Managing Associate at a prominent law firm focused on counseling clients on complex real estate investments revitalizing commercial and residential properties in low-income communities. A few highlights:¨ Advised institutional investors on optimal structuring for Low-Income Housing Tax Credit transactions with investments totaling $73MM and financing affordable housing projects in six states.¨ Supported FBT’s relationship with the nation’s largest grocer, representing the client on New Markets Tax Credit transactions with $56MM invested in stores located in low-income communities in seven states.

Lead grant-maker for Ohio and Kentucky charged with deploying philanthropic spend across four priority areas: affordable housing, inclusive entrepreneurship, workforce skills training and financial health.A few highlights:• Launched a multi-faceted strategy to combat gentrification in economically distressed neighborhoods in Ohio's largest cities with a multi-million dollar grant to organizations lending patient capital to affordable housing projects and resident-owned small businesses.• Structured strategic grants focused on narrowing the racial wealth divide in Ohio’s largest cities with funding invested in technical assistance and capital provision for diverse-led companies.

Promoted to Senior Associate in two years (vs. typical three year path) at a prominent law firm specializing in counseling clients on complex real estate investments revitalizing commercial and residential properties in low-income communities.A few highlights:• Advised institutional investors on optimal structuring for several Low-Income Housing Tax Credit transactions with millions of dollars invested in financing affordable housing projects in six states.• Represented a national grocery chain on multiple New Markets Tax Credit transactions with millions of dollars invested in developing branded stores located in low-income communities in seven states.

Selected after my second year in law school as part of a four-member Associate class at a prominent regional law firm specializing in counseling clients on complex real estate investments revitalizing commercial and residential properties in low-income communities.A few highlights:• Counseled clients on Historic Tax Credit investments deploying capital to rehabilitate historic, distressed properties in low-income communities, including the new campus of a local community college.• Served as chief counsel for a local community development financial institution, advising the organization on transaction structuring and litigation-related matters during an eight-week placement.

Recruited after my first year in law school by a large, public retail company and exposed to projects in diverse fields of law ranging from real estate to labor and employment.One highlight:• Conducted fact-finding and drafted two position statements submitted to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to defend Macy’s from employees’ claims of racial and age discrimination.

Third hire in a startup organization founded by standout charter school networks KIPP, Uncommon Schools and Achievement First to disrupt higher education’s teacher training model and generate a pipeline of highly qualified new teachers in America’s urban public and charter schools.A few highlights:• Executed Relay GSE’s growth strategy culminating in the launch of Relay GSE in 2011 as the first stand-alone graduate school of education chartered in New York since 1916. • Secured Relay GSE’s institutional accreditation enabling the organization to receive the federal funding critical to Relay GSE’s sustainability and desire to scale across the country.

Selected as one of twenty-five New York City Urban Fellows and recruited to a small team of change-makers empowered by DOE leadership to drive innovation and increase competition in one of the City’s largest agencies. A few highlights:• Pitched a private foundation for a grant that ultimately netted the DOE funding for a pilot program streamlining back office support services for principals at 28 DOE schools. • Identified loopholes in DOE regulations enabling the DOE to contract with a private school food vendor on a pilot to improve cafeteria offerings at seven high free/reduced-price lunch DOE schools.