Driving organizational growth by identifying and developing new business opportunities and expanding brand presence. Manage existing partnerships, evaluate business goals, and lead cross-functional teams. Play a key role in driving major organizational strategy initiatives as well as long-range planning processes across the enterprise.

As a member of the Executive Office, leads the development and execution of the new business strategy for ABA Global Programs. Manages new business initiatives and introduces new business processes to support targeting, capture, and proposal development. Develops new institutional partnerships with international and domestic organizations and leads initiatives to improve relationships with government donors. Helped grow revenue from $38m (2019) to $64m (2023).

Lead new business opportunities for Tetra Tech's flagship Rule of Law and Justice Sector Strengthening unit. Worked with Senior Tetra Tech management to develop and implement the firm's business development strategy while also providing technical oversight to USAID funded programs. Lead the development of technical proposals, including a successful bid for the largest ever USG rule of law contract for $116m. Helped firm grow revenue from $31m to $47.5m in less than 4 years.

International development professional for a firm specializing in rule of law development worldwide. Chief Washington DC-based project manager for a USAID-funded rule of law project being implemented in the Republic of Moldova. Provide project management assistance to rule of law projects in Afghanistan and Kosovo. Provide technical assistance, as needed, to all of our current rule of law projects in the field. In-country experience in Afghanistan, Macedonia, Ukraine, Kosovo, Philippines, Sri Lanka, West Bank/Gaza, Jordan, Moldova, Myanmar, East Timor, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Albania, Liberia.

Senior Legal Advisor to the USAID Rule of Law Stablization Project (RLS) in Afghanistan. Managed the project's regional field office located in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Responsible for managing a staff of 30+ technical and administrative professionals implementing a one-year ($14 million) USAID-funded legal reform project aimed at providing access to justice and dispute resolution mechanisms to citizens in locations affected by Taliban insurgency. Established Afghanistan's first women's dispute resolution councils, an innovate program run by local women to provide women and families with alternative dispute resolution and peace building forums.

Legal Advisor to the USAID funded Afghanistan Rule of Law Project (ARoLP) in Kabul, Afghanistan. Provide technical assistance and support to Afghanistan Ministry of Justice and other justice related organizations in Afghanistan.

Provided representation to death row inmates in state post-conviction cases and federal habeas corpus cases. Formulated post-conviction investigation plans, interviewed witnesses, and supervised defense investigators. Utilized expertise in case investigation, mental health and competency issues, and forensic evidence (including DNA technology).

Managed the Standing Committee on Legal Aid & Indigent Defendants projects for developing and reforming public defense delivery systems nationwide. Managed a departmental budget and several support staff. Wrote articles for publication in ABA periodicals. Wrote grant proposals for indigent defense projects; monitored and evaluated ABA grantees.

Criminal prosecutor and legal adviser to the Executive Branch of the Palau government. Palau is an independent island nation in the Western Pacific. Legal adviser to the Ministry of State and Director of Foreign Affairs in international law and treaty issues. Taught criminal law and procedure to local college students and law enforcement recruits. Provided legal advice and opinions to the President, Vice President, and Ministers of the executive branch of government. Developed the Pacific Islands first human trafficking legislation and initiated the first successful human trafficking prosecution in Micronesia.

Represented thousands of clients in juvenile, misdemeanor, and felony hearings and trials. Supervised junior attorneys.

Associate attorney for boutique Civil Rights and Criminal Defense practice. Litigated 42 USC 1983 civil rights cases in the Northern District of Illinois federal courts. Provided criminal defense representation in felony courts in Chicago state and federal courts. Worked for the firm from 1997, starting as a law clerk until I was licensed to practice law in 1998.