Contracts Manager supporting a portfolio of multiple US Air Force, Navy, and Army contracts housed in the Mission Systems Aircraft Survivability Division. Primarily manage United States Government customers while leading a team of Contract Administrators for the Northrop Grumman's Navigation, Targeting, and Survivability Business Unit.

Principal Contract Administrator supporting multiple major US Air Force and Navy contracts housed in the Mission Systems Aircraft Survivability Division. Primarily manage United States Government customers providing contract administration for Northrop Grumman's Navigation, Targeting, and Survivability Business Unit.- Foster and manage effective relationships with senior managers, directors, program managers, engineers, procurement and supplier personnel, logistics analysts, pricing, business managers, and US Government Contracting Officers and program leaders. -Responsible for serving as the customer point of contract for all contractual matters during all phases of contract formation and administration to include legal requirements, contract terms, intellectual property and data rights, customer specifications and government regulations.-Collaborate and coordinate with relevant personnel from business to program management to prepare, negotiate, and analyze complex Request for Quotations (RFQs) and drive the proposal submission process from solicitation, handshake, execution, and administration of new awards.-Advise and counsel management, contracts teams and cross-functional program teams of specific contractual obligations, provide interpretation of complex terms and conditions, and maintain relationships with all program managers relative to understanding the scope, Statement of Work, funding authorization , and relative status for each program.-Train and mentor contracts team members providing support that shortens learning capacity of contractual requirements, procedures and database management systems from new hire phase through first 6 months.-Proactively plan for potential conflicts during contract execution, provide input on departmental operating guidelines and procedures, and reviewed, negotiated, and executed Non-Disclosure Agreements and Teaming Agreements.

Provide short and long-term consulting and coaching for a variety of organizations while developing operational systems & practices to support innovations in technology design, strategic planning, business partner recruitment (national & international), vendor management, learning and development training, organizational change management, brand development, website re-design, public outreach, HR & accounting functions, and Board of Directors management. -Silicon Valley Advantage (June 2019-Dec. 2019) [Remote]. Managed daily operational and business activities of Tech accelerator scouting new technologies globally. Interfaced with CEO’s, CTO’s, Venture Capitalists, Investors, and Executive advisor teams to drive pipeline of new startup companies focused on Sensor, IoT, AI, & Medical Device technologies.-SenTek, Inc, (June 2019-Dec. 2019) [Remote]. Manage daily operational and business activities of electrochemical sensor startup company. Cultivated vendor relationships with contract manufactures, strategized with senior leadership, and collaborated with product development teams and senior application engineers. -Chicago Parks Foundation (Nov. 2018-April 2019), Chicago, IL. Provided operations consulting for charitable partner to the Chicago Park District.-Food Addiction Institute (June 2017-Nov. 2018) [Remote]. Provided operations and business management consulting. Helped to reposition organization, developed content, led web-page re-design, while managing internal and external teams and strategic planning. Designed obesity prevention e-Book for the public and medical community.

Handpicked by executive leadership for a position to create 3-year multiprong operations strategy to prioritize STEM education & shared leadership at a whole-school level. Mobilized 3 committees made up of 35 national and regional leaders and school district administrators, integrating expertise for large scale program implementation.▪ Program Development: Built program structure from inception to implementation. Developed coaching methodology that increased administrator and teacher leadership capacity to lead cross disciplinary school teams.▪ Large Scale Implementation: Recruited 15 schools in year one affecting ~ 10,000 students. Grew program from 15 to 45 partner schools, adding between 100 to 150 cross-disciplinary participants per year totally ~450 participants.▪ Digitized Program Evaluation: Researched and conceptualize appropriate database solution to digitize 19-item evaluative tool creating comparative metric with portal access across schools. Automated processes to address collaboration challenges and to allow evaluation team to cull evidence from large data sets.▪ Integrated annual shared best-practices recognition event to showcase STEM models disseminating practices to regional partners, donors, and funders. Led design and content curation of MSI’s first ever STEM NETWORK. “I have seen Elsie lead with integrity and compassion. She has a unique knack for identifying individuals’ strengths while providing support and structure for ongoing growth and development. She allows people to bring their best selves to the work and they flourish when working with her.” (Staff Member)http://www.msichicago.org/programs/science-leadership-initiative/

➢Organized weeklong annual conference >4200 participants, creating of 4 distinctive tracks that strategically served undergraduates, graduates, post-doctoral researchers and STEM professionals attending conference. ➢Led National Advisory committee composed of scientists and engineers though planning strategy. Organized efficient, deadline-driven planning cycles while coordinating staff and national committee timelines and deliverables, budget, breakouts, and presenters. Remapped website for easier navigation. Eliminated group discord, fostering collaboration.

Hired to design “first-of-a-kind” Mission to Mars program. Promoted within 6 months to operationalize and reinvent professional development (PD) wing at MSI.▪ Collaborated with senior NASA engineers at 3 centers to develop interactive video conferencing programs, exposing over 95,000 urban and rural Illinois students to STEM careers at NASA. Interfaced with internal/external mobile development teams to design digital application used by students.▪ Managed teacher educator teams across museum departments and led development of a cohesive and standardized series of 4 content area graduate-level professional development courses.▪ Fostered 2 new universities partnerships that paved the way for 64 teachers to receive credit toward master’s degree per year. Michigan State University independent study data on courses showed increased student learning

Taught 6-9 grade Science (earth, life, physical, and environmental Science) while integrating project and inquiry based learning and real life scientist into teaching and learning. Designed professional development for educators and worked on various administrative projects that support school culture, climate, and family engagement. Collaborated with an interdisciplinary group of educators in the implementation, design, and delivery of curriculum that supported the academic needs of urban students and designed programming that integrated African cultural heritage • Embedded project-based laboratory STEM investigations which integrated inquiry, data analysis, media literacy, and strategic literacy while utilizing culturally relevant teaching practices• Utilized email marketing system to design monthly newsletters for diverse school community audiences and stakeholders

Designed online curriculum guides, curriculum, and digital resources for KQED education media Quest and Jean Michelle Cuetoue Ocean Adventure series and provided K-12 teacher professional development on how to increase the use of media and media literacy in the classroom.• Directed online educational resource and curriculum development for formal and informal settings supporting teachers in how to integrate KQED digital resources into lessons, units, and programs• Assisted in planning, coordinating, and hosting educator institutes and collaborative work sessions on integrating media and technology into public and private schools• Created online media viewer guides, background information essays, and curriculum resources

An 8 week fellowship where I worked in the Synthetic Biology laboratory department and supported a group of amazing IGEM Students during and IGEM competition. During this time I produced a summer program curriculum that would teach a 7th grade student the background and understanding of biotechnology science content and hands on activities that developed their understanding of Synthetic Biology.

Taught 6-8 grade middle school students and K-12 teachers• Teacher and curriculum developer for 6th-9th grade science classes focusing on the integration of pedagogical teaching practices that increase engagement and promote literacy development including digital resource and cultural heritage integration• Designed and supervised workshop development for K-12 Bay Area educators and administrators addressing various staff development needs utilizing adult learning theory and teaching practices• Integrated local scientists, institutions, and community partners in curriculum projects to generate real world science research experiences for students, schools, and local communities