Duncan Young Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Oxford, Oxfordshire, Gb

New Orleans, La, Us

Originated, underwrote, and received approval for investments totaling $22.85MM, including Venture Equity and Private Credit opportunities.Underwrote and built investment models for Venture Equity and Private Credit Investments.

Chico, California, Us

10-15 hours per week.- Worked alongside Emilyn Sheffield to develop the #CaliforniansForAll College Corps Fellowship program at Chico State- Coordinated with Campus and Community members to build alliances and ensure the program's success- Created a marketing strategy to attract several hundred students to apply to fill 125 Fellowships- Developed tools and systems in Excel and Box to facilitate the recruitment and hiring of over 125 students.- Drafted emails to strategic partners and for targeted recruitment on behalf of the project director to enable her to focus on higher-order tasks and objectives.- Ensured program's development continued to move forward when the project director had other pressing projects that required attention

Chico, California, Us

Roughly 15-40 Hours per week depending on other obligations during Summer-Worked alongside Emilyn Sheffield to continue projects such as Connection Courses-Researched equipment pricing and standards for successful Wildlife Livestreaming grant proposal-Outlined detailed system for grant implementation to submit time-sensitive grant proposal-Researched and presented options for internal financial tracking software to maintain detailed reporting to stakeholders for complex grant-funded projects-Oversaw the development and scope of Projects, Processes, and People

Chico, California, Us

-Elected by students at Chico State to serve as their representative and Chair the Associated Students Board of Directors (BOD of a $22 Million annual revenue non-profit auxiliary)-Developed and maintained strategic relationships with different people and departments at CSU, Chico and the greater Chico community-Lead a team of roughly 15 student officers to positively impact the campus community-Participated in the hiring process for various positions from Director of Financial Services (Full-time Position) to Director of Social Justice & Equity (Student Position)- Operated several town halls to improve civic engagement with student government-Successfully advocated for $75,000 in Federal HEERF dollars to be allocated towards student club stimulus to subsidize club participation to support post-COVID club redevelopment-Developed and balanced strategic relationships with campus and community leaders-Presented personally prepared speeches to large crowds of up to roughly 500 people-Leveraged relationships to successfully apply for a $172,000 grant from Sustainability Fund to finance an innovative Agrivoltaics System at the University Farm-Successfully drove the combination of two multi-million dollar fee-allocational committees: IRA & CFAC, to improve operational efficiencies, increase student and faculty representation, and reduce potential structural bias

Long Beach, California, Us

-Served as Chico State Representative on The Board of Directors and Systemwide Committee-Elected by other student presidents and student leaders to serve as Vice-Chair of the Audit Committee- Elected to serve on Audit Committee and Internal Affairs Committee- Provided thought-provoking feedback in constitutional matters and encouraged the addition of scholarships for special officer positions to incentivize more effective student engagement - Worked closely with other CSU Student Representatives with differing interests

Chico, Ca, Us

4-6 hours per weekPosition background:The Economics Department at Chico State has tutoring opportunities for students who need assistance in GE level Economics offeringsDuties:Taught and assisted students in understanding microeconomic and macroeconomic conceptsPrepared students for exams through sharing study tips and helping walk through difficult problemsUtilized Socratic Method to help students develop a conceptual foundation and long-term understandingIn the Fall of 2020: Research "retention, tenure, and promotion" policies at similar institutions to help the department revise current policy.Supervisor:Kathy Williams - Admin Support Coordinator - Department of Economics at Chico State

London, Gb

Participated in MUN Classes for 3 hours per week and studied for an additional 5+ hours to learn policies and memorize speechesPresented tens of highly substantive policy-focused speeches to progress nations' prioritiesRepresented The Kingdom of Morocco to UN Women during National Model United Nations - DC 2021-Earned the coveted 'Outstanding Delegation' Award-Successfully managed the merge of two policy working groups-Directed the efforts of a 22-person policy writing group while promoting Moroccan objectives-Negotiated with other Member Nations to ensure draft resolution was passed with acclamationRepresented The United States of America to The Commission on Narcotic Drugs during Northwest Model United Nations - Seattle 2021-Lead Resolution working group-Pushed United States policy and ensured other resolutions did not conflict U.S. Interests-Earned Distinguished Delegate Award for being a high-performing in CommitteeRepresented The State of Kuwait to UN Environmental Assembly during National Model United Nations - NYC 2022-Earned the coveted 'Outstanding Delegation' Award-Successfully managed the merge of two policy working groups while defending Kuwaiti policy objectives-Served as primary editor for working group with a majority of non-native English-speakers while promoting Kuwaiti objectives-Negotiated with other Member Nations to change language on draft resolution to protect Kuwaiti oil interests

Sacramento, California, Us

Roughly 40 Hours per week (300 Hours total)Lead team of 5 other fellows working among separate units on vastly different projectsReviewed compliance and grant funding guidelines to maximize the utility of fellowship teamAllocated limited fellowship time to leverage team and maximize climate improvement capacityDeveloped social media strategy that grew Instagram page by 40% (200 Followers) in 2 monthsLeveraged university relationships to implement climate leadership training that will reach roughly 700 student employees per year

Chico, Ca, Us

Roughly 5 hours per weekPosition background:This position was created to maintain the technical aspects of the Connection Courses that I implemented during my time in the Coordinator position.Duties:Supported Program Coordinator in using the Bingo Board SystemAnalyzed ~1400 written responses from Fall of 2020 to determine efficacy of the programDeveloped Bingo Board SystemSupervisor: Shawn Ryan - Program Coordinator for Orientation and New Student Programs - Chico StateLeanne Woods - Asst. Program Coordinator for Orientation and New Student Programs - Chico StateEmilyn Sheffield - Faculty - Chico State

Chico, Ca, Us

10-20 Hours per weekPosition background:This position was created to coordinate the Connection Courses program, a supplementary 1-unit course intended to support students in their transition to Chico State.Duties:Hired and regularly evaluated a team of 8 student peer mentorsCreated and managed 'Bingo Board System' that automated and decentralized participation trackingLead weekly meetings and worked with faculty and staff to ensure program successEnsured student participation in the online environment through effective indicators and incentivesSuccessful Projects:Bingo Board System- Using google sheets, I created an almost entirely automatic (requires 1-time input anytime a new event is created) system that allows students to signup with their 'theme' and has a customized bingo board. The system automatically records attendance and the progress of each student. All together the system was able to contain (at least) 130+ students, 4 unique themes, 3 different boards, and about 200 unique events. See photos or inquire for a better understanding. The outcome of the project was reducing the number of hours for the position from 20 hours/week to around 10 hours/week, as well as increasing the scalability of the Connection Courses program.Supervisor: Shawn Ryan - Program Coordinator for Orientation and New Student Programs - Chico StateLeanne Woods - Asst. Program Coordinator for Orientation and New Student Programs - Chico StateEmilyn Sheffield - Faculty - Chico State

Chico, Ca, Us

Position Background:Connection Courses is intended to support freshman in their transition to Chico State.Duties:Host and facilitate regular 'meet-ups' that encouraged student engagement and successAdvised and supported students who were adjusting to collegeCreated and interpreted student availability surveys to maximize attendance.Spoke weekly in front of 70+ students to communicate information about new eventsSupervisor:Alejandra Gonzalez-Zuniga - Connection Courses Coordinator - First-Year Expirience at Chico State

Chico, Ca, Us

Position Background: The Chico State Rowing Club is a subsidiary of Recreational Sports at Chico State. This unpaid position is a 1-year elected term to manage club operations and ensure that policies and procedures are followed.Duties:Lead Officer Board (7 elected student leaders) to run team operations, marketing/recruiting, member development, and maintain financial stabilityManaged relationship with Rec Sports and ensured that university policy was followed during COVID-19 PandemicOrganized one of the only sports competitions at Chico State during the Covid-19 Pandemic (Fall 2020)Worked with Head Coach to ensure that the club's direction was in-line with long-term goalsSupervisors:Tony Perez - Program Coordinator - Recreational Sports, Chico StateColleen Milligan - Head Coach - Chico State Rowing (Dr. Milligan is also a professor at Chico State)

Chico, Ca, Us

Position Background: The Chico State Rowing Club is a subsidiary of Recreational Sports at Chico State. This unpaid position is a 1-year elected term to manage club finances.Duties:Created and maintained an annual budget for the team in ExcelCollected membership duesWorked with the club president to ensure that events were funded and that we met fundraising goalsMaintained transactions involving the club's account utilizing accounting principles and ExcelCollected and submitted reimbursement requestsSupervisors:Cathy Turner - Admin Support Coordinator - Recreational Sports, Chico StateJade Harbedian - 2019-2020 President - Chico State Rowing ClubColleen Milligan - Head Coach - Chico State Rowing (Dr. Milligan is also a professor at Chico State)

