Jonah Chen, Mpa Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC, US

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

I was promoted to Manager for our Regulatory Compliance SLG consulting practice aligned with the State of Texas Account. I perform management responsibilities across three dimensions, which include leading projects, client relationship management, and business development for our practice. Our project work includes core service offerings such as federal.

Texas, United States

I joined KPMG as a risk & compliance consultant in the SLG practice serving clients by conducting monitoring, oversight, reporting, project management, and other functions. State and local governments sought support, augmentation, and advisory services for deploying various COVID-related federal funds, and my team members and I are providing hands-on.

Texas, United States

I started a management company for self-employed small business efforts such as the production, development, and management of the new "Doors, Ladders & Corner Offices" podcast featuring young professionals telling their stories about doorways, career ladders, and corner offices of their various industries. Tune in at https://anchor.fm/dlcopodcast every.

Austin, Texas Area

• I previously served as manager of the intergovernmental relations team. This team was responsible for federal, state, and local governmental relations related to disaster recovery in Texas.My duties involved:
• Managed 19 intergovernmental relations staff stationed across the state to support federally funded and state-managed disaster recovery programs.
• Directed team members to monitor, assess, and report on activities originating from 140 counties, hundreds of cities, the Texas State Legislature, United States Congress, and agencies associated with the disaster.
• Managed $1.4 million dollar budget utilized for conducting field operations supporting 29 agency programs.
• Briefed and advised Commissioner George P. Bush, executive staff, and other internal stakeholders on field activities, policy implementation progress, and information necessary for situational awareness.
• Executed highly visible projects on tight deadlines, ranging from complex public outreach events to coordinating mass communications to target audiences for each GLO program.

Houston, Texas Area

• I was an intergovernmental and community outreach coordinator for the Texas General Land Office - Community Development and Revitalization (CDR) division and a part of the Intergovernmental Relations team. My duties.
• Designated as the intergovernmental relations and community relations liaison responsible for 1 council of governments, 6 counties, 9 state representative districts, 5 state senator districts, 7 congressional.
• Conduct public information outreach initiatives and mass communication to all assigned jurisdictions to inform, educate, and maintain maximum transparency for all 7 state-administered programs.
• Provided briefings on the recovery activities through the short-term and long-term recovery process to all assigned county judges, mayors, key stakeholders, long-term recovery groups, and governmental staff on a daily.
• Coordinated 43 public relations events with various intersections of governmental, nonprofit, community, and business stakeholders to promote the awareness of multi-million dollar programs across eligible jurisdictions.
• Monitored, assessed, and reported on activities and inquiries originating from my assigned jurisdictions, the Texas State Legislature, United States Congress, and federal agencies pertinent to the Harvey recovery.

Bryan/College Station, Texas Area

• Served as the assistant manager of the capstone research study on the effects of income inequality in the City of Bryan.
• Served as the assistant manager of the research team studying the effects of income inequality in the City of Bryan.
• Coordinated a team of 6 researchers to execute the study on a tight 7-month timeline.
• Served as the outreach liaison to the community services department manager for the City of Bryan, the officials of Brazos Valley Council of Governments, and key nonprofit community stakeholders in order to gather.
• Contributed research on the effects of income inequality on businesses, low-to-moderate income residents, and the measure of nonprofit programmatic success in the greater Brazos Valley area to the final report and.
• Presented the research study conclusions to the target stakeholders, the Bush School faculty, and peers.

Bryan/College Station, Texas Area

• I am a former academic graduate assistant for the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life. I implemented the academic programming that we have for the entire Greek community and I administrated the annual Mandatory.
• Managed performance evaluation for 58 student organizations and conducted statistical analysis to assess the performance of each organization across 14 measures.
• Planned, managed, and implemented the National Pan-Hellenic Council Study Hours Program that retained ~200 participants whom experienced an average of.6 GPA point increase per semester of attendance.
• Assisted with the advisement of student leaders to ensure compliance risk management policies.

Sugarland, TX

• I was a summer intern for Congressman Pete Olson (TX-22) in the Sugarland District Office and Pearland District Office.The following were my responsibilities:
• Met with public officials, constituents, and agency officials with the field representatives to gather information on activities, needs, and inquiries from constituents and local stakeholders to disseminate to the.
• Wrote 6 briefing reports on a variety of policy subjects, two of which were forwarded to the D.C. office to be used for briefings with senior staff members and the congressman on the subject of hazard mitigation prior.
• Executed 14 special projects that required analytical report writing, in addition to creative problem solving for addressing constituent needs expressed via telephone, email, mail, and office visits.

Bryan/College Station, Texas Area

I worked as an independently contracted political science tutor for American National Government and State and Local Governments at Texas A&M University and Blinn College.I created several tutoring strategy plans to ensure students the ability to raise their grades. The students that I tutored ended with B averages, raising from low C averages.The.

Bryan/College Station, Texas Area

Accountable for a variety of projects such as processing flu shots for 32 different institutions via a Houston healthcare clinic, working accounts receivable for billing and processing, and clerical tasks such as processing and attaching hundreds superbills to accounts.Instead of acclimating to monotone methods of finding resolutions to casework, I pursued.

Bryan/College Station, Texas Area

Conducted approximately 200 cold calls a day collecting public policy data for various Texas bureaucracies, institutions, and programs.Successfully collected responses from Texas residents to understand opinions on topics such as community safety assessment and workers compensation.The experience fostered a deep understanding of state bureaucracies and led.

Frisco, Texas

Engaged in direct sales of footwear to Christmas shoppers and cashier services.The experience directly engaging potential consumers in a more stressful season environment was enlightening, as interpersonal interaction in terms of sales is a necessary skill.

Bryan/College Station, Texas Area

Worked in direct sales of standard office materials and products to local businesses, institutions, and consumers. I reached protection plan salesman of the week in October 2014, two months after beginning the job. The experience making sales to different entities was a significant time of development, as understanding of how supply replenishment.

Bryan/College Station, Texas Area

Direct assistance to the Director of Student Leadership and Activities and the Coordinator of Student Activities by providing clerical assistance and office support.Created Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to input budgetary information for 47 Blinn College student organizations.Maintained the Department of Student Leadership and Activities budget data for 50.

Master’S Degree, State And Local Government Administration, 3.33

Activities and Societies: Diversity Commissioner for the Texas A&M University Student Government Association Executive Cabinet. Texas A&M.

Certificate Program - Strategic Communication, Business/Corporate Communications

I completed the Strategic Communication Certificate from the University of Texas Center of Professional Education in June 2020. I have.

Bachelor’S Degree, Political Science And Government, 3.142 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Beta Tau Omega Asian-Interest Fraternity President and Parliamentarian '15-'16, Big Event Volunteer '14-'17.

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), Liberal Arts And Sciences/Liberal Studies, 3.2 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Student Government Association Student Senator, Fit for Life Alliance Club President Fall 2013-Spring 2014.