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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Oneonta, New York, United States

-Clients include small not-for-profits, municipalities and a large regional economic development organization. Services include grant writing, grant research, as well as consulting on strategic plans, marketing, social media and organizational development.-Successfully obtained $1.4 million in awarded grants, including federal grants (Housing and Urban Development), state grants (Empire State Development, NYS Local Waterfront Development Program, NYS Homes and Community Renewal) and Private Foundations (Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, JPB Foundation, Kazanjian Economic Foundation, etc.)-COVID-19 Grant Technical Assistance- Assisted businesses throughout 14-county Adirondack Region to deliver technical assistance to COVID-19-related financial funding, including PPP, EIDL, Restaurant Recovery Fund, NYS Small Business Pandemic Recovery Grant, NYS Tourism Return-to-Work Grant and NYS Seed Fund. BBS also administered grant writing for programs funded by NYS Home and Community Renewal, from CARES Act Funding.

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

-Research. advocated and oversaw introduction of new products of clean cookware to create a new line of items to target health conscious and younger population.-Buyer relations with large chain supermarkets, including buyer meetings, new product introductions, and other regular communication to nurture relationships. Increased main client’s purchasing by 10% within first year.-Quarterly financial analysis of underperforming products for recommendation of discontinuation. This strategy led to a 2.5% increase in gross profit margin for 2024.

Delhi, Ny

-$4 million of successful head grant writing. Programs include Federal (EDA, USDA, ARC & Congressionally Requested Spending) NYS CFA programs (ESD & NYSERDA) and local (Chobani, O’Connor & Community Foundation for South Central New York.) Ultimate recipients included for profit businesses, non-profit businesses and municipalities, including the Department itself.-Creation of several local grant programs: Delaware County RAIL Grant- A $1 million COVID-19 Grant Fund; Delaware County Train-to-Work; and Tourism Development grant programs, including, early conception of grant funds, successful applications for funding, creation of grant guidelines, marketing, program delivery and administering. -Administered small business technical assistance, including developing business plans, financial projections and regular check ins with grant and loan recipients.-Commercial loan underwriting for businesses generally ranging from $5,000-$300,000 loan request, 0-50 employees, manufacturing, agricultural, retail, service, construction and wholesale businesses. -Property management: responsible for 10+ industrial and commercial properties, including maintenance, development projects, property marketing, and RFP process.

Plattsburgh, Ny

-Travel Recruiter, 25% of the year spent outside of the US-Created Whatsapp Campaign/Process to replace $10,000/Year Service-Supervising and managing projects for 2-3 student employees at a time-Application review of international students applying to SUNY Plattsburgh-Document management via ImageNow/ Perceptive Content and Banner-Day-to-day communication to prospective students via email, YAMM, Whatsapp and Lucky Orange-Provide insight for outreach to target markets using Opendoors data and internal data in Microsoft Access-Data input of prospective students

Global Education Office

Quito, Ecuador

-Researching and communicating with eco-friendly tour providers to sign partnerships-Marketing for tours through the Tena community-Marketing for events at the cafe in Quito-Liaison for National Geographic photographer visiting the communities*Kallari is a chocolate company created by a collective of indigenous cacao farmers. The company grew to open a cafe in the capitol and offer tours throughout the farming community in Tena.

Plattsburgh, Ny

Master Of Arts - Ma, Community And Economic Development, 3.95

Professional Certificate, Quantitative And Financial Modeling

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Public Relations

Activities and Societies: Banks Hall Student CouncilMajor: Public Relations Minors: International Business, Spanish

Spanish, International Business Management

One-semester study abroad (Quito, Ecuador)

Mandarin, International Business

Studied abroad for one semester (Ningbo, China)

Education record