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• Offering consulting services to organizations at the intersection of health, policy, and business. Areas of expertise include:
• Assist clients in building strategic alliances with key stakeholders in the life sciences industry, including corporate clients, U.S. and international governments, regulatory agencies, trade associations, patient.
• Conduct outreach to mission-aligned organizations and increase global partner participation in client initiatives.
• Track and analyze relevant global health and life science policies and changes that have the potential to impact client mission and goals. Develop reports that provide leadership with current information, potential.
• Develop strategic communications and marketing campaigns that increase organization brand awareness, elevate the patient voice, and highlight trends in the life sciences sector.
• Design meaningful global programs and in-country events on behalf of clients aimed at fostering collaboration and partnership in the health and life sciences industries.

Los Angeles, CA, US

Washington, DC, US

• Led international outreach strategy with 200+ life science change-makers (including corporate clients, international governments, patient advocacy groups, government entities, trade associations, and economic.
• Oversaw global recruitment strategy and implementation for BIO's diverse event portfolio.
• Managed onboarding of new partners and the seamless transition to BIO’s event fulfillment teams.
• Developed and implemented tailored engagement strategies and solutions-oriented opportunities for prospective business partners.
• Designed event programs and initiatives that increased BIO’s brand visibility in the international arena and assisted global member recruitment.
• Tracked relevant policies and changes that have the potential to impact organizational mission and goals.

Washington, DC, US

• Strengthened business partnerships with international life science delegation organizers, with a special focus on government economic development entities, patient advocacy groups, international companies, and trade.
• Supported global recruitment strategy and implementation across BIO's diverse event portfolio.
• Managed global innovation programs/ workshops supporting emerging and developed biotech companies from around the world.
• Collaborated with marketing staff to design international marketing content for conference websites/materials.

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Managed full scope of partner engagement process, including identifying mission-aligned organizations, developing tailored outreach strategies, and executing on a business alliance pipeline.
• Managed partnerships with key stakeholders in the health space across public and private health verticals.
• Cultivated relationships between POLITICO Pro account executives, editorial staff, and corporate and government affairs contacts.
• Supported logistics and meetings with cross-functional managers and senior staff, including virtual meetings, and onboarding/training sessions for Partner Development Team.
• Managed partnerships and contract deliverables between POLITICO Pro account executives, editorial staff, and external affairs contacts.

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

• Designed targeted digital content strategy to support progressive and issue advocacy campaigns
• Assisted in the management of over 30 political digital advertising campaigns
• Collaborated with clients to develop an advertising strategy for political and issue advocacy campaigns across the nation through online cookie targeting, IP zone targeting, and demographic targeting for digital.
• Developed strong administrative and reporting skills on Catalist, AdLearn Open Platform, The Trade Desk platforms, Google Bid Manager

Honolulu, HI, US

• Coordinated foreign diplomat visits between mayor and global counterparts. Provided international daily news briefs to the mayor and officials.
• Co-authored speeches given by Honolulu Mayor and Executive Director of Economic Development & International Affairs Division on Hawaii’s place in international community, economic trade, and geo-tourism.
• Assisted with integrated media campaigns including search engine marketing, social media, and targeted digital display ads.

Master Of Science - Ms, Regulatory Affairs - Life Sciences/Biotechnology - International Relations

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), International Relations, Chinese - Mandarin

Sino-American Relations