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United States

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Manage project life cycle for multiple studies designed to inform government policies and economic decisions
• Plan and implement engagement with communities and subject matter experts focused on equitable outcomes
• Collaborate on cross-functional teams to enhance decision-making and prioritization measures for public agencies and their partners
• Design project plans that utilize agile approaches to promote accountability and high-quality outcomes
• Coordinate the creation of deliverables including reports, guidebooks, GIS-based tools, and Tableau dashboards
• Lead internal strategic planning efforts, including facilitating workshops and the co-creation of implementation plans

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Established a monitoring and evaluation program to track the progress of federal projects
• Analyzed client processes and developed plan of action to troubleshoot barriers to success
• Developed and implemented training modules for federal working groups and leaders
• Crafted technical reports designed to inform federal management strategies
• Organized, cleaned, and coded sensitive data

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Partnered with survivors of human trafficking to increase their access to social services
• Created talking points to inform key leadership on prevention strategies and organization initiatives
• Collaborated with dozens of interagency partners to support survivors and enhance policies
• Trained 100+ community members and service providers throughout North Carolina
• Researched and restructured the anti-trafficking cooperators database for North Carolina

Tamil Nadu, India

• Managed research processes for a study that resulted in measurable health improvements for 900+ women and children in rural villages
• Advised partners on strategy and mitigated interagency conflicts as the sole in-country liaison between agencies
• Trained dozens of nonprofit staff and volunteers on survey administration, data collection, and data management
• Designed and executed a monitoring and evaluation plan to track the outcomes of WASH intervention strategies
• Engaged diverse stakeholders through community meetings and field monitoring activities

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Interviewed and surveyed wildfire management stakeholders in 100+ counties through a multimillion-dollar National Science Foundation study
• Managed, coded, and analyzed qualitative and quantitative data for 1,000s of participants in a relational database
• Conducted weeks of fieldwork at large-scale fires to support improved management processes and policies
• Gained buy-in of interagency partners ranging from rural mayors to senior federal leaders
• Conceptualized ideal-type theoretical social networks and analyzed resource management practices for four states

Wilmington, North Carolina Area

• Cultivated positive relationships with journalists, donors, top administrators, and community partners
• Managed emergency communications for a campus of 15,000+ during high-pressure, high-stakes situations
• Condensed complex information to create up to 10 press releases, website, and magazine articles weekly
• Strategically placed hundreds of news stories each year – 90% of stories pitched publicized by media
• Oversaw development of crisis communications plan and established emergency management policies
• Launched targeted marketing campaigns and supervised six staff members

Project Management Profession Certification

Master Of International Studies (Mis), 3.97 Gpa

Master Of Public Administration (Mpa), 3.98 Gpa

Webmaster Certificate In Design Media, Web Design

Certified in web design -- HTML and CSS coding, JavaScript, web graphics, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, e-commerce, web optimization and more

B.A., Communication Studies, 3.93 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Communication Studies Society, Lambda Pi Eta National Communication Studies Honors Fraternity, volunteered with.

Education