The Fund for Public Housing creates and leverages resources and relationships to enhance the opportunities and quality of life for New York City Housing Authority residents while uplifting the importance of public housing to our city. As a nonprofit (501c3) organization, the Fund for Public Housing amplifies and supports NYCHA’s critical mission to provide quality housing for New Yorkers that is sustainable, inclusive, and safe, while fostering opportunities for economic mobility.

The Fund for Public Housing creates and leverages resources and relationships to enhance the opportunities and quality of life for New York City Housing Authority residents while uplifting the importance of public housing to our city. As a nonprofit (501c3) organization, the Fund for Public Housing amplifies and supports NYCHA’s critical mission to provide quality housing for New Yorkers that is sustainable, inclusive, and safe, while fostering opportunities for economic mobility.

The Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy, Inc. is a public-private partnership dedicated to improving 10,000 acres of public parkland throughout Jamaica Bay and the Rockaway peninsula in Queens and Brooklyn, New York. http://www.jbrpc.org

• Regional Lead for Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s Storm Recovery Office, NY Rising Community Reconstruction Program, in NYC Communities impacted by Superstorm Sandy including the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Staten Island with an allotment of over $85m towards resiliency projects.• Senior Program Manager, overseeing twelve storm recovery projects and programs being implemented by the state and non-profit partners with a total budget of over $100 million.• Successfully led community stakeholders through an eight-month planning process, developing Community Reconstruction Plans and accompanying resiliency projects; managed consultants working in each community.• Interact directly with elected officials and staff, Community Boards, non-profit and business organization leaders on a daily basis, assisting in storm recovery efforts.• Develop presentations and present to large groups, as well as press, throughout the five boroughs on a consistent basis.• Advance project concepts from each Community to implement storm recovery projects by working with federal, state and city agencies, non-profit partners, elected officials, community members and consultants. • Assist local community stakeholders in successfully accessing other recovery funds from various federal sources including FEMA HMGP, USACE, USDA and the US HUD Rebuild by Design Competition.• Project Manager, Rebuild by Design Living Breakwaters and Tottenville Shoreline Protection projects; Over $66.75 million budget• Manage the Living Breakwaters Citizens Advisory Committee and related public meetings

• Successfully managed NYC’s annual HOPE count in 2011, 2012 and 2013, the largest street homeless count nationally, managing 3,000 volunteers and site captains at 28 training sites across the City; coordinated logistics and support amongst various City and State partners such as NYPD, MTA and Department of Education.• Served as the agency representative and spokesperson at community meetings, including Borough Service Cabinet, District Service Cabinet meetings and town hall meetings across the five boroughs.• Worked daily with elected officials, community boards, city agencies and the Mayor’s office on community concerns and agency policies.• Worked with over sixty non-profit organizations on homeless services, including shelters and street outreach.• Project manager of the annual NYC OMB Borough Budget Consultations for Homeless Services.• Managed and organized Community Advisory Boards (CABs) with stakeholders across New York City.• Organized volunteer and donation drives in coordination with corporate and community partners.• Staten Island Borough Director at the Unified Operations and Resource Center (UORC) during Hurricane Irene (2011); co-managed the Tottenville High School Hurricane Shelter in Staten Island during Superstorm Sandy (2012).

Founded 2003, SG Worldwide has delivered thousands of packages to homes and businesses across the globe. • Primarily focused on the sale of used and new books, CD's, video's, DVD's and electronics online; domain name sales.• Implemented the use of new technology to improve profit margin and increase revenue. • Build and host small business, non-profit and political websites.

First joined D.M.F.S. in 1999 as an office assistant and took a leave to attend college full time in 2000; Joined D.M.F.S. again in June of 2007 as a Financial Services Representative. • Obtained a Series 7 license in 2007. • Trained to use the Bloomberg Terminal

• Review legislation regarding local issues for submission to the Senate; successful legislation signed by the Governor include increased penalties for theft within a cemetery and increased penalties to protect the sensitive clam beds in Raritan Bay.• Develop office policy on major issues concerning parks, traffic, land use and economic development.• Assemble and catalog land in and around the Greenbelt, titled the “Greenbelt Preservation Project”.• Furthered negations between the Boy Scouts of America, the State of New York and the New York City Parks Department for an agreement on a conservation easement.• Community Board Three representative for the 24th State Senate district; representative for Senator Lanza on the Mayor’s Traffic and Transportation Task Force.• Handled district office press and responsible for writing media advisories and press releases locally. • Work directly with New York City and New York State agencies to coordinate city and state relations.

• Successfully filed 30,000 petition signatures to qualify my candidacy.• Debated other candidates and presented speeches to large groups.• Managed a team of two dozen volunteers; effectively used online media tools to reach out to voters.• Received over 165,000 votes in a four-way race as the youngest candidate to run for citywide office.• Endorsed by numerous community groups and political clubs across New York City.• Endorsed by two major newspapers: Staten Island Advance and The Wave (Rockaways). [For public advocate: Alex Zablocki: http://www.silive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/10/for_public_advocate_alex_zablo.html]

• Project manager of eight major rezoning applications from initiation of study to law; expedited the ULURP process; gathered and analyzed data on over ten thousand zoning lots, build-out of neighborhoods and development trend.• Testified at City Council Land Use committee hearings and City Planning public hearings for new Staten Island landmarks designations and rezoning applications.• Representative for the Councilman on Mayor Bloomberg’s Growth Management Task Force and the Mayor’s Traffic Task Force.• Prepared press releases, letters to agencies and elected officials, organized meetings between agencies and constituents, worked with civic associations to develop strategic plans to better the community, organized newsletters, news clippings and pictures for mailings, prepared PowerPoint presentations for meetings and handled all new legislation.• Assisted constituents with issues regarding buildings, traffic, parks, transportation and finance.• Updated office technology to create an office network and use group software, such as Act and MS Access.• Prepared press releases, letters to agencies and elected officials, organized meetings between agencies and constituents and worked with civic associations to develop strategic plans to better the community.• Managed a staff of four employees and the daily district office operations from 2005 to 2006.