KERN D. AGARD

Forward-thinking executive with 10 years of leading and managing international and cross-cultural teams in the development, design, and management of large government and private-funded grants (over $10M total). 7+ years of team and organizational leadership and management. Includes staff safety and security, intercultural competence, and human resource requirements. Diverse development and humanitarian programming experience in highly complex communities and situations. Coordinates closely with local governments to establish / maintain key relationships and organizational presence as well as design programs to fit host country needs. Helps non-governmental organizations (NGO's) improve service offerings by driving stakeholder input, impact measurability, and business relationship development. Designs and implements global process changes to improve business flows, execution, and measurability in operations, finances, security, and continuity. Fluent in English, with intermediate conversational fluency in French (B1/B2).

Global Economy and Global Governance Certificate, University of Pittsburgh

• Successfully lead organizational rebranding to reengage donors, partners, and local networks leading to partnership development with 10 local and international entities and more than $500,000 in additional funding.
• 5 years leading senior multifunctional decision-making.
• Successful collaboration and communication among high-level government officials as well as local / foreign organizations through negotiation, networking, and developing strategic relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to lead an inclusive multinational team to evolve organizational policy for continuous and streamlined host country engagement.
• Ensured quality design and management of more than 150 country-specific engagements and sustainable humanitarian projects using a rights-based approach worth over $10M.
• Proven ability to improve project design process to enhance project goal / outcome measurability and concision by improving flow, consistency, and logic model for ~30 annual projects across numerous countries.
• Managed organizational and staff safety and security to closely monitor violence, uprisings, and disease outbreaks.

• Nonprofit Leadership and Management
• Financial Management for Nonprofits
• Project Management
• Project Design
• Needs Assessment
• MEAL - Monitoring & Evaluation
• Grant Writing
• Global Economy and Global Governance
• Corporate/Community Relations
• Economics
• Western European Studies