Tom Beebe Curriculum Vitae: Languages

Native English speaker, basic functional fluency in French (FSI 2.5) and Hausa (FSI 3.0)

Intro Statement

I'm a Capacity Building Specialist with experience in the private sector, domestic and foreign governments, and international NGO's (non-governmental organizations).

I have a background in social work and I studied psychology and disaster management.

One area of specialization is Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, where I've worked in the United States, Africa and Southeast Asia. My base of experience in this field is broad, I have received extensive training in the areas of community education, disaster mitigation, community planning, emergency housing operations, and public health related disaster mitigation.

Examples of my professional contributions include: unique and highly innovative HIV/AIDS outreach and prevention strategies among emerging target populations; and groundbreaking research in the special protection of women and children in global disaster management and planning.

Summary of Skills

My professional skills include:

Disaster Mitigation and Response: extensive and diverse training and field experience.

Strategic Program Design: for government agencies, NGO's, and private sector

Capacity Building: for government and NGO's

Social Work and Counseling: experience with diverse target populations, domestic and foreign cultures, men, women and children

Administrative Skills: Microsoft Office suite, Macintosh Operating System, web based graphic design, writing and editing, basic HTML skills

Small Business Skills: marketing and management

Construction Industry: estimating and budget management, supervision and jobsite management, construction related teaching on the jobsite and community based

Construction Technical skills: building inspection, disaster related causative analysis inspection, residential carpentry, electrical, plumbing,

Experience Keywords

AIDS Related Program Design

AIDS Related Policy Research

Capacity Building for Government, NGO, and Private Sector

Civil Rights

Community Outreach Project Management

Community Health Program Design and Implementation

Developmentally Disabled Programming and Support

Direct Care Provision for Developmentally Disabled Youth and Adults

Disaster Management, Mitigation and Response

Disaster Housing

Educational Material Development

Electoral Campaign Efforts

Environmental Causes

Fundraising

Gender Mainstreaming in Disaster Management

GOTV Organizing

Grant Management

HIV/AIDS Outreach and Counseling

Human Trafficking Prevention

International Development

Labor Rights

Marketing

Mental Health Mentoring and Advocacy

Organizational Development

Policy Research and Advocacy

Program Management

Sexual Education and Counseling for Youth and Adults

Small Business Development

Teaching, Training, Training of Trainers

Vocational Training of Youth and Young Adults

Voter’s Rights

Women’s Rights

Worker’s Rights

Youth Counseling