• Certifications & Qualifications: -Savings, Investments, & Advisory: Certified Kingdom Advisor® (CKA®) Certified Investment Management Analyst® (CIMA®) Retirement Management Advisor® (RMA®) Investment Advisor Representative - Series 65 Registered Securities (Investment Company Products/Variable Contracts) Principal - Series 26 Uniform Securities Agent State Law - Series 63 Investment Company Products & Variable Contracts - Series 6 -Risk… Show more • Certifications & Qualifications: -Savings, Investments, & Advisory: Certified Kingdom Advisor® (CKA®) Certified Investment Management Analyst® (CIMA®) Retirement Management Advisor® (RMA®) Investment Advisor Representative - Series 65 Registered Securities (Investment Company Products/Variable Contracts) Principal - Series 26 Uniform Securities Agent State Law - Series 63 Investment Company Products & Variable Contracts - Series 6 -Risk Management/Insurance Life Insurance Accident & Health Insurance Variable Contracts (Annuities) -Mortgage Lending Licensed Mortgage Loan Originator (MLO)(CA.)• Developed, implemented, and monitored strategic financial needs assessments for individual and small business clients to help them achieve both short and long-term financial goals (income protection, personal retirement, family education, and small business development) across the investing lifecycle spectrum (e.g., asset accumulation, asset preservation, and/or income distribution).• Delivered customized financial consulting services for 500+ middle income families over a four-year period (2017-2020).• Recruited, trained, and managed a 25-member team of financial advisors over a three-year period (2017-2020).• Promoted three times over an 11-month period within Los Angeles-based branch office based on personal production performance (2014-2015).• Distinguished as our regional branch office’s quarterly Most Valuable Player (MVP) – based on prior quarter’s individual and team investment/insurance sales volume – six (6) consecutive times from 12/2017 to 07/2019. Show less

- Working with angel investors and early-stage venture capital (VC) firms to source pre-seed to seed-stage startups with BIPOC founders/founding teams. -Conducting analysis/due diligence during/after the 2023 Angel Capital Association (ACA) National Conference Founders of Color (FOC) Showcase to support FOC angel networks investigating potential opportunities for portfolio company investment- Supporting regional angel investor group Stella Angels'… Show more - Working with angel investors and early-stage venture capital (VC) firms to source pre-seed to seed-stage startups with BIPOC founders/founding teams. -Conducting analysis/due diligence during/after the 2023 Angel Capital Association (ACA) National Conference Founders of Color (FOC) Showcase to support FOC angel networks investigating potential opportunities for portfolio company investment- Supporting regional angel investor group Stella Angels' (https://www.linkedin.com/company/wearestellaco) efforts to establish relevant vehicles for angel investor FOC engagement. Show less

• Coordinated the U.S. Coast Guard’s $500K bilateral, regional humanitarian assistance program – which delivered critical medical resources to Tijuana-based juvenile detention facilities and orphanages for disabled youth – while posted on diplomatic assignment at the U.S. Consulate General, Tijuana (09/15 – 09/17).• Counseled U.S. Ambassador Pamela A. White during overseas diplomatic assignment in Haiti (07/12-07/14) as her U.S. Embassy’s Human Rights Advisor. Oversaw and implemented… Show more • Coordinated the U.S. Coast Guard’s $500K bilateral, regional humanitarian assistance program – which delivered critical medical resources to Tijuana-based juvenile detention facilities and orphanages for disabled youth – while posted on diplomatic assignment at the U.S. Consulate General, Tijuana (09/15 – 09/17).• Counseled U.S. Ambassador Pamela A. White during overseas diplomatic assignment in Haiti (07/12-07/14) as her U.S. Embassy’s Human Rights Advisor. Oversaw and implemented the full range of U.S. government human rights policy.• Led the local human rights policy political implementation of the U.S. Agency For International Development’s (USAID) five-year, $5 million human rights and anti-trafficking humanitarian assistance/international development program following the devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake.• Led the drafting of the U.S. Department of State’s Haiti Human Rights Reports from 2012 to 2014.• Commended for innovative approaches to policy creation and advocacy: received Departmental Superior Honor Award (07/14), Meritorious Honor Award (05/13), and Extra Mile Award (12/12).• Featured in the U.S. Department of State's premier diversity and inclusion public recruitment initiative video (linked) from 2014 (Changing the World: Joining the Foreign Service - @ 8:15). Show less

