Nate Heller

Past

• Congressional Hunger Fellow, Information and Communication for Development at Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• West Africa Regional Representative at The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy
• Agroforestry Extension Agent at US Peace Corps

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Education

• Yale University - Yale School of Management
• The Johns Hopkins University
• Connecticut College

• Sidwell Friends School

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Connections

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Industry

International Trade and Development

Websites

• e-Agriculture.org

Nate Heller’s Summary

MBA candidate graduating 2009 specializing in social entrepreneurship. MA in International Development and over 5 years field experience in West Africa at grassroots, NGO, and UN levels. Particularly interested in businesses focusing on democratizing the commercial availability of needed products and services in developing countries.

Nate Heller’s Specialties:

Project Management, Social Entrepreneurship, Sustainable Development, Non-Profit Sector, ICT for Development, West Africa
Fluent in French and Senegalese Wolof, Proficient in Spanish and Italian
Proficient in Microsoft Office, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Joomla and Typo3 Web Content Management Systems

Nate Heller’s Experience

• Congressional Hunger Fellow, Information and Communication for Development

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

  (Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; International Trade and Development industry)

  July 2005 — August 2007 (2 years 2 months)

  • Collaborated with divisional team on development of global community of expertise on the use of information and communications technologies (ICT) in agriculture and rural development, including development of online platform, analysis of survey results, and representation at World Summit on the Information Society events.
  • Researched and collaborated with organizations in Ghana involved in the use of ICT for rural livelihoods.

• West Africa Regional Representative

  The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; International Trade and Development industry)

  August 2001 — April 2003 (1 year 9 months)

  - Managed implementation of West Africa program for 5 year USAID funded sustainable transportation project including development of strategies, hiring staff, lobbying, and forming partnerships with government, local NGOs and private sector.

• Agroforestry Extension Agent

  US Peace Corps

  (Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; International Trade and Development industry)

  March 1999 — June 2001 (2 years 4 months)

  - Grassroots village based facilitation of farmers in agroforestry, construction, and small business projects

Nate Heller’s Education

• Yale University - Yale School of Management

  MBA , Social Entrepreneurship, International Development , 2007 — 2009

  Teaching Assistant- Competitor Class, International Experience Egypt/Ghana

  Activities and Societies:

  Leader, Yale SOM Global Social Enterprise Club
  Leader, Yale SOM Economic Development Club
  International Development Representative, Net Impact Executive Committee
  Yale SOM Outreach Non-Profit Consulting Club- Loaves and Fishes Second Harvest
  Editor, Yale Journal of International Affairs

• The Johns Hopkins University

  MA , Social Change and Development, International Economics , 2003 — 2005

  Consultancy, Making Cents International, Spring 2004
  Consultancy, NGO Media and Communications, The Fomunyoh Foundation, Bamenda, Cameroon, Summer 2004
  Research Assistant, Dr. Muhiuddin Haider, George Washington University School of Public Health, Spring 2005

  Activities and Societies:

  Chair, SAIS Student Foundation, 2004-05
  SAIS International Development Club

• Connecticut College

  BA , Philosophy , 1994 — 1998

  Activities and Societies:

  Scholar, Toor Cummings Center for International Studies and the Liberal Arts
  Independent Study- Leopold Sedar Senghor and the Senegalese Negritude Movement
  Amnesty International, Dakar, Senegal, Summer 1997
  Institute of European Studies, Paris, Fall 1996

• Sidwell Friends School

Additional Information

Nate Heller’s Websites:

• e-Agriculture.org

Nate Heller’s Interests:

Social Entrepreneurship, International Development, Africa, politics, reading, guitar, travel

Nate Heller’s Groups:

•    Yale SOM Alumni
•    Sidwell Friends School Alumni
•    Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) - Johns Hopkins University
•    Microfinance Student Network
•    Congressional Hunger Center Alumni

Nate Heller’s Honors:

Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellow, Congressional Hunger Center, 2005-7

Nate Heller’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch