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Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Manage the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference, the flagship community and corporate engagement program of the Secretary of Defense; and professional Sports outreach to strengthen the connection between military and civilian communities.

Washington, Dc, Us

On behalf of DoD, communicated the effort to accelerate the development, manufacture, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics under the Trump and Biden administrations' unified mission to deliver 800 million safe and effective vaccine doses to the American people, including our military and their families, and abroad, to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

Washington, Dc, Us

Program Manager for the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference, the Secretary of Defense's oldest and most prestigious outreach program for business and community leaders since 1948. Responsible for managing the planning and coordination of a seven-day immersion trip, including leadership briefings, multi-Service staffing, financial oversight, digital media strategy, and alumni relations.

Washington, Dc, Us

Program Manager for the “Know Your Military” initiative, a critical community relations effort to strengthen the personal connection between Americans and their military through a multi-pronged approach that includes grassroots outreach, branding development, interagency collaboration, and stakeholder and media engagement. Proactive management has resulted in 2.3M youth ages 16-24 years old recognizing initiative content and branding.Manage a team of social media and video producers to create engaging content in over 100 videos that showcase the military’s capabilities, posture and programs at home and abroad on the DoD’s digital platforms. A monthly editorial toolkit is produced and sent to over 400 stakeholders an supporters. Increased digital engagement from 240K to over 2.6M in the first six months of leading the initiative.Plan, design, evaluate, and execute the initiative’s public affairs outreach strategy while ensuring legal and regulatory compliance. Cultivate high-level engagements with sports, entertainment, and media to expand awareness of the initiative and strengthen support of the U.S. military. Secured placement of a DoD informational video on CBS’ digital platform that resulted in over 1.2M impressions.Develop communications plans, briefings, talking points, press releases, tweets, clips, and content production schedules that allowed for effective outreach from the DoD, including managing the development and maintenance of the initiative's website and social media content. Media Director for 2018 Invictus Games in Sydney, Australia which included leading a 12-person public affairs team, providing media training to over 80 athletes and staff, and facilitating over 100 national and international media engagements – a 20% increase from 2017. Supported requests from the White House delegation and British royal family to coordinate private engagements with athletes and their families.

Washington, Dc, Us

Spokesperson for Personnel and Readiness policy. Coordinates Defense Department communication strategies related to military readiness and civilian and military personnel initiatives including sexual assault and suicide prevention, tuition assistance and health affairs. Managed release of casualty announcements on behalf of the Department. Cultivated and maintained effective working relationships with a diverse media to expand reach of the department's initiatives and policies, ensure accurate reporting, and preserve future communications opportunities.Planned, designed, executed, and evaluated national campaigns and programs to inform and educate the general public through information provided to the news media about the department's programs, activities, and policies.Served as Team U.S. Media Director for 2017 and 2018 Invictus Games in Toronto and Sydney, including coordinating media training to over 80 athletes and staff, scheduling interviews and community outreach opportunities. Collaborated with the U.S. presidential delegation on related media advisories.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Worked with senior Army leaders and subject matter experts to shape and implement strategic communications. Developed communications plans for Army-level areas of personnel; weapons, environment, and technology; and operations, intelligence and logistics issues. Reviewed and edited news releases, media advisories, speeches, talking points and analysis of current news media stories and significant issues.

Washington, Dc, Us

Led planning and execution of Secretary of Defense’s joint services yearly engagement with the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors community to nurture relationships with military families. Supported the sports outreach program for the Department of Defense – built trusted relationships with leaders of the National Football League and National Basketball Association to streamline military support and increase opportunities for the military to connect with the American public. Assisted in coordination of Secretary of Defense engagements with key military and veteran service organizations, expanded working relationships with organizations that have critical insight for the development of initiatives and policies to support service members and veterans.

Seattle, Washington, Us

Conducted performance audits based on data analysis, risk assessment, and best practices, group/individual interviewing, and peer comparison. Identified criteria and performance measures to assess program effectiveness and efficiency. Contributed to report writing, detailing findings and recommendations to increase program performance. Collaborated with internal and external stakeholders to integrate feedback and effective change processes. Member of outreach team for the Employee Giving Campaign and Legislative Branch Equity and Social Justice Committee.

Seattle, Washington, Us

Provided administrative audit support, including report production, submission and speaking points to County Council and stakeholders. Prepared and maintained budget expenditures, memorandums and policies and procedures. Served as training coordinator and tracked continuing professional education credits to meet government audit standards. Participated in two successful recruitments of three auditors and office manager through application reviews, interviews and on-boarding.

Seattle, Washington, Us

Provided senior level support to a variety of administrative functions of the Community Corrections Division and the Director. Produced thorough statistical reports, which included research and analysis by interpreting, verifying and vetting data. Maintained security and confidentiality of highly sensitive communications and information.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Served as a liaison between campaign coordinators, non-profits, and charitable federations and provided primary administrative and campaign support to organization. Trained seasonal campaign executives and volunteer campaign coordinators in partnership with United Way of King County and the University of Washington. Coordinated university campaign events attended by senior leaders and influential donors. Participated in strategic planning that lead to meeting/exceeding fundraising goals: $1.4 million in 2005, $1.6 million in 2006 and $1.86 million in 2007.

Bachelor’S Degree, Sociology, Minor: Laws, Societies, And Justice

Public Affairs Qualification Course

Master’S Degree, Government