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International Education Consultant | Georgetown University, ABD | UNICEF

I'M
Kristi
Dawn
Riggs.

01 PROFESSIONAL

MY KNOWLEDGE LEVEL IN AREAS OF PRACTICE

CURRICULUM & FRAMEWORK DESIGN

95%

CROSS-CULTURAL INSTRUCTION

90%

GENDER-RESPONSIVE POLICY

95%

QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS

85%

HUMANITARIAN PROGRAMMING

80%

EDUCATION IN EMERGENCIES

85%

STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION

90%

PROFESSIONAL 

I design education policy and programs for contexts where standard approaches don't hold, conflict zones, displacement settings, and low-resource environments where the gap between policy language and lived reality is widest. My work sits at the intersection of field practice and research: I've built a national teacher competency framework under UNICEF contract, taught refugee learners in Amman, and conducted doctoral research on how displaced women's testimony moves through humanitarian institutions. I work through Five11 Group LLC and take on engagements where the work is hard to reach and the stakes are real.

K

A school hallway in Vietnam

02 PORTFOLIO

03 BACKGROUND

2026-Present

Founder & Executive Director The Refugee Archive, Inc. | Global A Platinum-rated 501(c)(3) with staff, active country portfolios across Nigeria, Kenya, and Lebanon, and a research and documentation mission connecting oral history to policy.

2025-2026

Education Consultant, Teacher Competency Framework UNICEF | Timor-Leste

2024-Present

Doctoral Candidate, ABD Georgetown University — dissertation on displaced women in humanitarian systems

2023-2024

Senior International Communications Consultant U.S.-Arab Bilateral Chamber | Washington, DC

Instructor, Refugee Learner Education Collateral Repair Project | Amman, Jordan

2021- Present

Principal Five11 Group LLC | Alexandria, VA International education consulting for conflict-affected and displacement contexts.

Adjunct Instructor, Communications Southern New Hampshire University | Remote

Adjunct Faculty, Liberal Studies Georgetown University | Washington, DC

2017-2020

International Education Communications Consultant U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA/BTRP) | Thailand, Ukraine & Georgia

Instructor, UN System Education UN Association of the National Capital Area | Washington, DC

2014 – 2018

Communications Consultant Federal Bureau of Investigation | Washington, DC

VSFS Education Program, U.S. Department of State | Washington, DC

M.A., Communication, Culture & Technology Georgetown University

PORTFOLIO
BACKGROUND
CONTACT
CONTACT

For consulting engagements through Five11 Group LLC, reach out directly.

five11group@pm.me

@2026 Kristi Dawn Riggs - Five 11 Group LLC

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