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Naperville, Illinois, United States

Woodridge, Il

• Public information officer and managed aspects of external and internal communications including social media, quarterly newsletter, E-News, and WCTV government access TV• Collaborated with the command staff for the annual budget; performs cost control activities; monitors revenues and expenditures to assure sound fiscal management • Assisted in strategic planning, gathering, analyzing, and preparing data for studies, reports, and recommendations• Oversaw the administration of grant programs and completes grant requirements as required• Prepared speeches, presentations, contracts, administrative policies, etc. • Member: Safety Committee, Learning & Development Initiative founder, IRMA (Intergovernmental Risk Management Agency) Membership Relations Committee, IAMMA Communications Committee

Greater Chicago Area

• Collaborated with MSMS faculty, director and staff on strategy and program planning and improvement• Provided strategic direction and support to student club leaders; connected with administration and academic departments, assisted in directing execution of club programming, including special events• Served as one of the primary contact with students and assists with academic, personal, and administrative issues• Provided direct support and guidance to faculty related to course preparation, classroom management and study group composition• Developed, directed, and maintained MSMS student portal and ongoing internal communications, and social media presence to support communication with admits and current students• Supported data management, analysis & reporting • Executed analyses and prepared reports used by Kellogg and non-Kellogg audiences for recruiting, tracking, evaluation, and programmatic purposes.• Created, administered, and analyzed yearly evaluation and other surveys targeted at prospective and current students, used for developing recruiting strategies and program improvements• Member of the Northwestern University Staff Advisory Council (NUSAC) which serves as an advisory voice and change-agent for Northwestern staff in matters relating to community development, professional opportunities and workplace concerns. This is accomplished through active engagement with staff, the University President, the Office of Human Resources and/or various senior administrators

Evanston, Il

• Achieved more than 280% enrollment growth in MSMS and 600% enrollment growth in MD-MBA through execution and development of strategic marketing and recruitment plans• Collaborated with senior Kellogg leadership, faculty, staff, and students to manage all aspects of Kellogg’s newest degree programs: MS in Management Studies Russell Fellows Program and MD-MBA Program• Designated MSMS and MD-MBA admissions manager by Kellogg Admissions to lead day-to-day admissions • Engaged with prospective, waitlisted, denied, admitted, and accepted students, fulfil yield events such as receptions and webinars, and rendering and sending admissions decisions• Lead communications outreach through the weekly program newsletter, managing the general MSMS and MD-MBA email box, Facebook groups, email listservs, website content creation, using the CRM capabilities of Technolutions Slate, and created a student portal using SharePoint• Prepared and complied correspondence and reports based on analysis, research, and knowledge of subject matter• Served on the Kellogg Administrative Relations Committee Learning & Professional Development sub-committee

Evanston, Illinois

• Managed the coordination and development of all briefing documents required for events and collaborated with internal departments to ensure that they were all prepared based on the Dean's specific requirements• Drafted complex and professional documents and correspondence in response to emails, participated on the Dean's projects, developed complex reports, while maintaining a high degree of confidentiality• Directed the annual holiday card preparation and mailing which included the coordination of more than 3,000 cards with hundreds of personalized messages from the Dean• Represented the Dean's office to all external parties with professionalism, confidence, and a high degree of service while accurately representing policies, procedures, and preferences for the office and the Dean• Collaborated with the communications team and supported the Dean's remarks by coordinating with event owners for the execution of Dean-related logistics• Designed internal project management tracking using Smartsheet and SharePoint• Created complex surveys using Qualtrics to obtain data, write analysis reports, and provide recommendations

Greater Chicago Area

• Created written communication materials such as press releases, presentations, case studies, executive speeches, social media posts, backgrounders, media lists, and media alerts for several Fortune 500 clients • Wrote materials for both technical and non-technical audiences, created internal communications newsletters/updates, and worked with clients and organizers for b2b and conference speaking opportunities• Developed relationships with journalists at trade publications to inform about the latest client news to obtain coverage• Formulated public relations plans to engage in strategic communications

Indianapolis, Indiana

• Worked on public relations activities for clients in consumer goods, technology and education sectors • Wrote press releases, case studies, byline articles and one-sheets• Planned multi-city media tours• Created strategic PR plans, media lists, prep sheets and applied for speaking opportunities on behalf of clients

Greater Chicago Area

Clients included two Fortune 100 telecommunications corporations and several consumer brands • Created targeted media lists and pitched stories to reporters • Monitored media coverage for client and industry news; compiled detailed coverage reports for clients • Researched and analyzed information to support media relations issues and new business efforts • Wrote and edited news releases and media alerts

• Graduate advisor of the DePaul Activities Board, a 200 member student organization with a budget of over $250,000 • Provided support and training to students in leadership development, budgeting, conflict resolution, time management and effective meeting facilitation • Promoted various campus programs including election debates, concerts, movies, Homecoming and office of student life events

• Applied complex citizenship laws to issue U.S. passports to American citizens• Studied at the Foreign Service Institute• Served as an emergency travel liaison between the Department of State, post office acceptance agents and U.S. congressional offices from Illinois and Michigan

• Assisted with foreign media availability aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) for its first visit to Perth, Australia• Collaborated with Australian educational advisors to produce brochures and fact sheets to enhance the profile of U.S. colleges and universities for Australian students interested in studying aboard in the U.S. • Created a database for the Consul-General of visiting American academics for quarterly functions at the Consul-General’s residence to promote networking

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Activities and Societies: • Student government director of legislative relations - organized a letter writing campaign and trips.

Masters Degree, Public Service Management/Public Administration

Activities and Societies: • Toastmasters, president of the DePaul chapter • Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) graduate associate.

Certificate, Human Resources

For more than 20 years, NIU has partnered with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) to provide high-quality professional.

Core Credential Of Readiness, Pass

Harvard University's CORe (Credential of Readiness) is a 120-150 hour certificate program on the fundamentals of business from Harvard.

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