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United States

A holistic nonprofit helping nonprofits meet their mission. From incorporation to dissolution and everything operational in-between, we help nonprofits so that they can focus on the change they are creating. We provide assistance for opening and operating your nonprofit, operations, governance, communications, and fundraising. Mission Possible is a one-stop shop to help your nonprofit realize its mission.

Responsible for Operations, Financial and Board management; Head of Talent (Human Resources); Technology Administration of the fully-remote, global nonprofit.•Responsible for operations, governance, finance, IT, and Human Resources at startup nonprofit. •Create and implement Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) strategy for the organization and build organizational culture. •Create and manage organization’s finances and policies, draft financial policies, and facilitate annual audits. •Create all financial reporting including budgets, cash flows, and grant reporting for a rapidly growing budget, $485,000 to $1.3m in one year. •Create and manage contracts and NDAs. •Created equitable compensation structure, recruitment strategy without identifying details, and drafting organizational policies. •Plan and execute international staff retreat. •Board management.

Greater New Orleans Area

• Nonprofit management of 32 501(c)(3)s including legal and technical advice, bookkeeping, financial oversight and reporting, tax filings and annual reports, and all other operational needs. • Began and direct Chapel & York Foundation (a charities advised fund)• Fundraising including major donor and individual donor management, grant prospecting, writing and reporting, cultivation and fundraising events, state registrations• Board management for Foundation and all clients• Human Resources for Foundation and clients including staff management, policies and procedures, insurance, payroll• Financial management for Foundation and clients including opening and managing bank accounts, reconciling bank accounts, cash flows and budgets, accounts receivable/payable, Quickbooks, financial reporting, tax receipting donors and foundations

Greater New Orleans Area

Greater New York City Area

• Manage operations for new non‐profit; maintain Guantánamo Bay casework• Research and draft applications to major donors and institutional funders• Create and maintain relationships with supporters and donors• Plan and operate fundraising and cultivation events• Create and implement organizational, communications, and resource development strategic plans for the non‐profit• Create, evaluate, and re‐draft strategic plans and policies, as needed• Ensure compliance as a 501(c)(3) with IRS, New York state, Louisiana, and Washington, DC as well as annual state reporting• Research, choose, and maintain health insurance, disability insurance, and workers’ compensation coverage in relevant jurisdictions• Create and maintain financial documents, e.g. budgets and cash flow• Maintain, monitor, and reconcile bank accounts and accounts payable• Create and maintain hard and electronic filing system for entire organization• Create financial documents to accompany grant applications• Maintained resource development database software• Recruit and supervise staff and interns in USA and UK• Submit monthly payroll and oversee tax withholdings• Manage communications with the Board, lead Board meetings, and draft resolutions; • Stay abreast of updates to 501(c)(3) legislation and ensure compliance with all non‐profit rules• Responsible for social media and outreach to supporters; • Communicate with and visit clients in Guantánamo Bay

Houston Area, Texas

• Advised on nonprofit operations, governance, programming, and fundraising• Made visits to the prison in Guantánamo Bay to meet with clients and take statements• Prepared materials for diplomatic outreach• Liaised with the media, including placing stories, in print, radio, and TV (live and pre-record)• Assisted with social media and outreach to supporters• Provided operational support remotely with a focus on assisting the creation of a US 501(c)(3) office• Conducted comprehensive organizational audits including staffing, financials, resource development, communications, processes, and policies for organizations across the nation • Created detailed reports regarding issues within organizations and making recommendations for improvements• Managed staff and Boards of Directors, including development and addressing grievances• Created five-year operational strategic plans• Consulted with social enterprises operating in India, Pakistan, and South Africa

Houston, Texas Area

• Observed, reviewed and assessed the administrative functioning of the organization and created a strategic plan to develop and implement new systems, operations, office-wide policies and procedures to improve the organization to make better use of staff and resources available• Managed staff and interns• Identified, researched, and developed major and other individual donors.• Researched and drafted grant applications and reports• Planned and implemented cultivation and fundraising events• Created and maintained the organizational and grant budgets• Tracked and managed the collection of fees for mitigation services• Managed Board of Directors, including arranging and leading Board meetings, drafting minutes and resolutions as well as Board development• Manageed the development and recruitment of new Board members• Provided financial oversight and manage bookkeeping staff• Instructed and supervised CPA• Served on the Executive Committee as a voting member• Sat on the hiring committee as a voting member• Developed and implemented grassroots communications via social media such as twitter and Facebook• Event planning and fundraising• Coordinated with Communications in the implementation of grant-funded activities including community outreach, public education and media• Planned and facilitated staff and Board retreat

London, United Kingdom

Litigation in the United States for Guantanamo Bay detainees. Travel to the secure facility in Washington, DC to work on classified issues and to Guantanamo Bay to meet with clients and further legal cases. Legal and factual research, contacting family members of detainees, writing letters and arranging phone calls with clients and preparing evidence for litigation. Travel to and live in Pakistan to assist in operations and investigation strategy for two nonprofits. Also partially responsible for grant writing for the organization, including building and maintaining relationships with the various funders.

London, United Kingdom

Paralegal for the Secret Prisons and Extraordinary Renditions team, legal and factual research, contacting family members of detainees, writing letters to clients and families, preparing evidence for litigation, supervise and recruit volunteers, respond to post and press enquiries, schedule appointments for the Director and Executive Director and other general office operations.

Case management and research.

Duties as office manager include contacting clients and managing the clinic. Duties as student advisor include assisting in client interviews, completing research and follow-up work as required.

Lincoln, Nebraska Area

Responsible for special projects involving compilation of records and pretrial, etc. Update and profile documents to paperless office. Aided in applying new file system, attorney annual meeting planning and arranging functions for the firm and Nebraska Guaranty Association. File court documents, aid in trial preparations, update legal resources, answer phones, data input, office support and other miscellaneous duties.

Lincoln, Nebraska Area

File court documents, update legal library, open and maintain client files, collect and organize evidence for trial, pre-trial preparation and reception duties.

Master Of Laws (Ll.M), Law

Specializing in criminal legal aid. High commendation awarded.

Legal Practice Course (Lpc), Law

Compulsories in Business law, Litigation, Property law, Drafting, Solicitors' Accounts, Writing, Advocacy, Interviewing and Advising.

Graduate Diploma In Law, Tort, Criminal, Ec Law, Contracts, Land Law, Equity & Trusts, Constitutional & Administrative Law

Also had instruction in the English legal system and legal ethics

Bachelors In Arts And Sciences, English Language And Literature

Activities and Societies: UNL Law Club, Pi Sigma Alpha, UNL American Cancer SocietyWith concentrations in Pre-Law and British Literature.

Study Abroad, Shakespeare

Advanced Shakespearean studies in Stratford-upon-Avon the summers of 2003 and 2005.