Primary author of all legislation including local procurement and government accountability, motor vehicle code noticing requirements creating first in the nation big city changes to racially dsparate traffic stops, transfer ordinances, hotel worker job supports, historic business tax reductions and transparency law in the sale of healthcare facilitiesRun office led hearings ranging from Nursing Homes and COVID to Out of School time activities to hit and runsServe as SME for budget and financial issuesClerk high volume streets and services committee, responsible for approximately 30% of all bills introduced

Coordinated first draft of accreditation self study report Led CODA annual survey data collection and data definitions refinement process

Provided policy advice and counselSupported endorsement processWorked closely with campaign manager on policy issues as they aroseStaffed campaign office and directed other volunteers as needed

Working with hyperlocal news site NJ Pen-provide policy content knowledge, data collection and analysis to background and inform a project on local government shared service & municipal consolidation options in suburban Camden County, New Jersey. The project was competivitvely awarded funds from the Center for Cooperative Media.

Monitor and track legislation of importance to Health and Human Services cabinet departments.Develop and engage in social media conversations around social welfare and social policyPrimary author of policy memos covering a range of topics including public health, Medicaid financing in education, and public use data sharingLed and coordinated site visit evaluation by major national foundation focused on the use of integrated data systems in local government

Vicki Panzier Gross fellowship for Social PolicyRobert A. Fox Leadership Program Fox-Perry FellowGraduate Research Assistant Penn Program on Regulation/ Prof. Cary Coglianese

Reviewed municipal fair share affordable housing plans along with transportation, retail and commercial development and storm water management documents to better understand development patterns and options for mediations with towns across New Jersey.Worked with Census data and other public use datasets to produce reports to tell compelling data driven stories humanizing those in need of affordable housing in New Jersey ahead of a key New Jersey Supreme Court case (Mount Laurel IV).

Wrote statement of need, context and data sections for successful 3 year US Department of Health and Human Services $360,000 SAMHSA AWARE Mental Health First Aid training grant. The grant aims to improve access to community partners of a national model mental health intervention in Spartanburg County, South Carolina over the next three years.Provided context, statement of need and framing assistance as well as post grant submission responses to follow up questions as part of a grant writing team which successfully secured a comptetively awarded three year $911,386 United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) SNAP Process and Technology Improvement Grant, one of only six awards nationally in FFY15.Created a weighted scoring system to rank and evaluate a state wide, county based six year multi-benefit social service outreach effort.

During a decade at Solutions for Progress I started as Assistant to the Founder, moved up to policy analyst and spent 4 years at the company as Coordinator for Public Policy and planning efforts. Among many other projects I'm most proud of:National and state specific buildups of multi benefit and tax credit estimates of eligbiles not receiving used to make the case that state and local governments could inject hundreds of millions of dollars every year into low income communities by drawing down existing funds via smarter enrollment and outreach efforts.I was primary author and daily project manager of a multi stakeholder 2-year $1.6 million US Department of Defense-Office of Naval Research project examining how decontamination of naval or civilian vessels following a CBRN event might be handled. Subject matter expert on a diverse array of federal legislation including ARRA and the ACA.Regular author of articles for the corporate newsletter explaining in laymen’s terms abstract policy issues. Solutions for Progress is a mission-driven company committed to assisting low-and moderate-income individuals and families to sustainably move out of poverty through the practical application of innovative technology and public policy. SfP was one of the first organizations to become a Pennsylvania-Registered Benefit Corporation and is also a B-Lab Certified B-Corp.

Assisted in planning and execution of the organizations annual fundraiser which netted $45,000, a 15% jump over the prior year's effortMangaged setup, usage, imput and upgrades to nine thousand contact Blackbaud Raisers Edge databaseCoordinated production, arranged layout, conducted interviews and wrote articles for the quarterly newsletter, netting $8,000 per issue in new donations.

Worked with Bureau staff to create a working defintion of a high tech company based on a percentage of R&D spending above catagory averages for a slate of North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) sectors. Developed survey instruments to collect primary source data on employment, corporate functions and R&D spending of targeted companies along with standardized interviews with a randomized group and non-responders.Created initial rough analysis of data to assist Bureau economists and state staffers in targeting their efforts

Researched and created a first of it's kind database to track the two to four thousand Chamber issued Certificates of Origin and Certificates of Free Sale each month. Assisted in recruitment, vetting and development of Chamber led agricultural and durable medical equipment trade missions to Central and South America. Worked with local, state, national and international groups to host trade missions, Foreign Direct Investment and similar trade arrangements and business deals in the lead up to the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics