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Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Senior Congressional analyst and assistant project manager supporting a senior federal executive level office by providing legislative policy advice, guidance, and recommendations on congressional issues affecting the.
• Operational Support duties include technical analysis and editing, briefing development, research, data and information organization, and liaison activities
• Regularly contributes important advice, insight, and support legislative program strategy, congressional engagement strategy, and congressional hearing preparation
• Manages daily the team's highly fluid workflow of high-level taskings which encompasses congressional reporting requirements, legislative proposal program, congressional engagement preparation, short notice.
• Develops legislative priorities by collaborating with military components and Joint Staff on legislative proposal development and final coordination between Department of Defense agencies and the Office of Management.
• Manages the Legislative Proposal process, helped shape organizational process change resulted in a 100% increase in the number of legislative proposals submitted to congress

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Charleston, West Virginia, United States

• I am the Principle advisor to the Director of HR on benefits, personnel policy development, implementation of laws and DA regulations that impact personnel readiness for over 4,000 employees.Manage and evaluate.
• Analyzed and recommended changes to internal staff meetings and processes which increased both productivity and collaboration among employees
• Prioritized and synchronized HR deliverables with senior leaders’ intent and vision
• Identified and implemented a plan within 60 days to reduce overdue evaluations statewide resulted in an 85% reduction and attained the lowest number of overdue evaluations across the nation
• Oversight and guidance during promotion boards ensured no delays or administrative errors during migration to new HR software platform
• Direct supervision of the Military Funeral Honors team consisting of 12 employees and $365,000operating budget enabled 1,100 flawless ceremonies providing final honors for service members andtheir families

Glen Jean, West Virginia, United States

• I worked as the Operations Supervisor providing technical assistance to the Director on all matters related to training, funding and operational readiness for over 1,900 employees. My primary responsibilities were to.
• Evaluated and enacted changes to staff internal administrative processes and task tracking whichimproved operations production efficiency by 25% and corrected a 24-month employee awards backlog
• Prioritized education for employees resulted in 85% mid-level leaders qualified for their next level position
• Volunteered as the Operations Manager for a national conference successfully supported over 1,500 attendees
• Established excellent working relationship with peer operations personnel reduced task redundancyand increased operations awareness
• Effectively managed $104,000 resource manning budget across six internal organizations

Kingwood, West Virginia, United States

• Principal Consultant to the Base Operations Manager for all aspects of Installation Operations for the West Virginia National Guard Training installation. I provided key input to managing over 8.5K acres of training.
• Key participant in a special project working group to study and analyze post wide programs and issues generated a first ever 25-year Installation Master Plan
• Created base support plans that included community outreach support to over 200 Gold Star families by recognizing and honoring the sacrifice of their loved ones and service to the surviving family members
• Identified, researched and collected legislative and program information for Congressional Staff Delegations and Department of Defense visits which significantly enhanced interaction by understanding their area of.
• Established all personnel support, logistics requirements, and a $300,000 budget for Air Assault training courses hosted on the installation facilitated over 300 soldiers earning critical skills
• Led and briefed over 25 distinguished visitors enabled continued support from stakeholders

• I operated at the Senior Field Grade Officer level for the Army National Guard as a liaison to the U.S. Congress. My primary responsibilities were to advise and inform Members of Congress and Congressional Staff on.
• Led a Senate Staff Delegation visit across eight states during five days, managing the trip in such a way that garnered the trust of the congressional staffers and their positive view of the National Guard
• Co-Led a Senate Staff Delegation visit for five Senate staff members increased their understanding with military programs and community industry initiatives which facilitated valuable relationship building
• Critical involvement with completing an accurate supplemental budget request aided in the National Guard receiving over $125M in hurricane damage repair funding
• Orchestrated the preparation and execution of over 400 congressional engagements between National Guard leaders and congressional staff, positively affecting the Army National Guard
• Analyzed legislative impacts to the ARNG personally ensuring 165 Guardsmen received Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence

Army National Guard Readiness Center

• I supervised the day-to-day operations of a senior executive office supporting over 350,000 personnel while managing the daily calendar, administrative actions, information management, suspense reports, filing, and.
• Selected above 99 peers to establish first E9 (Sergeant Major) executive level position
• Fielded over 100 administrative policy issues and concerns while making independent decisions and research to adjudicate personnel issues
• Successfully spearheaded short notice global travel creating an 11 day itinerary maximizing time spent with troops in three countries without incident
• Planned and coordinated an executive level conference, an executive level employee and spouseworkshop, and a national level Soldier skill competition while exercising prudent fiscal oversight of a$700,000 budget
• Fostered relationships and improved communications with Senior Enlisted Leaders across the nation, including local executive leaders and inter-service organizations

Army National Guard Readiness Center

• I served as the Principal advisor to the Chief of Staff responsible for personnel management, employee development, logistics, and training over 900 full time employees.
• Refined working relationship between National Guard leaders and Department of the Army Organizational leaders by ensuring administrative regulations and law were followed to protect employees
• Steered a special study to analyze and evaluate an employee assignments charter which led to a reformed and transparent assignments process
• Actively participated in finding solutions for over 75 employee crisis actions resulted in successfuloutcomes for both the organization and employee
• Organized and supervised the planning and implementation of two family day events that supported over 700 employees and family members
• Hosted weekly planning meetings with directorate enlisted leaders to identify trends and solutions for personnel and administrative issues

Bachelor Of Applied Science (Basc), Liberal Arts And Sciences/Liberal Studies

Certificate In Legislative Studies, Political Science And Government

Certificate In Project Management, Project Management

Education record

Associate Of Arts And Sciences (A.A.S.), General Studies