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New York, NY, US

New York, New York, United States

• Developing and executing fundraising plan for the seed round including hiringexecutive team consisting of top human capital
• Leading negotiations with key opinion leaders, educators and regulators to buildstrong relationships for long-term collaboration
• Boosting visibility in the biotech sector by forming alliances with new globalpartners

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Managing all employees, fostering a productive and positive work environment
• Overseeing directors and project managers, ensuring efficient project execution and team alignment
• Implementing strategic initiatives to grow the company and meet increasing market demand – including significant strategic partnerships
• Spearheading joint fundraising efforts alongside the CEO, skillfully sourcing and engaging with investors, devising strategic fundraising plans and efficiently reorganizing the company's data room for optimal impact

• Managed an international vertically integrated supply chain, optimizing logistics and reducing operational costs
• Assisted the CEO with strategic partnerships, contributing to significant business growth
• Acquired and flipped distressed assets in the direct-to-consumer luxury home goods space – focus on restoring brand integrity and moving operations overseas

• Developed initial drafts of press releases, conference call scripts, slide presentations and Q&As
• Monitored and compiled peer group research; following industry, competitor and customer developments and news flow including earnings calls and analyst days - communicated key takeaways to executive team
• Corporate liaison to institutional investors and sell-side analysts; provided accurate, consistent and timely responses to inquiries from investors and analysts

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

• Seed Stage Startup: Disruptive Art Analytics platform indexing emerging to middle-market art to gain unique artist insights, identify real market value, and model expected return on investment
• Advised on business development strategies
• Assisted in raising rounds of capital

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Responsible for direct management of client relationships, provided strategic advisory services to CEOs, CFOs and Investor Relations Officers at publicly traded companies, or companies in the process of going public.
• Created, developed, and managed Investor Relations materials, reports and analysis, and Investor Relations plan and calendar

• Seed Stage Startup: Partnered with Landlords to transform and operate vacant retail spaces ranging from 800 - 480,000 sqft until long-term tenants were secured.Began as communications coordinator and was promoted.
• Day-to-day operations of 22 employees including contractors as required
• Developing and executing national communication and engagement strategy targeting clients with annual revenues exceeding $5B
• Scaling company deal flow through solicitation of strategic partnerships

Rayburn House Office Building

• Assisted with administrative duties for office and staff while serving as the primary assistant for a member of Congress.
• Responsibilities included: scheduling, VIP management, constituent relations, congressional liaison and health writer.
• Served as primary point of contact for all legislative business and coordinated a variety of events
• Drafted healthcare memoranda benefiting constituents, special focus on Veterans Affairs and the opioid crisis

• Provided research support on policy issues related to energy, healthcare and international affairs.
• Composed memoranda for energy and healthcare clients summarizing current strategic topics.
• Monitored congressional hearings and reported outcomes in verbal and written reports.

London, United Kingdom

• Assisted Business Development and Marketing teams in the inaugural season of Formula E.
• Daily responsibilities included researching future opportunities, copywriting social media advertisements & designing social media campaigns, as well as identifying trends from polling data.
• Developed Snapchat Geo-Tag Story campaign for Season 2 races (debuted at London ePrix Finale).
• Race day duties included running the FIA Formula E Race Tent, shuttling drivers, and assisting fellow team members in building and disassembling Formula E's Battersea Park Event.

Greater Boston Area

• Worked closely with the Business Strategy and Marketing teams on the Progressive Insurance account.
• Daily responsibilities included competitive reporting, drafting & editing creative briefs, as well as categorizing & interpreting the data from focus groups.
• Independently developed a cohesive social media marketing campaign targeting Millennials to choose Progressive Auto.

Boston, MA

• Assisted the marketing communications team in various ways including:
• Conducted research on industry analysts to create advantageous briefing books for executives
• Organized and indexed a customer tracker in an Excel spreadsheet
• Overhauled an outdated event tracker in an Excel spreadsheet
• Monitored and filtered press coverage in order to update the press section of the website
• Assisted talent acquisition team in designing Rapid7 LinkedIn Showcase Pages

Needham, MA

• Assisted experienced arborists in tactically removing and maintaining trees throughout the greater Boston area.

Wellesley, MA

• Supervised a group of twenty girls between the ages of ten and fourteen.
• Focused on boosting key aspects of player development and increased player consistency week-to-week.

Core Certificate, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science And Economics

Activities and Societies: Club Tennis Team

American Government And Politics (United States)

Harvard Extension School: Leadership Lessons from Presidential Politics Applied To The Private Sector

Education record

Activities and Societies: Varsity Tennis Team; Varsity Tennis Team Captain 2011 & 2012; Varsity Alpine Ski Team; Varsity Cross Country.

Education record