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• Built, launched, and continuously refine the firm’s first mergers and acquisitions (M&A) program through strategic planning, target sourcing, staff NDA management and confidentiality training, due diligence project management, buy-side and sell-side change management planning and execution, deal announcement communications drafting, and post-merger integration planning and execution.• Built, launched, and continuously refine a system to enable repeat acquisitions by sourcing a pipeline management tool, developing standard workflows, designing acquisition target scoring tools, building and managing a cross-sectional sprint deal team, conducting postmortems, and gathering sell-side and buy-side team feedback.• Support the Senior Vice President of Corporate Development by drafting board memorandums and presentation decks, attending meetings and functions as the SVP’s representative, providing general advisement, and providing project and time management assistance.

• Supported the launch of the firm’s corporate and product development departments through internal readiness assessments, market research, pipeline sourcing, and implementation planning.• Served as project manager of the firm’s Strategy Team, a cross-sectional group of managing directors and senior leaders charged with providing actionable recommendations to executive leadership to improve client delivery, market penetration, and new product development initiatives.

• Managed a 90-day sprint to launch the firm’s first product development and corporate development projects, with activities including client feedback gathering and summarization, market research, partner and stakeholder engagement, and cross-departmental working group facilitation.• Managed ad hoc projects to improve operational efficiencies of internal research and corporate teams.

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

• Researched, analyzed, and communicated relevant health policy updates to clients and client-facing staff.• Wrote copy for the Sellers Dorsey Digest, a weekly newsletter of Medicaid-focused healthcare news.

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

• Designed and implemented a new hepatitis C testing and treatment program across three clinic sites.• Supported clinical operations, grant compliance, contracting, patient health data management, outcomes reporting, and provider training for HIV primary care services across 20 clinic sites.• Managed relationships with government agency and pharmaceutical partners.

Austin, Texas Area

• Drafted evidence-based policy reports focused on improving transparency and care coordination among Texas Medicaid staff, Managed Care Organizations, and providers.• Coordinated advisory committee meetings on the policy direction of state-supportedpalliative care, perinatal care, early childhood interventions, and value-based payment initiatives.

Austin, Texas Area

• Collaborated with Caritas leadership to identify opportunities for improvement in organization-wide data collection and reporting procedures.• Recommended and implemented innovative technology solutions to improve the accuracy of data reporting, ultimately empowering staff to make data-driven decisions.

Austin, Texas Area

• Researched community programs serving the reproductive health needs of uninsured and underinsured women to identify gaps in care and opportunities for county-supported interventions.• Supported projects assigned by the Chief of Staff and the VP of Government Affairs to helpthe organization achieve milestones outlined in the Fiscal Year 2019 Strategic Work Plan.

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

• Collaborated with students, local health authorities, and community members to exploreopportunities in improving the health of Austin’s elderly residents.• Presented findings and recommendations at academic conferences, large-scale symposiums,and City Council hearings to gather feedback from professionals and the lay public.

Austin, Texas Area

• Researched and synthesized evidence-based policy recommendations to optimize Austin Public Health’s DSRIP-supported diabetes management and prevention programs.

Austin, Texas Area

• Converted over 115,000 encounter-level patient health records to an electronic format to buildAustin Public Health’s electronic health record system and establish DSRIP baseline measures.• Managed the dataset to demonstrate the agency’s progress toward improving health outcomes.

Austin, Texas Area

• Grew sales 100% year over year by establishing new business and maintainingexisting relationships in over 10,000 Central Texas bars, restaurants, and grocers.• Strategically positioned the brewery's presence at festivals, fundraisers, and special events.• Hired, scheduled, and managed a team of four off-premise brand ambassadors.

Austin, Texas Area

• Cold-called over 50 non-buying accounts per day to pitch SHI's hardware and software options, data center solutions, and cloud computing services.• Collaborated with a regional sales team to establish best practices for attracting and retaining new customers.

Master Of Public Affairs - Mpaff

Activities and Societies: Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, Germany: Fall 2019 International Exchange Fellow; LBJ Women’s Campaign.

Master Of Public Health - Mph, Public Health Education And Promotion

Activities and Societies: VP of Community Affairs: The Society for Women and Leadership (SWAL) Austin Chapter

Master Of Public Policy, Graduate Exchange Student

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Communication And Media Studies