Jessica Gottesman Oberlin, Mpp Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Arlington, Va, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Senior Sprint Lead in FEMA’s Public Assistance Division, managing business requirements for an Azure-based grants system. • Leading the FEMA Analytics Community Brown Bag since 2021, a group of over 450 FEMA employees representing data analytics across the enterprise; hosting monthly presentations including speakers among FEMA’s executive leaders.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Deputy Team Lead for the Audit Liaison Office (ALO) Data Team, leading various project management activities including assisting with contract management and acquisition-related work for two separate contracts. Contracting Officer Representative (COR) Level II certification. • Served as a project manager helping lead the development of the new FEMA Audit Hub, an advanced tool for analyzing FEMA’s audit data. Our team won the DHS FY21 Office of the Chief Financial Officer Partnership Award for this project.• Led the development of a promotional video on the FEMA Audit Hub (video link below), including drafting the script, recruiting FEMA staff to give video testimonials at FEMA HQ and in the Regions, managing contractor meetings and the sprint schedule, briefing progress to the ALO Director and first-line SES, and shepherding the project through FEMA's formal review process to publish and share the video publicly.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Sole data analyst for the Office of Disability Integration and Coordination, in the Office of the Administrator.• Wrote and published a public report analyzing data on the utilization of FEMA programs among survivors with disabilities. Led a small cross-agency research team to accomplish the analysis. Won the highest prize for a poster presentation at the National Emergency Management Conference (Nov 2019). • Traveled to post-Hurricane Maria disaster in Puerto Rico to advise the disability integration team on quantifying their activities based on program evaluation logic model framework. Nominated for an Administrator’s Award.

Tysons, Va, Us

• Operationally managed contract support for the $21M civil-military IRT program. Provided senior clients with resource management advice based on program evaluation results. Helped determine staff sizing for the program and budget priorities to tie budget distribution to readiness objectives and program goals.• Conducted program evaluations utilizing qualitative analysis methods (risk probability and impact assessment, SME interviews, After Action Reports) and program analysis techniques (logic models, root cause analysis, Pareto analysis, variance and trend analysis). • Worked directly and professionally with a wide range of stakeholders including senior military staff; House and Senate staffers; state governors' offices; NGO leaders; and representatives from tribal nations. • Wrote the script for the Introduction to IRT video linked below, managed rounds of edits with the client and contract support, and provided the voice-over.

Washington, Dc, Us

Stability and Humanitarian Affairs (SHA) / Special Operations, Low Intensity Conflict (SOLIC)• Managed policy for $175 million in security assistance programs at the Action Officer level• Assisted in coordinating/briefing edits across DoD and interagency for a new presidential memo on UN peacekeeping• Wrote master’s thesis on recommendations for improving U.S. assistance to UN peacekeeping in South Sudan

Washington, Dc, Us

• Published an original opinion piece on the political issues surrounding the safeguarding of nuclear weapons-usable material in South Africa (see LinkedIn profile for link). • Compiled daily news reports regarding nuclear weapons and nonproliferation, and sent the briefing to over 500 government and nonprofit PONI subscribers.• Helped manage Nuclear Scholars Initiative program and speaker series for early career professionals to meet experts in nuclear nonproliferation, including communicating with participants, answering questions, organizing and coordinating meetings.• Edited CSIS publications written by young scholars, including grammar, content, historical accuracy, formatting, and organization of their papers. Kept students on track to complete new drafts on schedule for publication.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

• Contributed weekly stories to NGA’s newsletters on cybersecurity best practices, coordination of Ebola response, and evaluation of state disaster preparedness geared to an audience of governors staff members• Orally presented weekly briefings to staff on the week’s most important news in homeland security and public safety. • Extensively contributed to writing, editing, and formatting correspondence, templates, minutes, reports, and other materials for accuracy, sensitivity, and grammar

Washington, Dc, Us

Contributed research, analysis, and updates on vital and emerging issues relating to international cooperative security, with an emphasis on nonproliferation and participation in economic-focused international organizations.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Mined financial data to uncover, with my team, millions of dollars in missing revenue for hospitals in California and the Midwest. Presented findings and collection results in meetings with the CEOs/CFOs of major hospital networks.

College Park, Md, Us

Provided original analysis, scenario-building, and writing for a variety of START projects.Briefed senior START leadership on terrorism updates in the news.Contracted to provide additional research, analysis, and report-writing for a project on cooperative nuclear security (May – June 2013).Co-authored literature review on detecting deception during interviews, published by START and read by hundreds of government employees/academics (Nov 2012).

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Worked with a professor at the Northwestern University Law School to develop, research, and write a report on civic education and engagement among American youth.

Master Of Public Policy

B.A. Political Science, B.Mus. Violin Performance

French Language, August-December 2011

Public Health And Politics, Northwestern Program, Spring 2010