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Houston, TX, US

Houston, Texas, US

• Manage 11-person executive team, hosting 3 networking events and providing experiential consulting opportunities for 80+ Rice undergraduate students
• Oversee execution of 10 semester-long consulting projects across three branches for local and international nonprofits

Houston, Texas, US

• Managed consulting branch timelines to track progress and support effective project and deliverable execution
• Constructed impact-oriented teams from pool of 40+ undergraduates and coached team leads through project and client challenges

• Lead 7-person team to develop positive psychology-based mental health app for publication on App and Google Play Store
• Oversee business operations, app content creation, and strategic partnerships to receive $1k+ in pre-seed funding

Houston, US

• Lead investor relations to raise $200,000 in seed capital for the nation’s first new energy-focused student-managed investment fund
• Coordinate on-site mock shareholder events with industry partners, including Sunnova Energy International and Quanta Services, to provide professional networking opportunities for 16 student analysts
• Establish and manage human resources, finances, workflow, and online presence (www.ricenewenergy.com)

Houston, TX, US

• Collaborate with 3-person team to recruit 40 students within my residential college to participate in Doerr Institute programs
• Completed 20 hours of professionally designed leadership training on Active Listening, Decision-Making, and Embracing Conflict to earn Leadership Foundations Badge

Boston, MA, US

• Collaborated with five-person team to help ~$100B tech client’s central business transformation office drive forward multi-billion dollar modernization effort
• Conducted internal data analysis on client’s low-cost headcount in 20+ countries to identify $50M in additional cost savings; presented findings to senior leaders

Houston, Texas, US

• Provided supplemental instruction to ~100 undergraduate students in Strategic Management (BUSI 390) by hosting exam reviews and providing feedback on 25 final group presentations
• Provided supplemental instruction to ~200 undergraduate students in Leading People in Organizations (BUSI 310) by facilitating 6 in-class activities to reinforce course concepts on team decision-making, negotiation.

Sydney, NSW, AU

• Engaged with local and international nonprofits, including the largest food bank in the US, to acquire 20 semester-long projects
• Secured $7,000 corporate sponsorship from Kohler Services to provide additional event opportunities for 50+ club members

Sydney, NSW, AU

• Conducted stakeholder interviews to identify organizational gaps and restructure client’s management team
• Performed market research and competitive landscape analysis to devise growth strategy for worker center serving ~5,000 workers

• Facilitated packing events with over 50 participants to provide 2,000 sandwich and snack packs to homeless shelters in Houston
• Oversaw event planning, instituted semiannual service day, and revised recruitment efforts to increase club membership by 300%

• Allocated $2,500 budget for community projects; managed inventory and event logistics for 10 service events
• Reported on club expenditures and created process to streamline funding applications, reducing time spent by 60%

• Built and updated website to optimize performance and search engine optimization (SEO); increased site engagement by 250%
• Redesigned web page layout to improve user experience; created and edited content, including professional resource guides and graphics

New York, NY, US

• Developed framework for firm's primary shareholder engagement program to assess and improve human trafficking in 26 Fortune 500 companies' supply chains
• Created ESG database with 1,100+ entries and best practices playbook to streamline 15+ shareholder engagements

New York, NY, US

• Accepted into highly selective (<5% acceptance rate), rigorous 4-week training program focused on core finance and investment concepts and skills taught by leading business school professors and investment professionals
• Coursework and case studies include accounting, valuation, financial modeling, Bloomberg terminal, asset allocation, presentation, and business etiquette skills

Boston, Massachusetts, US

• Partnered with VP of Strategic Communications to execute a brand refresh by developing assets, including competitive positioning, persona development, messaging framework, copy style guide, website content audit, and.
• Produced earned media database with 1,000+ entries as well as nonprofit landscape analysis for multi-cancer engagement

Houston, TX, US

• Collaborated with 9-person team to report on best practices for improving effectiveness of workplace Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs
• Coded 200 Fortune 500 companies’ DEI statements for recurring themes as part of archival analysis to understand subtexts

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology, Business Minor

High School Diploma