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Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Help clients navigate Capitol Hill and advocate for policy related to food, agriculture, cannabis, international trade, artificial intelligence (AI), and drugs.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Research and develop memos on federal legislation and regulations, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), and DoD policies to determine the impact to Booz Allen Hamilton Global Defense Group clients• Draft annual Report to Congress using the NDAA and President’s Budget (PB) on behalf of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition (ASN(RDA))Additional areas of focus: Strategic planning, legislative risk management, organizational design, leadership development, change management, and offsite facilitator for DoD clients

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Develop full strategic plans for Navy clients by creating interview protocols and interviewing internal and external stakeholders, synthesizing pain points from qualitative data, then creating goals, objectives, and initiatives, roles and responsibilities for all internal stakeholders, and helping lead client offsites to align organization to one shared vision• Develop Legislative Risk Management, new capability of the firm, by presenting the capability to the firm and monitoring Congressional hearings to report to senior leadership to assess if bills will affect client budgets• Help direct Strategic Planning client Offsite by creating presentation deck, incorporating Design Thinking method to help group dynamics, and generating final goals, initiatives, and action plans deliverable that was signed by Navy, Air Force, and Army Directors• Establish client strategic plan using SWOT analysis, creating final presentation slide decks, and helping lead client offsite

Greater New York City Area

• Strengthened IBM’s RFP to compete for an affordable housing project with the NYC Human Resource Administration by identifying and synthesizing landlord pain points working with the city to resolve the wide barrier between city funding and landlord budgets• Headed IBM NYC Locals Group that organizes IBMers to attend several high-profile advocacy, political, media, and volunteer events• Supported an SAP Go-Live through Production Execution for a large dairy manufacturer in multiple manufacturing plant locations in the U.S by creating user acceptance strategy with client executives, strategizing on how to efficiently instruct all the US plant workers- Maximized efficiency by showing the client workers various transaction shortcuts, conceptualization of tasks, and worked one-on-one with 5 managers to focus on individual questions that strengthened their SAP comfort levels that prepared them in less than a month- Trained and developed training material for over 25 night-shift and day-shift workers and supervisors.

Greater Detroit Area

• Sold Odyssey advertising to businesses on-site, breaking the top ten in the country after the first month and ended as the 6th ranked salesman • Prospected over 80 local businesses independently, delivered over five pitches a week to owners, effectively negotiated, and closed deals to increase company revenue by over $2,250 per deal• Nurtured strong client relationships through anticipating needs, monitoring competition, and managing daily communication

Greater New York City Area

• Underwrote more than 200 Fortune 500 companies by looking at financials such as earnings reports, stock trends, income statements, balance sheets, analyst coverage, and other factors to mitigate insurance risk• Led the implementation of Salesforce.com for all underwriters in the New York and Chicago offices, saving time and allowing to more easily match clients with brokers• Constructed 35 page report comparing the Big Five defense contractors to maximize company's risk-adjusted profits

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Created an approved government bid for Delta to service Cuba, using demographic and flight data, to demonstrate how the company directly benefits Cuban Americans and increases revenues in the region• Collaborated with the Delta Emergency Response Team during the Brussels airport terrorist attacks by tracking missing customers and liaising with foreign embassies to provide superior customer service• Assisted consultants and lobbyists with grassroots strategies and persuasive arguments to support Delta’s interest in aviation legislation and a FAA privatization bill that was successfully blocked in Congress

Garden City, Ny

• Coordinated groups around the country as field director and organized the candidacy announcement of a United States Presidential candidate, gaining more knowledge of how to lead in a high-pressure environment• Developed bills from conception to signing, including formulating convincing arguments, tracking bills, doubling the number of bill sponsors, meeting with clients, and advocating in legislative offices• Drafted several memoranda in support and opposition on behalf of the firm to market and assist clients’ interests, strengthening persuasive writing abilities

• Attracted citizens and representatives to the issue of foreign aid and global poverty by meeting with Congressional staff, developing social media platforms, and communicating on news outlets and radio stations• Directed and supervised fundraising events to raise money for The Borgen Project’s political outreach and web strategies, individually doubling my end fundraising goal in the first three weeks

Padova Area, Italy

• Volunteered full-time in a soup kitchen, at a summer camp for Italian children, at a hospital for people with mental and physical disabilities, and at homeless shelters to organize and plan for the winter• Generated and implemented a marketing video for Caritas to stimulate volunteer participation around the country• Lived and worked with peers from twelve different countries around the world as the only American, developing interpersonal skills and comfort working in an unfamiliar and diverse environment

Washington, D.C.

• Researched various bills, created memos, and observed committee hearings in both the House and Senate to keep the Congressman informed• Gave tours of the Capitol, educated visitors about my hometown Congressman and his policies, and learned tactful conflict resolution skills while addressing the needs of distressed constituents