Curriculum Vitae

Career evidence for turning complex social and environmental commitments into clearer decisions, workable systems, and improvements people can sustain.

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Career overview

Development finance: DFC private-sector transactions, ADB sovereign energy investments, and IFC/MIGA accountability cases.
Social risk practice: Indigenous Peoples; free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC); resettlement; stakeholder engagement; grievance response; gender equality and social inclusion (GESI); labor; and community impacts.
Data systems: portfolio analytics, monitoring workflows, spatial screening, structured records, and public web products.

Career history

Senior Environmental & Social Specialist; Senior Data & Analytics Liaison Officer (detail)

U.S. International Development Finance Corporation · Washington, DC · Dec 2023–present

E&S screening, due diligence, clearance, supervision, portfolio monitoring, legal-condition follow-up, and practical monitoring systems.

Creator

categori.se · Remote · Mar 2023–present

Public projects and prototypes spanning information systems, archives, surveys, maps, decision support, and document-review workflows.

User Success Engineer

Observable Inc. · Washington, DC · Mar–Oct 2023

Client support for data management, visual storytelling, notebook architecture, front-end performance, and public-interest reporting.

Social Development Specialist

Asian Development Bank · Manila / South Asia · Oct 2019–Mar 2023

Social safeguard compliance for 27 South Asia energy investments; Indigenous Peoples focal point; GESI, grievance response, and data initiatives.

Research Analyst

World Bank Group Compliance Advisor Ombudsman · Washington, DC · May 2017–Sep 2019

Compliance appraisals and investigations for IFC- and MIGA-supported projects, corrective-action monitoring, case data, and public reporting.

Staff Consultant, Social Development Specialist (Safeguards); Consultant, Improving Safeguard Policy Applications

Independent consultant to ADB · India / Philippines · Jul 2016–Apr 2017

Review of resettlement and Indigenous Peoples instruments, country safeguard systems assessment, missions, and policy dialogue.

Manager of User Services

Bard College at Simon's Rock · Great Barrington, MA · Aug 2015–Jun 2016

Campus IT user services, knowledge resources, working-group mentoring, and support operations.

Assistant Co-Editor, Chinese Sociology & Anthropology

M.E. Sharpe · Remote / editorial · Nov 2005–Dec 2010

Author engagement, copyright coordination, manuscript editing, and English-language publication.

Research Associate, Safeguard Policy Update; Intern, Environmental and Social Safeguards Division

Asian Development Bank · Manila · Jan–Jul 2009

Comparative policy review, case-study analysis, staff interviews, and dialogue for ADB's safeguard policy update.

Adjunct Research Associate

Sun Yat-sen University, China Cross-Cultural Consulting Center · Guangzhou · Sep 2006–May 2007

Review of World Bank social-action and Indigenous Peoples plans and translation for a Hakka diaspora museum exhibition.

Consultant, Social Policy Research Assistant

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development · United Kingdom · Jun–Aug 2006

Comparative review of policies for safeguarding vulnerable groups.

Intern, Culture Sector

UNESCO · Beijing, China · Jul–Dec 2005

Coordinated regional experts, edited manuscripts and speeches, supported web content, and contributed to museum-management case studies.

Research Associate; Director, Business Development & Research; Special Advisor, Research and Innovation

Cross-Cultural Consulting Services · Global · Jun 2005–Mar 2015

Consulting assignments on Indigenous Peoples, resettlement, cultural heritage, baseline studies, FPIC, policy research, and good practice.

Teacher-Ambassador

Pearl S. Buck International · Zhenjiang, China · Aug 2004–Jul 2005

English-language teaching, curriculum design, and teaching aids for primary-school students.

Project evidence

DFC private-sector portfolio, 2023–present: E&S screening, due diligence, supervision, monitoring, legal-condition follow-up, and portfolio-system concepts across global transactions.
ADB South Asia energy portfolio, 2019–2023: safeguard preparation and supervision, Indigenous Peoples, resettlement, GESI, grievance response, and borrower support across 27 investments.
World Bank Group CAO, 2017–2019: compliance appraisal, investigation support, monitoring, case-data structuring, and public reporting.
Independent ADB assignments, 2016–2017: safeguard-instrument review, country safeguard systems assessment, missions, and policy dialogue.
Cross-Cultural Consulting Services, 2005–2015: applied research and advisory work on Indigenous Peoples, FPIC, resettlement, cultural heritage, and social assessment.

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Education, training, and languages

Education and certificates

Business Analytics certificate course · Harvard Business School Online · 2025
Master of Science, Asian Studies · Lund University · 2007–2011
Bachelor of Arts (Honors), Anthropology; minor in German · Pacific Lutheran University · 2000–2004

Field and cultural training

Makah Cultural Studies; sociology and philosophy at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg; Hawaiian Cultural Studies; and Fijian archaeology and prehistory.

Languages

English (native), German (advanced), Swedish (moderate), Mandarin Chinese (functional), and Russian (passive).

Internships, fellowships, and awards

UNESCO Culture Sector internship, Beijing, China (2005); SUPRA Nordic Scholar; S. Erving Severtson, Forest Foundation Research Fellowship; Wang Center Grant for International Studies.

Frameworks, tools, and working methods

Standards and review: IFC Performance Standards, MDB safeguards, ESMS review, action plans and covenants, monitoring reports, and grievance response.

Social risk methods: stakeholder engagement, FPIC analysis, resettlement review, livelihood restoration, GESI action planning, and vulnerable-group analysis.

Data and web tools: SQL, Git, AWS, Azure, Firebase, Observable Framework, JavaScript, Node.js, HTML, CSS, Plot, D3, Tableau, Power BI, QGIS, Leaflet, Mapbox, and OpenLayers.

Selected publications and contributions

2022 · Inclusive Community Energy Resilience in Bangladesh. Supported coordination of, and responses to, peer review. ADB South Asia Working Paper Series No. 89.
2015 · Practising Social Development: Navigating Local Contexts to Benefit Local Communities. With Gregory Eliyu Guldin; in Making a Difference? Social Assessment Policy and Praxis and Its Emergence in China.
2014 · Indigenous Peoples of Russia: Country Profile. Prepared with Gregory Eliyu Guldin for the World Bank Group.
2008–2009 · Social Assessment: In Search of Good Practice. Paper prepared with Gregory Eliyu Guldin for the IUAES congress in Kunming.
2007 · Indigenous Peoples and Oil Companies: Respect the Differences. With Michaela S. Bergman and Gregory Eliyu Guldin; SPE Asia Pacific Health, Safety, Security, and Environment Conference and Exhibition.
2007 · The Party Secretary, the Village Head and the Masses: Negotiating Real Contexts in Social Assessment. With Gregory Eliyu Guldin; Urban Anthropology, 36(1–2): 9–37.