Kaleigh Thomas Email & Phone Number

United States

United States

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Leads graduate student group in organizing, planning, and hosting global conflict negotiation and mediation simulations attended by graduate students along the east coast. • Designed Kashmir conflict simulation: chose the negotiation parties and forum and wrote the background and role sheets for participants. • Coordinate and delegate tasks of organization members and oversee the executive board.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Manage responses to RFPs for the firm’s pursuit of multimillion-dollar contracts including leading team meetings, setting internal deadlines, and editing team member materials.• Maintain and build database of project narratives to reduce proposal response time. • Update employee resumes used in proposals, including those of the CEO, CFO, legal counsel, and architects. • Write and edit copy for presentations, reports, award applications, fellowship applications, marketing brochures, and the HKS website.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Research and write weekly executive briefs on peace and security events in South Asia.• Orally brief the Executive Director and International Program Director weekly on South Asia events.• Direct marketing strategy and manage marketing efforts for the Bologna Symposium and Sarajevo Symposium. • Create content for Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram and manage social media engagement.• Identify grant opportunities and conduct research and analysis to craft responses to chosen pursuits.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Direct daily operations and activities of headquarters, a non profit corporation, and monitor activities of collegiate and alumni chapters. • Engineer expansion of the international business fraternity to other university and collegiate institutions.• Collaborate with the Chief Financial Officer to improve fiscal policies and procedures ensuring more oversight of the budget and a more strategic appropriation of funds and to file for tax exemption with IRS.

Columbia, Sc

Columbia, Sc

Mentor 34 first year students and support the implementation of the initiatives they create for their peers. • Serve as a resource for committee planning efforts and connect students to organizations across campus.• Responsible for students’ professional development through retreats, workshops, and weekly meetings. • Developed and headed an overnight retreat for all Freshman Council members and additional staff to promote teamwork and inclusion.

Columbia, Sc

Co-taught a U101 class of 18 students, which supports first year students’ transition to college life and gives them the skills, tools, and resources to be successful academically, professionally, and personally in their 4 years at USC.• Designed original lesson plans in order to present information about interview skills, resumes, digital identities, diversity, and studying abroad in a new and captivating manner. • Facilitated classroom discussions on sensitive topics such as substance abuse, inclusion and tolerance, campus safety, and mental health.

Richmond, Va

• Created original material for a response to a request for a proposal to grow the firm’s commercial interiors sector and was instrumental in troubleshooting errors, which led the team to be shortlisted for the project.• Improved and updated existing database materials thereby quickening the pace of proposal completion.

St. Gallen, Switzerland

• Entrusted to write about experiences abroad in St. Gallen, Switzerland in order to promote the IB brand.• Garnered over 800 page views in a month of blogging. • Blog linked on official International Business program website.

Columbia, South Carolina

Further the goals of the USC Student Government communications team by managing the Student Government brand.• Write press releases for student and local media as well as lead and approve all advertising efforts, including setting the advertising budget.• Draft and edit speeches of the office of the Student Body President.• Design and execute promotions and marketing strategies for Student Government events and initiatives.

Columbia, Sc

Entrusted by fellow members of fraternity with the responsibility of teaching and leading new members while inspiring individual and community growth. • Encouraged the new members’ success while holding them to established fraternity and personal standards.• Evaluated and improved upon the personal development program all new members must complete.• Designed and led a daylong retreat for 20 individuals to foster trust and respect among new members.

Columbia, Sc

Designed and executed the recruitment program and the mentor – mentee program of Sigma Omega Upsilon, International Business Fraternity for the Spring 2014 semester.• Developed, organized, and headed a week of exciting and challenging recruitment events for Sigma Omega Upsilon that resulted in the addition of 17 exemplary new members. • Successfully paired 17 new initiates with 17 current brothers to aid said initiates in their professional, cultural, and social growth.

Columbia, Sc

Served as the voice of the freshman class with other talented USC Freshmen in order to better the Carolina Community – especially the lives of current and future freshmen. • Conducted 30+ interviews for The Dating Game, a Valentines Day event with over 400 attendees.• Gathered advice for incoming freshman through a social media campaign using #UofSCFreshman15.• Surveyed over 1000 students on confusing aspects of USC to better university webpages.

Columbia, Sc

Represented on-campus residents of the University of South Carolina, specifically those in the Honors Residence Hall, in the writing and passing of legislation to promote and fund various housing initiatives. Served on the executive board of the Honors Hall Government to plan programs for residents. • Passed over 15 pieces of legislation that allocated more than $15,000 for hall event programming.• Coordinated and headed the planning of a campus wide philanthropic field day event open to all students.• Designed 7 entertaining and educational community-building events for the Honors Residence Hall including Halloween activities, a birthday party for local homeless children, and an end-of-semester carnival.

Richmond, Va

Conducted daily camp activities as a member of a two-person team.• Worked with children aged 3-11 to encourage curiosity and build self-confidence.• Assumed the responsibility of the safety and health of between 15 – 20 children at one time.

Richmond, Va

Reviewed appropriate and pertinent personal files - including W2s, charitable donations, and insurance reports – to compile state and federal tax returns using ProSystem fx.• Prepared 20 tax returns for individuals filing as Single, Married Filing Single, and Married Filing Jointly.

Master’S Degree, International Peace And Conflict Resolution

Bachelor’S Degree, International Business And Marketing

Spring 2015 Exchange Semester