Developing manage community relations programs for public transportation and infrastructure projects, including a $615 million urban freeway reconstruction project and a 35-year citywide street and transit improvement plan

• Under changing priorities, manage nearly 50 deadlines per client to ensure their home sales occur on time, which requires developing and implementing goals, policies, procedures, programs, methods and systems • Perform housing market research and trend analysis to give presentations• Marketing and outreach, including developing fliers, video production, social media advertising, blog posts, newsletters, and website development• Conduct research to better understand how to effectively communicate with diverse populations

• Manage grant schedule to ensure contract compliance• Write and edit professional grant proposals to clearly communicate program deliverables• Analyze data to develop grant budgets and ensure proper grant reporting• Conduct research in order to develop accurate and compelling needs statements• Advise clients on messaging and assist with the creation of collateral material• Perform research to identify and rank new funding opportunities for clients

• Facilitated employee meetings to identify and build support for process improvements, which resulted in saving $75,000 in just three months • Developed plan to communicate process and procedure changes to a state-wide organization of over 3,600 employees• Developed and wrote training materials and forms to deliver online training to employees statewide• Gathered data to track, analyze, and communicate expense and revenue trends for a $61M budget

Advocacy•Persuaded lawmakers to support legislation that resulted in about $3M of revenue from the federal government annually•Won, for 4 consecutive years, unanimous approval from the Board of Supervisors of recommended legislative positions•Built coalitions with local and national associations to save the County $800K annually in healthcare costs•Worked with stakeholders on changes to federal legislation and regulation to reduce the cost of reducing air pollution that has cost the county and its partners over $650K since 2011 •Built and managed relationships with policy-makers, associations, and government affairs representatives to introduce legislation that would increase access to open space at no cost to taxpayers•Researched and analyzed thousands of state and federal bills to clearly explain the impact of proposed legislative and regulatory issues •Developed proposed responses to legislation by routinely interfacing with contract lobbyists, internal clients and senior managementCommunication•As a member of the county’s chief executive office, represented the county in a variety of settings, including meetings and conferences•Prepared regulatory filings and other written materials to assist with advocacy efforts (fact sheets, briefing papers, memos, testimony)•Rapidly assimilate and synthesize information to provide high level updates •Used communication and negotiation skills to receive, investigate and resolve citizen complaints and requests for information from elected officialsGrants•Worked with Arizona tribal communities in grant making, primarily to nonprofit organizations, that totaled $1-3M annually•Coordinated the development of a website to manage a 58% increase in grant applications •Reviewed grant proposals to help determine which proposals should be further developed •Ensured timely processing and payment of grants •Communicated regularly with grantees to solve problems, review reports, and provide feedback

Advocacy•Resolved 92% of policy issues for the firm’s largest client by persuading lawmakers to support the client’s position or identifying non-legislative solutions•Worked with team to secure grassroots support that resulted in a $35 billion federal contract for the client•To maintain contact with political and business leaders, coordinated, in just 3 weeks, a reception for Prince Edward of the United Kingdom•Acted as a political advisor to align national clients’ public policy goals with local political culture•Maintained and filed lobbyist registrations to ensure compliance with regulationsTraining•Developed and delivered a bilingual voter education event in just two weeks •Trained and managed political action teams for a client to ensure trained volunteer advocates where available in 11 local jurisdictions as public policy issues arose •Supervised interns in executing project objectives while building the interns’ public policy knowledgeProject Management•Stepped in to manage a political campaign just 2 months prior to the election•Won elections by managing political campaign budgets, outreach and voter registration drives•Developed endorsement and political campaign contribution recommendations for clients•Gained vital public exposure to establish positive image of clients through press coverage and eventsBusiness Development•Performed role in development of business opportunities and projects, including writing responses to requests for proposals•Managed the successful deployment of a new website to better communicate with potential clients•Provided marketing services to build client base, including purchasing advertisements, developing social media presence, developing marketing brochures, and creating newsletters•Networked with businesses, community organizations, governments, and non-profit entities

•Developed and maintained strategic relationships with school districts and community colleges to encourage funding of a teacher training program•Increased student enrollment by presenting 4 monthly workshops to potential students about university programs (pubic speaking)

•Managed the complete reorganization of the temporary staffing service, resulting in customers reporting higher quality temporary staff and less turnover•Assisted state agencies and the governor’s office in successfully hiring and managing employees, using customer service skills and knowledge of human resources policies, procedures, and regulations •Trained employees to use human resources software

•Built and nurtured cross-functional teams within the Department of Education, the Governor's Office, and school districts on Native American reservations to administer a $12 million grant designed to recruit and retain K-12 teachers•Monitored expenditures, tracked grantees' budgets and conducted site visits to ensure grantee compliance with federal rules, statutes and policies