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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Inglewood, California, United States

Greater Los Angeles Area

Managed the development of Facilities Assessment and Implementation Plans for school districts across California, including the creation of the sources of funding, construction cost estimates, and program sequencing of the projects for each plan of school facilities projects to be implementedDirect the design efforts of 15 school facilities projects across the State, from conceptual design to DSA submittal, consisting of new construction and modernization projects, including the management of internal staff members, architectural firms, land surveyors, geotechnical engineers, CEQA and DTSC compliance services firms, among othersOversaw the construction of school facilities projects across the State, consisting of new construction and modernization projects, including the management of internal staff members, general contractors, sub-contractors, Inspectors of Record and Laboratories of Record, among othersDevelop, implement, and monitor the budgets for school facilities projects, both new construction and modernization, including the creation of initial cost estimates and budget trackers, leading value engineering efforts during project design, and participating in contract negotiationsLed procurement efforts for architects, contractors, and additional required professional services for school facilities projects to be design and constructed across the State, consisting of the creation of RFPs, advertising and solicitation, interviewing and evaluation, and contract executionOversees training and supervision of both planning and implementation staff during the creating of Facilities Assessment and Implementation Plans, the execution of procurement efforts, and design efforts of facilities projects Secured apportionment from the Office of Public School Construction’s Full-Day Kindergarten Facilities Grant Program for school districts, and oversaw the design and construction of kindergarten classrooms from this program

Provided bond structuring analysis and deal processing management for underwritten bonds for the #1 underwriting team (bonds sold) in California and the Western Region in 2016 and 2017Increased business of senior-managed underwritten bonds by overseeing the submission of Requests for Proposals, achieving a higher than average success rate of awarded deals by presenting persuasive writing of underwriting capabilities in addition to comprehensive and creative bond structuring scenariosSaved clients millions of dollars in interest payments by conducting in-depth fiscal and socioeconomic trajectory analyses presented to credit rating agencies, resulting in the successful upgrade of credit ratings for dozens of clients, lowering interest rates over the course of the debtExpanded and retained client base by preparing monthly refunding candidate reports for current and potential clients with outstanding debt, utilizing market research and sensitivity analyses to present projected cash flow savings resulting from refunding isolated bonds in current market conditions

Gardena, Ca

Performing extensive and specialized research and analysis on local transit operations.Preparing detailed statistical data and analytical reports and presentations for Federal reporting.Serving as department liaison, facilitating communication with public officials to compile transit statistics.

Practiced service planning and policy analysis to increase transit service while reducing operation costsReviewed and reconciled various complex monthly, quarterly, and annual transit reportsManaged the application process, database, and public relations for the citywide Dial-A-Ride Program

Greater Los Angeles Area

Administrated project management responsibilities for several key upcoming urban planning projectsManaged the grant research and application writing component for the organizationExercised skills with InDesign and GIS to modify and recreate Expanded Emerald Necklace Plan document

Represented the interests of the project at more than 20 Metro ExpressLanes public outreach events, becoming the public face of the program while opening up more than 100 ExpressLanes accountsWrote monthly Project Status Reports on the ExpressLanes program prepared for and presented to the USDOT, FTA, and FHWA, as well as the quarterly Project Performance Reports for public viewingUtilized research skills to collect data on issues from ExpressLanes customers and comparable programs, resulting in monthly analytical reports used by the Executive Officer to implement program policy changes

Greater Los Angeles Area

Composed speeches for the City Controller to address fiscal and political issues affecting Los Angeles Wrote an Executive Summary for each audit conducted by the office of the City Controller Represented the office at City Council meetings, recorded minutes, and drafted meeting briefs for the City Controller

University Of Southern California

First-year graduate student in Urban Planning (Sustainable Land Use concentration) and Public Administration (Economic and Community Development specialization).Course list to date: Social Context for Social Planning; Comparative International Development; Human Behavior in Public Organization; Smart Growth and Urban Sprawl; and Economics for Policy, Planning, and Development.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Spearheaded the Los Angeles Bicycle-Friendly Business Program, including applying for a $1.27million “Call For Projects” Grant through the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityDesigned and presented findings of group research on “Bicycle Amenities for Bicycle Friendly Business Districts” at the Pro Walk/Pro Bike/Pro Place ConferenceFacilitated LADOT Bike Program public outreach through extensive legislative and analytical research on bicycle-related issues in Los Angeles and communicating findings to the public via social media sources

Managed and inventoried semester-long department budget of over $100,000, including expenditures for and by the directors of programming and housing and the department deanServed as department liaison, facilitating intradepartmental and on-campus/off-campus relations, as well as organizing all meetings, appointments, and conferences for the department dean of the departmentCreated and maintained an in-depth online transportation guide as a reference for Occidental students and faculty to increase the campus-wide knowledge base of public transit options around Los Angeles

Rewarded and participated in a 12-month post-baccalaureate, intensive advanced Mandarin studies program at National Chengchi University in Taipei, Taiwan, sponsored by the Taiwanese government.

Raised public awareness of environmental and public transportation issues facing Los Angeles and California by personally signing up over 150 citizens throughout the greater Los Angeles area as supporting membersProvided guidance and encouragement to fundraisers in a supervisory role to optimize fundraising potential and morale within the organization, while personally raising over $8,000 for the organization

Raised neighborhood awareness of environmental sustainability by personally informing and signing up over 300 families throughout Northern Virginia and Southern Maryland for the Recycle Bank programPromoted the startup of a family-run refuse company in Northern Virginia partnering with Recycle Bank, thus increasing and developing the corporate partnerships the organization maintained in the area

Developed and established a coalition of over 50 organizations from Virginia to Florida to Texas to challenge FEMA's policy on ice distribution after natural disastersUtilized knowledge of disaster accountability within the federal government and co-wrote a sign-on statement with the Executive Director to address the issue of ice distribution Facilitated communication between supportive organizations, the media, and the Executive Director, ultimately leading to the first national headline story featuring the organization

Price School Of Public Policy, Mpl, Mpa

Huayu Fellow, Mandarin Chinese

Huayu Enrichment Scholar, endorsed by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Taiwan

B.A., Diplomacy And World Affairs, Economics (Minor), Chinese Language (Minor)

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