Chico, California, Us

Position Background:Tri Counties bank is a regional bank that operates within Northern California. This position was an 8-week internship aimed to introduce interns to the banking industry. As an Operations Intern, a majority of my time was spent working within the operations department, however, I was able to spend time with most functions of the bank.Duties:Learn about and understand the functions of the bank, from fraud to POD to lending.Analyzed long-standing vendor relationship to determine if it was still valuable to maintain or replace with a new vendorInterpreted previous 3 months of vendor-to-branch orders to determine which items could be removed from vendor inventoryDeveloped a 6-month plan to increase the value of the current vendor and improve the relationshipCreated and presented powerpoints to the COO and department headsWorked with the Fraud and Regulation E departments and to investigate claims and analyze discrepancies. Developed a new branch inspection report for the Facilities team.Learned how to analyze financial statements and spread the results to determine the creditworthiness of a potential borrowerSuccessful Projects: Vendor Improvement Project: Long-standing vendor of promotional items, paper tickets, and marketing materials was re-evaluated due to stability concerns. For this project, I analyzed the costs and benefits of changing vendors and in doing so, decided it would be better to remain with the current vendor. I then worked to create a plan to cut inefficiencies and excess costs with the vendor such as changing branch ordering from weekly to monthly and reducing inventory held at the vendor's warehouse by 50%. I completed this project, and concluded my internship, by presenting to relevant department heads and the chief operations officer.Supervisors:Mark Davis - SVP of Operations - Tri Counties BankAmanda Davis - Training Program Administrator - Tri Counties Bank

Position Background: The CED is part of Chico State Enterprises that focuses on local development and using federal and state grants to support local businesses and governments. As a student researcher, I learned about effective data management, how to analyze and display economic data, and communicated with the community.Duties:Collected and organized data Interpreted County-level census and economic dataUtilized Tableau to create interactive data modelsResearched historical archives to compile information on California's canal networksRead and Summarized federal and state documents that could help rural communities and small businessesSuccessful Projects:2019 Rural County Economic Reports: Managed Data and created figures for reportsHigh School Agriculture CTE Report: Created interactive data models using Tableau Canal Research Project: Located and reviewed the funding sources of canals in California FCC Rural Broadband Report: Interpreted FCC reports on broadband improvement opportunities for rural regionsCovid-19 Small Business Relief: Interpreted SBA COVID-19 relief guidelines to help small business be informed on how to take advantage of financial opportunitiesSupervisors:Abigail Whittaker - Project Analyst - Center for Economic DevelopmentHayley Stone - Senior GIS Analyst - Chico State Enterprises (CED's Parent Organization)Zena Chan - Project Analyst - Center for Economic Development

Chico, California, Us

Position Background: This Position was a temporary summer position with the Parks and Recreation Department at Chico State. The objective was to inspect campsites and determine the accessibility for the Forest Service/CA State Parks. Some overnight camping was required to minimize travel time and maximize project efficiency.Duties:Verify Campsite locations on Google Maps and then in personTake GPS coordinates of campsites and campsite facilitiesInspected quality of facilities to determine if accessibility standards were metSupported team by helping set up camp, cooking meals, and cleaning up meals Supervisors:Emilyn Sheffield - Department Chair - Recreation, Hospitality, and Parks Management at Chico StateMarian Furumi - Project Manager - Chico State Enterprises

Irvine, Ca, Us

Position Background: Began as a part-time associate in high school. Following graduation (end of 2017), I moved into a full-time role until August of 2018 when I moved to Chico for College. While attending college, I was seasonal/on leave for the Fall of 2018. I temporarily transferred to the Chico location in the Spring of 2019 before leaving the company due to scheduling issues.Duties:Communicated and worked as a team with other associatesMaintained a high level of quality in all tasksLevel 1: Order taking/cash register management and handing out ordersLevel 2: Drive through order taking and drive through managementLevel 3: French fry cook and "quarterback" (front line coordinator)Level 4: Dressed and packaged burgersLevel 5: Learned how to cook burgersSupervisors:Casey Ford - Store Manager - In-N-Out Burger (Livermore)Adam Friend - Store Manager - In-N-Out Burger (Livermore)

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Economics With Honors

Financial Modeling And Analysis

Leadership In Education Seminar

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