Jessie has worked with Maliasili for more than a decade. Jessie’s decade-long career in African conservation has focused on supporting and strengthening local organizations, such as in past roles with the Tanzania Natural Resource Forum and the Pastoral Women’s Council. For years she specialized in communications, but while her interests and responsibilities have evolved, she still applies the same concepts of simple and strategic thinking and clear messaging across all of Maliasili’s organizational work. She has been with Maliasili since its early days, learning by doing, testing and adapting, and helping to grow both our team, our portfolio of partners, and our services. Jessie loves a clear strategic plan and loves it, even more, when it guides an organization across all its work – from work planning to communications to management to M&E. She works with the Maliasili team and our partners to find ways to do this effectively. Jessie has also become a master of remote team management (by default!), finding and implementing creative management solutions across multiple time zones and shoddy internet connections.