Building
- Budget Control
- Performance monitoring
- Documentation And Reporting
- Project Management
- Team Leadership
- Organizational Skills
- Analytical Skills
- Staff Development
- Donor Management
- Non-profit management
Accomplishments
- Meritorious Civilian Service Award. October 2013. Second highest DoD civilian award given for support to the European Command from 2011-2013.
- Joint Civilian Achievement Medal, February 2012, May 2013. Third highest DoD civilian award given for support to Turkish Earthquake response and development of DoD development assistance program.
Countryexperience
- Cambodia
- Chile
- Colombia
- El Salvador
- Indonesia
- Germany
- Albania
- Bangladesh
- India
- Kosovo
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- The Philippines
- Turkey
- Vietnam
Publications
available upon request
Certified pastry chef
2001 New Orleans Culinary and Hospitality Institute, January 2021
Languages
Spanish
Full Professional
French
Elementary
Bahasa Indonesia
Elementary
Timeline
Community Outreach Manager
World Central Kitchen
01.2023 - 04.2024
Senior Technical Advisor
Helen Keller International
01.2018 - Current
Regional Director for Programs, Asia
Helen Keller International
01.2014 - 01.2018
Humanitarian Assistance Branch Chief and Program Director
European Command of the US Department of Defense (EUCOM)
01.2011 - 01.2013
Senior Technical Advisor
Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance USEUCOM
01.2010 - 01.2011
Division Director, Assessment and Health Security
Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance Pacific Command of the US Department of Defense (USPACOM)
01.2008 - 01.2010
Monitoring and Evaluation Director
A2Z Project, The Academy for Educational Development
01.2006 - 01.2008
Senior Technical Officer
Evaluation, Surveillance and Research, Family Health International (FHI)
01.2004 - 01.2005
Project Director
Nutrition and Health Surveillance System, Helen Keller International
01.2002 - 01.2004
Project Director and Data Manager
Center for Human Nutrition, UCLA
01.1998 - 01.2002
Program Planner
Plan International
01.1996
Project Director
World Rehabilitation Fund, Inc.
01.1994 - 01.1995
Ph.D. - International Health and Epidemiology
Tulane University
MPH - International Family Health and Nutrition
University of California- Los Angeles
M.A. - International Development
The American University
B.A. - undefined
Colgate University
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