- Facilitate coalition building and direction to advance policy goals both in legislative and administrative policy advocacy- Manage multiple grant funded projects to ensure outcomes and deliverables are achieved within timeframes necessary- Conduct bill tracking and lobbying, and public testimony, during the state legislative session for hundreds of bills- Analyze effect of bills and their impacts to create time sensitive briefs to disseminate to elected officials and advocates- Research policy proposals and develop written products designed to educate the public and public officials- Lead organization on internal and external racial justice work through service on internal Race Equity Workgroup

− Forecast statewide trends in caseload and expenditures for health and human service programs for legislative appropriations− Monitor agency implementation of policy changes and progress towards program goals− Conduct reviews of state operations and present facts, findings, and recommend changes to state policy− Analyze proposed legislation to provide elected officials fiscal impact statements for consideration during legislative sessions

− Monitor and prepare annual forecasts for a portfolio of New York City agency expense budgets totaling over $430 million− Review agency requests related to new needs and provide cost analysis review of new initiatives to increase budget accuracy− Develop proposed agency budgets along with supporting documentation for review by Budget Director and Mayoral Staff

−Review non-profit financial statements and prepare analytical Excel dashboard to present to organization leadership−Analyze organizational budget to actuals and provide feedback to non-profit on program cost allocations for future planning−Conduct non-profit infrastructure reviews including analyzing organizational structure and identifying reporting needs−Completed high level Excel and non-profit finance trainings

−Prepare documents for external audiences to expand knowledge of national debt and programs contributing to its growth−Analyze reports from the Congressional Budget Office to interpret findings as it relates to the national debt−Create and maintain charts explaining the future of the national debt and the factors which contribute to it

−Published analytical reports with accompanying data sets on issues related to federal nutrition programs−Lobbied for successful education legislation to provide breakfast to 1.6 million low-income students−Analyzed effect of bills filed in the Texas House and Senate for each of the 254 Texas counties−Prepared and presented data specific to legislator’s districts explaining potential outcomes of legislation

Texas Food Bank Network - Blueprint to End Hunger Project−Collected and synthesized county level data for every source of food assistance in Texas’ 254 counties using SPSS and Excel−Developed methodology to compare food assistance available for low-income Texans to the food need

PepsiCo: Food For Good Initiative - Mobile Summer Meal Program−Used state agency data to research and assist increasing cost effective routes for a mobile summer feeding program−Assisted with interviews of program participants to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats within the program.

−Managed all organizational finances including financial planning and detailed budgeting efforts−Developed group structure for 80+ Kenyan members to encourage quality production of goods−Spent 4 months in Nairobi, Kenya establishing international business process and structure

−Researched low food access areas using data points from schools, state agencies and service providers−Developed inter-agency partnerships leading to 1.4 million families obtaining meal program information−Managed statewide outreach efforts of 15 short-term AmeriCorps members to increase access to summer nutrition programs in partnership with state agency officials and local stakeholders