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VEGA Quarterly Program Meeting December 11 th, 2014 PYXERA Global Washington D.C.

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Meet VEGAs New Director of Strategic Relationships and Communication Karen Yacos Karen is a multi-faceted sustainability professional with extensive experience working in corporate, nonprofit, and community settings. Most recently, as the Director of Sustainability at Keurig Green Mountainone of the fastest growing companies in the USKaren oversaw the companys strategic philanthropy efforts. During nearly five years with the company, she was responsible for developing signature cause initiatives that strengthened the companys brand, engaged consumers, and energized employees. Karen also led the volunteerism, grant making, and product donations programs in the US and Canada. She worked closely with partners to assure that all these endeavors had a significant positive impact in the world and resulted in strong business value for the company. In order to inform, inspire, and tell the stories, Karen facilitated the use of communication and web platforms in a variety of outreach efforts and marketing campaigns. VEGA UPDATES

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Devex Doing More Campaign Campaign concluded at the end of December 6-months of social media engagement Member participation Published Oped, Social Media Events, etc. Michael Deals Oped celebrating International Volunteer Day published on December 5 th Volunteerism: A tribute to US business and professional goodwill ambassadors

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VEGA UPDATES Upcoming Monitoring and Evaluation Training Facilitated by VEGA Resource Partner, Social Impact December 18 th and 19 th Free to VEGA Members Few seats available!!! 2015 M&E Webinar Series Partner with InsideNGO Four Webinars on various M&E topics Presentations and participation by VEGA Members

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VEGA UPDATES Upcoming Womens Economic Empowerment Presentation Presented by Lindsey Jones of ACDI/VOCA Located www.microlinks.org (library)www.microlinks.org Presentation with a discussion to follow on January 5 th from 2:00 to 3:00 Location: ACDI/VOCA | 50 F Street NW | Suite 1000 | Washington, DC 20001 VEGA Website: New Members Sections Resources for VEGA Members

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Major Accomplishments LWA Extended 3 years VEGAs New Directions Strategy 2.0 was developed and launched. Increased total amount: $100,000,000 PriorCurrent

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New Awards Yemen CASH 5 years & $24,499,449 CBCLO 5 years & $1,964,681 Afghanistan CBCMP II 3 years & $19,999,989 Laos EMDAP 2 years & $150,830 Uganda EMDAP 1 year & $125,225

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New Agreement Officers Senior Program Advisor for the DGP in the Local Sustainability Office. Select prior experience: USDAs Food for Progress; AmeriCorps Program Officer. Senior Program Advisor for the Development Grants Program (DGP) and overseas a number of Cooperative Agreements for USAID. Select prior experience: USDAs Foreign Agricultural Service; Army Corps of Engineers and FEMA; Del Monte. Joyce Friedenberg, VEGA AOR Shohreh Kermani-Peterson, VEGA Alternate AOR

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New Members

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Membership Changes Departing Members: Partners of the Americas Sustainable Travel International New & Continuing Resource Partners: QED Group, LLC Social Impact IBTCI Claro KC

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Sustained Expenditure Growth

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Staffing Doug Kerr Managing Director of Business Development Karen Yacos Director, Strategic Relationships & Communication Elena Sheidu Senior Accountant Leia DAmboise Program Associate

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Looking to 2015 Market LWA New Revenue Streams & Strategic Partnerships Thought Leader & Advocate Volunteerism Strengthen Alliance

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VEGA Business Development Update 1. LWA Marketing Mission and Bureau Outreach (recent and upcoming travel) LWA Infographic Newsletter messaging 2. Corporate Strategy Look for VEGA Solutions website coming soon Finalizing Alliance pitch to MNCs in general Ongoing discussions with 8 firms 3. VAST 2015 will see the first requests for donor fundingstay tuned!

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Meet New VEGA Members and Resource Partners New Members Aquaculture without Frontiers Arizona State University: Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives Global Parks Partners for Development New Resource Partner Claro KC