• Advise private and public sector executive boards of unions, with over a thousand members, on all labor and contractual issues;• Preparation of all grievances involving all labor union contract issues;• Bargain contracts for multiple unions, resulting in millions in salary increases and strengthened rights including everything from better out-of-class pay to better benefits;• Research and analyze statutes and case law to advise executive boards on their rights and privileges under California law, with particular emphasis on the California Education, Labor, and Government Codes; and,• Preparation and presentation of law suits, arbitrations and administrative hearings.

• Office manager; including file review, case tracking, document preparation and client interfacing• Preparation and drafting of training materials for non-profit labor corporations; including officer obligations and steward training• Case analysis, legal research, witness interviews, draft pleadings for administrative bodies, attend meetings with management regarding labor/relations and contract interpretation, responsible for investigating grievances and arbitrations, and for the preparation of witnesses and documents for hearings

• Technical lead in the planning, design, and implementation of a centralized database which resulted in significant changes to daily organization and greater ease in producing and organizing fundraising endeavors • Special position created to develop and create the database, as well as to manage and maintain integrity of data • Special projects for the Executive Director and CAO, which included heavy scheduling, preparing all finance and fundraising call sheets and documents, making fundraising calls around political events, preparing thank you notes for the chairman of the board, and assisting with the planning of board meetings

• Planned and coordinated meetings, interviews, appointments, events and other similar activities for Ms. Thomas, which included heavy scheduling• Organized and filed all legal documents and personal filing for Ms. Thomas• Performed business/personal special projects, which included travel and lodging arrangements, planning of private and political events at Ms. Thomas’ home and scheduling events and travel for her family

• Managed and staffed all travel finance call time with Treasurer Angelides • Assisted the Finance Director in event planning and fundraising, raising a total of $40 million for the California Gubernatorial election• Coordinated fundraising events, which included making fundraising calls, setting event logistics, communicating with event hosts and tracking contributions to reach fundraising goals• Prepared event briefings for Treasurer Angelides, which gave him necessary background for his daily fundraising events • Managed, maintained, and ensured accuracy of database and fundraising event trackers• Compiled and directed large amounts of Finance Department scheduling • Organized phone bank volunteers and planned and managed phone banking events