Serves as senior International Armaments Cooperation and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) staff officer, advising on the development of policies and procedures for the implementation of the Army's armaments cooperation activities. Responsible for the execution of assigned International Cooperative Research, Development and Acquisition (ICRDA) programs in compliance with foreign disclosures and technology transfer policies for the U.S. Army. Supports the development, planning, promulgation, and interpretation of Department of State (DOS), Department of Defense (DOD) and Headquarters, Department of Army (HQDA) policy and guidance. Provides general oversight of assigned Armaments Cooperation activities with field command and agencies involved, to ensure effective program implementation and consistency with existing policies and long-term regional armaments cooperation objectives.• Manage the armaments cooperation portfolio for assigned countries. This results in the establishment or extension of multiple Data Exchange Annexes (DEAs). • Track (multilateral and bilateral) Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), Project Agreements (PAs) and Senior Cooperation Forum-Army (SCF-A) actions.• Coordinate and execute SCF-A meetings for assigned countries to increase collaboration. Includes drafting agendas, negotiating agenda topics, pursue choosing theme and location to benefit the U.S.• Encourage, pursue and support areas identified for potential cooperation (of mutual benefit).• Coordinate, schedule, provide read-aheads (including updating country papers) or tripbooks and participate in pre-brief meetings, which ensure successful execution of visits involving senior leadership.• Brief status of Army programs for bilateral armaments cooperation activities at SCF-As and OSD-level fora.• Represent the U.S. Army at OSD-level, US, foreign national hosted meetings and other meetings.

Contract support for the U.S. Army under Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Defense Exports and Cooperation (DASA(DE&C). Serves as senior International Armaments Cooperation Staff Officer and advisor on the development of policies and procedures for the implementation of the Army's armaments cooperation activities. Responsible for the execution of assigned International Cooperative Research, Development and Acquisition (ICRDA) programs in compliance with foreign disclosures and technology transfer policies for the U.S. Army. Supports the development, planning, promulgation, and interpretation of Department of State (DOS), Department of Defense (DOD) and Headquarters, Department of Army (HQDA) policy and guidance. Provides general oversight of assigned Armaments Cooperation activities with field command and agencies involved, to ensure effective program implementation and consistency with existing policies and long-term regional armaments cooperation objectives.• Manage the armaments cooperation portfolio for assigned countries. This results in the establishment or extension of multiple Data Exchange Annexes (DEAs). • Track (multilateral and bilateral) Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), Project Agreements (PAs) and Senior Cooperation Forum-Army (SCF-A) actions.• Coordinate and execute SCF-A meetings for assigned countries to increase collaboration. Includes drafting agendas, negotiating agenda topics, pursue choosing theme and location to benefit the U.S.• Encourage, pursue and support areas identified for potential cooperation (of mutual benefit).• Coordinate, schedule, provide read-aheads (including updating country papers) or tripbooks and participate in pre-brief meetings, which ensure successful execution of visits involving senior leadership.• Brief status of Army programs for bilateral armaments cooperation activities at SCF-As and OSD-level fora.• Represent the U.S. Army at OSD-level, US, foreign national hosted meetings and other meetings.

Contract support for Department of Defense (DoD) at the Office International Outreach and Policy (IO&P) under the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)). Responsible for providing international support to the DoD’s bilateral and multilateral science and technology engagement. • Plan and execute meetings and events between senior U.S. officials and their international counterparts: coordinating logistics for meeting delegates; preparing agendas; drafting read-ahead information; and draft comprehensive meeting minutes or reports.• Write and maintain country papers, which include: science and tech priority areas and/or specialized capabilities within a specified country; governmental and defense organizational structures within a specified country; delineating the relationship between that country’s Defense science & tech community and the U.S.; the international armaments cooperative relationship between the specified country and the U.S.; and maintain a record of contact between senior leadership and the specified country. • Act as action officer for Indo-Pacific and Middle East: liaising with the appropriate DoD counterparts; coordinating with country-specific action officers to ensure actions are completed between major engagement meetings; and coordinating with the appropriate technical personnel to complete outstanding actions between major engagement meetings.• Maintain situational awareness of science & tech cooperative activities in the Indo-Pacific and Middle East, and liaising with technical subject matter experts.• Liaise with the International Cooperation Office to develop MOUs, project agreements, other project documents, and assessment of proposed international armaments engagement agreements.• Provide support in clearing presentations, assisting in exchanging information under OUSD(R&E) led forums, and/or responding to questions from representatives in any international cooperation question, as needed.

• Conducting strategic communication functions in support of the Director of Strategic Communication for the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, or OUSD(R&E), at the Pentagon, ensuring communication activities comply with DoD legal and regulatory requirements.• Researching, drafting, coordinating, producing, and reviewing communication products such as, web-based content, news and op-ed articles, news releases, talking points, fact sheets, briefings, speeches, newsletters, social media content, communication plans, etc.• Working closely with OUSD leadership, including coordination with the OSD Public Affairs, on the release of information through products such as: press releases, talking points, Qs and As, and statements; visual, Web-based, and multimedia products; and video materials.• Performing special assignments and participates in special projects and initiatives with responsibility for researching, planning, executing, and/or evaluating complex public affairs operations, programs, and policies which affect a variety of functional areas.• Curating monthly newsletters that highlight areas of interest in research and development.

