Amy Clanin

-Lead the effort to increase the organization’s funding base, while promoting the mission and conservation programs in Rwanda -Serve as the Vice President on the Board of Directors, organize and co-lead quarterly meetings, and recruit new board and advisory council members -Develop and manage grants, build strategic partnerships, and represent the organization at meetings and conferences -Write annual and programmatic quarterly progress reports for distribution to the Board of Directors, field partners, colleagues, and donors -Conduct field visits to gain insight on program activities, teach in the classrooms, write blogs, and provide trainings for staff in Rwanda -Create operating and program budgets, launched and manage a monthly newsletter, developed a brochure, fact sheets, field volunteer application, and appeals, and oversaw the content and design of project area and mountain gorilla habitat maps -Work in collaboration with a web designer and developer on redesigning the website -Designed and instituted pre and post-questionnaires, utilizing true or false, multiple choice, and drawing questions to assess students’ knowledge and attitudes related to conservation, with a special emphasis on mountain gorillas -Analyzed results of pre and post-questionnaires to look for trends in the data and measure students’ retention of acquired knowledge -Authored and submitted a poster abstract entitled "Gorillas In Their Midst: Evaluating The Impact of Conservation Education Bordering Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park" for the 2012 International Primatological Society conference in Cancun, Mexico -Initiated and facilitated the process of changing the organization's website from a .com to a .org

-Develop and execute interactive lesson plans about wildlife, conduct interpretive zoo walks, and oversee teen volunteers in the classroom

-Organize, design, and give interactive, informative presentations on great ape behavior and conservation at schools and public venues, including the University of Maryland, Tech Prep Middle School, J.O. Wilson Elementary School, and DC9 for “Nerd Nite”

-Managed operations and facilitated daily communication and coordination between headquarter staff and personnel and partners in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) -Established operational, programmatic, and grant management systems -Assessed human resource capabilities and needs in the Kinshasa, DRC office and made targeted recommendations for more detailed reporting, greater accountability, and improved leadership -Drafted and maintained contracts for field staff and partners, tracked, monitored, and reviewed field reports, and provided feedback and information on developments related to great ape conservation -Coordinated with field staff and partners to receive bonobo survey data and submit to the A.P.E.S. Database -Wrote grant proposals and reports and served as a primary contact for institutional donors -Worked closely with the Board of Directors and played a lead role in overseeing the budget and strategic planning and review process -Recruited, trained, and supervised qualified candidates for volunteer, intern, and consultant positions -Received one-on-one training in Lingala, DRC's national language -Envisioned and put in place recognition systems, including appreciation and training certificates, as well as a bonobo birthday e-card, and organized social picnics and happy hours for staff and volunteers -Developed and administered online communications, including marketing e-mails, GlobalGiving projects, blogs, and social networking -Organized, promoted, and led eight fundraising and outreach events and created marketing campaigns (e.g. Adopt a Bonobo) and materials -Initiated and oversaw the content and design of the organization's Bonobo Peace Forest map -Applied for and was selected to be a featured organization in the 2010-11 Catalogue for Philanthropy

-Managed accounts receivable and payable, researched funding opportunities, and wrote grant proposals

-Designed, secured USAID funding for, and managed a village-based education and outreach project on chimpanzees, educating over 850 students and adults in 13 remote villages in the southeast region of Senegal -Recruited and trained local schoolteachers and eco-guides to serve as co-educators for the project -Coordinated monthly visits for students to observe and learn about chimpanzees at the Fongoli research site in collaboration with the Senegal Savanna Chimpanzee Project -Distributed booklets and posters on chimpanzee conservation at border patrols, tourist camps, schools, and local businesses -Conceived and launched a radio campaign on chimpanzees in coordination with the Agency for Water and Forests, local radio station, and private high school teacher/coordinator for activities of the Friends of Nature Club -Organized a plan-of-action workshop to facilitate communication and encourage collaboration among tourist camp personnel in the southeast region of the country -Trained and counseled village tourist camp personnel in business planning, marketing, and record keeping -Attended a project design and management training with a village counterpart, which led to the completion of a project design document for the construction of an improved village tourist camp -Collaborated with a local NGO and health volunteer to give a training on HIV/AIDS and distribute over 100 condoms -Implemented a training and demonstration for women, along with an agroforestry volunteer, on how to make and use energy-efficient mud stoves -Organized and supervised three conservation mural paintings at a local school -Conducted English classes and provided tutoring for children -Served on the Voluntary Advisory Committee, a representative body communicating volunteer needs and concerns to the Peace Corps administration

-Repaired infrastructure, installed walkways, built shelters, and assisted with orangutan research in the Tanjung Puting National Park

-Wrote summary abstracts on publications for the Research Archive and created fact sheets

-Assisted with trap-tube task doctoral student research and provided chimpanzee care at the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary

-Performed library and Internet research, wrote and edited Africa Programs brochures and website content, and processed information requests

-Collected behavioral data for an ongoing field log -Coded and analyzed the frequency of communicative gestures in the social play behavioral context of captive and free-living chimpanzees in videotapes

-Presented educational material to the public and facilitated guided observations of world-renowned signing chimpanzees

-Provided chimpanzee, gorilla, and gibbon care -Gave guided tram tours of the zoo's animals and programs

B.S. Primate Behavior & Ecology and B.A. in Anthropology
Activities: Roots & Shoots

Primate Behavior and Ecology

Anthropology

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