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Charleston County, South Carolina, United States

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

• Notified over 500 properties within the proposed King Street Business Improvement District of their assessment amounts and the appeals process
• Utilized a National League of Cities grant to identify and codify existing services available to small businesses in and around the City of Charleston additionally highlighting areas in need of improvement
• Collaborated on execution of a Small Business Opportunity Expo for 300+ local businesses on March 24, 2022

Charleston, South Carolina Metropolitan Area

• Developed a scope of work for SmartUp’s consultation with Tucker’s Adult Health Day Care (TAHDC)
• Built out loan proposal and business narrative templates to be leveraged in meetings with local banking partners
• Partnered with South Carolina Small Business Development Centers CARES Act consultant to assist and guide the company through retitling the ownership of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) administered by the US.

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

• Executed a Technical Assistance Panel with the Urban Land Institute and the Riley Center for Livable Communities: assembled a briefing book on King St., conducted confidential stakeholder interviews, assembled final.
• Designed a research-based proposal of a Race Equity Fellowship Program for the Charleston County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council including program components most likely to yield: desired outcomes.
• Created the Racial Equity Framework for the city of Charleston, SC with the supported the Diversity, Racial Conciliation, and Tolerance Manager

Boston

• Policy portfolio included: 14 County Sheriff offices, Health and Human Services, Youth Services, Refugee and Immigrant Services, and Veterans' Affairs
• Informed senior staff’s budgetary decision making while providing strategic goal-oriented recommendations based on quantitative and qualitative analysis of department level input
• Coordinated communication and cooperative workflow across state government as the Executive Office’s main point of contact for fourteen County Sheriffs, nine Health and Human Service departments, and their fiscal staffs
• Spearheaded, in coordination with the Executive Office’s legal counsel, a new mechanism for retaining recurring revenue sources at county sheriffs’ offices focusing on transparency and oversight

Boston, MA

• Courses completed through the Wells Fargo Learning Center: Commercial Banking Credit Basics for Non-Credit Professionals, Capital Finance Fundamentals of ABL, A Look at Credit Underwriting at Wells Fargo Equipment.
• Provided clientele with a professional and educational experience while servicing their accounts by, utilizing a broad understanding of the mutual fund industry and product knowledge as it pertained to Wells Fargo’s.
• Responsible for delivering exemplary service via inbound calls from our external and internal clients relating to Wells Fargo Funds accounts - while meeting productivity and accuracy standards
• Resolved a wide range of complex issues as they arose to foster positive client relationships and interactions
• Worked to foster an agile workplace through the implementation of a system-level improvement and peer level mentoring / career development partnership – served on the Peer Council
• Acted as a liaison between multiple departments dealing with retail, institutional, and professional investors to ensure the consistency of a client’s experience across our organization

Boston, MA

• Worked under analysts in the consumer sector to maintain models, synthesize proprietary data sets for use in research notes, as well as edit and prepare notes for publication
• Participated in meetings concerning investment opportunities for the firm, strategic wealth management discussions, and weekly market climate analysis
• Built and maintained a balanced model portfolio for an Investment Manager which, through a back-end integration with the Yahoo Finance API, would compute accurate to last close values of holdings and potential.
• Handled scheduling and processing of consultant and sales team road trips/client meetings – responsibilities included tracking and issuing Travel & Expense reports, calculated per diem payments, coordinated meeting.

Boston, MA

• Served as part of a team to implement and execute projects from solution design, through testing, deployment and post go-live support
• Interfaced with clients regularly from various professional backgrounds, from database administrators to executive level marketing/sales directors, diagnosing problems and gathering requirements for potential solutions.
• Created documentation to aide with testing processes, solution implementation, troubleshooting, and user adoption.
• Delivered remote administration services for clients’ Salesforce.com organizations through conference calls, on-site working sessions, and through the use of multiple remote meeting services such as Webex, join.me, and.
• Other duties included leading status update meetings with clients, constructing meeting agendas, recording post-call minutes, and providing action items/deliverables to both client and internal actors.

• Worked among a team of coaches and instructors over the course of an 8 week summer operation and into the off season. Discussions included day to day planning, teaching methods, and communicating with both children and.
• Designed and executed daily lesson plans
• Taught fundamental and advanced sailing skills to youth sailors as well as adults
• Responsible for the well-being of competitors and equipment at regattas
• Maintained equipment necessary for coaching
• Worked on membership management and administration

Greater Boston Area

• Completed Search Engine Optimization consulting contract with a start-up real estate firm in June 2012
• Built and maintained the computers and networks of small businesses to meet the customer requirements
• Provided network and troubleshooting support, dealing with a variety of issues and providing hardware, software, and networking solutions to meet customers’ needs
• Taught users how to use technology ranging from iPads to VPN software
• Relied upon word of mouth and excellent work to gather and maintain clients, opening many networking doors and providing excellent contacts within a variety of professional organizations

• Coached team to 4th place at the New England Team Race Championships and 2nd at the Atlantic Coach’s Challenge
• Maintained relationship with the School’s Athletic department to help coordinate travel, lodging and regatta registration
• Led by example to foster a competitive spirit, team work and sportsmanship on and off the water

Holbrook, MA

• Worked with customers over the phone to help match our products to their needs
• Researched and prepared analysis of competitors’ products, services and shipping processes to more thoroughly understand the textiles market and increase competitiveness
• Worked with Quickbooks, Salesforce, UPS Worldship and Microsoft Office suite extensively

Master Of Public Administration - Mpa

Master of Public Administration through the University of Charleston, SC at College of Charleston.

Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science

Education record