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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

New York, New York

Greater New York City Area

Boston, MA

Washington, DC

• Research and brief Rep. Ribble on legislation, committee hearings, and constituent meetings involving small business and foreign affairs in the Western Hemisphere to keep him informed on current events and relevant.
• Create vote recommendations and policy memos for Rep. Ribble as part of his legislative team
• Direct communications shop as part of senior staff team; pitch stories to earn more than $1M in free media
• Develop a media strategy; coordinate press statements, advertising, new media, and website content to consistently implement strategy and advise Rep. Ribble on how to build his personal brand
• Analyze Google Analytics, Facebook Insights, and IQ Analytics data; drove a 100% increase in free media and reach
• Manage a $15K advertising budget; build, and leverage relationships with vendors and media outlets

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Sought out training classes to develop skill in editing video, photo, audio, and graphics to reach new audiences
• Wrote speeches for Sen. Scott, managed website and social media, and composed and distributed press advisories
• Took initiative to recruit, hire, train, and manage press interns; serve as a mentor for former interns

• Managed all campaign media as on-the-record spokesperson for the Tim Scott for Senate campaign
• Developed content for op-eds, social media, speeches and website for statewide campaign reaching over 2M voters
• Sen. Scott won the election with 61% of the vote

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Completed special projects including building an archive of Rep. Alexander’s legislative career and guiding a constituent’s business through applying for New Market Tax Credits

Port Vell, Barcelona, Spain

• Assisted in the maintenance and travel of a 45’ single-hull sail boat

• Increased usefulness of Helianthus Tuberosis (Jerusalem artichoke plant) as an alternative energy source by creating DNA primers, performing gene isolation, gene reinsertion, and other DNA manipulation techniques
• Collaborated as an author on a scientific paper on a new, more efficient, technique in cloning the economically significant Hemerocallis (daylily) which was published in Volume 102, 2010, in Plant Cell, Tissue, and.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Bachelor Of Science, Biology

Activities and Societies: Kappa Kappa Gamma, Event Chairman, Alma Mater Productions, W&M CrewMinor in Business Administration, Extensive.