- Support the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy Resilience and Optimization (ER&O) Director of Installation Clean Energy & Energy Efficiency with clean energy efforts, specifically carbon pollution-free energy (CFE) and renewable technology innovation.- Support speaking engagements with talking points, prepared remarks, and briefings for Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment and the Director of Installation Clean Energy & Energy Efficiency- Assist with keeping schedule of significant events to include congressional budget deadlines, large energy events, and office personnel travel and speaking engagements- Support office participation in events like Energy Exchange, Defense Logistics Agency World Wide Energy Conference, VERGE, and others- Draft documents for clean energy working groups and in response to congressional inquiries and OSD leadership tasks

• Serves as a senior advisor to the External Engagement Director • Provides Executive level support and management for all Communication requirements • Recommends, develops, reviews, implement and updates strategic communications and congressional plans• Develops speeches and prepares metrics, info papers, and presentations to ensure integration with DoD and Headquarters (e.g. ASA IEE, ASA E&S, SAF/IEE) core documents

Communications Specialist, Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Warrior Care and Transition (WCT) Sep 2017 – Present• Oversee team of six in the day-to-day development of content and brand recognition for the Army warrior care program’s website and social media; Awarded first place for Outstanding Communications Campaign and Outstanding Digital Presence by the Keith L. Ware Awards, the premiere U.S. Army communications competition for 2016; Led the media relations and campaign development while overseeing the digital media, content and strategy for the team.• Cover large, high-profile national and international events, including Invictus Games, hosted by Prince Harry of Wales, Warrior Care Month, Army Trials and the Department of Defense Warrior Games; Lead media relations effort working with regional, national and international outlets, create event coverage plan, approve concepts for website sections, wrote communications plan, articles, and team press releases and edited articles by the team. • Develop media campaigns and oversee creation of editorial calendars and communications strategy. Manage website content across all divisions including writing and editing content and feature articles; Manage updates of graphics and website content and work directly with web developers and graphic designers to improve digital strategy; • Manage re branding and logo redesign for content across all platforms including website, social media and print materials; Plan and implement brand assessment including online surveys, focus groups, and social media polling.

Senior marketing and communications consultant responsible for developing marketing and communications plans, brands, media relations, writing and editing content for top levels of the Department of Defense and Army Headquarters to communicate with internal and external stakeholders to include all branches of the military and the general public. Communications Specialist, Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Warrior Care and Transition (WCT) Oct 2015 – August 2017• Oversee team of six in the day-to-day development of content and brand recognition for the Army warrior care program’s website and social media; Awarded first place for Outstanding Communications Campaign and Outstanding Digital Presence by the Keith L. Ware Awards, the premiere U.S. Army communications competition for 2016; Led the media relations and campaign development while overseeing the digital media, content and strategy for the team.• Cover large, high-profile national and international events, including Invictus Games, hosted by Prince Harry of Wales, Warrior Care Month, Army Trials and the Department of Defense Warrior Games; Lead media relations effort working with regional, national and international outlets, create event coverage plan, approve concepts for website sections, wrote communications plan, articles, and team press releases and edited articles by the team. • Develop media campaigns and oversee creation of editorial calendars and communications strategy. Manage website content across all divisions including writing and editing content and feature articles; Manage updates of graphics and website content and work directly with web developers and graphic designers to improve digital strategy; • Manage re branding and logo redesign for content across all platforms including website, social media and print materials; Plan and implement brand assessment including online surveys, focus groups, and social media polling.

Communications Strategist, Army Office of the Chief of Public Affairs (OCPA) May 2014 – Sep 2015• Developed monthly key messages and talking points for the Army’s generals, senior leaders and spokespeople based on Army events and hot topics; Coordinated and planned monthly meetings with Army Staff generals to approve the messages and talking points for approval and release Army-wide. • Served as the lead planner for the Army's response to Staff Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's exchange and reintegration after five years as a Taliban prisoner; Drafted the communication plan and led the communication planning group; Prepared Army Senior Leaders for press conference with over 30 media outlets.Manager of Marketing and Communications for Training, Military Intelligence Readiness Command (MIRC) Jan 2012 – May 2014• Managed all communication efforts to the 6300 Soldiers of the MIRC Training Program; Responsible for communicating training programs while making sure sensitive and classified information was not spilled over into public domains.• Created and established tool for communication and information sharing between the headquarters and its eleven subordinate organizations; Wrote content and designed a monthly newsletter; • Developed and designed brand and marketing brochures for each of the five military intelligence disciplines and created a Course Catalog to provide an easy tool for Soldiers and leaders to know what intelligence training is being offered• Led efforts to increase the MIRC’s web presence using the Army’s internal site Army Knowledge Online (AKO); Site won an AKO Gold Award and was ranked number two in the Army based on usability and relevant information.• Led efforts to provide the program with more efficient reporting methods and information sharing by using both AKO and Microsoft SharePoint to communicate and assign tasks to subordinate organizations.

