Innovation in Development

In this Jobs with Jodi Podcast episode, Career Services Specialist Jodi Hammer chats with RPCV professionals working within the Innovation sector of international development who  share their own experiences as well as offer tips and advice on how to explore career opportunities in the innovation arena. Don't miss this opportunity to be inspired and have your questions answered.

FEATURED PANELISTS:

RPCV Taylor Cruz (Eswatini 2012–14) is an innovation strategist and UX Designer based in Zambia. As an innovation consultant, she works with clients such as GIZ, JSI, and UNFPA to design and implement innovative programming and initiatives.  She previously worked at Pact, a global NGO, where she was a founding member of their innovation team and managed the incubation of early-stage innovations. With over 12 years of experience working on youth development programs in over 20 countries, she specializes in youth workforce curriculum and is a human-centered design principal facilitator. Taylor has a background in international business and has an M.A. in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship from SIT Graduate Institute in Washington, D.C., and is a 2012-2014 RPCV from eSwatini.  
 

RPCV Garrett Mason (Liberia 2010–12) is the Chief Training Officer at Corps Africa. He has spent the past 17 years in program design, project management, teaching, and adult training. He specializes in asset-based community development, human-centered design, systems practice, leadership development, and grassroots community development and has led innovation programs in 12 countries.

PODCAST HOST: 

Jodi Hammer is an RPCV (Ecuador 1994–97), Job Coach, and host of the Global Reentry's Jobs with Jodi Podcast. In her role as Global Reentry Career Support Specialist with NPCA, she develops and delivers individual and group programming to foster Global Reentry's mission of providing career and transitional support to RPCVs worldwide.

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Edited by Catherine Gardner