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Political consultancy firm servicing candidates and causes. Clients include Jack White for Attorney General and Peter Doran for Governor

Political grassroots organization working to recruit qualified candidates for state level races and building the volunteer network and infrastructure needed to succeed.

Political and fundraising strategy consultancy. Projects included developing a major donor program for the Liberal Party of Australia and standing up the Presidential Debate Commission, an attempt to break the hold the Commission on Presidential Debates has over the Presidential debate process.

• Developed and managed several finance coalitions, including but not limited to Catholics, Americans Abroad and the Indian-American community.• Built and managed leadership teams within each coalition, recruiting established leaders within the community as well as identifying emerging leaders to build out the finance coalition.• Managed and executed multi-tiered high dollar fundraising events in London, Hong Kong and several Asian cities, totaling over $4.5M raised from Americans Abroad. This was more than double the effort made by the McCain/Palin campaign.• Communicated with our leadership teams about the ins and outs of the campaign.• Facilitated conference calls with supporters featuring Congressman Ryan as well as senior policy leaders and elected officials.• Developed briefing materials for Governor Romney, Congressman Ryan and other elected officials.• Staffed the Republican National Convention, helping execute several events and acted as a concierge for our high level donors and volunteer fundraisers.• Successfully performed duties under an extremely fast-paced, high stress and detail oriented environment.

• Wedgewood Group is a boutique management consultancy located in the Washington, DC area that focused on Federal clients• Co-lead for the firm’s strategy practice, developing our methodology and principles of execution for deployment on strategic planning projects.• Lead on a two-year Strategic Planning contract with a Defense Agency, working with their leadership to develop long term goals and strategies and the adjoining short-term metrics.• Developed curriculum and a training course for security assistance funding and military sales available to Department of Defense civilians, including process maps, brief but impactful content and games and quizzes to help participants retain the new knowledge.• Facilitated and delivered the above mention course to Department of Defense civilians.• Facilitated several planning sessions for bureaus in Federal agencies such as the Department of Defense and the Department of the Interior, as well as a not-for-profit.• Lead consultant for a pro-bono project with Gifts in Kind, International, where I helped them through a leadership change, short term reorganization planning and long term planning in response to financial difficulties.• Developed mission and vision statements for a variety of clients.• Recruited several associates to the firm.• Led the firm through changing facilities to accommodate the firm’s growth, which included locating new office space, managing contractors, procuring new office furniture and branding of the office.• Assisted in the rebranding of the firm, including selecting a branding agency and working with them to select a new logo, color palette and the development of our internal document templates and brand guide.

• The Office of Presidential Personnel is responsible for the recruitment of individuals to serve in senior leadership posts throughout the Executive Branch.• Lead recruiter for 49 Senate confirmed positions within Cabinet Level departments, including but not limited to Commerce, Energy, Labor, Transportation, Treasury and Defense as well as a variety of full time and part time Boards and Commissions. Established search universes and candidate pools for each position and interviewed, vetted and referenced the 4 to 5 finalist for each role.• Beyond Senate confirmed positions, recruited, interviewed and vetted for over 100 other senior roles within the government.• Developed recruitment strategies after analyzing the major agencies and bureaus, their challenges, efficiencies and inefficiencies, and assessed what they needed to become a more effective organization.• Recruited for leadership positions in a variety of subject areas including International Trade, Intellectual Property, Science &Technology, Nuclear Weapons, Energy Policy, Nuclear Energy, Energy law, Labor law, International Labor, Commercial law,Credit Union Management & Regulation, Legislative Affairs, Oceans, Fishing issues, Disability Labor, Auditing, Public Affairs and Communications.• Created and developed briefing materials, PowerPoint and otherwise, for use by the President, Vice President, White House Chief of Staff, senior White House Officials, Cabinet Secretaries and senior leadership throughout the Executive Branch.• Developed and created a variety of briefing materials for use by President Obama’s transition team.• Led coordination with the incoming Obama Administration’s personnel team and Executive Branch agencies in regards to transfer of power and agency leadership prior to the confirmation of the new Cabinet, Ambassadors and Sub-Cabinet heads.

• Served as the Deputy Director for all junior level appointments across the Administration.• Recruited, interviewed and placed more than 200 individuals into a variety of positions throughout the Executive Branch.• Recruited for positions in varying subject areas such as legislative affairs, policy making, speechwriting, communications & public affairs, domestic and foreign policy issues.

• Responsible for coordinating and developing a variety of briefing materials for the Secretary for Congressional hearings and meetings with Members of Congress.• Responsible for notifying Members of Congress and their staff on upcoming Departmental directives and decisions that affect their constituents.

• Served as the Deputy Associate Director in the National Security portfolio.• Researched, screened and coordinated meetings with candidates for positions at the Departments of Defense, Justice, Homeland Security, The United States Secret Service and other national security related agencies and bureaus.

• Reviewed and edited correspondence to be signed by the Secretary in response to inquiries from Members of Congress as well as Governors and Mayors from around the country.• Acted as a point of contact for Congressional offices and their staffs to field, organize and distribute inquiries and requests to the Department from the Hill.• Assisted the Assistant Secretary in a variety of tasks dealing with the various program offices in the Department, including interaction with the other Assistant Secretaries and program heads.