Sarah Silliman
Associate Director, Project Management at Columbia World Projects at Columbia University in the City of New York
- Role
- Director of Development and Strategic Operations at Cai Cicatelli Associates Inc
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Sarah Silliman
Strategic, unifying nonprofit leader who increases organizational effectiveness by…
Experience
Director of Development and Strategic Operations
Oct 2012 — Present
Drive funding and operational initiatives to strengthen financial support and organizational management of global nonprofit working to improve the health and well-being of communities most affected by health disparities, through education, training, and technical assistance. • Significantly contribute to generating $17 million in annual revenue. • Secured over $45 million in grant funding for wide range of US and international programs.• Identify funding opportunities and reach out to prospective donors including government agencies, and private and corporate foundations. • Spearhead multi-disciplinary teams to design programs in response to funding opportunities from federal, state and city agencies, or requests for specific services from nonprofit, NGO and government clients.• Collaborate with clients to develop program strategies; translate concepts into concrete action plans with goals, Key Performance Indicators, time lines, staffing, evaluation, and budgets. • Build partnerships with local organizations and specialist service providers to ensure delivery of high-quality programs; negotiate roles and responsibilities, funding, and communication structure. • Led development of cloud-based project management database, liaising with vendor to customize it for CAI.• Trained initial cohort of users and used their experience to improve the database system. • Ensure highest-quality program development and funding proposals by keeping up-to-date with US and international health issues, the social determinants of health, and key players in the health arena.
Education
The New School
Masters in International Affairs, Socio-Economic Development
2006
New York University
Continuing Education
2015
Antioch College
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics
2001
Skills
- Human Rights
- Funding
- New Program Launches
- Community Organizing
- Sustainable Development
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Leadership
- Grant Writing
- International Development
- Program Development
- Proposal Writing
- Policy
- Partnership Development
- Grant-Making
- Venture Philanthropy
- Public Policy
- Nonprofits
- Community Outreach
- Community Development
- Resource Management
- Fundraising
- Technology Integration
- Climate Change
- Sustainability
- Organizational Structure
- Program Evaluation
- Program Management
- Training
- Volunteer Management
- Strategic Planning
- Organizational Development
- Budget Management
- Growth Strategies
- Budgeting & Forecasting
- Grants
- Capacity Building
- Public Speaking
- Non-Profit Program Development
- Spanish
- International Relations
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