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Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Manage and steward programmatic data and records for a portfolio of Illinois statewide community development grant programs, focusing on land banking, home repair and accessibility modification, down payment assistance to low-income buyers, homebuyer and foreclosure prevention education, and vacant/abandoned property remediation. • Provide well-supported, quality-focused, and data-driven procedural improvements and tools, to increase the efficiency of department and program operations, for both Community Affairs and its external partners.• Determine and gather data points to develop performance metrics for program applications, ongoing evaluation, and to enable streamlining and other improvements which are replicable across the various funding programs.• Analyze programmatic data and records for compliance reporting, visualization, and overall analysis.• Conduct policy and best practices research, proactive planning, and prepare analysis materials and/or procedures for special topics projects in housing and community revitalization.• Manage onboarding and ongoing project assignments for department interns.• Facilitate ongoing technical assistance training for department staff in concert with preparing detailed process steps and reference guides to assist with new staff entry and ongoing skills building and accountability for existing staff.• Regularly act as a liaison between Community Affairs and other IHDA departments such as Information Technology, to administer the department’s loan origination system and other databases, including participating in an RFP process to select a new grants management system.• Act as a department representative and data/planning consultant for cross-departmental IHDA initiatives such as the Illinois Housing Blueprint, and its working groups, including Working Group I: Addressing Racial Equity.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Analyze and make use of department data/records for daily needs, required reporting, and to inform long-term program policy, implementation strategies, and quality control.• Collaborate with the Assistant Director on long-term planning concerns and how to best manage department resources, staff workload, project rollouts, interactions with other departments, etc.• Supervise and assign projects to Community Affairs department interns in coordination with the Assistant Director, and in observance of prevailing department needs.• Research, planning, and implementation of vital projects, especially those that seek to better utilize limited department resources. • Visualization of program data and performance metrics through mapping, charts, tables, presentations, etc.• Provide comprehensive technical assistance to department staff, and program grantees. • Maintain and adapt policies and procedures for the department programs as needed, including creating and updating corresponding How to Guides for each program’s component processes.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Analyzed the IHDA single-family loan portfolio for standard internal reporting, including Month End Reconciliation and yearly Loan Loss Reserve estimates.• Daily participation of mortgage remittance funds and other loan proceeds, monthly processing of the agency’s single-family remittance servicing bill.• Twice monthly preparation of loan records and documents for IHDA’s down payment assistance programs.• Carried out the 2017 update of the Loan Portfolio Management, Single Family Division: Policies & Procedures Guide.

River Forest, Illinois, United States

• Research and writing for the 2015 Forest Preserves Gateway Master Plan, which sought to better connect Cook County residents to the Preserves System through the creation of signature “Gateway” sites at highly visible preserve locations across Cook County.• Contributed to local stakeholder identification and outreach for the Forest Preserves Gateway Master Plan’s local engagement charrettes.• Evaluated peer agency projects while researching case studies and best practices for Forest Preserve initiatives, including reuse options for the former Horizon Farms equestrian estate.• Studied trends and best practices in active living and nature-based recreation to identify implementation measures for future Forest Preserves planning efforts.

Highland Park, Illinois, United States

• Conducted a cross-comparison of municipal service fees of more than 30 towns in Chicagoland, to facilitate revision of the Highland Park planning and zoning fee structures.• Analyzed Illinois Medical Marijuana Legislation and communicated with surrounding municipalities to assess their approaches to comply with the legislation’s requirements. • Communications with applicants, document preparation, and site visits for Zoning Board of Appeals cases.

St Louis, Missouri, United States

• Managed Museum collections database, including accessioning of new objects, and accuracy reviews of existing item entries.• Preparation work for exhibitions, including artwork intake and labeling, and gallery setup. • Regularly interacted with artists and museum visitors at SLUMA exhibitions, gallery openings, and the museum visitor’s desk.

St Louis, Missouri, United States

• Initiated long-term development of an archival collections research guide for community-based social justice materials from the U.S. and Canada, specifically women’s rights, LGBTQ+, anarchist, and socialist groups.

Chesterfield, Missouri, United States

• Maintained company facilities and property.• Managed product intake/inventory, and display of store merchandise.• Carried out customer deliveries and inter-store product transfers.

Masters Of Urban Planning And Policy

Activities and Societies: Urban Planning & Policy Student Association, American Planning Association (UPPSA)

Bachelor'S Of Arts, History Major, Minors In Legal Studies And Urban Affairs

Activities and Societies: Phi Alpha Theta History Honors Society

Spring Semester Study Abroad