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United States

Promote an understanding and implemetation of CHIPS for America by coordinating and advancing federal interaction with state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments.

United States

• Collaborate on review of applications to ensure thorough environmental permitting plans.
• Coordinate with federal, state, and local agencies to expedite environmental review.
• Facilitate streamlined application review by collaborating with CPO Divisions.
• Assure the public that CPO is addressing environmental concerns.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Chief architect of ISRI’s state policy program.
• Collaborated with diverse stakeholders and policymakers to advance strategic public policy goals.
• Built volunteer teams to successfully educate lawmakers on industry issues.
• Envisioned and implemented a multi-year image campaign with the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).
• Successful track record of state advocacy outreach with critical stakeholders.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Pioneered creative state policy advocacy aligning with the industry’s emerging political strategies.
• Designed educational programs to train business leaders on strategic advocacy tactics.
• Developed a 50-state industry contact and lobbyist network of more than 1,300 company advocates.
• Authored legal briefs culminating in several positive court rulings.
• Guided multi-stakeholder working groups to solve complex legal, policy & community relations problems.

Northern Virginia

• Successfully advocated for federal regulations and legislation protecting the industry.
• Expanded the industry’s regulatory compliance rates.
• Implemented strategic advocacy campaign for Senate passage of key legislation.
• Developed educational programming ensuring leadership’s awareness of critical government activities.

Fairfax, Virginia, United States

• Launched a partnership with the Department of Labor to provide industry employment law resources.
• Raised awareness by creating industry-first online employment law training center.
• Increased compliance by instructing small business educational seminars.
• Successfully guided multi-industry coalitions to achieve positive concessions from OSHA.
• Facilitated public recognition for the industry from OSHA by launching a national ergonomics program.

Falls Church, Virginia

• Produced innovative communications to keep leadership engaged with Department advocacy efforts.
• Facilitated meetings between industry executives and Members of Congress.
• Coordinated policy materials to increase effectiveness of Day-on-the-Hill events.
• Raised industry profile by writing a published article in the Connecticut Insurance Law Journal.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Enhanced firm’s policy advocacy and litigation efforts by conducting complex legal analysis on pertinent client issues.
• Ensured firm’s compliance with federal lobbying disclosure activity (LDA) and FARA reports.
• Enabled orderly administrative law hearings and briefings by maintaining critical Energy Practice files.

Secretary Of The Senate's Office

• Advised Senate staff on appropriate Senate floor legislative procedures.
• Ensured historical accuracy record of Senate floor activities by communicating with senators and staff.
• Streamlined legislative record access by entering activities in electronic legislative status system (LEGIS).
• Established numerical sequencing of all new bills and resolutions to avoid confusing duplication.

Jd, Law

Activities and Societies: Federal Circuit Bar Journal; Fairfax Bar Association Wilkens Scholarship Recipient; Bryce Harlow Foundation.

Ba, Political Science

Activities and Societies: Alpha Chi Honor Society

Ba, Political Science And Government