Denise Gordon

• Provide musical performance in various venues and festivals with local and international musicians.
• Recording Artist - Wangu We -12 tracks
• Artist promotion including bookings, fee negotiation and marketing for musical artists
• Provided musical performance coaching to private clients and Primusic Music Competition Finalists (Burundi)
• Musical Director for music youth program (Kenya); Selected musicians, staging and line-up for the Broadcast, Film, Music, Africa (BFMA) (Kenya); Produced 15 artist opening act for Extravaganza featuring Morgan Heritage (Kenya) and Kilimani Street Festival - (Kenya)
• Worked flexible hours across night, weekend and holiday shifts.

• Communicated with other crew members via walkie talkies to coordinated production activities.
• Supported wardrobe in styling and continuity, as well as hair and makeup needs simultaneously on remote shoot locations.
• Supported production in set design and location scouting.
• Wrote scripts for comedy series
• Featured actress in Kenyan TV drama New Beginnings - 4 Seasons
• Commercial Actress (U.S)

United Nations

• Country Representative - UN’s humanitarian assistance to Burundi which included coordinating all humanitarian actors in Burundi during occupation of militia forces in capital city. Monitored and coordinated support to monthly displacement of 100,000/people/month in rest of country. Advisor to UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Burundi

US Agency for International Development

• Monitored, reported and managed all in-country use of US agricultural commodities
• Worked to combat hunger and malnutrition in emergency, transition and developmental situations
•  Monitored $14M portfolio of international NGOs and UN agencies funded by the US government
•  Reviewed proposals, program and grant monitoring, and development through field visits
•  Reported on humanitarian situations
•  Represented US government humanitarian interest nationally and internationally