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Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Communicate important federal tax issues to policymakers & their staff, the media, and taxpayers through research, writing, presentations, interviews, and other educational efforts. Interests include business tax.
• Published over 250 reports, op-eds, and blog posts on federal tax policy, educating and informing policymakers, policy staff, the media, and taxpayers. Featured regularly in print, television, and radio on federal tax.
• Manage Tax Foundation's economic modeling work, including the product development, maintenance, and use of our general equilibrium tax model.
• Support Tax Foundation's federal tax strategy and fundraising efforts by providing insight, feedback, and edits on project proposals and updates to supporters. Engage with our individual, foundation, and business.
• Led the federal team's economic modeling of tax proposals in the 2020 and 2024 presidential campaigns, highlighting the impact of tax proposals on federal revenue, the economy, and the distribution of incomes.

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Scoped and budgeted new policy projects in collaboration with the finance team, policy directors, and the executive team. Evaluated project profit & loss, informing an annual strategic assessment and refinement of.
• Developed and executed a knowledge management strategy, working across the organization to comprehensively track and relay contact touch points, improve fundraising moves management, and optimize the Salesforce user.
• Built an automated program evaluation tool for new funding opportunities, streamlining internal deliberations and growing donor prospect capacity.
• Coordinated the business development and grant writing process for corporate and foundation project proposals, which led to 25% revenue growth and an above-average donor retention rate for grant renewals in 2017.
• Published op-eds and a policy study on labor policy and economic opportunity. This work was featured in National Review, The Washington Examiner, and The Hill.

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Managed the request pipeline for analysis of grant opportunities. Coordinated with internal clients and a team of 15 analysts to prioritize and fulfill an average of 80 research projects/month and support a $75 million.
• Introduced and tracked metrics to assess team performance, including throughput, on-time delivery rates, and research trends. The team hired two additional analysts after metrics identified capacity constraints.
• Conducted research and analysis on grant opportunities in higher education. Made internal recommendations on academic grant proposals in economics and philosophy, empowering program officers to make informed grant.
• Completed the Koch Associate Program, a professional development program, at the Charles Koch Institute (June 2014 to May 2015).

Canton, NY

Canton, NY

Arlington, Virginia

Completed the Summer 2012 Koch Internship Program at the Charles Koch Institute