Teeter

About Teeter

Practiced in international relations, strategic planning, and program implementation to address complex international conflicts through innovation and sustainable solutions. Highly skilled in leading teams to develop and execute strategic plans and programs. Adept at establishing collaborative partnerships that leverage strengths and enable collective solutions to multifaceted problems. Strong background in program management, strategic communications, governance, cross-cultural negotiation, facilitation, mediation, information technology utilization, and interagency coordination.

Experience

1. Foreign Affairs Officer

   U.S. Department Of State

   Feb 2010 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Engagement Team Leader responsible for managing conflict and stabilization operations in the Middle East and Central Asia. Oversee program coordination to integrate the Bureau’s strategic plan and vision into each engagement’s strategies and goals.MIDDLE EAST ENGAGEMENTS• Syria Analysis Team Lead: established and manage new five-person unit to conduct complex analysis of high visibility programs for Syria. Secured $5 million of in-kind assistance from the Department of Defense to support new analytical methods to analyze Syria’s opposition.• Syria Deputy Field Team Lead: oversaw the design, implementation, and training of the Planning for Civil Administration Transition (PCAT) program- the most visible USG non-lethal assistance program to the Syrian opposition. • Syria Transition Planning Lead: managed eight-person team to support NSS strategic planning for post-Asad transition, including program development to support the opposition and accelerate the Regime’s departure.• Lebanon Contingency Planning Lead: designed scenario-based contingency planning to position Embassy Beirut in responding to Syria’s impact on Lebanon. Led five-person field team to implement planning activities with Embassy; utilizing results to re-shape USG strategic planning within the NSS.• Yemen Transition Planning Lead: support NSS in developing the USG’s strategic approach for stabilizing the post-Saleh transition in Yemen. Authored \"Quick Wins\" paper that became the foundation for USG strategy.CENTRAL ASIA ENGAGEMENTS TEAM LEAD• Uzbekistan Strategic Planning Lead: led diverse eight-person team in designing and implementing an innovative contingency planning exercise for political transition in Uzbekistan. U.S. • Kyrgyzstan Stabilization & Transition Lead: managed 22 personnel and oversaw significant changes to mission’s goals, personnel turnover, and coordinating the first drawdown of a major extended engagement in the organization’s history.

Education

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

  BA, Rhetorical Theory and History

  1999 — 2003

• George Mason University

  MS, Peace Operations Policy

  2005 — 2007