● Managed teams of researchers in the Middle East and Africa to collect data and assemble program-informative reports for Department of Defense and international aid organizations — focusing primarily on security, violent extremism, international aid, economy, and ethnic tensions — in areas affected by Boko Haram, Islamic State, al-Qaeda, al-Shabaab, and other insurgencies ● Oversaw a small local team of analysts to create qualitative and quantitative data collection methodologies — including large polls, face-to-face surveys, key informant interviews — to then collect, clean, analyze, weight, and display the data sets in reports using Excel, Sharepoint, Power Bi, PowerPoint, Stata, and Word ● Led over 30 qualitative security assessments (with 40-60 survey respondents), three quantitative security assessments (700-900 survey respondents), over 30 Yemen market analytics reports, and over 30 security incident summaries of Boko Haram-affected areas ● Contributed to over 300 qualitative security assessments, four quantitative security assessments, and over 300 security incident summaries, using social media research, open source, and human intelligence gathering ● Spearheaded six food security projects in Boko Haram-affected Nigeria to collect upper arm measurements and household surveys and assess prevalence of malnutrition and pre-famine conditions, completing a $500,000 project in one quarter and contributing to Navanti winning a new three-year contract as the direct client contact ● Took the initiative to design Navanti’s Yemen market monitoring report, giving more substantive analysis of the Yemeni economy during the currency crisis and contributing to a client request to expand the product ● Recruited, trained, tasked, and paid over 100 on-the-ground researchers in Africa and the Middle East

● Served as final editor throughout the company at the final stage of production before distribution to clients. ● Provided analysis on written reports for several counterinsurgency products in Syria, Yemen, and Africa● Created new templates and implemented standard AP style across Navanti Group reports.

● Copy edited products from a variety of industries on several mediums, including websites, videos, and company literature to meet professional standards● Wrote freelance political and feature articles on the Middle East ● Appeared regularly as political expert in Arabic-speaking channels Alhurra and Al Jazeera● Coached clients to increase foreign language aptitude

● Rebuilt the newspaper after almost closing from major structural changes in an environment not friendly to journalism● Oversaw a rise to Egypt's most-popular English-speaking news outlet● Created content-sharing partnerships with news outlets such as CNN● Broke several stories on issues such as LGBT rights, Sinai, US-Egypt relations● Managed news team while directing editorial line, applying style guide and editing stories● Lead and administered hiring process for several new editors and interns

● Taught students English at a private French Catholic school, grade 7 to grade 11● Designed new lesson plans to prepare students for college and encourage critical thinking

Assisted in the operations of a 24-hour news desk in the heart of Cairo in the immediate aftermath of the Arab Spring by directly supervising individual communications operating units and network facilities. Booked satellite channels, assisted in obtaining filming permits and arranged the renting out of studios, communications and camera equipment, cameramen, fixers and other media services for major news outlets and visiting journalists.

Served as an organizational representative at a Medicaid-contracted health plan for both local physicians and the Spanish-speaking community. Fulfilled key role in ER follow up, maternity, smoking cessation and diabetes case management by interviewing Spanish-speaking patients to collect data and directing them per caseworker instructions. Assisted Spanish-speaking patients navigate their Medicaid benefits and establish with primary care physicians. Met individually with all contracted provider offices to collect data on health plan administration, then report information back to leadership to assist in identifying financial, personnel and material needs and problems.● Led major organizational strengthening project to improve communication and coordinate treatment plans for Medicaid patients between physical health providers and county mental health program● Completed Spanish Healthcare Interpreter program with Oregon Health and Science University

Lead 2008 student vote campaign on three college campuses in Southern Oregon: Umpqua Community College as well as Rogue Community College at the Redwood Campus and Riverside Campus. Trained student governments to run a student-led vote drive consisting of three campaigns: voter registration, education and turnout. Created grassroots campaign, organizing from the ground up, delegating tasks to students, setting goals, determining means of reaching goals, monitoring progress and assuring success.● Oversaw a record number of voter registration on all three campuses● Provided a determining factor in counties with close election races, one of which was decided by 27 votes

Led group discussions with students in French for a French film class in tandem with lecturing professor.

Interned for Oregon Senator Ron Wyden (D)Assisted legislative aides and senior leadership in evaluating the state and national media to identify potential problems surrounding senator’s key policy issues and to provide suggested methods for resolving them. Researched policy issues and attended governmental seminars, committee hearings and organizational presentations to collect, summarize and analyze recommendations to aid staff in their policy-making. Writing responses to constituent letters, explaining the senator’s policy positions.

• Operated Nitray castle grounds, running wine tastings and giving tours to visiting groups• Translated and edited English materials for Valençay Tourism Office, guided visitors• Organized events for large groups at Chateau de Veuil, helped restore castle grounds

• Oriented visiting students to life in Mexico, chaperoned and gave tours of the city• Worked closely with students to interpret and solve problems when issues arose• Edited weekly student newspaper

• Headed museum operations on weekends and on special events • On-boarded and managed museum volunteers to welcome guests and lead art activities • Organized and led science-based educational shows twice daily