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Saint Johns, Fl, Us

Arlington, Virginia

Arlington, Virginia

• Design and execute comprehensive strategies to educate the media and the general public on the economic, environmental and security contributions of the U.S. tugboat, towboat and barge industry.• Draft and edit speeches and presentations for executive leadership, annual reports, op-eds, press statements, legislative advocacy resources, and other communications for delivery to external and internal audiences.• Collaborate with public affairs / communications counterparts in federal government agencies, trade associations, and private corporations on public affairs messaging and outreach.• Develop and facilitate organization's relationships with media outlets. • Craft and manage execution of organization’s public affairs/communications budget.

• Wrote and edited draft legislation, regulatory comments, congressional testimony, talking points, articles, reports, and presentations, covering organizational analysis on unmanned systems, transportation security, border security, defense policy, international treaties, and tax. • Cultivated and maintained relationships with congressional offices, executive branch officials, state legislative and executive offices, trade associations, and other members of the policy community.• Provided analysis and strategic guidance to senior organizational executives on emerging trends and ongoing developments in the legislative, executive, and judicial spheres relevant to organizational objectives. • Constructed and managed diverse coalitions consisting of corporate and trade association representatives, government officials, subject matter experts, community leaders, and other policy influencers. • Conducted organizational strategic planning with other members of senior leadership.• Guest-lectured at U.S. Army War College on legal/ethical issues surrounding the use of unmanned systems in the United States military.• Visited Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to conduct research, briefed Capitol Hill audiences on findings.• Published in Defense News, National Review, U.S. News & World Report, Parameters -- The U.S. Army War College Quarterly, and other publications.

• Monitored and analyzed legislation/regulations at federal and state level on transportation security, chemical facility security standards, energy, and environment; Briefed federal government and oil/gas industry clients on legislative/regulatory developments.• Routinely interfaced with state regulatory officials in New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico to monitor ongoing rulemakings and gather intelligence for regulatory forecasting.• Served as company representative to National Association of Attorneys General, Republican and Democratic Attorneys General Associations, and individual state Attorneys General offices; Briefed clients on cybersecurity, criminal law and environmental initiatives undertaken by various state Attorneys General offices.

Doctor Of Law - Jd

Activities and Societies: Jessup International Law Moot Court Team; Vice President, International Law Society

Study Abroad, Terrorism, Middle Eastern Politics

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science