kyra gordon

global project manager

About

International Program Management Specialist at U.S. Army/AMCOM

Country

united states

City

madison

Industry

non-profit organization management

Skill

program management, proposal writing, research, writing, editing, nonprofit leadership, real estate, international relations, russian, teaching english, business english, managing volunteers, office management, ms office suite, security assistance management, foreign military sales, customer relations, fundraising, nonprofits, teaching, customer service, intercultural communication, teaching english as a second language, microsoft office

Experience

english teacher to at-risk youth

freedom academy

2006-8 - 2008-6 · 1 yr 11 mos

English, Writing, and Grammar Teacher for “at-risk” youth

office and aftercare intern

the a21 campaign

2011-7 - 2011-10 · 4 mos

p.e.r.k.s program volunteer coordinator

manna house ministries

2007-8 - 2010-1 · 2 yrs 6 mos

* P.E.R.K.S. Program—Personal Emergency Rations for Kids in Schools * Assembled take home food for inner city children * Food distribution to homeless. Christmas Blessing Program providing gifts to area children.

volunteer

hope house for children

2009-3 - 2009-5 · 3 mos

International Volunteer; Taught English as a Second Language, arranged educational games and outings for orphan children, St. Petersburg Russia

english teacher

communication language services

2009-1 - 2009-1 · 1 mo

critical language scholar

u.s. department of state

2008-6 - 2008-8 · 3 mos

Department of State Sponsored Program Award, Nizhny Novgorod Linguistic University

writing consultant

university of alabama in huntsville

2005-5 - 2006-8 · 1 yr 4 mos

congressional intern

u.s. house of representatives

2006-6 - 2006-7 · 2 mos

global project manager

the a21 campaign

2018-2 - Present · 8 yrs 8 mos

ukraine and bulgaria director

the a21 campaign

2012-6 - 2018-2 · 5 yrs 9 mos

international program management specialist

u.s army/amcom

2010-4 - 2012-5 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Education

european university of st. petersburg

russian

2010-1 - 2011-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

Courses: Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation; Central Asian States: Making, Breaking and Remaking; Security Threats in Eurasia: Armed Conflicts, Terrorism and Extremism; Islam and Nationalism in Eurasia; The State, Violence and the Mafia in a Comparative Perspective; Political Changes in Post-Soviet Eurasia; Masters Thesis: "Unholy Roads: Human Trafficking, Organized Crime, and its Dangerous Linkages in the Post Soviet World.”

the university of alabama in huntsville

political science

2004-1 - 2008-1 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Fulbright Scholar Award (2009)","Critical Language Scholar Award (2008)","College of Liberal Arts Highest Academic Achievement Award (2008)","Kathryn L. Harris Women’s Studies Writing Competition Academic First Prize (2008)","Marshall Scholar & Rhodes Scholar, University nominee (2008)"]