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Austin, TX, US

Austin, Texas, United States

• Plans and manages large and complex performance evaluations of state agencies with a focus on efficiency, cost-effectiveness, statutory objectives, and transparency
• Maintains overall responsibility as project manager for large and complex performance evaluations and ensures all phases of the evaluation occur in a timely and efficient manner
• Identifies areas in need of improvement, develops recommendations, and writes and edits persuasively for publication
• Analyzes state agency… Show more
• Analyzes state agency operations by conducting background research, interviewing agency employees and stakeholders, and reviewing statute, administrative rule, agency documents, and qualitative and quantitative data
• Provides oral and written testimony and legislative briefings to the Sunset Commission and other members of the Texas Legislature

Austin, Texas Area

• Plans and manages performance evaluations of state agencies by conducting analysis, identifying areas in need of improvement, developing recommendations, and writing for publication
• Analyzes policy and program issues by conducting background research, interviewing agency employees and stakeholders, and reviewing statute, administrative rule, agency documents, and qualitative and quantitative data
• Leads and participates on small review teams to write and edit persuasive reports… Show more
• Leads and participates on small review teams to write and edit persuasive reports arguing for statutory and management changes to improve agency operations, with a focus on efficiency, cost-effectiveness, statutory.
• Provides oral and written testimony and legislative briefs to the Sunset Commission and other members of the Texas Legislature
• Tracks and analyzes Sunset bills and other legislation during the biennial legislative session Show less

Austin, Texas Area

• Assisted on two economic development projects for a large Texas municipality
• Assisted on a performance review of a state health and social services agency
• Attended multiple client meetings with staff to plan, gather information, and present findings
• Conducted outreach to local business to gauge merchant association interest
• Conducted research on business disaster recovery for municipal client
• Conducted research on Medicaid for inclusion in state client reports

Austin, Texas

• Directed Project Vote Smart's satellite office operations, including 3 staff members, 30 part-time interns per semester, and up to 1000 legislative summaries yearly
• Reviewed and edited summaries of key state and federal legislation produced by staff and interns
• Monitored media in 15 states to identify legislation of critical interest to voters in each state
• Coordinated all programming and operations remotely with the Project's headquarters in Montana
• Facilitated contacts… Show more
• Facilitated contacts with journalists and academics who advise on key legislation selections

Philipsburg, Montana

• Directed the Project's issue position department, including 7 staff members, 15 full-time interns andnumerous adult volunteers
• Developed a non-partisan issue position questionnaire for Congressional and state candidatesthrough exhaustive research on issues of national and local importance in all 50 states
• Created department calendars for candidate issue position solicitation and research in all 50 states
• Spoke persuasively as a department representative for multiple… Show more
• Spoke persuasively as a department representative for multiple radio and print stories with goal ofexplaining complex issues to potential voters
• Supervised data delivery for 'Vote-Easy' interactive candidate matching tool Show less

Philipsburg, Montana

• Managed the Project's internship program, hiring approximately 50 interns yearly
• Reviewed over 200 applicants and interviewed over 100 applicants yearly
• Coordinated work assignments, travel plans, events and mediated potential problems for all interns
• Maintained one of the project's databases, updating hundreds of speeches daily for Congressionalofficials
• Hired for job position after serving as a National Intern in summer 2009

Master’S Degree, Public Affairs

● Policy Research Project: Austin Anchors & The Innovation Zone: Building Collaborative Capacity ● Undergraduate Team Leader, Hatton W..

Ba, Political Science

● Minor in Justice Systems ● Recipient of J. Seth Huston Scholarship for Leadership ● Student Athletic Advisory Committee Member