Maya Graham

Maya currently serves as principal at her consultancy centered around social impact and organizational growth. In her career, she has focused on multi stakeholder engagement through democratic development, grassroots mobilization, and digital technology. Maya graduated from the University of Maryland with a government and politics degree and Mandarin Chinese language citation. Prior to and following graduation, she worked at the State Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Affairs and the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism. She consequently spent 16 months at National Taiwan University and Peking University while working with the Asia Foundation in Taiwan on a legislative strengthening program, US media during a presidential visit to China, and the Department of Commerce's Trade Facilitation Office. Her experience in Washington, DC includes time as campaign staff for the Maryland Democratic Coordinated Campaign, managing civic engagement and external affairs programs, developing online campaigns for candidates and organizations, and providing programmatic support at the National Democratic Institute. Sample Client Work - * Advised a youth development social enterprise on business operations, business development including customer segmentation, as well as creating profit and loss monitoring tools for their retail presence. * Established partnerships and operational infrastructure for a social enterprise + foundation that used food and culture to bring people together from Israeli and Arab backgrounds to address conflict in the US and the Middle East. * Defined media strategy for the Global Adaptation Index - ND-GAIN - findings. The Index assesses countries' preparedness to adapt for and address environmental and social changes through economic and governance indicators while also allowing for strategic and operational decisions using data.