Commercial real estate development. Lead teams to develop, design, and construct office and mixed-use developments.

Bay Area based real estate investment company.

Led expansion for general partner of single family rental housing funds holding assets in the San Francisco Bay Area (Sullivan Management Company) and Southeast Michigan (Great Lakes Renaissance Properties). Developed investment criteria, acquired property and launched operations in Metro Detroit.

Presidential Appointee who advised Agency Director to disburse grant funding to recipients in countries such as Brazil, India, China and South Africa. Managed Agency’s annual budget request. Oversaw bilateral meetings, international visits and trade missions to multiple countries, including China, India, Turkey, Brazil, Vietnam and South Africa. Coordinated communication with White House executive staff and other agency officials.Increased government-wide commercial advocacy as agency lead to working group that drafted an Obama-issued Executive Order requiring cross-agency cooperation on export promotion.Grew business opportunities for U.S. companies by leading launch of campaign that united diverse, interagency government resources to open market access across Sub-Saharan Africa

Prepared Commerce Secretary and other officials for oversight and confirmation hearings before Congressional Committees. Collaborated with General Counsel staff to oversee and manage document requests from Congress. Facilitated meetings with press and local business leaders during high-tech trade mission to India. Managed and addressed concerns of local elected officials and community leaders during the Deepwater Horizon Gulf Oil Spill. Impacted major policy decisions by designing and launching White House Business Council initiative that organized hundreds of round tables with thousands of small business leaders in 500 cities and all 50 states.

Helped elect Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States.