Natascha Phillips
YAYAM – SR2 Coordinator
Ph: 571 258 8093
5456 Harpers Farm Rd, Columbia, MD
DOB 16/03/89
Natascha Phillips (née Schellen) was born in Germany in 1989 to a German father and Austrian mother. She was happily blessed in marriage in August 2018 to Donnelly Phillips, from the Northern Virginia community, and relocated to the United States in February 2019. She currently lives with her husband in Columbia, Maryland.
Natascha grew up with her younger brother in the beautiful country of Lebanon. As she was raised in an isolated environment far removed from other blessed families, she grew to greatly appreciate the sense of community she discovered in Australia, where she joined and eventually led the Oceania Leadership Team, taking care of younger brothers and sisters. Upon her return to Lebanon, she helped organize the first Middle East workshop for blessed children in a long time, and subsequent workshops in the following two years. With regards to her education, she has an undergraduate degree in English literature with a teaching diploma from Lebanon, and an MBA in CSR & NGO Management from the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences in Germany. She also taught English at a Lebanese high school for a year.
In addition to her youth work, Natascha is passionate about empowering women leaders and has been actively involved with WFWP for more than 6 years. She is currently the editor of WFWP USA’s bi-monthly newsletter. In taking on this new role as YAYAM regional coordinator, she hopes to raise up young leaders and enable honest and clear communication between the various ministries in our region.
RESUME
Dec 18 – Present Women’s Federation for World Peace USA, newsletter editor (USA)
Nov 15 – Jun 16 Executive Magazine, assistant managing editor (Beirut, Lebanon)
- Managed the monthly editorial process, from concept to print, coordinating between the journalists and the editor-in-chief
Aug 13 – Oct 15 Oceania Leadership Team, team leader and managing director (Sydney, Australia)
- Led fundraising efforts for the youth program
- Coordinated four-week service projects and educational workshops for a group of international high school graduates
- Oversaw the budget and day-to-day accounting of the program
EDUCATION
Sep 16 – May 18 Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences
MBA in CSR and NGO Management
- Thesis topic: Online fundraising tools, case study of WFWP
Sep 07 – Feb 12 Haigazian University
English Literature, BA summa cum laude
Normal Teaching Diploma
Sep 97 – Jun 07 Greater Beirut Evangelical School
High School Diploma, high honors
LANGUAGE SKILLS
- English, native-like proficiency
- German, mother tongue
- Arabic, proficient speaking level and basic writing
- French, moderate
- Korean, basic spoken and written
- Japanese, basic spoken and written
- Spanish, beginner
VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE
- Joined WFWP Maryland team as social media representative in October 2018.
- Elected to serve on the board of WFWP Germany as Vice President in March 2018
- Handled social media coverage of three WFWP Europe conferences (in 2016, 2017 and 2018)
- Joined the CIG media team for Europe after attending the inaugural workshop in Jan. 2018
- Organized summer workshops for Middle East youth, as part of a team, and in the third year was in charge of fundraising for the workshop as well as being the main coordinator (2016, 2017, 2018)
- Took on a variety of administrative and MC roles in UPF conferences in the Middle East since its establishment in 2005, the most recent one being the IAPP launch in Beirut, Lebanon (Dec 2017)
- Taught Sunday School to children in Beirut, Lebanon (Nov 2015 – Jun 2016)
- Supported a number of UPF and WFWP events in Australia and emceed the launching of the GWPN in Sydney (2014-2015)
- Volunteered in youth outreach and planning for the Association for Volunteer Services, Lebanon (2008-2012)
- Volunteered as general staff during the 6th Jeux de la Francophonie in 2009 (a sports event)
- Volunteered as administrative staff for two ILC conferences in Paraguay and Kenya in 2008