•Represented the Graduate School’s Office of Academic Affairs and Diversity (Dean:Karen Jackson-Weaver) at regional and New Jersey-based college fairs and receptions inorder to recruit applicants from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds.•Increased awareness about Princeton's graduate academic programs and opportunities byholding on-campus information sessions throughout both academic years.•Coordinated, in partnership with the Princeton University School of… Show more •Represented the Graduate School’s Office of Academic Affairs and Diversity (Dean:Karen Jackson-Weaver) at regional and New Jersey-based college fairs and receptions inorder to recruit applicants from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds.•Increased awareness about Princeton's graduate academic programs and opportunities byholding on-campus information sessions throughout both academic years.•Coordinated, in partnership with the Princeton University School of Public & International Affairs' (SPIA) Office of Admission, the SPIA’s diversity outreach and recruitment programming to prospective students. Show less

• Princeton School of Public & International Affairs (SPIA); Consulting team led by Juan Jose Daboub, World Bank•Principal rule of law/governance lead for Princeton University’s (Woodrow WilsonSchool of Public & International Affairs) ten-member policy consultancy team taskedwith assessing post-earthquake Haiti’s enabling environment for small and medium-sizedenterprise (SME) development.•Conducted field research in Haiti to understand the structural barriers… Show more • Princeton School of Public & International Affairs (SPIA); Consulting team led by Juan Jose Daboub, World Bank•Principal rule of law/governance lead for Princeton University’s (Woodrow WilsonSchool of Public & International Affairs) ten-member policy consultancy team taskedwith assessing post-earthquake Haiti’s enabling environment for small and medium-sizedenterprise (SME) development.•Conducted field research in Haiti to understand the structural barriers entrepreneurs andSME owners face in building businesses in the post-disaster environment.•Presented findings and recommendations (see Publications) to the CBHF Board ofDirectors in December 2010, which informed the strategic approach of the DOS HaitiSpecial Coordinator’s Office to rule of law reform in post-earthquake Haiti. Show less

Political Section | U.S. Mission to the Organization for Security & Cooperation in Europe (Vienna, Austria)•Principal policy advisor to U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE Ian C. Kelly and Deputy Chiefof Mission Carol S. Fuller on OSCE developments in rule of law and human rights.•Managed USOSCE’s counter-narcotics and policing portfolios.•Principal drafter of USOSCE’s formal reports assessing the implications for USG foreignpolicy and European security of the… Show more Political Section | U.S. Mission to the Organization for Security & Cooperation in Europe (Vienna, Austria)•Principal policy advisor to U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE Ian C. Kelly and Deputy Chiefof Mission Carol S. Fuller on OSCE developments in rule of law and human rights.•Managed USOSCE’s counter-narcotics and policing portfolios.•Principal drafter of USOSCE’s formal reports assessing the implications for USG foreignpolicy and European security of the International Court of Justice’s July 2010 ruling onKosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence.•Coordinated the July visits to Vienna of key Washington policymakers representing theUSG (i.e., DOS, DEA) in the OSCE’s 2010 Annual Security Review Conference. Show less

Office of Human Rights, Humanitarian, and Social Affairs | Bureau of International Organization Affairs (Washington, D.C.)•Principal policy advisor to the IO/HR Director Atul Keshup on USG engagement with the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC).•Coordinated the July 2009 assessment visit to Washington of the HRC Special Rapporteurs on the Use of Mercenaries.•Served as the principal DOS International Organization Affairs bureau policy advisor to the Undersecretary… Show more Office of Human Rights, Humanitarian, and Social Affairs | Bureau of International Organization Affairs (Washington, D.C.)•Principal policy advisor to the IO/HR Director Atul Keshup on USG engagement with the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC).•Coordinated the July 2009 assessment visit to Washington of the HRC Special Rapporteurs on the Use of Mercenaries.•Served as the principal DOS International Organization Affairs bureau policy advisor to the Undersecretary of Defense (Department of Defense) tasked with leading the USG’s engagement with the Special Rapporteurs during their visit. Show less

As a member of a three-person team, designed and implemented a year long academic research program centered on African American life and culture for the approximately 120 residents of Stanford’s African/African American-themed dormitory, Ujamaa House (of one the university’s four ethnic-themed dormitories).

Served as one of Professor Ewart Thomas’ teaching fellows for his undergraduate introductory statistical methods course for approximately 350 students. Graded weekly quizzes and held weekly office hours and sections for students in need of additional assistance.