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Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Support development, management, and operations for $145M budget (2019)• Lead finance and operations work across multiple functions, supporting birth to post-secondary initiatives• Provide executive leadership team, city budget office, and program managers with timely and actionable financial analysis and reporting

Seattle, Wa

• Support development and management of $67M budget (2017)• Lead and support early learning software and database systems • Lead in development of policy and process improvements for child care and K-12 programs including budgets, contracting, work/case loads, provider technical assistance, and accounting• Provide extraordinary customer service and technical support to community partners• Manage Request For Investment scoring process

Greater Seattle Area

• Managed accounting, cost analysis and budgets for 43 grants totaling approximately $25,250,000 in the 2013-14 school year• Provided exemplary support for 32 Community Based Organizations (CBO), 30 Schools, and 3 Central School District Departments, ensuring the efficient management of all grant contract obligations • Identified areas for improvement and developing new contracts, invoice procedures and forms to create more transparent, easy to use and efficient systems for both schools and CBOs. Through those efforts there was a reduction of 98 possible contracts to 32 with only one point of contact for schools and CBOs• Collaborated with College and Career Readiness Director to develop budgets for multiple federally funded grant applications• Experience working with all levels of the organization including School Fiscals, Principals, Budget Analysts, Department Managers/Directors, Accounting and Legal Department, Assistant Superintendents, Superintendent, and School Board

• Led and consulted with grant writing and management teams at local non-profits and city government in submitting and/or implementing projects with combined budgets of nearly $2.5 million. Donor organizations included UNDEF, World Bank, US Department of State, and The European Commission• Completed youth policy analysis and developed a survey for a diverse range of stakeholders to monitor and evaluate progress toward policy and organizational goals• Led and initiated various trainings on topics including project development/management, monitoring and evaluation, public relations and community activism• Helped lead the development of marketing and promotional materials for the Baku 2020 Summer Olympic bid campaign• Created cross cultural material featured on Azerbaijani Public Television, BBC Persia, BBC World and The Economist• Managed the Ganja community softball team to a 3rd place finish in the 16-team league

• Selected for 2 long-term positions in emergency situations• Taught in all subject areas from grades K-12• Regular teaching positions at middle school with high diversity and 80%+ students eligible for free or reduced lunch

Master Of Public Administration (Mpa), Peace Corps Masters International

Bachelor'S Degree, Secondary Education And Teaching