-Recruit foreign officers/officials within CENTCOM, AFRICOM, and INDOPACOM areas-of-responsibility to attend NESA seminars, held in the U.S. and abroad, generating 1,000+ new alumni yearly-Serve as liaison to 80+ foreign and U.S. embassy counterparts to complete candidate nomination and enrollment processes while ensuring compliance of required Leahy vetting protocols-Represent NESA at U.S. Combatant Command conferences abroad and brief country teams on academic programs and admission-Deliver accurate weekly program enrollment updates to NESA staff and verify appropriate allocation of travel/lodging funds with Budget Analyst and Chief of Operations-Input student records in DoD database systems and generate annual reports that identify demographic statistics, country participation trends, and alumni growth across FY21 to FY24 utilized by Congress, OSD Policy, DSCA, and relevant U.S. Combatant Commands

-Executed management of all participation requirements including, but not limited to, coordinating travel, overseeing arrival/departure transportation schedules, facilitating off-site visits, and monitoring attendance -Conducted mandatory COVID-19 testing sessions with delegations prior to seminar start and confirmed test results with leadership-Processed 800+ certificates of achievement, signed by NESA Director and U.S. Secretary of Defense, presented to qualified alumni-Develop and update internal office databases to track certificate production and shipping status as well as NESA alumni mailing information

-Staffed virtual in-house seminars/academic programs and transcribed proceedings for senior leadership and staff incorporated into after action reports and readouts-Categorized articles on NESA’s website (powered by WordPress) and independently compiled digital compendium of center activities during COVID-19 since March 2020 shared with 10,000+ alumni and USG stakeholders-Followed emerging security and defense issues in the Levant/Arab Gulf uploaded to interactive Strategic Map tool publicized online

-Coordinated production of in-person and virtual alumni roundtables, development workshops, and academic information sessions and co-hosted events on WebEx and Zoom-Balanced front-office tasks such as fulfilling student-advisor appointment requests, arranging advisors’ schedules, and creating data visualizations for end-of-semester reports in Excel/Google Sheets-Proposed and advertised new career development resources and programming based on aggregated alumni employment statistics, new job postings, and fellowship/scholarship information-Designed graphics on Canva/Microsoft Publisher to promote career events/resources as part of cohesive marketing campaigns published on Facebook, Instagram, Vimeo

Rafik Hariri Center & Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative-Translated Arabic news articles for open-source research, reviewed senior fellows’ policy briefs, proofread monthly e-newsletters, and authored two MENASource articles published on the Atlantic Council website-Prepared briefing memos and agendas, targeted potential speakers, assembled participant biographies, and oversaw invitee/guest lists on Salesforce ahead of public and VIP events-Curated prospective donor lists, identified grant opportunities, and collected donor record information from Salesforce-Launched and monitored an internal database featuring key COVID-19 social, fiscal, and economic policies implemented by member-states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) from March 2020 to August 2020-Collated and cross-analyzed data on DoD military personnel costs in the Middle East, Europe, and Southeast Asia from FY17 to FY20

-Performed economic policy research, exported Bloomberg Terminal data, and built economic charts in Excel to include in drafted memos submitted to Director, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Africa and the Middle East-Scripted talking points, updated country briefs, and arranged itineraries ahead of high-level trips/bilateral meetings between senior USG and foreign officials -Composed weekly updates analyzing major MENA macroeconomic trends/financial market data distributed to 75+ Treasury and interagency officials

-Provided individualized attention to 17 students and instructional assistance to course faculty in Beginning Arabic taught in Modern Standard Arabic and Levantine Dialect-Encouraged student engagement by enabling in-class partner/group-work and conversational exercises

-Facilitated efficient office workflow by answering phone inquiries, leading Capitol Hill tours, and assisting with policy research to inform new legislation proposed by the Member and legislative staff-Responded to 100+ constituent letters ranging from social security issues to refugee resettlement processes, batched email inquiries, and wrote bi-weekly reports on key legislation presented on the House Floor