Communications Consultant, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Hiring Oct 2011 – Nov 2011• Led efforts on developing an outreach plan to increase diversity within NAVSEA and develop a talent pipeline through an increased emphasis on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) among the K-12 audience. • Led the effort on a non-compete proposal to redesign the NAVSEA Career Web Site. Responsible for drafting the proposal, developing the risk matrix in conjunction with the IT team and working with pricing to determine labor categories and hours to create the profit analysis spreadsheet.Communications and Marketing Strategist for the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program (YRRP) Sep 2009 – Sep 2011• Developed and executed the communication plans, objectives, and related initiatives to inform Reserve Service members and their families about their services and benefits • Created branding and developed collateral materials consistent with brand as well as style guide to ensure consistency across the program.• Developed and wrote content for the program’s newsletter, which reached over 600 subscribers; Developed and wrote content for the redesign of the program website.• Responsible for planning and manning program’s exhibit at national level conferences. • Supported the YRRP Conference that featured more than 600 attendees; Managed the on-site audio/visual needs for keynote speakers and breakout sessions; Instructed four breakout sessions on promoting and marketing the program; Wrote communication plan, messages and media guidelines for staff to answer media inquiries.• Wrote the YRRP 2010 and 2011 Annual Reports to Congress and cultivated relationships with organizations to cross-promote and increase awareness of the program. • Assisted in the production of 58 promotional and testimonial videos; Coordinated interviews with leaders, staff, and participants, set production schedule and created YouTube channel.

Communications and PR Consultant for Army National Guard Defense Integrated Military Human Resource System (DIMHRS) Aug 2008 – Aug 2009• Developed design and wrote content for various communication materials (e.g. tri-folds, smartcards, newsletters, etc.). Responsible for providing information to each of the fifty-four National Guard States and Territories regarding DIMHRS and its implementation and coordinating the logistics for the National Guard Bureau Personnel Division exhibit at various National Guard conferences.• Supported the division exhibit by answering DIMHRS related questions from both Air and Army Guardsmen. • Drafted memos and developed briefings for division leadership and routinely briefed leadership on DIMHRS related issues.Communications and PR Analyst Camp Lejeune Historic Water Quality Task Aug 2007 – Jul 2008• Managed a team of six in providing strategic communications support to the United States Marine Corps efforts on Camp Lejeune Water.• Responsible for managing public relations and outreach efforts and the project’s informational call center. • Trained new call center operators on project information, call center script, and how to handle hostile callers. Setting call center operator schedules.• Wrote press releases and compiled and wrote weekly metric reports on media outreach and call center statistics.• Coordinated both the production and development of branded materials and website development. • Worked closely with various media outlets such as USA Today and USA Today.com, North American Precis Syndicate and Yahoo! to increase awareness of the Camp Lejeune Water Quality Task by placing advertisements and tracking their effectiveness and response rates.

Junior Program Analyst – Army Office of the Chief of Public AffairsSupported the development and communication of Army messages through the execution of large scale events, production of training videos/public service announcements, and written products.• Developed branding and promotional materials such as posters, video, give-away materials for the Army Exhibit at the two largest conferences for the Army, attended by over 15000 people.• Developed key messages and talking points to create the “Army Public Affairs Playbook.” Included all the Army’s key issues to ensure consistent messaging from all public affairs channels throughout the Army.• Wrote scripts for awareness and public service announcement videos. Scripts were read by the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army and the Sergeant Major of the Army.• Conducted research and development for various campaign initiatives to include developing taglines for the Army Public Affairs campaign and exhibits.• Managed the production, script development, filming location, editing, focus groups and Senior Army Leadership screenings of the sexual assault prevention and response training video.• Wrote press releases and drafted letters for Senior Army officials to include Vice Chief of Staff, Sergeant Major of the Army, and the Chief of Public Affairs.• Played key role in the execution and manning of Army Exhibits. Served as point of contact for guest speakers and VIPs and assisted in the coordination of the Warrior’s Corner section of the Army Exhibit at the 2005 and 2006 Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting.