o Managing tasks and timelines for all activities and initiatives across the office including the strategic planning process, report development, evaluation and assessment, and event planning o Collecting and assessing data to inform the development of strategic goals and key benchmarks for success to improve inclusion and belongingo Building and maintaining partnerships with faculty and staff to advance strategic efforts to improve compositional diversity and build an inclusive community with a focus on historically underrepresented groupso Providing administrative staffing for advisory boards and governance committees charged with deliberating issues of diversity and inclusiono Leading the development and implementation of a comprehensive communication strategy to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion across the university

Provided operational oversight for the implementation and evaluation of programs for undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and faculty o Implemented a grant-writing workshop to serve early-career faculty seeking research funding o Identified and sought new funding sources to support projects and programs, while maintaining reporting requirements of existing grantso Managed participant data collection, storage, analysis, and reporting processes through survey design, and data visualizationo Developed, monitored, and managed operating and programmatic budgets of $4 Million+o Cultivated relationships with university administrators as well as private industry, professional societies, and private foundations to support the research workforce to realize organizational goals

Provided programmatic and communications consulting to the Office of Extramural Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)o Streamlined organization for an NIH-wide diversity committee by maintaining project timelines, drafting meeting notes and agendas, and facilitating meeting scheduling o Improved awareness of funding opportunities for individuals from diverse groups by developing a scientific workforce diversity websiteo Drafted reports and whitepapers describing outcomes of office initiatives for the lay public

Updated communication processes across the societyo Redesigned the bi-weekly member e-newsletter to be responsive and adaptable on mobile devices resulting in a doubling of click through rates and a tripling of mobile viewerso Developed social media campaigns and analyzed campaign and channel performance to encourage current and potential members to identify with the society mission and confirm ROIo Implemented social media and email marketing campaigns to target specific user audiences to maximize engagementIdentified and implemented policy initiatives on behalf of the societyo Advocated for research funding through letters and written testimony to Congresso Created a network of 50 members to advocate for research funding through editorials and letters to the editor in local newspaperso Served as the staff liaison to the Public Policy Committee providing organizational support and policy guidance o Developed a policy strategy with input from members, Board of Directors, and staff that resulted in more member engagement and broader awareness of model organism research Developed relationships with funding agencies including the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Healtho Collaborated with National Institute of General Medical Sciences to generate accurate data on the funding of model organismso Interacted with representatives from the Biology Directorate of NSF to identify future funding prioritiesOversaw communications and media outreach for The Allied Genetics Conferenceo Interacted with a broad base of stakeholders including scientists, planning committees, staff, and Board of Directorso Created and managed contracts, budgets and workflow for media outreach consultantso Promoted the conference through an email and social media marketing campaign

Improved communications for the Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Divisiono Developed a blog to highlight research, principal investigators, and division activities o Revamped the yearly newsletter to include responsive multimedia and HTML formatso Moderated user feedback and analytics to quantify the website traffic and interactionServed as the Executive Secretary for the Federal Coordination on STEM Inter-agency Working Group for Broadening Participationo Curated a comprehensive inventory of funding programs focused on under-represented groupso Led the development of a preliminary literature review on broadening participationo Worked closely with committee co-chairs to organize meetings, collect progress reports from action groups, and synthesize a final reportPrepared supporting documents for the 5 year strategic plan for graduate education in science and engineeringo Authored a summary of recommendations for federal agencies to improve graduate educationo Collaborated with division directors to generate values and priorities in graduate education to include in the strategic plan

Developed a method to distinguish Leucine from Isoleucine for de novo protein sequencingo Generated and assessed analytical techniques for assay improvemento Optimized experimental methods through design of experiment processes to create an SOPo Significantly reduced the de novo protein sequencing time-line

Gathered and analyzed outcome data for previous participants in the Summer Research Early Identification Program (SR-EIP)

Worked with a group of undergraduate research participants in the Summer Research Early Identification Program (SR-EIP) at Brown University to develop elevator pitches, poster and oral presentations, and good research habits