Dara Stoney

About Dara Stoney

Operational leader. Collaborative strategist. Process & Technology architect. Impact Network champion.I am an experienced operational leader who has spent nearly a decade building systems, leading change, and strengthening operational foundations to usher mission-driven organizations through periods of growth and transition. My work is rooted in care, collaboration, and strategic alignment. A trusted “systems thinker” recognized for connecting strategy to execution, I help translate organizational vision into scalable systems, disciplined operations, and measurable results in complex, donor-funded environments. As a collaborative strategist, I strongly believe in the power of networks and knowledge sharing to foster collaboration, deep alignment, and the shared understanding needed to create healthy, inclusive organizations and partnerships.I am passionate about leveraging the latest technology platforms to design processes that remove obstacles to collaboration within organizations\' internal teams and between external partners – helping to navigate growth, change, and risk.I am dedicated to helping teams, organizations, and change networks enhance their skills and abilities for effective systems change.My expertise includes non-profit and global operations, enterprise systems implementation and change initiatives, process design, and network financial analysis.

Experience

1. Director, Strategic Systems & Knowledge Management

   ICAP at Columbia University

   Oct 2023 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Provide oversight for organization-wide initiatives to strengthen ICAP’s strategic systems and knowledge management approach, leveraging technology, scalable processes, and essential change management practices that ensure systems and processes are grounded in evidence and aligned with emerging and evolving organizational priorities. Manage core ICAP systems including overseeing the rollout of the ICAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) system across 40 country programs.

Education

• Drexel University

  Master of Public Health (MPH), Health Management and Policy

  2013 — 2015

• University of Pittsburgh

  BSBA; BS, Marketing; Communications

  2002 — 2007

• University of Maryland Global Campus

  Project Management Certificate, Project Management Certificate

  2010 — 2012

• Columbia University

  Master of Science - MS, Information & Knowledge Strategy

• University at Albany

  Cert., Public Health

  2009 — 2011

Skills

• Project Management
• Public Health
• Proposal Writing
• Microsoft Office
• Public Speaking
• Social Media
• Community Outreach
• Sharepoint Administration
• Program Evaluation
• Health Disparities Research
• Sas Programming
• Marketing
• Research
• Federal Grants Management
• Qualitative Research
• Health Survey Coding
• Nonprofits
• Non-Profits
• Business Planning
• Quantitative Research
• Data Analysis
• Editing
• Program Development
• Grants
• Program Management
• Fundraising
• Writing
• Grant Writing
• Public Relations
• Strategic Planning