Cher-Wen Dewitt

About Cher-Wen Dewitt

I\'m a cross-functional social impact strategist and philanthropic advisor with over 15 years of multi-sector roles in various organizations. As an experienced people and project manager, I relish detangling sticky problems while crafting thriving worker-first team culture in mission-driven sectors. From focused units of 7 to wide-reaching outfits of over 30 people, I\'ve managed teams that move mountains together. While Director of Partnerships at the second-largest U.S. grantmaker in Sub-Saharan Africa, I worked to build more equitable relationships between doers and donors, facilitating over $40 million in new funding relationships for African nonprofits and social entrepreneurs. As Director of Operations at Flippable, I worked with a small but unstoppable team to democratize access to data-informed political giving in the US, channeling donations from over grassroots donors to state legislature races to fortify voting rights and fair redistricting policy. At One Acre Fund, I organized the last mile delivery of agricultural inputs to smallholder farmers in Rwanda, managed a credit portfolio of over $4 million with a national network of agro dealers, and facilitated a coalition of the world’s largest agricultural microfinance institutions. As a 20••••11 Global Health Corps fellow and Country Director for FACE AIDS, a program of Partners In Health in Rwanda, our team delivered youth-focused community health education and support services to people living with HIV. 🪢 It\'s my privilege to sit on the boards of AkiraChix, Fundi Bots, and formerly the Network of Engaged International Donors. 🤸‍ When I\'m not cooking dishes from my Southeast Asian and Midwestern heritages, I\'m happiest when painting or learning a new trick on the flying trapeze.

Experience

1. Board Member

   Akirachix

   Jan 2022 — Present · Nairobi County, KE

   AkiraChix provides the most promising young women in Africa with technology skills to compete economically and bridge the gender gap in tech.

Education

• Oberlin College

  B.A., Neuroscience

  2006 — 2010

Skills

• Project Management
• Capacity Building
• Public Health
• Policy Analysis
• Health Systems
• Community Health
• Human Rights
• Technical Assistance
• Data Analysis
• Health Policy
• Global Health
• Community Outreach
• Community Organizing
• Program Development
• Malaria
• Health Education
• Strategic Planning
• Qualitative Research
• Grant Writing
• Prevention
• Infectious Diseases
• Grants
• Program Management
• Proposal Writing
• Research
• Fundraising
• Hiv Prevention
• International Health
• Spss
• Literature Reviews
• Program Evaluation
• Epidemiology
• Social Entrepreneurship
• International Development
• Logistics Management
• Ngos
• Training
• Volunteer Management
• Epi Info
• Reproductive Health