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United States

Support 11 project investigators from the physics and astronomy department, focusing on grant administration, compliance, budget reconciliation, and operational support for accurate completion of proposals and reports for federal funders like NSA, NIH, and NASA.

Strategically developed internal processes to create more efficiency and transparency in the grant management process to optimize internal work and the relationship with Funders. Key accomplishments:● Grants Management: Successfully ensured compliance, organized documentation, created a trustworthy internal source of information through Salesforce and served as the point of contact for 40+ active grants with a projected yearly revenue of more than $10 million. ● Relationship Management: Point of contact for funder relationship engagement including: the Ford Foundation, JPB Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Wellspring Philanthropic Fund, Stoneman Family Foundation, Henry Luce Foundation, Democracy Fund, Build US, Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund, Tides Foundation, among others. ● Compliance and Reporting: Achieved a 100% submission rate for requested reports within the specified deadlines and high-quality performance regulations set by Funders.● Funder Screening and Prospecting: Significantly boosted the prospecting forecast by 229%, elevating it from $17 million to $39 million by effectively doing research and technically discerning Current, LYBUNT, and SYBUNT funders. ● Grant Management practices and processes: Enhanced time effectiveness and teamwork productivity by creating internal processes to ensure a smoother proposal development and reporting compliance for Funders.

Remote

Efficiently transformed the regrant payments into an agile and auditable process that allowed the organization to pay more than $12MM to 46 Federations and Partnerships in 2 years in 20+ states.

Most important clients served:Catholic Charities Strategized and created archdiocesan campaigns, working as a team with parishes and the community with active media/volunteer participation. Key achievements: ● Program Management: Reorganized humanitarian assistance and organized a food gathering program delivering 180 tons of food to over 80K beneficiaries during the pandemic. ● Grants management: Executed 5+ humanitarian-funded grants from Cooperation Agencies, aiding schools, parishes, and grassroots organizations.● Project Management: Launched the telethon Christmas with a Heart through Facebook, benefiting over 15K children with food. ● Business Process Management: Optimized workflow through effective operational remote work plans, and the use of collaboration & cloud storage tools.East West Management Institute ● Business Process Management: Enhanced process efficiency by mapping business processes and documenting procedures in a published manual for legal services. (Find the referenced written work in the Publications section below)Holcim Foundation● Mentoring and Training: Increased production revenue by 100% across three grassroots entrepreneurship projects by mentoring in financial processes and metrics.Plural Consulting● Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy: Implemented policies for addressing sexual harassment and developed inclusive employment plans for women in public transportation companies.

Quito, Ecuador

Forged networks for fund gathering for social and entrepreneur projects with International Catholic and Public Agencies. Implemented strategic finance planning and business processes to execute cross-departmental projects. Initiated communication and education campaigns for corporate positioning. ● Project Management: Executed effectively local and international funded projects from USAID, AECID, Spanish Charities, Adveniat and others, to aid over 500 immigrants and refugees with humanitarian aid, inclusion, psychological and criminal justice legal assistance. ● Community Engagement: Built a network of 53 volunteer parish groups through various motivational and training recruitment events to strengthen local humanitarian and social justice impact projects. ● Campaign development: Created three Christmas charity campaigns in collaboration with Local TV Station to aid 8K to 10K people each year.

Master'S Degree, Integrated Management Systems

Business Administration & Management

Diploma In Innovative Pedagogies, Education, Diploma