CONSULTING SERVICES
STRATEGIC PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION
Dr. Roy leverages her critical and analytical thinking, communication, facilitation, and partnership management skills to lead universities and organizations to build strategic plans through collaborative processes (i.e., facilitating planning retreats). Examples include:
Facilitated a two-day strategic planning retreat for senior administration and community-based partners, leading to a five-year strategic implementation plan for Michigan State University’s Alliance for African Partnership - a $23M initiative that seeks to transform lives in Africa by promoting innovative, sustainable, and equitable long-term partnerships to address mutually defined challenges across six priority areas: agricultural food systems, education, culture, health and nutrition, youth empowerment, and water, energy and the environment.
Spearheaded the Foundation’s Request for Proposal process to expand and deepen the outcomes of The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program; worked collaboratively with the Education and Learning work group to develop eligibility and selection criteria for the call for proposals, created the scoring rubric, and co-created a process with the Deputy Director to facilitate decisions that resulted in new partnerships (an additional $127M commitment), the renewal of existing partner universities, and a learning brief.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT & PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
Dr. Roy is a visionary leader with a successful track record of managing complex projects that deliver creative outputs beyond the clients’ expectations. Pamela’s expertise in global education enables her to establish connections across numerous sectors for high-impact results. Examples include:
Designed and led the British Columbia & Aotearoa Indigenous Student Mobility Programme, a programme providing reciprocal, short-term learning abroad, professional development, and networking opportunities for Indigenous students from Canada and Aotearoa (New Zealand).
Created a new stream of revenue for the organization by identifying instructors and supporting the curricular development of 32+ eLearning short courses to provide professionals with insight and practical tools to support and advance inclusive excellence in global education.
Created and managed the Poster Community for the annual Global Internship Conference which brings together professionals who work in the field of academic work placement and experiential education, resulting in a series of proceedings: Ireland 2015; Boston 2016; Santiago 2017; Detroit 2018; and Auckland 2019.
Designed an innovative Fellowship Program for Graduate Students & New Professionals to explore careers in global education, resulting in four new positions for the organization.
HOLISTIC CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT
Dr. Roy is a veteran at conference management and has led numerous cross-border events and global convenings (i.e., content development for websites and call for proposals, logistics management, facilitating and moderating workshops, and monitoring and evaluation). Examples include:
Co-created a three-day Global Youth Advancement Summit, designed the call for proposal, provided strategic leadership in the proposal review and delegate selection processes, culminating 120 youth delegates from 38 countries presenting their innovations and solutions around global inequities across five cross-cutting themes: education, healthcare, the environment, art and culture, and livelihoods. Developed a robust, long-term, intergenerational global mentorship program for faculty and
industry leaders to mentor youth delegates, and paired investors with young entrepreneurs.
industry leaders to mentor youth delegates, and paired investors with young entrepreneurs.
Created the curriculum for and led an immersive, 8-day Global Institute for Inclusive Leadership for higher education professionals to develop diversity and inclusion action plans for their respective universities, including workshops, guided self-reflection activities, excursions to cultural and historical sites, as well as deep engagement with local scholars, senior administrators, youth leaders, and activists. The Institutes were held in Cape Town, South Africa and Auckland, New Zealand respectively.
Co-planned and led the inaugural Secondary Education Scholars Convening in Kigali, Rwanda - a 5-day event with a professional development track for 10 teacher mentors, and a leadership summit for 100 secondary school students from Kenya, Ghana, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Uganda, resulting in the development of community give-back goals, career explorations, and the creation of high-value relationships between youth across the African Continent. A final report was submitted to the Foundation.
RESEARCH & EVALUATION
Dr. Roy is actively involved in research and scholarly activities and is available to support organizations in designing studies, serve as a PI, and/or to co-develop grant proposals. Examples include:
Building Ethical Engagement with Host Communities in the Global South: North-South Collaborations for Mutual Learning and Benefit, and A Holistic Model for Ethical Mobility Programs co-created publications in collaboration with Aga Khan University (Pakistan) and the Western University in Ontario (Canada).
Matrix for Self-Care and Creating Brave Spaces as Education Abroad Program Directors co-created publication in collaboration with Madden, M. (The George Washington University) and Fuhs, K. (Northwestern University) as part of the Diversity Abroad Faculty Development Task Force.
Domains of Influence on Academics’ Careers: Narratives from Black/African, Colored, and Indian Women Academics in Post-Apartheid South Africa, submitted to Michigan State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education, Doctor of Philosophy.