Elizabeth Weight

About Elizabeth Weight

Specialist in agricultural water management and smallholder market systems/value chains with more than 20 years of experience in non-profit management; 14 years of field experience in Africa and Asia.

Experience

1. Program Coordinator, National Integrated Drought Information System (Nidis)

   Noaa National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

   Feb 2019 — Present · Boulder, CO, US

   Supporting the establishment of a national drought early warning system in the U.S. through- Coordinating NIDIS\'s assessment and evaluation portfolio- Liaising with the National Drought Resilience Partnership (NDRP)- Coordinating NIDIS\'s rapid drought response strategy nationwide- Representative for Region IV on the Expert Team on Drought for the World Meteorological Organization\'s (WMO) Commission on Agricultural Meteorology (CAgM), 20••••22- Member, North American Extreme Events Advisory Group for the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation

Education

• Duke University

  Master in Environmental Management, Resource Economics and Policy Program

  1995 — 1997

• Connecticut College

  Bachelor of Arts (BA), International Relations

  1985 — 1989

Skills

• Value Chain Analysis
• Food Security
• Research
• Climate Change
• Sustainability
• Climate Change Adaptation
• Ngos
• Program Evaluation
• Non-Governmental Organizations (Ngos)
• Sustainable Development
• Social Entrepreneurship
• International Development
• Grant Writing
• Project Management
• Natural Resource Management
• Capacity Building
• Poverty Reduction
• Proposal Writing
• Policy Analysis
• Rural Development