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Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Ensure compliance with all Federal Made in America Laws, including those within the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (“IIJA”), Pub. L. No. 117-58, the Build America, Buy America Act (BABAA), Title 49 U.S.C. § 50101 FAA Buy American Preference, the FAA 2018 Reauthorization Act, and Executive Order 14005 – Ensuring that Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America's Workers. • Ensure agency implementation through internal policy-recommendations and decisions, policymaking, developing internal and external training presentations, internal oversight, enforcement, and annual and ad-hoc reporting and analysis. Works in regular coordination with agency general counsel. Represent the FAA on the DOT-wide Buy American Workgroup. • Act on behalf of the FAA Administrator to approve/disapprove applications for waiver, manage content of the FAA Buy American Preference Requirements website, including the weekly publication approvals, multiple waiver lists, and notices to users. Provide consultation support to Regional and District FAA staff and airport sponsors on bid protest, procurement, and allegations of Federal concern violations. Respond to external inquiries from product manufacturers, airport sponsors, and the public. • Respond to and conduct FAA investigation of allegations of non-compliance to FAA Buy American Preference requirements, in conjunction with FAA general counsel, and publish annual reports to Congress.

Washington, Dc

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Served as Acting Manager Detailee for the COVID Relief Programs Office to provide management leadership to a nine diverse-experienced staff composed of a mix of retired annuitants, detailees and other temporarily employed telework and remote interns and employees in the distribution of $10 billion in emergency funds authorized under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, $8 billion in funds provided in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021, and $2 billion in funds appropriated under the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriation Act (CRRSAA) of 2020.• Led the reconstruction of COVID Relief funds data management in the System of Airport Reports (SOAR) database and Tableau reports to provide more accurate and improved data on unexpended funds of CARES grants and pending development addendum projects. The improved reporting mechanisms led to the development of study of expiring period of performances and policy recommendation for all projects, subject to Code of Federal Regulations 2 section 200.• Worked across business offices to reply to Congressional inquiries, and ultimate Recession of unexpended COVID Relief Funds in the Fiscal Accountability Act of 2023. Conducted weekly general and subject specific staff meetings virtually to monitor program performance, identify program trends, identify and/or set plans to resolve operational and administrative deficiencies and provide guidance and instruction to staff where necessary.Improved individual staff and team moral and performance by conducting both individual and team evaluations staff to access strengths, operational gaps, provide mentoring, and professional development. • Oversaw development and/or reconstruction of internal and external documents such as the COVID Programs Frequently Asked Questions, Notices to Sponsors for Outstanding Closeout Documents. Conducted interview and on-boarding process, including resume assessment and recommendation.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Conduct research on past Grand Lodge officers, events, documents, and artifacts, while providing a written narrative of those findings. Review records, books, medals, and other artifacts collected and/or received by the Archives Committee or discovered by independent research. Draft narratives of historical items. Work with constituent lodges to chronicle their history, and note significant accomplishments of individual lodges and Brothers, that contribute to the improvement of Prince Hall Freemasonry, and the community. Promote the accurate communication of the history of this Jurisdiction and Prince Hall Freemasonry.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Served as Acting Manager Detailee for the Airport Improvement Program Office to provide management and leadership to five experienced full time and one part time retired Federal staff in the coordination of airport development grants from annual appropriations of $3.5 billion dollars in conjunction with field offices for a variety of airport development projects. Used acquired knowledge gained since 2013 to develop award announcement packages, coordinate drafts to final action memorandums to the acting FAA Administrator, and packages to the Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary on an agreed schedule. • Applied extensive knowledge and understanding of FAA Order 5100-38D – Airport Improvement Program Handbook and related policies such as airside needs testing, grant and project talking points, project eligibility, and more to complete the management review millions of Federal funds packaged in AIP Announcements executed by airport sponsors. • Served as AIP point of contact during the DOT Inspector General Audit of the 2013 -2018 State Block Grant Program (SBGP) including participating in initial meetings, agreements with areas of focus, coordination with audit team, providing access to or developing data reporting systems, policies, and archived records. Also leading the development of AIP Alerts to communicate new and revised policies around the 13 OIG recommendations to address identified policy gaps. • Conducted weekly general and subject specific meetings with experienced professional Federal employees to identify and plan for weekly, monthly, and annual goals, targets, and projects. Experienced in developing meeting agendas, presenting updates on AIP functions and activities on weekly national calls, including providing technical responses to inquiries.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

• Served as Acting District V Equal Opportunity Officer administrating Title VI and VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964 to approximately 300 State employees, 17 contracts, and 50 contractors.• Provided pre-counseling, counseling, investigation, writing position papers, and file management of external/internal Title VII cases.• Compliance Officer and liaison for Minority Business and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (MBE/DBE) Program for approximately 35 architectural & engineering, construction, and maintenance contracts. • Project Manager of separate $2M Statewide On-the Job Training & Supportive Services Federal program serving 1300+ Marylanders.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

• Trained, supervised, and managed 25 enumerators implementing field operations of 2010 Decennial Census.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Conducted grant monitoring responsibilities in accordance with Federal grant management rules and regulations; managed cooperative agreements and high-profile grants more than $90M; reviewed and approved programmatic and financial modification proposals. • Conducted budget analyses on more than 100 national program grantees and resolved more than 100 outstanding audit compliance issues.• Developed database to track compliance issues and developed strategic grant monitoring risk assessment tool to monitor grantee performance, cost, and service delivery. • Co-authored divisional grants management training manual. • Received Department of Justice Quality Award (2005) and Department of Justice Team Member Award (2008)

Towson, Maryland, United States

• Managed high-profile statewide criminal justice programs under the direction of Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend; directed the implementation of approximately $7M State and Local government grants; received MD Governor’s Citation • Completed more than 1,000 extensive budget analyses and proposal reviews, including determination of allowable/unallowable costs. • Conducted compliance monitoring of more than 200 grantees and more than 400 compliance and technical assistance site visits across Maryland.• Coordinated and facilitated grant training and pre-application workshops.

Bachelor Of Science, Criminal Justice

Activities and Societies: Baseball Track and Field Student Security Staff

Master Of Science - Ms, Criminal Justice

Doctorate, Public Administration, Abd