Anita Chism Email & Phone Number

Peterborough, NH, US

United States

• Provided support to (and at the direction of) the Director of Administrative Services to conduct day-to-day operations such as the updating and maintenance of NASPO ValuePoint policies, procedures, and other records.
• Represented and promoted NASPO and NASPO ValuePoint through internal and external functions including presentations and attendance at various tradeshows.
• Work across NASPO divisions to elevate the NASPO Cooperative Procurement team; modernize reporting mechanisms, increase internal visibility, and establish standard operating procedures for uniformity and consistency.

Austin, Texas Area

• Provides strategic guidance to customer stakeholders and serves as a state-wide SME for Procurement Policy
• Consults internal leadership and legal counsel, state agencies, and other government entities onprocurement policy, processes, and escalations
• Leads a team of seven individual contributors to meet the team’s statutory requirements to offer initialcertification training and continuing education
• Analyzes legislation changes to inform official policy and training curricula
• Facilitates and leads the revision of the Texas Procurement and Contract Management Guide, Texas Grant Management Standards, and internal team policies and procedures

Austin, Texas, United States

• Developed best practices to improve, deliver and execute comprehensive training (core curriculum and continuing education) for all statewide agencies
• Co-created role-based certifications and training programs for all statewide procurement professionals
• Facilitates the revision of the Texas Procurement and Contract Management Guide, Texas GrantManagement Standards, and internal team policies and procedures
• Supports State Operations Center during times of emergency (i.e. Hurricane Harvey) with guidance onstate emergency procurement, fulfillment, and logistics

Austin, Texas

• Managed a high volume of customer interactions and escalations to ensure military veterans were receiving a satisfactory experience using their veterans education benefits
• Conducted federal/state mandated compliance reviews (audits) at educational organizations across Texas
• Regularly conducted proactive outreach and technical guidance to organizational leadership and veterans concerning complex state and federal education benefits programs
• Recognized as a top performer across the organization for external and internal contributions

Arlington, Texas

• Reviewed and processed both federal and state veterans education benefits for over one thousandstudent veterans and/or eligible dependents
• Chaired the professional committee on-campus related to student veterans’ affairs – key role in planning and hosting new veteran student orientations and faculty/staff sensitivity training
• Co-wrote and successfully lobbied a grant proposal resulting in UT-Arlington being awarded the second Veterans Upward Bound grant for a Texas educational institution
• Processed both VA Education benefits (GI Bill) and state education benefits (Hazlewood) for over one thousand student veterans and/or eligible dependents
• Successfully recruited veterans to UT-Arlington by reaching out to community stakeholders, partnering with local, state, & federal entities, and providing outreach at job fairs, benefit fairs, as well as other local.
• Managed an office staff of up to five work-study students and one full-time employee

Grand Prairie, Texas / Balad, Iraq

Human Resources and Postal ServicesOperation Iraqi Freedom (OIF): 2004-2005

Arlington, Texas

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Political Science

Concentration: International Relations

Bachelor'S Of Arts, Political Science

Minor: French

High School Diploma