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Sacramento, California, United States

My work focuses on project planning of advanced energy solutions including building electrification and transportation decarbonization for the 2030 Zero Carbon Climate Plan.

Sacramento, California, United States

• Prepared policies for the approval of the CEO and Board of Directors including Conflict of Interest, Grievance, and Procurement policies to conform with federal regulations on business ethics and integrity.
• Conducted performance consulting including industry benchmarking and skills evaluation across three functional business units and determined training needs on ethics, internal controls, and compliance to increase staff.
• Performed business assessments to identify compliance risks and solutions, including and AI software integration to address a ~900% increase in contract administration work volume and offered best practices.
• Designed a framework for a compliance division of five staff to manage contract obligations, compliance monitoring, and subcontractor management of ~2,000 sub-awardees in ~$250M of Federal COVID-19 funds.

Sacramento, California, United States

• Launched the project management for a $204M Transformative Climate Communities (TCC) Program for affordable housing and transit station construction, renewable energy solutions, and green infrastructure using.
• Administered a $25M Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program for active transportation, green infrastructure, and affordable housing development, including weekly status meetings and non-financial.
• Spearheaded a Workforce Development and Economic Opportunities project with public agencies, building trades, and community partners to connect priority residents to TCC funded jobs and meet a 30% local hiring target.
• Supervised staff and day-to-day operations among four cross-department teams to embed sustainable strategies into operational workflows, performance metrics, and compliance reporting for 12 simultaneous projects.

Sacramento, California, United States

• Authored reports and recommendations for the approval of the agency’s two governing boards, including a citywide homeless housing plan and climate projects with renewable advanced energy solutions.
• Managed stakeholder engagement including identification, analysis and mapping, participation, messaging, surveys, and monitoring, and provided feedback loops to proactively address concerns as a risk mitigation strategy.
• Facilitated meetings to conduct due diligence, prioritize climate resiliency strategies for risk mitigation, and project timeline scheduling to meet GHG emission reduction and social impact goals.
• Conducted due diligence and prioritized projects, climate risks, and climate resiliency strategies to mitigate potential negative health and environmental impacts and set a 19,539 (MTCO2E) GHG emission reduction goal.

Sacramento, California, United States

• Scaled operations to meet 120% sales growth demands within one year that resulted in recognition from the White House as a Bright Spot for Hispanic educational attainment through adult learning.
• Enhanced program service quality by creating standard operating procedures, training development for 60 facilitators, identifying key performance metrics, and managing customer experience among school districts.
• Scheduled resources, including personnel, equipment, and supplies to hit delivery timelines and improve quality assurance for program materials (learning manuals and educational kits), and reduced customer complaints.
• Monitored training facilitators’ progress on a weekly basis to detect performance risks and applied mitigation strategies to attain annual performance goals as needed resulting in a 20% graduation rate increase.

Sacramento, California, United States

• Managed a membership program, including onboarding all staff to embed an organization-wide customer-centric culture and maintain the brand promise to prioritize and anticipate the needs of 350 members.
• Coordinated public policy advocacy events for more than 250 participants, including scheduling meetings with legislators, developing advocacy materials, booking guest speakers, award ceremonies, and event planning.
• Delegated membership development tasks spanning market research, recruitment, retention, and engagement; and program performance measurements resulting in an 85% membership increase in three years.
• Facilitated five regional zones and statewide meetings to identify priority topics for public policy, community-specific, and regional needs and increased capacity on state and national resources by 35%.

Sacramento, California, United States

• Represented the organization for California’s inaugural Human Trafficking legislation taskforce and instituted training strategies to increase education on laws, regulations, and resources for client and advocacy.
• Chaired statewide training needs analysis and developed six training programs focused on gender and economic empowerment, diversity and inclusion, housing rights, employment law, immigration rights, and gender violence.
• Ensured federal and state compliance on mandatory training requirements and submitted written grant reports and delegated documentation verification to validate reporting data for approximately 30 annual events.
• Supervised day-to-day operations of two coordinator staff and four interns, including setting work expectations, conducting performative assessments, supervising workforce management, and mitigating conflicts.

Masters, Strategic Communications

Graduated Distinguished with Honors

Ba, Third World Studies

Activities and Societies: Order of GownsmenSustainable Development study abroad program in conjunction with the Central American Institute.

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