Lindsay Dakan

Lindsay Dakan's work experience begins in 2007 as a Campus Tours Representative at the Academy of Art University. From 2010 to 2012, they worked as an After School Program Leader at the YMCA of San Francisco. In 2011, Lindsay also worked as a Summer Arts Instructor at the Museum of Northern Arizona. From 2012 to 2014, they served as a University TEFL Instructor in the Peace Corps, teaching English classes and facilitating various educational programs. In 2014 and 2015, Lindsay took on roles as a Writing Center Consultant at Brandeis University and as an Admissions Graduate Assistant for Data and Operations at the Heller School. Lindsay joined the Global Fund for Women in 2015 as a Learning, Evaluation, and Impact Intern, where they analyzed grantee reports, conducted research, and drafted a user's guide for reporting. Lindsay then worked at THRIVEGulu from 2015 to 2017, first as a Monitoring and Evaluation Fellow and then as Director of Development. At Akola, Lindsay held positions as a Program Manager and Senior Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Manager from 2017 to 2020. Currently, since 2020, they are employed at Amplio Network, first as a Business Development Coordinator, then as a Global Partnerships Program Manager, and currently as the Product & Quality Assurance Director.

Lindsay Dakan obtained a Master of Arts (MA) degree in Sustainable International Development from The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University, from 2014 to 2016. Prior to that, Lindsay received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Philosophy and Human Rights from Trinity College-Hartford, from 2003 to 2007. Lindsay also has a certification in Teaching English as a Foreign Language from the Peace Corps, which was obtained in June 2014.