Curriculum Vitae

My life's work has been dedicated to social and environmental risk management in development finance. Throughout my career, a common thread is my focus on creating practical data systems that turn complex information into actionable insight.

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

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Degrees

Master of Science, Asian Studies - Lund University, Lund, Sweden, 2007-2011.
Bachelor of Arts (Honors), Anthropology; minor in German - Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA, 2000-2004.

Selected Training

Makah Cultural Studies - Pacific Lutheran University, Neah Bay, Washington.
Sociology and Philosophy - Albert-Ludwigs Universitat, Freiburg, Germany.
Hawaiian Cultural Studies - Pacific Lutheran University, Oahu and Kauai.
Fijian Archaeology and Prehistory - University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Nacula Island, Yasawas, Fiji.

Languages

English - native.
German - advanced.
Swedish - moderate.
Mandarin Chinese - functional.
Russian - passive.

Awards

SUPRA Nordic Scholar, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, 2009.
S. Erving Severtson, Forest Foundation Research Fellowship, 2003-2004.
Wang Center Grant for International Studies, 2003-2004.

Frameworks, Tools, And Working Methods

Publications And Writing

2022 - "Inclusive Community Energy Resilience in Bangladesh" (lead technical editor and supervisory peer reviewer), ADB South Asia Working Paper Series No. 86.
2015 - "Practicing 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 - "Country Profile: Indigenous Peoples of the Russian Federation" with Gregory Eliyu Guldin and Nicolas Perrin, World Bank Group.
2008 - "Social Assessment: In Search of Good Practice" with Gregory Eliyu Guldin, paper presented at 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 Context in Social Assessment" with Gregory Eliyu Guldin, Urban Anthropology, 38(1-2): 9-37.