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Houston, TX, US

Private Investment firm that invests primarily in early stage companies across the sectors of Real Estate, Enterprise Products, FemTech, B2B Software, Consumer Technology Products, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, FinTech, Energy, and Healthcare with an emphasis on Women-led funds and startups.

Cincinnati, OH, US

Aruna Project is an impact driven athleisure brand creating lifelong freedom for survivors of human trafficking. By combining the best of nonprofit and business, survivors experience dignity, heal from trauma, and regain individual agency through employment marked by holistic care in a community and sisterhood of others who are flourishing.Our products are.

Portfolia lets investors green-light the entrepreneurial companies, teams and products they want to see in the marketplace. Portfolia combines the best of the angel investing world with a strategic venture fund structure, packaging 6-9 companies, across multiple themes or industries, letting investors diversify with one investment annually.Portfolia.

Houston, TX, US

GOOSE Capital in an investment firm comprised of former Fortune 500 executives, industry leaders, and serial entrepreneurs. We invest in breakthrough technologies and innovative founders.

Curation Farms is a test pilot CBD company cultivating industrial hemp for both wholesale and retail sale of CBD biomass and flower for the health and wellness industry.- Led and executed 2MM seed round capital raise to fund the project within less than a month- Leading strategy across business development, operations, sales, marketing, administration and.

Houston, Texas, US

Patients We Share is an innovative digital health startup with a mission to provide the best workflow communication platform in healthcare, improve provider connectivity, and power a smart healthcare community. Patients We Share is putting useful mobile applications in the hands of healthcare providers, generating quality data, and creating the foundation.

US

• Founding member and Executive Officer of PennTex Midstream Partners tasked to build, implement and manage the departments of Human Resources, IT, Public Relations, Government Affairs, Risk Management and Facility.
• Guided teams toward the ultimate goals of a public offering and priming the company for a lucrative acquisition.
• Constructed talent acquisition plans to recruit and hire 80 new team members, growing the company from 6 to 86 employees
• Mapped out all administrative business systems relating to HR and administered all policies and procedures, including but not limited to benefits plans, payroll and employee relations to ultimately build an effective.
• Managed teams to build out network infrastructure, employee desktop support, user desktop procurement, telecommunications, internet service providers, SCADA systems, SAP ERP and established all IT related policies and.
• Pioneered PR programs and managed public relations, media correspondence, corporate crisis communication plans, pipeline awareness plans and corporate giving to align with the company’s cultures and support communities.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, US

• Designated Northeast spokeswoman to oversee public affairs and develop and implement strategic stakeholder engagement programs involving community and local government relations, corporate giving, local media relations.
• Shaped public affairs and strategic outreach for Williams Companies existing interstate gas pipeline assets and expansion projects throughout 8 states within the Northeast region.
• Worked with business development, engineering and project teams to lead the public outreach efforts for Williams’ interstate gas pipeline expansion project development and execution along the Atlantic-Gulf Transco.
• Forged relationships with local government officials and community supporting assets and ongoing outreach.
• Pitched all Northeast projects to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and worked alongside FERC representatives to see projects through to completion; building solid relationships and enhanced communications.
• Created and oversaw the budget for charitable giving throughout the Northeast

• Worked alongside the two founding members as the first employee to be hired and progressively expanded responsibilities in PR, GR, HR, IT and office management.
• Assisted in all administration aspects of building a company from the ground-up and established the PR and HR departments, eventually committing to relocate to Pennsylvania to continue to build the company.
• Designed, developed and implemented a Community Outreach Program to communicate to stakeholders, landowners and community members via educational community events
• Public relations lead for Pipeline Awareness Program to educate the public about our pipeline in compliance with federal and state laws for 811 and relevant operations procedures.
• Acquired responsibility for HR department in Aug 2011 to oversee 42 employees
• Regulated all employee file organization, I-9 compliance, IRS filings and payroll department; coordinated all benefits administrations and designed talent acquistion plans to accommodate growth.

• Established a theatre production company in New York City to produce original and established works.
• Produced and performed the lead role of Lulu in Amiri Baraka's classic play 'The Dutchman'.
• Led negotiations for production company to establish contracts with Off-Broadway theatres, Actors Equity Association, stage managers, as well as design teams in set, lighting, sound, and costume designers.
• Generated media strategy and production in MSNBC and local NYC theatre media outlets.
• Cast and hired actors for the production.
• Raised funds through program advertising for the initial capital expenditures of the production.

New York, NY, US

• Classically trained Soprano, Actor and Pianist
• Member of both the Actors Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild
• Favorite Regional Theatre credits include: Dot in 'Sunday in the Park with George', Anne in 'A Little Night Music', & Brooke/Vicki in 'Noises Off!' as well as singing with the Brooklyn Philharmonic at BAM and the.
• Traveled as a Soprano Soloist for Classical Concert Tour through Russia, Czech Rep, Slovenia, & Austria as well as studied World Music in London
• Moved into Musical Directing and Directing for various productions both regionally and in NYC
• Adjunct Professor at Trinidad Community College for Musical Theatre

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Executive Mba Program

Master Of Fine Arts (Mfa), Musical Theatre

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (Bfa), Classical Voice & Theatre