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Office Of Management And Budget

• Advised and assisted departments with financial management, policy development, and program evaluation.
• Co-led the production of the Budget Story publication, a companion piece to the two-volume Adopted Budget that provides an additional resource for residents to learn about the County's budget.
• Provided training and consultation to departments in budget, budget systems, performance management, and applying an equity lens to resource requests.
• Coordinated with cross-departmental staff to prepare federal grant applications that secured $13.8M.
• Supported the reorganization of the Transit and Commuter Services Division into the Department of General Services, by restructuring budgets and fostering staff collaboration to merge administrative procedures.

Department Of Economic Development

• Set up and administered GMS for $11.8M in CARES Act relief grants to over 2,000 small businesses and $9M in ARPA grant programs targeting the hospitality industry and innovative business reinvestment projects.
• Doubled previous year’s visitor-to-submission conversion rate for the 2021 Loudoun Innovation Challenge grant competition, all while increasing total applicant numbers in an abbreviated application period.
• Collaborated with regional counterparts and across County departments to draft staff recommendations on a disposable plastic bag tax ordinance and plans for public outreach.
• Distilled complex public policies into clear, concise resources for residents and the business community for the Loudoun Is Ready campaign, one of the major initiatives that led to being named 2021 Economic Development.
• Executed, evaluated, and enhanced lead generation campaigns for the Department of Economic Development's target industry clusters.
• Led application build and digital promotion for the ​​FireUp Business Mentor and Coaching Program, which empowers female and minority-owned small businesses to level up their entrepreneurial skills.

Lansdowne, VA

• Integrated CRM with application system to analyze user journeys and create automated email and SMS workflows, which generated 15,000+ scholarship applicants each year.
• Ensured that all communications for research, grants, and scholarship outreach maintained a clear, cohesive voice.
• Identified and built partnerships with media contacts, community-based organizations, and local leaders.
• Researched and drafted content for newsletter (5,000 subscribers), press releases, website, and social media.
• Monitored and interpreted trends in outreach and marketing performance.

Lansdowne, VA

• Led project to redesign the Foundation's website, which receives over 4.2 million views per year.
• Researched and drafted content for weekly newsletter (over 5,000 active subscribers), press releases, blog posts, landing pages, training materials, webinars, and presentations.
• Contributed to year-over-year growth of social media followers across platforms by 47.31% on Facebook and 40.75% on LinkedIn.
• Supervised communications assistant and managed relationships with developers and PR consultant.
• Identified and built partnerships with organizations and media contacts.
• Tracked and reported on recruitment, marketing, social media engagement, and media performance.

Lansdowne, VA

• Produced education-related content for website, social media, blogs, email, and other communication platforms.
• Contributed to the development of recruitment materials and outreach events.
• Maintained CRM and reported on the effectiveness of recruitment, marketing, and media performance.
• Received the Foundation Spot Award for revamping the organization's weekly newsletter and A/B testing changes to improve reader engagement.

Washington, DC

• Closed more textbook adoptions that all other consultants combined in April 2015; top sales consultant for FY 2015.
• Facilitated textbook adoptions for over 500 courses and 21,000 students, generating approximately $440,000 in revenue.
• Developed training materials for new hires, and assisted with the interview and onboarding processes.
• Compiled product feedback and assisted with developing team growth goals.
• Took on projects to write blog content, textbook supplements, and email marketing campaigns.
• Improved email targeting to increase open rates from 3% to 25%.

Herndon, VA

• Assisted senior management with projects for CRM and student information system (SIS) synchronization and analysis.
• Received the Employee Spotlight recognition for outstanding productivity, consecutive 100% quality scores, and being a valuable resource to teammates.
• Guided families through application and enrollment in virtual academies through utilization of Salesforce, TotalView, and MS Office.

Fairfax, VA

• Responsible for orientation and training of new hires in corporate protocol and menu knowledge.
• Participated in event planning and engaging with the public at special events.

Ashburn, VA

• Worked with students of various age levels and abilities, with a focus in special needs classrooms.
• Became familiar with classroom management techniques and scaffolding.

• Collaborated on programming design, secured supplies, and led elementary-age children through activities focused on nature appreciation and basic biology concepts for the Herndon Parks and Recreation Department.

• Provided supplemental instruction to clients in topics ranging from computer skills to calculus.

Master Of Public Administration - Mpa

Bachelor Of Science

Associate Of Science