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Darin Spurgeon
Darin Spurgeon ... Program Manager at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ... Greater New York City Area ... Nonprofit Organization Management
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Darin Spurgeon
Program Manager at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Greater New York City AreaNonprofit Organization Management
Current
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Green Visions
Previous
Virgin Unite, World Food Programme, Save the Children
Education
INSEAD
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connections
www.linkedin.com/pub/darin-spurgeon/21/32a/bb8
BACKGROUND
SUMMARY
Experienced international development professional with strong background in new initiative development, strategy design, business planning, supervision and management, finance, logistics, stakeholder outreach, donor relations, fundraising, partner identification and vetting, grant-making, impact evaluation and reporting, and social enterprise; in-country experience in Bosnia, Canada, Croatia, Italy, Jordan, Montenegro, Serbia, South Africa, UK and US; and experience in multilateral, NGO, and corporate settings.
EXPERIENCE
Program Manager Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation December 2012 – Present (4 months)Greater Seattle Area
Founder Green Visions August 2000 – Present (12 years 8 months)Bosnia and Herzegovina
Americas Director Virgin Unite January 2006 – November 2012 (6 years 11 months)Greater New York City Area
Business Analyst World Food Programme January 2005 – December 2005 (1 year)Rome Area, Italy
Operations Officer – Iraq Programme World Food Programme April 2004 – January 2005 (10 months)Rome Area, Italy
Re-negotiation Manager/Team Leader – Iraq Programme World Food Programme August 2003 – April 2004 (9 months)Rome Area, Italy
Country Representative – Bosnia Save the Children August 2001 – August 2002 (1 year 1 month)Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Project Manager Save the Children January 1999 – August 2001 (2 years 8 months)Bosnia and Herzegovina
Project Support Officer Save the Children August 1998 – January 1999 (6 months)Bosnia and Herzegovina
Founder and President American branch of Austrian NGO June 1996 – July 1997 (1 year 2 months)Tallahassee, Florida Area
Emergency Aid Officer Austrian NGO July 1994 – June 1995 (1 year)Bosnia and Herzegovina
SKILLS & EXPERTISE
- 8International...
- 3Fundraising
- 2NGOs
- 1Cross-functional Team...
- Grants
English Native or bilingual proficiency Bosnian Full professional proficiency Serbian Full professional proficiency Croatian Full professional proficiency German Elementary proficiency
EDUCATION
INSEAD Masters of Business Administration 2002 – 2003 Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Scholar
Florida State University Bachelor of Arts, History 1992 – 1998
RECOMMENDATIONS Given (1)
Lauren Jenkins Chung Strategy Development Management Consultant/Intern Lauren is an incredibly diligent and hard-working person. She is also a pleasure to work with. She has an amazing attitude and her work is consistently of a very high quality. March 17, 2012, Darin managed Lauren at Virgin